Not Bad... Not bad at all
That flash was preety funny, I liked the red Mage, I didn't expect the red mage to die first though.
Reviews for "Black Mages 4"
Not bad
It had the potential to be very, very good, but it didn't really get anywhere close to being that good. And mainly because the whole schtick got boring really fast. The whole gratuitous violence thing is okay for a couple of times, but what really was lacking was a story--it didn't have to be a well-scripted, well-written story. It could've been very loose, but then at least viewers would have a reason to keep on watching aside from the violence.
Also, you might want to speed up the body movements in future movies. I felt like it detracted from the whole experience as one of the gimmicks of your flash is that it's quick, visual humor.
Last point: the whole violence thing. It's stays fresh and funny for like a minute at most. When you saturate the whole movie with violence, it sort of loses its humor. So what I'm saying is that perhaps you should consider using violence as a dramatic device and not as an incentive for the movie, itself.
So those are my suggestions: Try to come up with some sort of loose plot, try to speed up the animation of the individual body parts moving, and try to work in some different kinds of humor. Other than that though, it was pretty good. It's entertaining, although it got old after a while. I'll be looking forward to your next work.
Could be better.
My first gripe: this isn't Black Mages 4. It's Black Mages 2: SE SE. I can stand watching the same thing with slight differences twice, but three is overdoing it.
Second, try to add a bit more humour. Some people are satisfied with only random violence, but most would prefer a lot more substance.
It'd be difficult to do if you've been reading 8 bit theatre for a long time, but try to give the characters some personalities that you haven't taken from elsewhere.
Sound effects- what you have is good, but you could do with some variety.
I'm mostly nitpicking, really. What you're doing is decent, but you have a lot of potential to make some truly great flash videos. The main thing- stop remaking your second work and work on new stuff.
funny at first...
but the same damn joke OVER AND OVER gets old after 5 minutes of watching this. well animated too, but (yep, another but) the same few characters on one background also drags on. repetitiveness, thats the main problem. hell, knock a minute or so off this flash and id probably give it a higher score.
Nice improvement.
Like the title said, its a nice improvement and I think its cute but you should continue the story too, after the first two times I couldn't get all the way through part 4 because its the same as one and two only better quality. Also this version runs alot slower too, but keep up the good work.