pretty nice
honestly we don;t know much about halo sure. that's why stories like this can be brought to life. It's not all about master cheif but the other soliders aswell. I think this is a great flash, soliders stranded out in space. makes for a good time spent watching!
Aesthetically pleasing
- The actual drawings/artwork was impeccable! Detailed and accurate!
- Unfortunately, the actual animation and splicing the frames needs much
improvement. (I suggest not completely trying to animate it as a frame by frame but just make it like a dynamic and epic still picture slide show type thing. Kindal ike your flash back, but please no more flash back unless its pertains to the story)
- I know not everyone (including myself) can't sound as cool as movie narrators/or Steve Downes so I don't expect Oscar performance in voice acting, however, either the actors sound like they're trying too much to sound "badass" or they just can't sound badass at all, thus the voices come off as inept...(sorry =P)
- In addition, the dialogue was extremely very uninspired...i.e. "we're...as good...as dead..." or __insert all the dialogue here__. In light of this, the portrayal of the highly revered "Spartan II's" from Bungie's Halo series appear more like squabbling Storm Troopers. Or rather, sounds more like the UNSC's marines talking than a group of "master chiefs."
- The dialogue also failed to reailly impact the audience with significance via flash back and back story... In addition, the dialogue is convoluted so much I can't even make out the plot.
-Compared to many other flashes, despite the flaws in the adaptation of a very popular game franchise element (Spartan II's), it shows potential and great artwork. The authors defense could be this is it could be THEIR perception or take on the Halo universe's Spartans (so even though I sorely dislike many anime) its their style or twist on things. Many flashes are poor compared to this one and I believe with alil more thorough research and constructive criticism (rather than "durr this sucks" from reviews) this can dramatically improve to where Orion's Spartans should be, among the stars.
- Finally, get some inspiration, via Steve Dones. If you're a true Halo fan or have any deduction skills you already know this is.
hmmm
i think your art is awesome, but the story goes nothing at all with the halo story. like everyone has said, they wouldn't take their helmets off. but that wasn't even my biggest gripe. it was that you made it seem like he served in the UNSC, then moved up to spartan, and that aint how it works brotha. these spartans are abducted as young children and trained from childhood, not former UNSC guys recruited into the spartan program.
but like i said, your artwork and everything else is really really good, just gotta fix the story. it would have been cool if maybe he was one of the only spartans that did remember his childhood and he was having flashbacks to that...
Meh
Halo and anime don't mix. Plus, a lot of things didn't make sense with the Halo universe. But, with all that aside, I just didn't even really enjoy it. I thought the plot was pretty run-of-the-mill, the voice acting was decent in places and the overall animation was lackluster and jerky. I do appreciate the work and effort involved, though. So, on that point, good job.
wow
please stop. all this is is the look of halo and thats the only thing done well. as weirdguy92 said, spartans don't remove their helmets in combat, they'll go until they die before they remove anything to get medical attention, repairs or anything.