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Reviews for "Remember Giegue"
"It... hurts..." -Giygas
My main gripes in this were two things. The set up felt like it too a bit too long, while I know you were playing the song it still felt a bit stale. On top of that the text for 'stop singing' felt a bit off to me. Not incorrect, but rather like trying to crop out the white on a JPEG picture so it lingers with it. Perhaps that's just a personal thing, but it really irked me. The second thing that was annoying was the Giygas scene. You just moved around pictures of an already created Giygas instead of creating your own version and having something terrifying of which your own hands created. The first minute and fifteen could definitely have used more love.
That being said, it was still very well done and I always had a very soft spot for Gyiyg / Giegue / Giygas. It didn't turn me to tears, but I won't say I didn't choke up a little bit. The shift and turn in the Giygas, twisting into the mouth before he woke up, was really nice. I'd have to say that my favorite scenes were him tearing up as his eyes were turning black and the scene when Mary was wiping dirt off his face when he fell over.
Overall the animation was done pretty well, the colors were nicely done and it had a nice blend of cute and being absolutely horrible. Definitely keep up the work. Obvious improvements can be made, but I am glad someone made a little Giegue animation. No one ever really shows how he became Giygas, it's just a thing. Nor how/why the devil machine is made or anything of the sort. Still, I'm glad to see at least something was done in his honor. I'm also glad to see it was pretty well done too.
Sadly, I'm not much of an animator so I can't give actual tips. I'd have to say her mouth felt a little close to her jaw, and a bit too small. Although, you did do a good job of the lip-sync from the song lyrics to her mouth. I guess that sometimes things felt a bit stiff? You also seem to use basic tools as shortcut sometimes, like the gradient circle around Giegue at the start. You could easily have tried to put him in a glass dome like he is in mother 3, and as it pans closer it goes past the glass or something. This also applies to a couple of their eyes. Granted, it doesn't look bad so don't take it the wrong way, but I believe it could look better. All I can say is work more on your art, your animation actually doesn't seem too bad for the most part. Keep it up and stuff.
HogisLeDude responds:
Thank you so much for your comment. I am gonna take note.
Just seeing this for the first time after playing and finishing MOTHER for myself, it's so good.
The thing that's so intriguing about MOTHER 1 is that it's story is just as in-depth as 2 and 3, but we hardly see any of that story in the actual game. As far as I know, other than maybe the novel I haven't read, there's no official reason for why Maria and Giegue split up, why the Caves of the Tail and their pink shells that warp to Magicant are hidden around the US, why George's grave is atop Mt Holy Loly, or why Maria's memories are gone.
And while Kenisu3000's webcomic puts out interesting ideas and the pink shells were visually called back to with the Magypsies in MOTHER 3, who may be connected to Magicant in other ways, all this mystery just makes the already amazing game even more addicting to think about.
The beginning was a little slow, but the music was wonderful. The montage at the end was especially invoking.
sorry but i have absolute no idea what this is