Score: 0

"Why?"

submission: we are the ONE

date: May 6, 2008

Why make a preview 5 days before the release of a flash? And why not put "preview" or "trailer" or "not the full movie, this is a short announcement that it's coming" in the title? This has decent art (though I'm pretty sure it's just a 3d program) and nice enough audio but it's just a waste of time, put more effort into finishing the flash faster, then you don't need a trailer at all.

Score: 6

"Not bad."

submission: Zelda: UO Epis:6

date: May 6, 2008

PROS: Nice artwork, decent animation, interesting plot, great music, half of the voices.

CONS: Malon's voice, Diggs and Kogora(?) both have the "any situation is a joke to me" attitude that generally becomes irritating with more than one character, the delivery of some of Diggs' lines was rather corny, plot seemed to move along a little slow, this episode was low on action, Tingle was in this, half of the voices.

And though this didn't affect my choice of score, the way you pronounced Malon like "Mall-on" was a little weird to me. Everyone I know calls her "Mal-on" like "Mal Gore" or "Malabama". Just a personal preference I suppose, but interesting to note. I look forward to the next one.

Score: 10

"HE'S REAL?!?"

submission: Tamra

date: April 17, 2008

OMG!! YOUR TRUE STORY INCLUDES A SCENE WITH SUPERMAN!!! I KNEW HE WAS REAL!!!

Seriously though, this was really beautiful. I don't even like that song much but this flash was really really great. It's wonderful that you guys found each other. Really well made.

Score: 3

"Not that great..."

submission: Radiohead - Creep

date: March 19, 2008

I really love this song but I absolutely hate this performance of it. The art is good and I can tell that a lot of work went into this flash, no doubt, but the content of the video seems a poor choice for this video. You should have maybe shown pictures of the girl about whom he sings or shown him reflecting on it or something or being in more than one location and not fitting in anywhere, something to tie in with the lyrics better. Like I said, this clearly wasn't finished in a day or two, you put some hard work into this so I'm taking that into consideration with my scoring, but the choice of content and what is perhaps the worst, lowest quality performance of this song I've ever heard, prevents me from giving you high marks.

Score: 6

"I'm pro at this!"

submission: The Rise of a Knight

date: March 17, 2008

Pro Tip: Hold the A key and approach an enemy. If you're seriously worried about the occasional hits you'll get from ranged enemies block one of their attacks then proceed while holding A, you don't really need to block though as your hp will refill faster than your opponents can damage you in most cases. For fun, occasionally use the special attack. Don't worry about opponents attacking, since the attacks apparently run off of a hittest for the entire MC allowing you to attack the ogre's maces with your sword and still kill them. Ignore the S button for any purpose other than taunting the poor A.I. who can do nothing against your held A key.

To the author: This was by no means a bad game, but the gameplay is rather simple. You should put some AS in place to prevent the attack happening over and over when the player holds the key. Also you should use hitboxes or something so that enemies (and the player) take damage when their bodies are attacked rather than their weapons. Other than that, this game is pretty good at what the aim was, but I think you should have tested it out a bit more and tried to counter programming weak spots like that.

Score: 6

"Kinda fun but..."

submission: Choose Your Weapons 2

date: February 16, 2008

I'm eatin your fudge.

Score: 0

"Nice!"

submission: Blue Red Ninjas 2

date: February 12, 2008

It loads and then gives me a notice screen about it being stolen. After reading it 3 times and looking for the button to proceed, then right clicking and realizing i couldn't click a play, I gave up on this horrible creation. Dick move to make the filesize so big for a one screen piece of shit. Die in a fire.

Score: 0

"Nice alt account, Krinkels."

submission: DAD bordem

date: February 12, 2008

Since you can only make one kind of flash I know this is you. This is exactly like all of your other flashes. You recycle the same drawings, plot, and characters every time. Others may love your antics but I see through your madness shit. After the first one or two this series should have quietly died.

Score: 2

"Hmm..."

submission: Freezepop's JEM!

date: January 22, 2008

Well I don't much like this video so I'm going to try to explain why and hopefully this review won't be deleted for being "abusive" simply because I don't orgasm over your work (as virtually every review of something I didn't like has been). The song I hated. It was not my cup of tea. While I wouldn't call it "gay" like one recent reviewer did, the way you danced and "sang" the song appeared a bit feminine, but I'm going to assume that was the point so as to be funny.

To be fair, I could picture myself enjoying this song a little if it was on DDR or something (was it on amplitude? I know there was some freezepop song) but I'm pretty sure this isn't the kind of music I'd sit and listen to for fun. All that said, my review isn't based on the hatred of the song. If the song was made by you I think it would factor into my vote but I've in fact wasted countless seconds of your life by rambling on about this song that has no impact on my vote instead. That was fun. What did impact my vote about the song was the sound quality, it was bad. I know it's probably compression to keep the filesize down, but the "singing into a can underwater" thing is still just as bad no matter what the reason behind it. So you lose some points for that.

You lose more points with me for a lack of preloader. I can't vote 5 for anything without a preloader. Considering the fact that all the work is done for you and you can download a preloader from this very site, that's just laziness on your part which is a bit of a slap in the face. Another thing I didn't like was that this was a video, not a flash per se. There's youtube for that, I don't think Newgrounds needs a flood of crappy videos from puberty-ridden teens with cameras who fill 4 and a half minutes with jokes that are only funny to the very person telling the joke.

The dances, while very feminine as I said before, you did have a lot of energy so you score some points with me there. Go you. The lip sync is off in a few places though. It would have been worth it for the reshoot. Overall, this is a nice little "boy dances to song" video like those asian guys who sing backstreet boys songs, but this just isn't much of a Newgrounds flash and I think the score reflects that. I know you said this is your first video so I will say "Good effort, don't give up regardless of how this does. Listen to the reviews and they will help you improve." but I'm not going to give some sympathy score simply because it's your first flash. Being a first flash doesn't magically make it better. It's um... Outrageous though.

Score: 0

"Good News and Bad News"

submission: The Madness Code 2

date: January 8, 2008

The good news is it's just as good as the countless sequels by Krinkels himself. The bad news is that this series jumped the shark after the first or second flash. It was cool at first but it's been done to death and it's never anything new. Poorly drawn motion tweened puppet guys fighting with decently drawn weapons. High body count, low effort. Dialog? Plot? Who needs these things. "Hero wants to kill Villain. Kills several people in different rooms with different guns but the same basic appearance. Subtract any realism, originality, character development, or plot twists. Add fight with clown and/or bearded man. Die. Repeat in sequel."