Score: 9

"Thoroughly enjoyed this"

submission: Not Of This World!

date: December 16, 2009

Art: nothing drawn, but the costume counts. And you did a good job - looked very 1950's.
Cinematography: generally shots were well-placed, although a few of the angles seemed a bit shallow for the amount of drama involved.
Style: an excellent mock-up of classic science fiction films. As for the video format, no worries; what matters is that it's creative content (which YouTube is not known for). Also, loved the unseen faces at the end.
Story: a little incomplete, as it's not entirely clear what the alien visitor was doing there, but as far as drama and suspense you did well.
Sound: excellent work; accompanied the piece perfectly.

Overall: loved it; would like to see more video content of this caliber on Newgrounds. 5/5, 9/10.

Score: 10

"This is the future...of good cartoons"

submission: CW: Down to earth Pt1

date: November 13, 2009

Art: top-notch quality. Not only is everything clean and neat, but everything fits together - none of it looks out of place.
Animation: Equally above standard. All that frame-by-frame work must have been a pain...come to think of it, I'm almost jealous.
Style: are you kidding? This stuff screams style, visually and mentally alike. No one else has anything quite like this, which in a day and age of the most unoriginal stuff ever seen on TV is very refreshing.
Story: killer, and complete with well-established background. Everything flowed, the characters were believable, and even the nonsensical parts somehow made their own kind of sense.
Sound: definitely an improvement over TC 2 and 3 - but really that never bothered me before. Cookies to Tom for upping your filesize limit, though. Music also fit perfectly with the scenes; I find that impressive.

Overall: long story short...Shrike and company need their own show. A budget, a full studio crew, the whole shebang. It would be one of the best animated series in years.

Final score: 10/10, 5/5, and a new favorite artist. Props.

Score: 2

"Too convoluted; didn't finish"

submission: Thanksgiving Room Escape

date: November 13, 2009

Graphics were good, but playability was awful. I had no idea what I was doing - I saw there a puzzle and that the clocks might have something to do with it, but beyond that I was completely lost. 2 for effort.

Score: 3

"Could have been fun...but wasn't"

submission: Crash the Cars

date: November 12, 2009

First off, you provided no instructions on gameplay whatsoever. There needs to be something in-game describing controls and how to play. Secondly, the game lacks dynamic - acceleration is unnoticeable, things move at a snail's pace, and the steering is klutzy. Graphics were decent, but nothing special. And what was the point of the tires? It didn't really add anything to the game other than something to get in your way.

Overall, not exactly a demolition extravaganza. Work on it.

Score: 9

"A great addition to the Battalion series"

submission: Battalion: Ghosts

date: November 11, 2009

Art: hasn't changed much - personally I think the dialogue pictures have gotten worse - but in-game it gives the same feel as Skirmish. Nice continuity, and pretty simple to understand.
Story: Interesting to see things from the Akadian side. Us-and-them conflict is a little predictable, but the characters keep the story intriguing. Aside from Major Mayjor, who's being oddly reminiscent of his uncle in the last one.
Style: Same structure, but with a few new twists. A lot less infantry fighting, though; would like to see more of that.
Sound: Again, same as the last one, but it works well for the game.
Gameplay: immensely entertaining. Playing with the stealth tanks was fun as well as sufficiently challenging; controls were a cinch, and the tutorial was done properly.

Overall: Great job; can't wait for episode three! 9/10, 5/5.

Score: 7

"Fun, but rough on controls"

submission: Juggerdome

date: October 25, 2009

Good concept, great visuals, and challenging gameplay. But the controls are a mess to use; WASD doesn't afford proper navigation, and the spacebar/mouse split is just annoying. I'd work a little more with the controls for maximum usability. But overall, fun game; something I'd play more than once. 4/5, 7/10.

Score: 9

"Splendid work"

submission: //Necropolis Xenophobe

date: October 12, 2009

Art: splendid job on the characters, and the backgrounds are well done too. Consistent with your technique in the past. (Boondocks with swords. :P )
Animation: smooth, fluid, and nothing too unbelievable. A little off kilter on the speed - some things were too slow, others a bit too fast, but well done as a whole.
Style: about as subtle as a sledgehammer to the face. No one does what you do in the way you do it, and that's part of what makes your work so appealing.
Story: enjoyed it. Those who pay attention to what you have to say know you were aiming for a different take from Devilslayer - something not so clear-cut on who was the good guy. I'd say you pulled it off.
Sound: needed some cleanup. There were some pretty funky muffles and echoes across the board.

Overall: awesome re-emergence for you and the Necropolis team. I look forward to the next episode.

Score: 5/5, 9/10.

Score: 4

"Would not have given this first"

submission: Madness: Rising

date: October 1, 2009

Art: very detailed - so detailed, in fact, that I had to see past the detail to find the crosshair faces. I couldn't tell what Hank was fighting with until halfway through the movie. Simplify.
Animation: smooth, dynamic, basically what I expect of an action Flash. But I almost couldn't tell, for the following reason...
Style: "dynamic camera" movement was so distracting, I almost got ADD grafted into my brain (with epilepsy arriving shortly thereafter from all the jumpy frame action). I could barely follow what was going on right in front of my face. Also, 3-D bullet was inconsistent.
Audio: well done. No complaints.
Story: Standard Madness plot.

Overall: Entirely too complicated visually. You are clearly talented, but you pushed this Flash past reasonable limits, resulting in a mediocre product. Next time put the syrup on the pancakes, and not the other way around.

Grade: 2/5, 4/10. Congrats on the win, though.

Score: 8

"Great game..."

submission: Madness Accelerant

date: September 26, 2009

...but you forgot to add a Pause key.

AGAIN.

We do have a real world that occassionally demands our attention.

Other than that I loved it. I suck at it, but I loved it. 8/10, 4 Picos.

Score: 10

"Loved it"

submission: Life in Portal: Madness

date: September 25, 2009

Random enough to be Madness while still true to its own "Life in the Portal" roots...AND you incorporated the most popular characters of Newgrounds! I thought Blockhead was especially well done; props to Swain for lending his talents and humor. I give a 10 of 10.