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[Adrellia Village #5]

Again there are some really heavy sound issues. Especially when Brutus is speaking the sound is full of static noises that really hurts the ears.

The story line gets a bit confusing now. I don't think we ever heard of Brutus before in the past 4 episodes. A little foreshadowing in previous episodes would've made his appearance much more powerful. Maybe have some characters talk about what happend in the past (Brutus obviously tried to take over the world before) or the king mentions something about Brutus when he meets Drake... stuff like that.

Now Brutus feels really much out of place.

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MistyE responds:

Interesting point. This was intended to be his debut and have him first be introduced to the audience but a little backstory beforehand would probably work better. Thank you for your review.

[Adrellia Village #4]

Hmmm

So, the introduction of the characters and the world this series takes place in continues. I'm glad I watch the episodes in order now, since it helps me to understand what is going on.

The major problem with this episode is the voice acting. When Rory was speaking, there sometimes where some awful static noises. Maybe try to turn down the record volume a tiny little bit.

Also, when Rory and Drake are in Suzies room, the text on Rory's shirt is gone, and in the next scene, it's back. Those little details are easily overlooked when producing an episode, but it should be easy to spot if you watch through the flash once before submitting it. Or maybe ask a friend to watch it before you upload it to Newgrounds. Because, even though it's just a tiny little thing, it can be quite disturbing if such things happen too often.

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[Adrellia Village #2]

Longer episodes

So, this is the build up to the third episode, which I already reviewed. I have to agree with other reviewers, that the episodes are too short. This episode and the following one would've easily fit into one flash, for an episode of about 3 minutes length, which would be very decent.

Also, the joke where Drake gets lost in the castle and runs through a few doors on the left only to come back onto the screen from the right was a tad bit too short. Now, I appreciate that you didn't draw out this joke as long as the "Scooby Doo" series did, but just a few seconds longer would've been more funny, I think.

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MistyE responds:

Interesting take on the joke when he gets lost. I'll keep that in mind next time. So that nobody thinks I'm not following their advice since this series is about two years old, I might re-release a version just like that.

Thank you for your review.

[Adrellia Village #1]

Good to see the first one

Good to see the first episode of this series. I guess this will help me to understand the later episodes better.

It's also interesting to see the very first episode, because now it's easy to see how much you improved over the time. Graphcis wise and animation wise. The graphics are not bad in this episode, but they sure look a lot cleaner and more polished in newer episodes. Also, the animations are very rough here, another thing that gets better over the time.

I really liked Drakes facial expression when he walks. You should use that more often, it looks really funny. :)

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[contrast: a love story]

What can I say

This leaves me almost speechless. I love how you can create such strong feelings with only black and white shades and some music.

I really love the story here, how the dragon like figures try to find a way to touch each other, but nothing seems to work. One dragon sacrifices himself to finally break through that barrier.

The final line is nearly heartbreaking, because THIS is what true love is all about.

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Horsenwelles responds:

awww thanks haggard ^^! courtney certainly is proud of me, and i am proud of her <3

[.Bank Robbery]

Could be better

Well, I was put off by the fact that there are nothing but stick figures in this one, but at least I hadn't to go through another boring and endless stick fight. Instead, you presented us with a story of your own.

While I didn't get the story (why did the robber shoot?) it's still nice to see someone actually took the time to think of a story.

The voice acting was okay, but the sound quality was too low. The quality of the song was very low as well. While it is nice to have a small file I think your decision of turning down the quality has gone too far in this case.

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[Adrellia Village #18]

Hmm

When Jack Black came powersliding into the screen it gave me a good laugh (even though the image was cut out poorly).

The story didn't make that much sense to me, so I'm glad you are now requesting the episodes in order, heh.

While the outtakes where funny I think they should be presented at the end of the flash, not during the middle of the story, it's quite distracting.

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MistyE responds:

Thanks. Great input on the outtakes. I'll keep that in mind next time. Appreciate your review.

[Adrellia Village #14]

Hmm

The lip syncing sure is a problem here. The characters move their mouthes, with is a huge plus, but sometimes they move their mouthes without speaking or sometimes they are speaking without moving the mouth. Hopefully this gets sorted out in the next episodes.

I liked the Final Fantasy style in the battle scene. Especially that stat window that popped up after the Dark Knight was defeated was pretty cool.

I think you need to work on the timing for the on screen text, however. Sometimes it was gone so fast that I couldn't read it properly. A solution might be the introduction of a "continue" button.

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MistyE responds:

Thank you for your review! The "continue" button is a nice idea, I might implement that into future episodes.

[Adrellia Village #8]

Hmm

Well, it's a bit hard to review this one without having watched the previous episodes, but I really don't have the time to view them all right now.

Anyway, not too much happening in this episode, so I think it could've been a bit longer, or maybe you could've added a short preview for the next episode (which on the other hand could become very tedious if you always have a "last time on Adrellia Village" and "see next time on Adrellia Village" in every flash...).

I think the animations are a bit lacking here. When the army moved they where just floating up and down. Would've been much nicer if we could see them marching, or at least using their arms end legs a bit.

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MistyE responds:

Yep, not a lot happened in this flash - in fact, the recap is half of the animation. That's why I'm surprised this peaked a 4.00. I'll work on the army marching. Thanks.

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The mystery of the disappearing jacket

I actually enjoyed this flash, even though I found the musical selection to be quite horrible. But this is just a matter of personal taste.

The drawings are pretty good here. You had some nice backgrounds as well as a very detailed main character. I didn't quite get why his jacket disappeared, but I love how you try to cover up this mistake by letting him say: "At least I got my jacket back". Kind of breaking the 4th wall here, but in a very good way.

I didn't like the blood stains after the guy got killed, that's definitely something you have to work on.

The last joke was pretty good. "Sorry man, we are out of business today. Come back later." I know this would annoy the hell out of me (pun intended ;) ) .

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ToonCastleTV responds:

Some people had complained about the music previously, but the way it flows espically when he starts spinning around the street is in my eyes perfect. Lol I wouldn't say the main character was super detailed, just enough as he had to be. A simple design really, just moving a lot. I like the positive response on the jacket part, kuz some people thought it was "dumb and non nonsensical." Dam, that's two people who didn't like the blood stains. Hours of work were actually put into that scene believe it or not, thanks for the good review tho!