Skye-McCloud's movie Reviews on Newgrounds

[Xombie: Chapter 5 | Reel2]

Very well done, as always.

I wouldn't expect any less in the Xombie story. You manage to keep the story interesting, even when there isn't any action. I honestly can't wait to see where you take the story next.

Oh, and a small note to others: Action isn't everything. On story alone, Xombie is very well done. Those who complain about lack of action, try to actually enjoy the story instead.

- Skye

[Last Resort-]

Very nice.

I never really liked that song before, but hearing this version was a lot better. Interesting concept you used for it, showing various flash artists in acts of suicide and such, although a bit morbid.

Very nice animation style you have as well, I liked it quite a bit.

- Skye

[NeoJam]

Haha. that's pretty cute and funny

I remember watching these all on your site. I thought they were all cute. Quite a good laugh too.

Keep at it, nef. Can't wait to see more. :D

- Skye

[Mega Man vs. Quick Man]

Very well done

I have to say that you did that quite well. Most non-sprite Megaman flashes I've seen were crap, but you did well. Personally, I think you animated Quickman better.

Compliments on the use of the old 8-bit sounds. It was great, although you missed out on a couple of them, like with the door.

You also missed a couple of important details. The first was that Megaman didn't have his charge function in MM2, and thus shouldn't have been using it against Quickman. This was the bigger detail of the two that you didn't adhere to.

The second and vastly less significant detail was when Quickman entered. His intro stance was correct, up until the shine on his head peice. You made the shine occur the wrong way. :p That's just a note for if you do another one.

- Skye

[Xombie: Chapter 4]

Excellent work, as expected.

As always, great work coming from you, James. Your animation skills are by far one of the best on Newgrounds. I can't wait to see Chapter 5.

Also, a small note to everyone: Check out the NGMag. Recently, an interview with James Farr was added, and it gives some great insight on Xombie. It really is worth reading.

Hopefully I won't get banned for this, but here's a direct link to the interview with James:

http://www.newgrounds.com/ngmag/devspot/spotlight/15

["Waterman" Ep. V]

Now that's more like it.

That was a hell of a lot better than the previous episodes. That's the kinda humour you need to use more often, haha.

I don't see much of a change in the actual animation, though, but what I did notice only made it much better.

Your use of original characters as "guest appearances" (aka, the pirate) was done much better. It fit in perfectly to everything you were doing.

Great work, Waterman, and to McBean as well for improving the animation.

[ChronoTrigger]

Vince wins it in my books.

Vince's Version:

You had a good plot going with yours, and it was nice that you kept the sprites, sounds, and everything else limited to the Chrono Trigger world. However, the plot you made had no relation to the title, "The Escape". Your fight scenes were mediocre at best, and you used the entirely wrong backgrounds for "Magus' Lair".

Score: 7/10

Shin's Version:

The sound and your battle scenes were all you had going for you. There were a lot of typos, no seeming idea of plot (We're given no background as to why Crono is captive.), and you mixed up sprites from several different games (Backgrounds from MMX1 and MMX3, doors from MMX1 and MMZ, sprites from Chrono Trigger and MMZ), so you lost points in my book for that.

Score: 6/10

In my book, Vince wins.

Vinstigator responds:

I'm glad you liked mine better! Thanks for the review, Skye!

[Ct:The Escape {Shin2k27}]

Sorry, but I think Vince wins it

Shin's Version:

The sound and your battle scenes were all you had going for you. There were a lot of typos, no seeming idea of plot (We're given no background as to why Crono is captive.), and you mixed up sprites from several different games (Backgrounds from MMX1 and MMX3, doors from MMX1 and MMZ, sprites from Chrono Trigger and MMZ), so you lost points in my book for that.

Score: 6/10

Vince's Version:

You had a good plot going with yours, and it was nice that you kept the sprites, sounds, and everything else limited to the Chrono Trigger world. However, the plot you made had no relation to the title, "The Escape". Your fight scenes were mediocre at best, and you used the entirely wrong backgrounds for "Magus' Lair".

Score: 7/10

In my book, Vince wins.

Shin2k27 responds:

Only thing ill say is that the beginning tells u a bit of why chrono is captive but if i pull out the serie i intended to make, then ull know the full story. And whats wrong with using backgrounds from other game ?

[VG High #2]

Pretty damn funny

I found the personalities given to each character was actually pretty funny, especially Snake's. I also thought your deleted scenes were pretty cool too.

You got your inspiration from Clone High? Sweet, I love that show, it kicks ass. Nice to see some people on Newgrounds who watch it besides me :D

- Skye

[Donnie Web Intro]

For an intro, it's pretty nice

Like the title says, it's good for an intro.

However, I'm curious, what song is that? I'm currently working on a massive flash project myself, and song would be good for the main character's theme. If I could get a copy of it, I'd really appreciate it. :)

Jigaton responds:

its track one off of the new bad religion cd. its not due out for like a month or two, but i reversed the track and tweaked teh pitch so you can really only get it through me. But im happy to share. My aim name is Jigaton