Here's an honest critique of the 5 "best" movies and games of the day.

Entries thread: https://www.newgrounds.com/bbs/topic/1534186

Authors: @snailpirate, @LuckoDaStars and co, @MojoMontebon @KokoroHatsaru @thesemichrist

1st: 1/3 (2025 update, forgot the link)

This is a Smiling Friends animation. Let's play a little game called: "added context three".

• First: the music used is the final boss music from Super Mario Galaxy. Good start to possibly getting it taken down in the future.
• Second, the video is 19 seconds long, a bit small, but whatever.
• Third: this video previously gained 100K views on YouTube, which could mean the audience is pulling most of the weight. Even a small fraction of that can overpower the score: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cDV8P_mdysY

That being said, the animation does still match the Smiling Friends style very well. Just wish the music thing was sorted out first.

2nd: 3/3

This is an opening cutscene for a game of the same name. Animation is great, given the horsepower of the Lucko team.

However, there was one scene that had inconsistent outline thickness (~0:37). That's about it.

3rd: 0/3

Sonic says: "you....."

and then I asked "Why the big pause?"

And then he said: "You're probably thinking of Knuckles, streaming on Paramount+ next week!"

Anyway, onto the review:

Animation: Out of 34 seconds, 12 come from a basic outro, and the remaining 22 had big pauses taking up half of it. It's also a little choppy, even the lip syncing is very minimal.

Sound: Author says it sucks. I only somewhat agree.

Humor: Painfully unfunny to all but the cringiest of 13 year olds.

There's always next time!

4th 1/3

This is another promotional short for that Tsubasa Siren manga. (what does "Tsubasa" mean in English?)

It's again, very basic, just them playing Castle Crashers.

See: frogreview #22

PS: Are you familiar with Totally Spies! for some reason? Just asking.

5th 2/3

Puss in Boots animation: Audio comes from Ace Vane, a YouTuber.

Congrats on the first win though, and your first completed animation proper (at least from what I can find on NG)!

It's still a bit rough though.

Overall, still pretty decent.

Total Score: 7/15 (52%)

Best/Favourite:

#2, #4, #5, #1, in that order.