Cyberdevil's movie Reviews on Newgrounds

[Humble & Fred ep.1]

lmao, short but thoroughly entertaining conversation. Looks like one more entertaining podcast to potentially tune into too. Hope there'll be more of these!

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IamRichToons responds:

Thanks so much, Cyberdevil.

[Pi Day Hooray!!]

Cats seem to be becoming a bit of a trademark for your animations. :P Nice tribute to one of those days commonly forgotten, cute and concise! Happy Pi Day!

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jessejayjones responds:

Lol, they're just fun for me to draw, I love cats. Thank you for the kind words! :)

[Not Without Help]

An inspiration video with a pretty strong story! The animated parts do amplify the experience, yet the real footage seems to have an even greater effect, the disorienting typing footage, the insinuated punch, then getting up just before the clock rings, simple techniques like that seem to have the most effect, even if they don't really 'show' the experience. Might be hard to relate to drawn footage when compared to the real deal. But anyway, maybe thanks to that it didn't feel like it was an educational film all the way through, but more a work of art with a message. Hope the people who need this get to see it!

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Maccamuffin responds:

Thank you! My idea was that I wanted to show people what it felt like to experience anxiety in the way that I did. In that, I also wanted to try to get people to "feel" it. That way, I could perhaps open the door to people who do unknowingly experience anxiety to identify it within themselves and hopefully seek help for it. There are many techniques I tried to achieve this in the end, some of which you've noticed :P I'm glad you enjoyed it!

[Game Grumps - Handy Glove]

Hah, simple fun. Name had me thinking of the 'Gauntlet of Fate' for a while, but that's pretty unrelated. Nicely animated!

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HipnikDragomir responds:

Thanks, breh

[Eric's Quest]

lmao, that ending... up until that point it felt like all the comical moments were a bit misplayed though, as if the animation was supposed to be intense; emotional and all that, especially with the music, yet certain facial expressions/sound effects kept opting for comedy, a bit of a clash. The end was fun, but all leading up to that point felt a bit imbalanced in that regard. Looks; sounds good though, and I like the story, just wish it'd focus more on one genre. Nice work!

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ObsidianWasp responds:

Yeah, the comical moments could've been a bit better. I wanted to at least add in a bit of humor to keep people from taking it TOO seriously (and so I could pull off the ending a bit better and it wouldn't seem as abrupt)... but it was a bit imbalanced. I dunno, my future works are going to be more humor-based, and I'll try to balance out the more cinematic moments in them, too. Thanks for your review!

[Next Quest - Trailer]

The character selection all seem so familiar... turns out it is a series I've been following after all! The combination of title and trailer made it seem like it'd be the start of something new, but anyway, was a lot of fun presented this way, feels more fast-paced than the actual animations like this, even if it is just a trailer; test to music. Good watch!

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mattyburrito responds:

Thanks man if that other series you were following was called Best Quest, then we're the same dudes who made it. Just now under full creative freedom :) Thanks for watching!

[RotR Teaser]

Looks exciting, great graphics, pompous music... but I was really expecting it'd be a bit longer! Feels like the trailer is over just when I've finally immersed myself in that mighty melody, starting to take in the atmosphere. Keep it going!

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Hexjohn responds:

Thanks a lot, I'm glad you liked it!

[Turd Police]

lmao, how do people even live?! Funn stuff, with an interesting mixture of animation styles here: 3D backgrounds, photo weapons, and normal animation for the rest of it. Looks a bit odd, but considering the scenario is also a bit odd, it seems to work all the better! Good entertainment.

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Starktoons responds:

Yeah I went 3D nuts

[Starbomb - Inky's Lament]

Since I've seen other animations based on this song already, it kinda feels less original each time I see it, even if the ideas aren't all the same. The trip outside the arcade machine was a nice twist at the end, and yet I get expectations on this based upon the others I've watched, like how there's no visible lip sync/movement to match the vocals (which, if this was the first animation I'd seen of the ghosts, might seem natural considering they have no mouth), or that none of the other characters are present when they're heard, especially towards the end when they all warn Inky. Pacman seems to appear at random intervals too, not just at suitable pauses in the music, the animation doesn't always follow the music overall. But, animation wasn't bad. Would be great with original audio as well, but if that's not possible, maybe some more obscure parody music that hasn't been animated yet? Keep it going!

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EpicSaveRoom responds:

I thought of making this after seeing the other pacman videos and I included a mouth on inky in the first scene but decided to not do it. The other videos were very literal with the ghosts running from pacman and singing together and there wasn't an explanation for why Inky was soo excited at the end, he was just shown standing there singing about his 'moment of triumph' but nothing was different than any other day, so I had the game falling apart so he thought he had a chance. I also don't like pacman having teeth like everyone does, just a personal thing. I wanted to do a lot different that I hadn't seen, color changing walls, ghosts always being transparent and ghosting through each other, trying to make Inky sad with eyes instead of his mouth. Scene changes instead of always them being chased. I don't expect to catch up to the video that has 140,000 views so why not be different. Also, this is literally my first animation, I learned how to use the program I bought then made this immediately after. Thanks for your input, maybe I'll make an updated version at some point, but I'm moving on to some Game Grumps animated and a few more Starbomb songs that don't have videos yet.