Superb Collaberation

Great work, nice and nostalgic too, still remember the insanity of Doom I & II on Ultra Violence, god that was insane.

On the matter of the animations, some really stood out for me. First off the main menu screen was a stroke of genius being the game cover animated. Its good to see Sick Death Fiend's work again too, with a good solid animating style that certainly isn't afraid to rip your kidneys out through your layrnx. The other scene that caught my eye was Serges "the pit", nice ballsy action scene, I wonder if he took that from one of my own favourite levels? Tricks and Traps?
Nice choice of dramatic music too, excellent companion to the project.

Great Skills

Relatively simple idea very well executed. The animation is fluid and dynamic with good proportions. The style is bright but with comical overtones dotted around. It really is very well done.

I can't help but think of "City of Heroes" when watching this either actually, has most of the gameplay elements for it!

Simply put, very good.

Why Is This So Popular?

Christ its like Ricky Gervais all over again, everyone loves him, I don't get it.

Ok I'm gonna be harsh here Amai-kun, seeing as everyone else seems to be licking your ass I'll tell it as I see it.

First off- The drawings were nice in that whole Tim Burton Goth look, however the fact that the actual animation consisted of some sliding layers and "old film" decay. There is a lot better graphical animations for the scores people are giving, like bitey of brackenwood and fallen angel.

Sound- Nice choice of music, fits perfectly, however in the end its just one sound effect played over the entire piece.

Interactivity- 1 for the play button I guess.

Style- Basically I hate this almost "misuse" of gothic. The poem was lovely, but should have stayed as one. But let me state something, I don't hate goths or the goth trend, in fact I like the whole thing. What I hate is what people "Think" goth is and therefore are gradually turing it into. What do you mean I hear you say? I'm talking about a bunch of whiney mopers wanting to change there names to something like "Whispered Pain" or "Dark Raven" yet who act all superior like only they know the punchline to the great joke that is life. Well to hell with that, that isn't goth. So you can probably understand why it pisses me off that a very respectable but unremarkable flash comes along and just because its "dark" and "moody" and has a goth girl its the most beautiful thing someone has ever seen. Thats as pretentious as someone telling jokes about the boxing day tsunami then everyone saying their really edgey and against the system. Hell the best representation I can probably think of of a goth would be Germaine from the Foamy series, at least she doesn't bitch about everything while looking depressed, she's just getting on with her life enjoying the alternative side, talking mostly about the same random shit while suffering the same random problems. Urg rambling now, but you get the point.

To round off, I think the poem is quite charming in its own way, rather unique for newgrounds. However the animation is not, and its score is undeserved.

Monkey island, without monkeys, and the island

Very, very good little RPG. Not because its particularly engaging, or "epic" or anything, its just got that brilliant comedic charm like the monkey island series. On the whole it well written, well animated, and witty.

My only problem is that the end after the eeevvviiilll demon is defeated is a bit of an anti-climax, I wasn't expecting fireworks, but I was expecting either funny twist or funny cliffhanger. Well I expected a bit more funny anyway, hopefully you were setting up for the "The Misunderstood Adventures of Hiro" or something, which would be nice.

Oh the only other problem I had was it was a tad easy, not with solving the puzzles but it was fairly linear in the way you have an item use it on character A to get Item X which you use on character B etc, but to make that more complex is hard enough, it was fun as it was.

..........

Very thin ground ice here, the game is addictive but bloody hard, and despite the good drawings (they look like the work of an artist rather than a premature 15 year old, even considering there "nature") the game is slipping, It could be a great game with a hint of porn like Ganguru girl (ok maybe a bit more than a hint) but if your not careful this could turn into one nasty hentai mess.
Just make sure you use some common sense and you'll have a winner.

Addictive

You can waste entire lunch breaks on this thing!
Die little sticks die!

You could even do different themes! defend your base! lol give them all machine guns instead.