A quick look at the reaction garnered by my submission to Asalieri’s reviewer contest thing.
If you haven’t seen the review, do so before going here since there are spoilers.
Asaleiri Notes:
Strong Points: Pacing and Self-Censorship.
Weak Points: Button Mashing Gag got annoying.
Favorite Part: Skeet Shooting Explanation (adds that it’s a shame no witty comment was added)
WTF Moment: Abrupt Ending
DaveTheUseless Notes:
– Mega Man SFX nice, then get annoying.
– Button Mashing Gag got annoying too.
– Voice-Overs OK
– Abrupt Ending… again.
So here are my responses and notes:
The idea behind the constant use of the “Constant Button Mashing” gag was to make it as annoying as possible. It starts off rather harmless and even a bit funny, but as it gets used more, ends up being annoying. Perhaps it worked a bit too well, because Asalieri no longer has a beard.
Regarding the ending… there was an added bit towards the end where I kept rambling on about the other game, but I didn’t really like the ending. So I cut that part off and set it aside the next with the intent to record a new ending (the whole bit with the skeet shooting and archery dialogue was actually re-recorded), but obviously that didn’t happen. So we got the abrupt ending.
No witty stuff here… it was late and I’m not witty enough, I’m afraid. Maybe next time…
Yeah. Maybe next time…
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