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Solid start to what looks like a fine reboot

With the last episode of TTA being almost 4 years old, it is really cool to see a series (which may not have aged well by today's standards) that was big in that day get a reboot. TTA, in my opinion, was one of the largest and most ambitious flash projects of its time. I can think of few other series that have stretched near it's length. While this flash is'n perfect (some of the music doesn't quite fit, and some voices are a little off when put side by side with the main cast) i am enjoying seeing the main issues of TTA being addressed. First thing is first, the animation is fantastic, the way in which you have presented the flash has kept most of the charm of TTA while giving the rest of it a nice upgrade. In particular I enjoyed the fact that you brought the two character conversations back when you could have just as easily done without thim. This is a small stylistic choice, but it keeps TOME feeling like TTA reather than just a new series with the same characters. I also enjoy the fact that each character has their own font. The other big thing I enjoyed was the rate at which you are clipping through the story. It is no secret that TTA was long (this was both its greatest strength, and its biggest weakness) and trimming some of the fat and filer was the right choice. I'm just as game for side-story filler as any other person, but TTA did get a bit bogged down, even in the early parts of the series, and I hope TOME can avoid this. Now that we've covered some of the good, let's look at some parts that could use a little touching up. The big thing is background voices, as of right now they need improvement. One of TTA's biggest charming qualities was the background characters, they were just as fun to see evolve and grow as the rest of the cast, and you really need to get some voices that can carry those small (but very important) roles. The support voices are the difference between what could be a good reboot, and getting the series the real attention it deserves. Overall I am excited to see what becomes of this reboot, no matter how far behind schedule it gets.

Better than average

Not gonna lie, overall this is a fairly good flash and will get many fives and tens in the future. But I'm not hear to write a 3 word review and give you a 10 to buff the average score. So with that out of the way let's talk about what needs work. The first thing that comes to mind is the the intro. A quick rule of thumb here, don't get a voice actor for a good flash unless they are really good. It is just kind of jarring to the whole product if the voice actor is not quite up to the task, and this is a case when he obviously was not up to the task. Besides that the intro in general was kind of stupid and superfluous, the whole flash would have been better without it, we do not need to know who is fighting who to enjoy the fight. For the most part the main bulk of the flash was fine, song was kind of generic but I wont hold that against you. If I had to give one complaint it would be that some of the actions just look silly (i.e. ripping the mecca dragon's jaw off), and took me out of the whole thing a bit. But besides that it was a solid well made flash. Keep on working and I am sure you will come out with something even better next time.

Great Animation Start to Finish.

The animation you've done here is something quite special, while it may not be total air on TV pro quality, it is still leaps and bounds better than the average newground video. The only real issue with the video is the audio, the first half of the animation is virtually silent. I get that you were trying to make an impact when your main song came in, but a simple ambient upbeat tune in the background would have made the opening a lot more enjoyable. The fact is that you've got a lot of dead air in your intro, "hums" and "huhs" don't fill it that well. The dead air is the only real issue with the video, that and your song of choice was a little to metal for my tastes, but hey you can't always get what you want. Keep up the good work, and just try to fix some of those small issues so your future flashes can win the weekly first instead of just the daily.

Nice start, but needs improvement.

I'll get this out up front, I have played far worse versions of this game. It doesn't glitch, and in general it works well. However just because I've played worse does not mean you'll get off easy, there are some problems. First off games like this should not be controlled with the mouse, it's just far to easy, a simple arrow key or "a d" set up would work better, this way you could set the maximum speed at which the player can more. Besides improving effecting the gameplay, a arrow key set up would allow for an animated sprite instead of just a static picture of AJ. You should have also tweaked how the apples are caught, because being able to catch one with any part of my sprite is kind of stupid. Finally, add some variation in the speed of the falling apples a bit more, this would just help mix things up and add an extra layer of skill. Like I've said, you could have done worse, but I think with a few tweaks here and there you could come out with a much better product.

Good idea, but it has one problem.

The controls are far to slick, it feels like you have to force everything, it's way to easy to overshoot a jump, and when you try to componsate, you end up undershooting it.

Bravo! A great game! No flaws.

I think this is the first game to pass both the techical rating ,and persanal rating systems. I am impressed. Also on a side note I liked grapes music where is it from. Alos I would like to see a sequel of some sort. This is a high quality game and is worthy of praise not hate (even though it is the CC) and i think it could be the best made game of this type.

In closing it is a great game with great music ant the controls respond well.

- Rastamun21

To long for what it is

You've got a few good riffs in here, but the problem is that this song is just to long for what it is. Don't get me wrong your main riff is damn catchy, you just need more to support it. You could go one of two roads with this song. First you could pair it down to a shorter length to give the individual riffs more punch and meaning. Less is more would be a great strategy for this song, if it aint broke don't fix it. The other more indulgent option would to be to add a lead guitar track. Some real full guitar solos would fill out the song great, and let it fill up not only this space, but an even larger one if you have enough ideas. This one of those songs that I would like to see get some more work, or at least another similar song, because you really do have some great ideas in this.

Fine for what it is.

What you have is a very solid piece of solo guitar work. The chords are nice, there is a fluid sense of time (which can be a little rare on the audio portal), and overall it works fairly well as it is. The only problem is that, by nature of being solo guitar work, it is not nearly close enough to what it has potential to be, for me to give it a high mark. The problem is that there is no infrastructure for the song to really ebb and flow because there is nothing supporting your melody. What this song really needs is a few extra parts to help flesh out what is there, and really bring it to life. My biggest recommendation would be to add a dedicated bass line. This would give something to the listener to latch on to whenever your chords, or general chord structure, changes. As a nice little bonus it would add another dimension to your sound just because you would have new notes being played because of the lower register. You could add another harmony part to this, but before doing that I would recommend putting in some form of percussion, or light drum track, into the song. Percussion is one of the best ways to round out a song and give it life, it's simply a sonic color unlike any other instrument. Like I said there really isn't anything wrong with the product you've put out for us, there are many songs that have many more core problems here on the audio portal than this, what you have is very strong. This is just one of those things that I would really like to see get pushed up to the next level.

Overall good, but a little lacking.

The main riff you got going there is great, it's got some real weight to it. The rest of the song needs work though. First off, I suggest turning down your distortion on the rhythm guitar, it's a little much. Your lead guitar sounds really wimpy, once again take some of the feedback from your rhythm and put it on the lead. Your rhythm guitar and bass are playing the same thing, this is lazy song writing and can bore your audience. It is okay to have the rhythm just ride the roots for the song, but the bass should be doing something else, try making an actual bass line that moves around the chords a little more instead of playing just the roots. Your drums sound fake as hell, that just bugs me, if your using real drums record them better, if not, get real drums. Overall I'd say this song is a good effort, I'd just like to see a little more in it. Fix the drums and bass, and get your guitars balanced and you'll have a great tune.