Not Very Tasty
Geezus. Another Final Fantasy spoof, huh? Well, on the bright side, there's no sprites involved. . .but it still isn't very original. Let me explain why, shall I?
The graphics certainly aren't to blame, considering they're pretty nice. Good, clear, crisp drawings make up the characters, props, backgrounds. . .the entire cartoon, actually. They could have been better, and perhaps a little more properly aligned with one another(mostly just the characters), but overall, they're not bad.
The style, however, is one of the things that hurts this cartoon. A pissy, angry Black Mage? A Fighter who is thick as adamant?(Look it up. It IS a real word.) What's next? Cameos by a pure and good White Mage and equally-thick, kick-butt-happy Black Belt? I'm just saying. . . 8-Bit Theatre capitalize on those personas outright. Even though you say this has no relation to 8-Bit Theatre, obviously, it has similarities. Too similar, in fact. I'm half-expecting Black Mage to cast Ultima on Fighter just for the Hell of it in the next few episodes or so.
The sound effects and music are more or less fitting, but the voices. . . Blank. Unenthusiastic. Bland. Overall, just plain goofy(and not in a good way.). The dialogue is understandable and all that, but it's just not spoken with enough enthusiasm or feeling to be believable.
The cartoon also isn't very funny overall. There are one or two good chuckles there-in, but generally, there's isn't enough good jokes to keep the comedy value high. Sorry.
So, overall, this isn't terrible. It's original in the aspect that it's hand-drawn(mouse-drawn?), but otherwise, it's not original at all. In addition, the voices need work and you need better jokes. Hopefully, you'll do better in the next episode. If not. . . Oh well. One bad review out of three-hundred sixty isn't going to hurt you much, I don't guess.
Overall Score: 4
Categories Not Tallying In to the Overall Score:
Violence -- This wasn't meant to be a "violent" cartoon. It was made to be funny.
Interactivity -- What interactivity?