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Post by Dashe on Feb 8, 2009 18:48:55 GMT -5
Words cannot describe my excitement. This looks so awesome...you've shown a lot of improvement in the past four years, that's for sure! And you were good to begin with, too! Teisel looks awesomely awesome...in some panels he actually looks quite a bit like Heat Miser. Maybe it's just the hair. Whatever it is, it rocks.
Does that soda machine actually say, "Dashe was here" on it?
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Post by Blues on Feb 8, 2009 19:05:01 GMT -5
YES! I always knew fab'd finish part 4! And it's great; the art and writing both got a noticeable improvement. I like the references in this one, too. Great job; now we wait for part 5...
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Post by Chiz on Feb 8, 2009 20:01:38 GMT -5
now we wait for part 5... 2012's looking promising... Ah, but joking aside, Issue #4 looks alright...I've got to ask, though, were the models for Trigger and Roll changed? Their faces - eyes in particular - look different. Unfortunately, I can't say it's an improvement. That aside, it's nice to see that the story has finally advanced another little bit. I see the opportunity to make metajokes and self-satire was not wasted Pros: Issue 4 is no longer vapourware!; Referencing the Capcom logo from MOTB ( Yes, I noticed it ) Cons: Faces were a little odd (for AT); Poor choice in soundtrack
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Post by Dragge on Feb 8, 2009 20:35:39 GMT -5
It does look better than what it was four years ago. I noticed the eyes myself and they do look shortened somehow. I like the new ship that Megaman and Roll are currently using. Will it have a name or is it just a minor part of the story until some sort of return of the Flutter? Kattelox looks amazing and it looks like ever place is in order (except for the Stripe Burger). I also noticed that the sub-city entrance was still there. Bon looks good in tank form and the return of the main robots is awesome. I liked the short part with Glyde and the LTD reference. Keep up the work fAB. I can't wait until part 5! Also who is Yohmi and will the Saga Buster 42 make a return anytime? Only time (and fAB) will tell.
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Post by Musashi on Feb 8, 2009 21:35:01 GMT -5
Woo! For the almost-three years I've been here I've been waiting for AT04! And it's here! And it's awesome! Thanks fab, for all the hard work you've been putting into Legend Station lately. It's great to be a Megaman Legends fan.
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Post by fAB on Feb 8, 2009 21:54:45 GMT -5
Seven responses in less than 5 hours is pretty good. @buster Cannon I always did love that Barrelzilla caption, and I knew way back then that I wanted to somehow work it into Alternate Trigger somehow. Thanks for the positive review. I'm glad you enjoyed it! @green Ahh, I should have known somebody would complain about the Stripe Burger not being there... I couldn't think of any practical use for it (joke, reference, whatever) so I figured I'd save myself a lot of texturing time. Downtown was enough trouble as it was. XP Anyway, good to know you're already looking forward to Part 05. DasheHeat Miser? *looks it up on Google* @.@;;; *cough* I agree Teisel looks awesomely awesome, though that's probably due more to the character's inherent awesomeness than anything I did. And YES, the Cherry Coke dominated vending machine does indeed say "Dashe was here" on it. BluesI may keep you hanging but I'd never let you down, right? XP Thanks for believing in me, I'm sure it wasn't easy sometimes. With your faith renewed you can now count on seeing Part 05 sooner or later. @chiz 2012, Ho ho ho *Glyde laugh* Part 05 has a lot going for it. For starters, I'm not drowning in a sea of Legends Station V4 anymore. More importantly, since I had actually planned on Part 05's events taking place in Part 04, all but one of the models that will be needed for 05 are already done. Of course I'm all burnt out on AT at the moment and I need to catch up on everything I let slide to get 04 finished up, but I could technically get started on 05's pages right this minute if I had the time and energy. Sorry to hear you don't care for the change in faces for Roll and Trigger. Personally I think they're a tremendous improvement over the old ones... I could understand someone complaining about the sudden change for consistency's sake, but to actually think the old ones look better, I'm very surprised. Will try to improve on the soundtrack for Part 05. DraggeYohmi's the leading male character in Halcyon Days. His ship (yet to make an appearance in his own story) did have a name at one point, and I think I have it written down somewhere but I've forgotten what it was. XP For the time being it doesn't need one. I'm glad you like it though. The Saga Buster 42 is out of ammunition at present, and without Data to refill it. I intend to make a note of that in Part 05. MusashiSo you've only been waiting 3 years? There are indeed advantages to being a newer member. XP Thanks for thanking me. It certainly is great to be a Legends fan!
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Post by Pitch on Feb 9, 2009 10:40:52 GMT -5
@green Ahh, I should have known somebody would complain about the Stripe Burger not being there... I couldn't think of any practical use for it (joke, reference, whatever) so I figured I'd save myself a lot of texturing time. Downtown was enough trouble as it was. XP Anyway, good to know you're already looking forward to Part 05. You know what? Now that I think about it, I can't think of any really good use for it either. And if you had stuck it in there I probably would've said you should've done something better with it. ..it would be a nice place for graffiti. I dunno, but yeah. It would've just been nifty, like polish or something. Still AT04 was great. I said it already but I can't wait for the next one now! Awesome².
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Post by JMC47 on Feb 9, 2009 15:07:38 GMT -5
I looked it over, I was impressed by the graphics... but, something I never noticed before, the characters didn't feel like they were themselves. I mean, it's understandable for the other chapters, the whole setting change, etc. But it felt like you took a Tron template (wishy washy girl) but it lacked what made her so great. Maybe it's because it was so short, and I haven't seen much progression, but Tiesel especially felt off... I mean, he just wasn't himself at all. You can mask a lot of personality problems by the fact that a character is a character, but it just felt so far off...
Roll and MegaMan, being generic characters as it is, didn't have many problems, the dream was downright hilarious, period. the ships, and buildings looked great (though some smoothing would have made them look more modern, I respect the classic look that makes it feel more like the original.)
I'm not sure where this fits in, but the new characters look a lot better than the old ones as I look back. The face changes, I felt, were for the better as well...
You know what the biggest problem I had with it is? Like Juno at the end of Part 3, the entire thing felt off. The humor was dead on, as I said before, every little crack drew a smile. But when the characters don't feel like their selves.
Not to end on a negative note, I still found it very entertaining and am just being overly critical because I care about it, and only want it to be better and better! Anyway, overall it was good, and I can't wait (but will have to, in all likelihood) for the next chapter.
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Post by Darfox8 on Feb 10, 2009 12:22:00 GMT -5
Hey congratulations on making a new chapter. I had actually never read these so when I saw that there was a new one I just burned through all of them in one sitting. I was actually shredding checks while I read it so it made the experience pretty awesome.
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Post by TronBonne on Feb 15, 2009 20:22:58 GMT -5
Finally, AT04!! Great job, fab! Everything looks fantastic to me, no complaints here. I think the changes made to the characters were good, they just look so much better now. I had a fun time reading it, the humour was done well. Wonder when AT05 will come out.
I'm ashamed to say that I didn't catch the Barrelzilla reference until I read the replies in this topic.
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Post by fAB on Feb 22, 2009 20:07:24 GMT -5
*rushes in late to comment on the latest comments* @jmc47 You have such a "3D" presence in this community so to speak, so it's a good feeling to hear that the visuals all meet with your approval. Also nice to have some more support for the facial adjustments. Trying to keep the characters in-character while furthering the plot and making it humorous is no easy task but I did my best. I thought I did an okay job of it, but maybe not. I will say this though, IMHO I didn't think any of the main characters in the first Legends felt quite right in Legends 2, the Bonnes in particular, so who's to judge? If I can read a line and listen to it in my head with the character's voice saying it, as long as it doesn't scream "No way would so-and-so ever say something like this!" at me then I feel like I'm doing okay. *shrugs* Maybe I can try to focus my efforts in this area for Part 05 and see if I do any better for ya. @darfox8 Wow, it's awesome to hear from someone discovering AT for the first time. I'm glad you liked it. Indeed, AT can brighten anyone's check-shredding day! TronBonneMuch thanks to ya, glad you approve! The Barrelzilla reference was pretty obscure when you think about it, one caption out of a hundred from a contest that ended years ago. There's no shame at all in missing it.
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Post by JMC47 on Feb 22, 2009 21:27:53 GMT -5
Very good response, you're right that the characters changed from MML1 to MML2... but Capcom can use the excuse of aging, blah blah blah.
The thing is that I think you were going out of the way to be funny, the thing about MML1 was that the characters were funny being themselves. MML2 they stretched it with several situations but the principle remains. Yeah, some gags are hilarious, but they sometimes felt a tad off, maybe it's just me...
*goes back to look at the marvel which is the Bonne Machinery*
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Post by Trege on Feb 23, 2009 0:18:13 GMT -5
I've never been good at criticism so I'll just say how much I liked it.
This is only the 2nd time I've seen AT, I only looked at part 1 the first time but now I've seen all of the parts and I think it's pretty awesome it really raised my mood when I read it the jokes were pretty good too.
I also liked the Halcyon Days reference, It was one of my favorite things to read on the site.
(Whats the status of Halcyon Days, is it still being worked on?)
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Post by fAB on Mar 15, 2009 19:13:28 GMT -5
Halcyon Days is the poor, neglected Main Gate child. It is by far the least popular one, but it is still being worked on though. In fact I added the first small bit to Mikii's story at the new year, but no one as of yet has mentioned having read it. Any discussions about it belong in the HD thread though, not here.
Glad you enjoyed the comic, Trege!
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Post by xdarkphoenixx on Aug 13, 2009 20:12:38 GMT -5
Are you guys still working on part 5? I really liked the story,I hope you will continue
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