I'm speechless. This is by far the most amazing work in both story, animation, and sound combined here at newgrounds. I found myself immersed in the story right from the beginning and I got goosebumps in that scene where he's stumbling through the mall right after escaping. I was left in awe right up until the screen faded to black after the credits.

You, sir, and your team did an absolutely fantastic job here. I'd give you a 100 if I could, but the voting scale only goes as high as 5.

But there are a few things I still don't really understand. Who was B14 really? Was Prole 514 ever even changed? What was the point of keeping him in that fish tank?

Noooo! He be stealin my bucket!

LOLOLOLOL

HAHAHA

It's funny because lol.

Couple of bugs.

This game is wonderful. But there are a lot of small bugs left that need to be fixed:

-You misspelled "Civilization" in the intro sequence.
-In the first mission with the Ammunition, if you drop the ammunition before starting the mission, they don't come back at all.
-In the same mission, I was destroyed by the enemy tank literally just after I completed the mission. It showed the losing screen, and then the mission complete screen popped up.

I can't rate this a 10 because of these things. But I really like the game, it's fun, it's well-themed. The little characters and voices are stupidly awesome. Great graphics. Background music is perfect too.

I listened to this just on a whim but boy am I glad I did. First thing I wanna say is that the composition and phrasing in this is absolutely brilliant. I was enraptured through the entire song. Your harmonies are genius as well, absolutely fantastic work.

I do have some issues with the way this ended up in the production department though, it's gonna seem like I'm really dumping on you in this review but it's only because I really really liked this piece and it comes from a genuine place of appreciation and wanting to help you improve and make more awesome stuff like this.

First: As strange as this may sound, I think your voice is too loud in this track, and it's a bit too dry as well. I think you could have re-balanced the vocals to be quieter dry and have a thicker, and maybe even darker since your voice is very bright on its own, reverb to suit how the piano and whistle are mixed.

Second: In the first half (weirdly only in the first half, not the second) your vocal harmonies and extra bits get lost in the main vocal. If you were to revisit the mix of this song, I would recommend giving just a slight volume boost to your harmonies and extra bits in the section starting around 1:00. Also the extra "wanted to fall" at 2:58 could do with a healthy boost - moreso than the first vocal section.

Third: The piano could use more presence in the lower end and a bit more of the foley from the piano wouldn't hurt either :) Hammer sound, string sounds, and seat creaks go a long way in terms of selling an authentic recording. Bringing the low end of the piano through would also help balance the brightness of your voice.

Fourth: This is a personal one so don't let it derail your creative vision. The switchup at around 5:00 - first of all don't get me wrong this section is hands down my favorite part of the song - I don't think there's enough payoff (payoff being the fast pace, lots of harmonies, forte piano, etc...). There's really only like 8ish bars of payoff and then we instantly revert back to the pace of the rest of the song. I think you could have extended it to 16 bars before reverting and building up to the switch back to the slow pace after building to the 16 bars of fast pace.

Lastly: There are just a couple places where I think you're a bit flat or don't have enough definition on each note in a run. If you have a plugin like newtone or melodyne load up your vocal recording in one of those programs and see the difference between what you wanted to sing and what you did sing. I'm not a singer and I haven't trained my ear for vocal pitch but there are a few spots where it does sound a bit off to me.

Here is what I noticed:
0:34 - "The" in "through the trees" is a tad flat
1:06 - at the end of "follow" I think you may have hit a totally wrong note, and the run itself lacks definition
1:15 - "of" in "forest of old" the harmony sounds sharp

That's about it for my criticisms. I just want to reiterate that I really enjoyed this despite all that stuff, but I honestly believe that this could have been taken up to an even higher level than it already is with a few small changes. Excellent work, huge love, biggups. I'm gonna watch out for more stuff from you!

I wasn't gonna write reviews because reasons, but I can't just ignore this one.

I really want to love this tune. Like, frustratingly so. Give your high end some love man! I started losing interest in the track because I couldn't get over the fact that I felt like I was listening to it through a wall. From what I can hear the melodies and atmospheres you're creating in this track are awesome and just up my alley as far as music I like, but I can't feel immersed if you don't take off that low pass filter.

The song is really repetitive and lacks a sense of movement.

It's also got a really compressed sound to it, try working on letting the pluck sound breathe a bit more in the mix. It could definitely use the space.

Aside from that, sounds great! Drums are nice on their own, I'd like to hear a bit more tail on the snare, but that's just my personal preference. :)

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Wow! When I clicked on this I first thought that the image was from some kind of ad. I had to do a double take to realize it was the actual pic!

Exquisite work here.