Talk:NES Godzilla Creepypasta/Chapter 8: Finale (Part 2)/@comment-17737430-20161012172502

Ok. SO personally, I liked this pasta for a lot of different reasons, but I had a few complaints.

1. I had a bit of an issue with the screenshots because there's a lot of points where the graphics looked...wrong...like, the first occurence of the Red icon on the board. It doesn't look BAD, but you can see that the size is completely wrong in comparison to the rest of the screencap. This happens a lot in this story, like when a monster shrinks, or a new enemy shows up and it should be really big at the size of it's sprite. I kinda wish the author had stuck with the visual limitations a LITTLE better.

2. I couldn't keep a straight face in the last chapter. XD Sorry, but I personally couldn't stay serious when the ending came up. It was so melodramatic in every way that it kinda felt like the ending to an RPG, not a horror story attempting to be legitimately scary. Zach feling physical pain when Godzilla is hit by Red, or being paralysed by Red, or apologising to Red when he starts hurting him, or being saved by Melissa - these things blew the potential fear away because it felt so out of place in this otherwise creepy game pasta. It's not that it was poorly written, because in a less horror oriented story, I'd be perfectly happy with it, and might even find it inspirational or heartwarming, but it felt completely out of place and kinda silly in the context of this specific story.

Now, I did like...EVERYTHING ELSE! The custom graphics are gorgeous! The descriptions of what happened really helped me stay immersed (ignoring the "oh, the NES couldn't do THIS" stuff). I loved the designs of all the new monsters and creatures, too! The custom sprites are all really well-made and, aside from aspect ratio problems, all feel like they belong in this world the author put together.

I'd say that despite its problems, NES Godzilla Creepypasta is a really fun and enjoyable story. I appreciate it most for its production value, and from what I could see of the author's other project, Godzilla Replay, a lot of my problems with NGC were solved in that story, although from what I can tell it was never finished. I'd personally give NGC a 8.2 out of 10. Aside from a few problems, this is a solid story, and I won't criticise it for "cliches", as this story is, from what I can tell, one of the stories that really solidified the gaming creepypasta tropes to begin with. It'd be kind of like criticising the original Super Mario Bros for having a small number of powerups. Very nice and a good read overall.