Madness Combat

Is this the best animated web series of all time?

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No.

What is, then?

Still holds up, so, yeah. Most web series are a product of their time, and while Madness combat is too (just look at the black gabardine, the bandanna and the katana), its action is still timeless and a lot of fun.

If you're a teenager. Are you a teenager?

I still enjoy the music, and the cartoonishly over the top violence.

You need to make like a tree and get the fuck out of here

wew, i used to enjoy this when i was 13, is this still a thing?

Yeah, it's astounding how stuff that's over a decade old looks just as good in terms of quality as stuff that comes out now. Plus, I think Madness kind of capitalized on the "lone badass plows his way through an army of disposable goons with a sick electronic soundtrack" trend that we saw later with Hotline Miami and John Wick and Payday 2 (to an extent).

Madness Combat was so ahead of its time, it's honestly surreal to think about.

The final episode is still being animated,

So, you think that MC was ahead of its time, or that more current action related works actually took after Madness Combat?

>final episode

Supposedly 10 was the finale, and before that it was supposed to be 7. Madness will probably never end until Krinkels just gets bored with it and drops it entirely.

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Probably the former, since MC borrows a lot from movies like The Matrix and Leon as well as the kung-fu stickman flashes like Xiao Xiao and whatnot (which in turn borrow heavily from Wuxia theater and John Woo "Righteous Bloodshed" movies)

Are you serious? Last I saw there was 10 episodes, I only remember Hank becoming a monster

Yep. One final big battle, I think.

its pretty fun for just a bloody beat em up. i remember when scrolling trought newgrounds i found them as a secret gem back in the day

This series has pretty well defined characters for the little dialogue it contained.

Did the group behind this ever do anything else?

the music is the best, that's for damn sure

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They are working on the next installment now actually. Its supposed to be an epilogue I think

The best animation flash era action web series?
yes, definitely.

the best animated web series?
There's way too much great stuff to compare

hoo boy. this betetr not end up like the ending of killing spree

afaik they only ever did that series.

MC11 is in the works if you follow Krinkel's twitter.

Shit, looks neat.

I thought this was a flash game?

I just looked into this.
Hasn't it been like 10 fucking years?

Actually, the 15th anniversary was a few days ago.

The next episode is looking promising

>when a fanseries is the only thing left to look forward to since MC11 is taking forever

he's actually splitting his time with Project Nexus 2.
Even in its alpha stage, the game actually feels pretty good to play, but progress is slow as shit since it's like a 4~ man team

Oh I'm aware, since I have the alpha myself. At least it's nearing the Beta stage.

The games pretty sweet, but it feels like it needs a lot more put into it. Without bashing the style, the texturing needs a change from scratchy blotchy grey.
Still an alpha though so hopefully the crack down on that.

Electronic music with hyper violence and dark humor is the best
the last episode ends on the chicken dance

I think 4-5.5 was the top of the game, Krinkels just couldn't match Hank's rampage in 5.5, you could almost feel how angry and jittery he is in that one.

>4-5.5
Chronologically in order of release, or just 4, 5 & 5.5?

In order of release

So why did Hank want to kill the Sheriff in the first place?

To prevent him from having the improbability drive.

The best parts where clown duels

that mix between utterly psychotic and plain stupid was just great. peak internet.

I loved having the animation for each new episode bump up a little since the beginning for a while.

As someone who knows nothing about this, it looks sorta like Thing-Thing, which is the flash game series you're probably thinking of

Anyone watch xionic madness?

Not the best web animation but definitely one of the best memories I got from NG. Absurd lore, mindless violence, electronic music, shitty style with a lot of heart put into animation. Good stuff.

Wasted so many hours on the first Nexus.

It has been so long since I watched the series, was there actual dialogue in terms of speaking?

Bunny kill did it better. It could use it's figures more creatively and had better action and effects, especially bunny kill 5. Only thing holding it back was the fact it's creator couldn't commit to a single countinuty. that being said, madness still deserves all the praise it get's for the fact it's creator has come a long way.

The dialogue is written, not spoken.

Honestly the effort put into this series declined after episode 4, After that Krinkel stopped animating blood pools and started reducing blood splatter in general yet each episode.
I guess he did it to speed up production but each episode still takes longer to make then the last one, I imagine we would still be on episode 8 if he went full bloodworks..

Spinoff featuring the gang members, if I recall correctly.

>Goodnight, Hank.

Yes, but very VERY little. As in, maybe one line every other movie.

>hundreds of frames of flaming frame-by-frame drawn/animated fire
>dozens of distinct blood splatter animations
>hurr durr it's lazy because the pools are gone

I'd rather see flames than pools of blood.

>it's been eleven years since pic related has had another installment

Personally I found Xionic Madness to be cooler, have the better animation and fight scenes. Too bad the creator completely dropped off the face of the map.

Nexus 1 was amazing, since it managed to perfectly capture the feel of the movies. I have good expectations for Nexus 2.

>Krinkles' only mistake is spending hours drawing every last molecule of each thing and also putting thousands of little details on the background
>You can't even get mad at him because it comes off really good when it's finished

PN2 is trucking along...slowly.
I haven't played it too often recently because of how long it takes for a new update to arrive, but when it does, there's a good amount to expect.

Madness Day is my only reason for going to Newgrounds these days. Everything else is rather dull.

What's /k/'s consensus on the designs for weapons Krinkles uses?

if only you people knew about the insanely autistic newgrounds fan community
krinkels spends most of his time drawing furry porn btw

Brackenwood;

I sadly have to agree.
Oh, I'm aware. I'm very well aware.

If only it could be released as a standalone game and not some shitty flash.

wtf i hate krinkles now

If he keeps it separate from his other content why should this be a bad thing?

Are there any good fan series?

In Madness? As far as story driven series goes, REALM. Besides that, it's just collabs and easily forgettable solo movies unless if they happen to be frame by frame.

Is it bad that I find that art quite good?

Just watched the whole thing, it's good but a wish it could go a little "faster"
Most characters leave themselves open for way too long

Yes. Kys furfag

Ouch, this shit is too real. -Krinkels

>Thing-Thing
Yup, that's it.

Whatever Sexual Lobster is doing right now.

Or, Professor Brothers.

That's generally not the point to begin with anyway, though.

And if you want faster pace, try to find the hidden shit.

Also it's not like these two are professionals either.

I have to ask here since is the first chance I've ever gotten to question the topic

Does anyone remember a fan madness series that had a red Templar guy and some blue ninja dude that were on a mission to kill a green furry gal? I saw it when I was younger but I can't remember where to find it for the life of me

Xionic Madness?

God it's my edgy years all over again, thanks for helping me find it

I remember that one short series about a couple of ninjas, maybe? It's been way too long.

Xiao Xiao exists so no

It's certainly one of the most bloody one out there

It's meh, I guess.

Stickdeath. If you say no, super beast will rip your dick off, invent a size changing machine and supersize your dick and launch it into Earth's orbit and use it for a luxury vacation getaway resort and hammer of dong lazer guided satellite.

The clown has more lines than anyone else.

Episode 3 & 4 are still my favourites
the action and music were perfect

No, this is the best animated web series.
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I just went back and looked, and yeah it's pretty good. If you know what you're looking at you can pick out most of the stuff he's using. They're not as lovingly rendered as something I would call "/k/ approved", but it's not just vague gun shapes and he has one or two less common weapons. 7/10, it's ok,

Maximum Ninja?

I might have to agree with that, yeah. Everything from the animation, to the action, to the music is fantastic. As a series it's really consistent in quality as well.

>ending of killing spree
Oh man, that blew. Still, I got some good memories with that series - stick animations in general. They really helped to shape my taste in music, I think.

>Killing Spree

Oh many the edgy nostalgia! Also yeah the ending to that blew.

I wonder whatever happened to Castle

Oh man, I don't remember much about Castle. I sure do remember Joe Zombie though. The use of Swift 3D in that series blew my mind.

Don't.

7 is the best. I also love 7.5s stealth job till Deimos unloads a lmg

I love how Giant Ghost Tricky is pretty much the only thing to ever bring out a semblance of fear in Hank.

Yeah, that's the one!