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Vlarion 4 - The Heavens Crumble

Reviewed by Ben Lee

This review contains minor spoilers.

And here we are, at the end. Dask and his company set out to finish this Vlarion war once and for all, and the movie does wonderfully in closing off this side of the story while maintaining its old look. The final battles are full of suspense, and the last one is breathtaking, climatic and nerve-wrecking. It is in this movie where I realised that I actually felt for the group. When I started to bang my head on the table as they were struggling in battle, I discovered that I badly wanted Dask and his comrades to succeed. Do they survive? Hehe, my mouth is zipped, but this is one of the most memorable moments in my time watching 3DMM movies.

And after all that? Well, Aaron wraps the movie up really nicely. The final conversations were put together very well and I smiled, relieved and saddened at the same time that the Vlarion war is over, for this branch, anyway. Aside from the story, one thing I haven't given much credit for is the hand-made characters of the final couple of Vlarions. A lot of time has obviously been spent on it and I must congratulate Aaron on making the creatures move quite realistically.

While I am praising its story, I am just thinking what it could have been if a couple of scenes weren't so still for so long or if a couple of neat camera angles were used. But that's not to say it doesn't ruin it. The battle animations are wonderful to watch and the RPG bits really do make Vlarion 4 something to remember. As I wait for Alternate Vlarion 4, I wonder if it can live up to the finale of Vlarion 4.

Score: 86/100
 

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