I liked Sintel much better
Me too. I can’t tell if this one was a comedy or a dramedy or something else. “Sintel” and “Big Buck Bunny” were, tonally, much easier to take in.
However, given that “Tears of Steel”’s development drove the creation of the new camera tracker and some great improvements in the Cycles renderer and the new compositing engine, I’m willing to give it a pass!