I totally agree with what you are saying Freestyle. Wanted to get my two cents in as well ha ha. I graduated with a degree in graphic communications, and with graphic communications, whether print or digital, there are certain design rules to follow such as color theory, shape, form, typography, and so on. Eric and 2Advanced definitely succeed in this area. There is no doubt that they know what looks good, know how to use form and function, white space and all of that. But where I feel they lack is branching out in their design skills. If I were a client, and I shelled out God knows how much money to get an intro, and then I went online only to find five other intros that use the same motions, shapes (hexagons and skewed boxes), I personally would be a bit ticked off. If there is one thing on the web that makes a site stand out, it's ORIGINALITY. While it may look great, there is just not much originality in using the same shapes and motion patterns with different clients.
Not to compare, but one company that DOES take originality to the extreme especially lately is WDDG. If you stroll through their site portfolio, which last time I checked unfortunately was offline, you will find VERY different looking sites made by the same design team. Take http://www.altoids.com as a prime example of how well a good thought out design represented a company SO WELL. That wacky site could not be more perfect for them. Or check out the slick http://www.clubmakeup.net/ another site made by the same design firm yet fits that particular client so well. Each of their site concepts is SO different from the other. This to me is good design.
Eric is a great designer too, he has the technical knowhow and designs beautiful sites, but he does need to take a graphic leap of faith and come up with something besides miniscule text and hexagons.