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I’m trying to like this. I’m just not sure who the audience is for these. It’s obviously not me and I have played more games in my life then I care to admit.

 

[March Climber]

My ranking of the first half (most liked to least liked):

1. Armored Core
2. Pac-Man
3. Crossfire
4. New World
5. Unreal Tournament
6. W40K
7. Sifu
8. D&D

Overall it was a fun watch. A solid B+ for this first half.

Following this, here is my ranking of the second half:

1. Exodus
2. Outer Worlds
3. Honor or Kings
4. Megaman
5. Concord
6. Playstation
7. Spelunky

Exodus was by far the best episode of the second half, with a great set up to the lore of the upcoming game and the stakes and repercussions from being a traveler. That constant passage of time being almost a 3x multiplier can make for some heavy stories if done right within the game, where you simply can miss out on a character’s entire life due to losing track of time while on missions across space.

Outer Worlds told a touching story of a self-sacrifice on both ends in order to make a difference and potentially change a broken system from the inside.

Honor of Kings also had it’s own cool story about selflessness with incredible animation.

Unfortunately after the top 3, the problems begin to surface…

The Megaman and Spelunky episodes were entirely too short. The Spelunky episode felt like an extended commercial spot during a showcase or sports game. The Megaman episode felt like a really well done fan animation that was trying to stay within youtube’s old 10-minute limit parameter, for who knows what reason.

Concord episode was mediocre. Even taking the context of the game away from it, I felt like it wasn’t enough and it just felt like one of those straight to DVD ripoffs of a more popular concept (that concept being Guardians of the Galaxy of course).

Lastly, I understand that they were trying to make the playstation episode about childhood remembrance/fun, but everything around it made no sense and wasn’t explained at all, nor was it explained using sony products, nor was it explained using context clues except for one tiny moment. The only use I can see out of this episode is cutting up the Sony guest character ‘wow!’ moments into a commercial and putting a PS5 logo on it with a slogan.

Second half I give a C-. All together that brings it down to maybe a B- for me. The second half isn’t bad enough to completely ruin my experience of the first half.

This would be my top 10 overall:

1. Armored Core
2. Pac-Man
3. Exodus
4. Crossfire
5. New World
6. Honor of Kings
7. Unreal Tournament
8. Outer Worlds
9. W40K
10. Sifu

Season 2 was announced, so I’m hoping next time they need to make sure they don’t put almost all of the better episodes in the first half and leave the second half with scraps. I can completely understand why people gave this series the scores they did due to waiting on more and getting what we ended up with.

On a side note I’m hoping more companies use this to springboard a cool, new unique project like Namco did with the Pac-Man episode.

 

[Bert Big Balls]

That pacman episode really fucked them up, huh

Watched that one yesterday, interesting take on it. The best one by an absolute mile is the 40K one though.

 

[Mister Wolf]

The Pacman episode pretty much guaranteed I will buy Shadow Labyrinth.

 

[Party McHardy]

There was maybe 3 IPs i like, and they were pretty average at best. I can’t muster the enthusiasm to watch the others.

 

[Trilobit]

In no way is this a 5/10 show. The animation is amazing and the short stories are very well done mostly. I wouldn't praise it because most episodes feel like the cinematic trailers for The Old Republic due to their length, but this is not mediocre. I hope the studio gets to do a full-length movie some day.

 

[ikbalCO]

This show is a disaster. Ive just finished the first season and its shocking how there is no substance in any of the episodes. So bland. So boring.

I am amazed how amazon manages to eat shit whenever they try their luck on a popular genre.

How do you invest billions on a streaming service and only have three actual hits: fallout, the boys, marvelous mrs. Maisel?

 

[RCX]

Only watched the 40K episode. Enjoyed it as a showcase but it was very shallow overall.

Like something a fan would do to show off their skills in blender or unreal.

 

[March Climber]

This show is a disaster. Ive just finished the first season and its shocking how there is no substance in any of the episodes. So bland. So boring.

I am amazed how amazon manages to eat shit whenever they try their luck on a popular genre.

How do you invest billions on a streaming service and only have three actual hits: fallout, the boys, marvelous mrs. Maisel?

As with anyone who doesn’t list The Expanse when discussing Amazon Prime Video, I’m obligated to recommend The Expanse to you.

It’s arguably better than all 3 shows you’ve just listed.

 

[8bitpill]

The Concord episode was really lame. It doesn't even star the retarded characters from the game either.

I properly skipped that episode right when I saw the title.

 

[DeepEnigma]

Sounds like Disney Star Wars fanfare.

 

[GateofD]

5/10 is actually accurate. like half were good, the other half stinked.

Most of the long ones should have been short and were among the worst. The shortest (megaman) were among the best and should have been a full length episode