It's difficult for me to be completely objective about it because I came into it having been a long-time Critical Role fan. I will say though, I enjoyed season 1 of LoVM MORE than I expected to. I was extremely excited for the show and was a Kickstarter backer, but there was always going to be a risk when it comes to this sort of an adaptation. It's hard enough to adapt source material like video games and comics into a TV property, but when the source material is an actual-play D&D game, there was just no telling how well it'd translate. Even though everyone involved in it's production were animation-industry veterans (both as voice actors and directors), given this un-tested territory I intentionally kept my expectations tempered.
All of that being said, I was genuinely blown away by just how good a show it is. The pacing, the character moments, the quality of the animation, the action directing, the humor, the music, just all around, top notch stuff. It has it's up's and down's for sure and like many other comments here, I do agree that the introductory 2 episodes are probably the weakest of the season, but on the whole, it's fantastic.
Completely anecdotal, but I've also spoken to several folks who have zero knowledge of Critical Role or even D&D that have watched it and felt the same way.
DrStealYourFace t1_j2cg1t4 wrote
Reply to Legend of Vox Machina - Worth the watch? by SerGiggles
It's difficult for me to be completely objective about it because I came into it having been a long-time Critical Role fan. I will say though, I enjoyed season 1 of LoVM MORE than I expected to. I was extremely excited for the show and was a Kickstarter backer, but there was always going to be a risk when it comes to this sort of an adaptation. It's hard enough to adapt source material like video games and comics into a TV property, but when the source material is an actual-play D&D game, there was just no telling how well it'd translate. Even though everyone involved in it's production were animation-industry veterans (both as voice actors and directors), given this un-tested territory I intentionally kept my expectations tempered.
All of that being said, I was genuinely blown away by just how good a show it is. The pacing, the character moments, the quality of the animation, the action directing, the humor, the music, just all around, top notch stuff. It has it's up's and down's for sure and like many other comments here, I do agree that the introductory 2 episodes are probably the weakest of the season, but on the whole, it's fantastic.
Completely anecdotal, but I've also spoken to several folks who have zero knowledge of Critical Role or even D&D that have watched it and felt the same way.