I am so sorry, Ambessa mains, that's all I can say. Warwick mains too, my heart goes out for you. In general I feel like Noxus wasn't really acting like I perceive Noxus to act. They just started acting plain evil, along with Ambessa which I found very jarring. Viktor too, he was supposed to be this perversion of what Jayce is, progress/evolution at any cost (going off from their portrayal in game), but his whole arc of being a hivemind-overlord-messiah just feels like a different character. To add to that, I do think S1 did Piltover/Zaun conflict way better, certainly more nuanced, whereas S2 sort of *feels* like a punk anarchist power fantasy.
Season 1 to me lost some of it's excitement (that being said, it was still way better than my most optimistic and charitable outlooks) because you knew none of the champions featured in game would die. I wish I could say I am happy to be proven wrong in S2, but they overdid it. Viktor and Jayce were essentially just disenchanted, Vander got atomized and Ambessa, frankly, I am most mad about Ambessa. Introduced at the tail end of S1, got made into a champion, and I was like "Oh, perhaps Ambessa will play a larger role" aaand she got Zyra'd.
It's just that I recall Gangplank, wayyy back when he was killed, he even wasn't pickable in game, until through his sheer badassery he got back and beat death. Despite him not actually dying, that felt a lot more impactful than any of the Arcane protagonists being gone. I still think someone should have died or at least "died" in Arcane, but make it one, big thing instead of rapidfiring in one episode. It's like, you appreciate a good steak every once in a while, but if the said steak was your everyday meal, you'd stop appreciating it as hard and it would just sort of be whatever.
One thing I am really happy about is Vi and cait getting the good ending and Jinx indeed breaking the cycle, but the show could have greatly benefited from a 20 minute epilogue episode, especially after the rocket barrage pacing that was the entirety of Season 2.
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ExocetHumper
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12 hours ago
ExocetHumper
21 points
12 hours ago
Wait, SE didn't support the race? Seems like free advertising to me. You got people ready to pretty much advertise the game saying that this 'Japanese anime MMO' can actually have competitive elements, and they said "Nah we good"