Dragon Age: Absolution

Its something to watch sorta related to dragon age. Thats about all i can say.

Why the freak do people start shows like that though? Episode 1 starts off in the middle of something with zero backstory. Watching episode 1 feels like i missed a whole season or 2 beforehand. The only reason i sorta like it is because i have played the games before and somewhat familiar with little bits here and there.

Just finished ep 3 and the feeling is still the same. Not much clue as to whats all going on. No connection to any of the characters at all except perhaps the slave elf.

This is definitely not the dragon age i envisioned coming to the screens. Whomever made this should be ashamed of themselves for butchering dragon age like this.

While I enjoy the thedas-setting, the show itself feels very "generic". Obviously this isn't a project to the level of Arcane, but I was hoping it could contend with the likes of edgerunners or the legend of vox machina, but sadly... It is just lacking in every regard. Everything is "okay" but nothing except maybe the voice acting stands out. The main characters are one-dimensional, with the main character just always being so powerful and almost flawless that it's boring, while the rest of the gang gets very little to contribute outside their party-role.

Worth a watch if you enjoy dragon age, might improve in the future, just don't expect anything special.

Show is decently good.

Great artwork, great voice acting, some of the characters are a bit ham, but fun. The main thing that makes me think of this as a 8/10 rather than 6/10, is the villains.

Because unlike so many shows they are not either soulless enemies (zombies, "evil" demons, robots, etc.) but people. People, who genuinely see themselves as good people. The villains are horrible, disgustingly evil people, but don't consider themselves as anything but good. That's great to see.

I'm not much into Dragon Age, and based on the other reviews, that might be the reason why I enjoy it more..

A decent show that edges on an 8th rating from me in thanks to it's expressive animation, the 2D work is just as good as The Witcher Nightmare of the Wolf and way better than the recent works of Studio MIR in Dota and Young Justice also AMCs Pantheon. 3D work is decent to good. The animation studio here is really flexing and advertising it's self for future projects.

The thing that holds the series down is the story compared to Arcane. But if you can stomach Season 3 of Dota the plot here is good. The backstory seems to be a better story to tell with this season should have been some follow up but we fall into this world with developed characters that I personally can't seem to like cause I can't feel their stuggles no matter how many times the show tells me.

Overall it's a good show, I'd come back for 2nd season.

Another decent game anime on Netflix. It's certainly not up there with Arcane, but it's not bad either.

The animations are great and the fighting is intense.

What bothered me most was the story. It's very cookie cutter where someone has to steal a MacGuffin, someone betrays someone else and there's someone pulling the strings behind the scene.

It's pretty short with only six episodes, so you barely get to know or care about anyone. Most of the cast are pretty one dimensional, even though the voice actors do a good job.

I'll certainly watch it if a second season comes out, but as it stands it's just going to fade into memory like most of the other shows like it.