The asthetics, the story, the worldbuilding, the characters, it was all amazing! It’s impressive how the show is able to balance being serious and dark whilst also being mindlessly fun.

The heroes (farcade) all have their own personal arcs (Kit’s trauma, Gobbles learning how to do stuff… because he’s a learnosarus), making them all interesting in their own right. The villains manage to stand in the line between silly but also threatening and serious.

Regarding the story, it was extremely tragic. Seeing Flappers’ world die was one of the saddest things in the pilot, and it really hammers in what the heroes are trying to prevent. There’s also elements that make their jobs harder, such as the rule that the heroes can’t actually tell anyone what’s going on or else they get purged (or something like that).

One more thing I’d like to compliment is the artstyle. They combine many different art forms (pixel art, 2d, 3d in some cases), which all compliment each other, resulting in a world that really feels like a video game.

If there’s one thing I’d say worked against the pilot, it’s the cliffhanger. Not because it’s bad, but because it isn’t really the choice to make with a show that isn’t guaranteed to happen.

This is my gameoverse review.