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- animation@lemm.ee
- games@sh.itjust.works
- ghazi@lemmy.blahaj.zone
- cross-posted to:
- animation@lemm.ee
- games@sh.itjust.works
- ghazi@lemmy.blahaj.zone
Ever since it was announced, there has been some confusion over just what Secret Level actually is. The video game-themed anthology streaming on Prime Video — helmed by Love, Death & Robots creator Tim Miller — is a collection of animated shorts, each based on a different gaming property. So there’s a Mega Man episode that explores the character’s origin and a Spelunky episode that attempts to create a metanarrative around the concept of a roguelike.
It’s an interesting idea let down by a lack of interesting ideas. The 15 shorts are almost universally dull and manage to neither make their source material seem compelling nor provide new insights for existing fans. The real confusion is who this is actually for.
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One of my partners keeps trying to convince me it’s a good thing UT was cameoed in this absolute nothingburger of a series and I’m just here like “babe unless it accompanies an announcement of a UT2k4 remaster, I have no reason to watch this” bc it’s well known Epic gives more of a shit about Fortnite and trying to port the console wars to PC than the property that used to sell their engine.
