Sadly act 2 of arcane wasn't able to follow the great beginning of the show. Episode 1-3 really blowed me away and after hearing that the series is going to get even better afterwards I was really hyped for what RIOT will show us next. First of all I have to say that the animation ist still superb and I (as a huge fan of the game) was very entertained by those 3 episodes.
However judging it from a mor objective point of view there are a lot of problems.
1. The Pacing is awful. In the course of a few scenes characters are changing their whole personality just to progress the story. There are also really weird cuts between scenes.
2. I don't like what they did to Silko. For me he was (and maybe still is) the most interesting character in this series. I like how they introduced a Villain, that has his weaknesses and a clear vision. Yeah he pretty much did a 180 after the time skip and now strives to be a father and selling drugs in order to bribe the enforcers. He pretty much does the same thing Vander did. He only gets interested in fighting the topsiders after Jinx goes on her solo mission and steals the arcane orb. Very disappointing.
3. Character Development. The only character they really fleshed out was Jinx, which they did well, but I feel like I now nothing about Vi, Caitlyn, etc.
Characters also just act out of character the whole time. I feel like Jayce switched his whole personality 4 times within 2 scenes.
I really hope that act 3 will show the same greatness as act 1.
However judging it from a mor objective point of view there are a lot of problems.
1. The Pacing is awful. In the course of a few scenes characters are changing their whole personality just to progress the story. There are also really weird cuts between scenes.
2. I don't like what they did to Silko. For me he was (and maybe still is) the most interesting character in this series. I like how they introduced a Villain, that has his weaknesses and a clear vision. Yeah he pretty much did a 180 after the time skip and now strives to be a father and selling drugs in order to bribe the enforcers. He pretty much does the same thing Vander did. He only gets interested in fighting the topsiders after Jinx goes on her solo mission and steals the arcane orb. Very disappointing.
3. Character Development. The only character they really fleshed out was Jinx, which they did well, but I feel like I now nothing about Vi, Caitlyn, etc.
Characters also just act out of character the whole time. I feel like Jayce switched his whole personality 4 times within 2 scenes.
I really hope that act 3 will show the same greatness as act 1.