- The animation, like always, is incredibly beautiful.Ā This especially shows in the ability animations.Ā Phoenixās fire towards the end is absolutely stunning
- Phoenix features heavily in all the episode animatics, as a sort of audience-lens, which works so well!!Ā Heās our protagonist, our wisecracking, reckless, competitive hero, which.Ā I love him, pls donāt let him become irrelevant in gameplay dkfhdjkfhjkdhf
- I love cinematics because theyāre able to highlight aspects of characters that arenāt always reflected in game lines.Ā WHICH BRINGS ME TO KAY/O, who, if I saw in real life i would not hesitate to throw hands with and then run for my life.Ā but i love how just Exasperated with Phoenix he was??Ā and his littleĀ āwell, that was embarrassingā after the bot completely destroyed him.Ā like okay king you get some points
- CYPHER MY BELOVED MY LITTLE RAT MAN IāLL PLAY CHESS WITH YOU AND LOSE IMMEDIATELY.Ā guys look a cinematic where he didnāt die!!
- raze x killjoy is canon now.Ā theyāre literally so fuckin cute together, tinkering and working on bots together.Ā thatās gf activity, change my mind or buy my silence
- YORU AND JETT BETTING POOL WAS SO FUCKING FUNNY.Ā I LOVE THEM SO MUCH
- the explosion in the background while cypher calmly plays chess.Ā im love him so much.Ā his shifty littleĀ āvictory requires sacrificesā advice to phoenix, like PLS DUDE YOUāRE SO SHADY AND I LOVE YOU SO MUCH
- i have So Many Thoughts about sage, which i will save for a separate post, because itās What She Deserves
- WHERE IS REYNA?Ā WHERE IS NEON?Ā MY BELOVEDS (kdhjkhd this is a joke i completely understand that they canāt or just wonāt animate in every single agent, and thatās completely fine!!Ā just makes me more excited for future animatics)