Mini Frustrations #6 Survivors Series Nitpick

 

Survivors Series

I won’t deny Survivors is good, but at the same time it feels like an inferior version of Warriors. Not only that, but every piece of world building feels like an equivalent, yet a reaction against, Warriors, in a deliberate and very self-aware attempt to make it different. This also gives it an inorganic feel, and takes you out of the story.

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