Originally Posted by
Danner
Technically this short was amazing. On par with Pixar quality stuff. Thumbs up. The people who created this know what they are doing, and put a lot of soul into it. I cannot avoid having to respect that a lot.
My issue with the movie was, well... it felt like a commercial. Everyone was smiling like the drinks contained valium.You couldn't go 10 seconds without hearing the word Hearthstone being sung in the background. There was something very sinister about the tavern in my eyes as a result. Something cult-like. As if they were being über welcoming to the newcomer just to rope her into their nefarious MLM scheme.
But my main critique, it lacked a story. Compare it to the Overwatch short. That had the story; A plan. A cowboy-bebop-esque world tour heist to prepare for the plan. A revised plan. Another revision showing the insanity of both characters. Junkrat spending an insane amount of effort telling Roadhog to not screw up the master plan, and the first thing he does is to screw it up himself. Hoist by his own glorious petard. There was a definitive story to that tale, and it doubled as an explanation of why you would be escorting a pile of gold through Junk town in what I assume is gonna be an overwatch map.
I cannot say the same about the hearthstone video. It was 5 minutes of ... girl meets tavern? What was the payoff?