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This show is a joy to watch. All of the actors truly care about their characters and the narrative. The unscripted, improvised actions of the players adds to the unpredictable and engaging story that Matt Mercer sets up.Watching Critical Role will enrich your life.
ajaxonwilliams
Critical Role is the ultimate in entertainment! I don't think I have ever fallen in love with any TV show, web series, video game, or film as much as I have fallen in love with this group of nerdy ass voice actors sitting around and playing Dungeons & Dragons. Matthew Mercer is one of the greatest storytellers of today. The characters are probably the most well written characters I have ever seen, and this is a completely unscripted show! Even if I didn't particularly like at the start (Percy, Taryon) grew on me very quickly.While at this point (101 episodes in), it's very obvious the story of Vox Machina is coming to an end, I'm still incredibly excited to see what Mercer comes up with and what characters these amazing voice actors get to play as in the next campaign.10/10 would watch again (aaaaall the way from the beginning).
Andrea Stender Cordes
Critical Role is a surprisingly engaging show, told through constant improvisation performed by some of the hardest hitters in the Voice Acting business, through the game "Dungeons and Dragons" lead by Matthew Mercer. Critical Role takes place in the high fantasy world of Exandria, and centers around the group of adventurers called Vox Machina. Vox Machina consists of Goliath barbarian Grog (Travis Willingham), human gunslinger Percival (Taliesin Jaffe), Dragonborn Sorcerer Tiberius (Orion Acaba), half-elf druid Keyleth (Marisha Ray), gnome cleric Pike (Ashley Johnson), gnome bard Scanlan (Sam Riegel) and the half-elven twins, the ranger Vex'ahlia (Laura Bailey) and her brother, the rogue Vax'ildan (Liam O'Brien). The story starts in-medias-res as the group are entering the dwarven city of Kraghammer. They don't manage to be there long before they start attracting attention and trouble. What makes the show isn't the story itself, which might surprise most who try to watch the show. It's the characters, their inter- personal relationships, struggles, and the impact they have on the world around them that makes the show what it is. Despite having no visuals at all, this show is intensely visual, through the amazingly graphic storytelling of Matthew Mercer. If you possess even a smidgen of ability to imagine, Matthew Mercer handles the rest. He'll paint castles in your mind, after which the remaining cast will fill the castle with life, laughter, and tears of both joy and sorrow. Being that the show is running on 300+ hours, and isn't done yet, with the average episode being 3 hours, I wouldn't recommend it to anyone with a short attention span. But if that isn't an issue, I'd recommend it to anyone who enjoys stories about people. Even if you don't like fantasy, you'll quite quickly discover that the fantasy is just the setting of the story, but that the backbone of Critical Role is the characters. I've seen 300 hours of this show, and I'd happily watch 300 more.
toothy-tottan
One of the many things you must see before you die. Preferably Live. Do you like D&D look no further. In the vision of Matthew Mercer we follow our heroes in the quest of entertaining us. The gang of Vox Machina: The accountant Vex cries when the gang spend to much money. Her twin brother Vax is the sneaky backstabbing kind. Grog is the fierce Goliath with an heart of gold. Pike is the true-believer of the gang and she is also paladin with a strong healing touch. Percy is the tinker of the gang creating deadly things of use. Scanlan is the gigolo and bard and the gangs jester. Keyleth the Elven Druid of many shapes and she got a wonderful laugh. Tiberius the Sorcerer he is from Draconia.Critter and Vox Machina Fan for life.The toothy swede.