TheNameBrand It might have some high school undertones, but it's a fun ride into the insight of a different kind of world where gaming isn't just the norm, it's LIFE. I wasn't super satisfied with the ending, but I'm a sucker for that stuff, but overall they present a good overall message, to follow your dreams 4/5

Patrick Dowdle First let's start with the great stuff, which there is plenty of.The cinematographers clearly knew what they were doing. Shots are excellently composed, lighting and camera work are top notch, particularly in context of the budget, and the entire work (thus far) has been visually compelling. The digital elements are intuitive and well done (intuitive by being instantly recognizable and relatably - for example, when a player was shot in the game, there would be a bunch of digital pixels that flew off them. It makes a lot of sense and looks cool).The soundtrack is fluid and on-key, building tensions and emotions and complimenting the arc of the story as it progresses. It's nothing particularly amazing, but it's great for the budget. The supporting actors also do a quite good job, although, like all amateur actors, there are some flaws.It's important to give credit to these backstage guys who made a really clean, professional looking film. Because honestly, I was legitimately impressed. But that's where the good impressions end, and the bad begin.I gave this work such a low review because, frankly, the acting and writing is AWFUL. Literally offensive. A fair, even good, portion of the jokes hit pretty well, but the characters are atrocious. BrianD, the 'protagonist', is arguably the bigger douche between him and his cliché, one-dimensional, nonsensical antagonist rival, The Law. Brian never listens to people, is generally psychopathically inconsiderate of other people, and is incredibly standoffish with anybody that disagrees with him. So is The Law, but hes SUPPOSED to be that way, he's the bad guy. Whats the point of making the protagonist as mean as the antagonist? I hated them both. At least the Law was a good actor, but BrianD gave a wooden, comically unconvincing performance that felt like a 'very first stab at acting ever'kind of acting.Characters don't evolve, they just do random things that don't make sense. Everybody is a huge dick to Brian, then they're suddenly not, and then they are again, and there's no reason why. Ever. Characters change without events occurring, and thats baffling. The writing makes it so that the character change is the impetus for the event, not the other way around, which is how it should be. Brian and his on-again off- again romance with Matrix, the lead female, is baffling, forced, and awkward - a set of traits that describe most of the movie.Also, a piece of work that bills itself as a 'video game movie' has an embarrassingly poor understanding of the medium. It's like the producers have never actually watched any eSports. Of course, adaptations are never perfect, but its so far off the mark that, as a gamer, I felt cheated. I wasn't expecting them to translate CSGO or CoD perfectly, but a respawn + CTF + dramatic 'evil villain speech' cliché inside a COMPETITIVE GAME? It just felt alienating.That's a good word to sum up the review. Alienating. I felt uncomfortable, confused, and apathetic to the characters' plight. The writing was bad, the actors were bad, and this work is bad. 3/10, with 2/10 points added for visuals.

ispeakenglish109 So I first watched this on Netflix. The plot seemed corny, but I like gaming and checked it out. I immediately recognized the kid from Warehouse 13 and was enjoying the in-game action scenes. . .when that Law kid showed up. I seriously wanted someone to shoot him in the head and camp the respawn. I don't know who told him to or let him act that way, but somebody should have told him to stop cause he ruined the whole show. I barely made it to the failed pub stomp (or whatever it was called) before I backspaced and gave the show a 1 star with a bad review.Recently, I gave the show another chance. It was VERY hard to swallow the "spazz acting" from the Law and other minor characters. I called it quits like twice but fortunately I made it through the first episode. I'm pretty hooked on the show now especially since some other really great characters/actors showed up. I would recommend it especially if you like gaming/FPS. It's fun watching the PC gaming cause it reminds me of my first year of college. (ah Urban Terror).p.s That offline beat-down BrianD gave the Law. . .so satisfying. Watched it 5 times. XD

Fabio Baldan I've been a gamer for a long time and just recently found out about this show from a friend and while I didn't have much faith I ended up enjoying this much more than I expected.For starters the production values are actually really good. Let's not forget that this is a web series that can be seen for free on youtube yet in some areas it feels like it has the same production values as most comedies from big TV corporations. The action scenes in particular are really well made, which isn't surprising considering Freddie Wong is in the production team (people who know his youtube videos should know what to expect). I know a lot of people that are always skeptical about web shows so if you are one of them be assured that this feels like an actual show and not some kids with a camera shooting something in their house. Most of the actors are decent, you won't see any award winning performances here but they seem to be on par with most "sitcoms". The humor is rather unique. Personally I like it but I can see how other people might not. A lot of the jokes rely on the "so bad it's good" formula because of how over the top, stupid or just random they can be, so if you are looking for a comedy where the humor is based on truly clever writing this might not be for you. But as long as you don't take it that seriously it's actually fun (IMO). That's not to say that all jokes are bad, there are constant nods and cameos from the gaming world, some of them really clever which leads me to the biggest reason I enjoy VGH: It feels like it was made from gamers for gamers. Be it some of the gags/jokes, situations, cameos, hints or plot points, you can simply tell this show was made by people that actually enjoy videogames. And that's something that I can really appreciate, specially in a medium where everything gaming (or geeky) related is mostly shown using the most generic of stereotypes (big bang theory would be a good example)