Critical Role

While I can’t really speak to Critical Role, I know many people who listen to and love it. I listen to Wildemount Wildlings and can say that it’s fantastic!

I’ll say up front, I do no like Sam Regal. He is my least favorite, and I’ve never liked any of his characters for more than a scene. So there’s some bias. I missed all of C1, so can’t say much. I missed some of C2 since it isn’t all on here, but I mostly enjoyed it. There were more than a few scenes I had to skip because of how cringey the dialogue got (Beau and Yasha scenes mainly, but some Nott and Jester ones, too. Though with Jester it was because I can’t stand the high pitched voice.) But over overall I enjoyed it, and the one shots involving the characters. C3 though… I have constantly felt so close to dropping the show. Skipping multiple episodes at once at one point. The only thing keeping me barely holding on is Matt and his world building. But all the problems I had with C2 are spread across 90% of the characters in C3 and I hate it so much. At multiple points it felt like the game would devolve into an ERP campaign. Why was it so gucking horning all the time. There were so many critical moments that were staggered because of one reason or another, ruining any build up to something cool. The players were so much worse in their decision paralysis, and despite playing for many years now, some of them still can’t remember their basic spells or class stuff. I’m at episode 98 of C3, and I’m ready to officially drop this. I love Matt Mercer and Liam and Travis, but the rest have started to seriously urk me.

Probably the best D&D podcast to listen to. They do curse a lot so not recommended for kids. The story’s are incredible and Mercer puts such detail into everything that it creates an immersive experience. When I watch the anime Vox Machina based on their first campaign everything looked exactly how I imagined it. I will say though that listening to it through pod cast has some moments where I go to YouTube to view it because I miss some visual things. Especially Mercers battle maps that are beautiful. I’ve been listening to Critical Role every time I get into the car for the past 8 years and I’ll never get tired of it.

It’s a great podcast but I still think tales from the stinky dragon is better.