Series 5
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Having said that, Team 8 were just awful in their demise. Having got so far in the Dungeon, you'd think they could have plucked up the courage to tell the Descender to stop.
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The problem with that team though, was that only one advisor was doing all the guiding and spellcasting
Yes, sadly so. They did deserve to die, but it was still pointless. I mean, just shout for it to stop, you sillies.
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Admittedly series 5 isnt my favourite series by far, but it does have its redeeming qualities!
That kinda sums this series up for me too.
There's certainly a lot of good stuff here. Lord Fear and Sly Hands are such fabulous additions. Smirky is a great idea well realised. And I also really liked the causeways; perhaps I'd have liked them to be a little less common, though. And the Descender.
I don't think anyone's mentioned Aesandre, who I thought was really good. A pity, in my view, she was used for the end of season and then not brought back next year, for whatever reason. I liked Winteria as an environment a lot too.
Team 2's death is great, and the winning team are really good. Their pretty worrying life force situation on the final puzzle makes it fabulous viewing. We really didn't know if they'd make it back alive, whereas for some teams in later seasons, once you had the quest object, you seemed pretty much safe. I think most people knew not much was going to happen on the little jaunts back through the dwarf tunnels and such.
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There's also some stuff I didn't like much, and several things I was just baffled by.
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I found Gwendoline pretty forgettable, to be honest.
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On Elita, someone on another thread hit the nail on the head: she's evidently meant to be an annoying elf, but likeable nonetheless. For me too, she's just annoying.
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Sir Hugh. Certainly not one of my favourite Mark Knight roles.
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Some of the drab outside environments.
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Why was Gundrada not brought back?
Team 8's death is pretty awful, really. And Team 3 really let themselves down considering they'd got so far.
I'm still confused by Team 7's death. No-one on the epic length thread on the old forum about them completely convinced me it all made sense.
Oh, and I was slightly confused by the whole freezing Aesandre thing with the winning team. She made it pretty clear, as I remember, that was was going to fireball them. So obviously, with the fight fire with fire clue, they correctly chose to freeze her. But she's an ice sorceress. I'd have thought she would be more likely to try freezing them. You'd think also she might be slightly resistant to freezing effects. Certainly as her lines were written it was fairly clear what to do on the team's part; I just thought it was a slightly strange thing for her to do. Ho hum. Perhaps you might just say that they beat her at her own game. Being frozen herself was just desserts, I guess.
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I agree about Gundrada - the fact that she wasn't brought back is just damn annoying
I wouldn't have minded if either Gwendoline or Elita had been anywhere near as good. Oh well, never mind.
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Here are my likes and dislikes for Series 5:
Likes - Smirky! I know he didn't have a voice at that
point, but I just loved him (well I'm a dragon fan
anyway) and I loved the scenery when he was
flying.
I loved the 'outdoor locations' (that was before I
was to discover that the next series was even
better).
The whole lot of new characters for the
opposition they introduced, especially Lord Fear
and Sly Hands.
The Spy Glass - a stroke of genius!
Dislikes - Some of the rooms were a bit bare. Um, I
can't really think of anything else - my memory
of it is a bit vague. I can only refer to the clips
on this site (let's have more, please!), for info.
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Series 5 was the series that, IMHO, came the closest to making the Knightmare world seem like a true world rather than a Dungeon in the first few series, or the connected areas of Series 6-7. We only saw Level 3 twice, but they were two very different versions of Level 3 - one was in Winteria, of course, while the other seemed to be more cavernous.
Whether all this is a good thing or not is a matter of opinion, I guess. I personally like the idea that there's a lot of the Knightmare world that we only got a glimpse of.
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--- POSSIBLE SPOILERS OF SERIES 5 EPISODES NOT YET SHOWN ON CHALLENGE WITHIN THIS THREAD ---
Now we're a fair way into Series 5 on Challenge, I thought it'd be a decent time to start asking people what you think of the series as a whole. How do you think it compares to other series you've seen? Feel free to reserve judgement until the end of the series if you wish, or give views as we go along.
Personally, I guess this series fits nicely with Series 4 as Knightmare's main transition. Series 4 overhauled a lot of things, especially gameplay aspects- the Eye Shield, the introduction of "proper" floor puzzles, if you like, rather than ledges to avoid falling off. Series 5 seems to continue and enhance that- Smirkenorff's flights adding to the passive paths. The main change, I guess, is in the characters. There are so many new characters in Series 5, and many of them will be present until the end of Knightmare and form the core of the cast of characters over the following series.
Personally, I like Series 5 for what it heralds for the future. The new characters especially are good, although a few need a year to really bed in- especially Sylvester Hands, who in my view wasn't up to much in Series 5, and whose voice sometimes sounded just like Paul Valentine's voice for Motley! Rayner Bourton is a great addition, and seems to hit all the right notes.
The causeways are a great idea and look fantastic, although they are kinda slow this year.
Sadly I don't think the good elements are enough to make this rank as one of my favourite series. I get bored very quickly with the passive paths, many of the castle ruin locations are awfully bland, and similarly the woodland scenes are often a bit icky.
Oh, and I'm getting tired of Pickle.
Right, that's my thoughts off the top of my head. If anyone has any general comments on the series now or as we see it progress, feel free to contribute your opinions.
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