Murder Drones

Not gonna lie. Aside from the plot (which is simple yet entertaining), the quality of the animation and the voice acting (both of which are exceptional), Murder Drones scratches a unique itch of mine. It combines several genres to create a dark/horror sci-fi, with much comedy and amazing attention to detail, which left me at the edge of my seat eager for more.

Murder Drones is something I respect, it's great that indie animation is going on higher leagues this year and Murder Drones is a solid contender.

Murder Drones is a great combination of genres, the dedication and soul can really be seen in the quality of the animation.

Its weakest element is how it handles its humor, Murder Drones throws too many meta jokes that none hit well, it eventually bodes the meta humor to the point where they feel forced.

While the story is solid - even with some pacing issues, it's nice to see that it's great because the team put soul and dedication to this project.

It's not a masterpiece but it is great as an original project and it's a good example for what original indie animation should be.

After the last episode I have to say it was quite the journey. Murder drones is just a great show and probably one of the best things indie animation has to offer. Still it was quite hard to follow and without external lore videos it would be even harder. I know that the missing pieces were probably intended to create mystery but I honestly think that's the only part they really failed. I think it would have been even better if the story would have been more straight forward as other than the artificial created mystery the story really isn't that mysterious at all. Some of the episodes also were pretty pointless and obvious filler episodes. Yes they are world building episodes but if they take away valuable spots where the main story could have been explained more I think this is an issue.

I quite remember when SMG4 mostly announced this mostly around 2021 and I quite watch itself the pilot episode and it's was a bit amazing in my opinion, I mostly can't wait to watch Series 1.

Keep in mind that I've only watched the first 3 episodes. I don't know if they get better or worse or stay the same.

The concept of the show is really cool, and it's quite enjoyable to watch. I love the characters and their designs, and their personalities are pretty well developed. The animation is also really high quality and nice looking for an indie show.

A common criticism I've seen is of the humor. I personally like meta humor, but I do think they went a little overboard with it.

My main problem with this show is the pacing, which I've seen many other people talk about. Everything happens so fast that had to rewatch the episodes several times to fully grasp everything that happened. Some character arcs happen so fast that I really have to read into the episode to notice them. The characters swap sides so much that I have trouble figuring out whose side they're on sometimes. I have trouble figuring out the main motive of the characters, and whats supposed to be the problem at the moment.

I think this could've been avoided by either making the episodes longer, or making more episodes, but I understand that would take much more time and money.

All and all, I do think it's worth watching, but only if you are really focused and prepared to comprehend things very quickly.