this post was submitted on 12 May 2024
852 points (96.6% liked)
memes
10075 readers
1902 users here now
Community rules
1. Be civil
No trolling, bigotry or other insulting / annoying behaviour
2. No politics
This is non-politics community. For political memes please go to !politicalmemes@lemmy.world
3. No recent reposts
Check for reposts when posting a meme, you can only repost after 1 month
4. No bots
No bots without the express approval of the mods or the admins
5. No Spam/Ads
No advertisements or spam. This is an instance rule and the only way to live.
Sister communities
- !tenforward@lemmy.world : Star Trek memes, chat and shitposts
- !lemmyshitpost@lemmy.world : Lemmy Shitposts, anything and everything goes.
- !linuxmemes@lemmy.world : Linux themed memes
- !comicstrips@lemmy.world : for those who love comic stories.
founded 1 year ago
MODERATORS
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
view the rest of the comments
The sun rises and you walk into your apartment wearing the same clothes you had on the night before. Your roommate asks"Netflix and chill?". You nod. "How was it?", they ask. "It...it...was earth shattering" you reply with the face of someone who genuinely feels like life will never be the same. "Holy shit! Was the sex that good?!?" asks you roommate. As you shake your head you answer, "no sex". Bewildered your roommate asks, "No sex?!? Then what the hell did you guys do all night that's left you like this?". In a distant voice you say, "we binged Arcane".
Do you need to know anything about League of Legends for Arcane?
No. It's beautiful all on its own.
Not at all, LoL's lore gets retconned so often that Arcane is basically it's own thing but with borrowed ideas.
It's honestly probably better if you don't know anything about the characters. Caitlyn and Vi are pretty different from the game and really the only deep lore cut you'd miss is the Brackern crystals, and that's probably going to be spoilers for season 2.
Nope. It's great.
If you like muscly aggressive women it's AMAZING.
Can confirm other opinions:
The game and the show aren't really related at all. AFAIK, if you've played the game, you just get to be like "Oh hey that's one of the characters you can choose" once in awhile... But there's no overlapping plot or anything.
It has overlapping plot in the same way Overwatch does. Technically the characters all have backgrounds, and that's what Arcane shows some of. The game may use that to give character to the heroes, but the game itself doesn't really add anything to it. The game is probably improved by the existence of the show (I assume, I never cared for it I'm general), but the show really doesn't depend on the game.
(Technically I think there are multiple games in this universe now. I can't tell you much more, but I think there's an action game with some pirate character at least. That may have more story, but it doesn't matter for Arcane.)
I know even less about Overwatch lol, but that sounds about right.
I've never played the game, it was a couple episodes in that I noticed that it was based on an exiting IP rather than being completely new.
Is that the League of Legends show? Is it good even if you've never played the game?
Yes. I've never played the game.
Oh my god yes. Watch it. You'll be so happy you did. Riot did a fantastic job relaying such raw emotions through animation. If you know the game, then you'll know some of the characters but it truly doesn't matter if you do or don't.
Dude you weren't kidding. I'm less than 3 minutes deep in the first episode and it's already messing me up. Jeez.
Strap in dude! You're going on a wild ride.
I wish I could watch arcane for my 1st time again.
Not many shows have people saying that, to be honest. I'm excited.
And be sure to listen to the OST too. That's actually what made me watch the show in the first place.
I'll do that!
We're gonna have a chance in a few months with season 2, hopefully.
I can't wait! I'm glad their taking their time with it and not rushing just to get it out.
Adding to it, animation quality is top notch.
Alright, thanks for that reassurance. It's hard to explain to people why they should watch a show you love, I know that through experience. I can tell you really loved this show, so I'll make sure to check it out. 👊🙂 Respect!
No regerts
Yes. I've never played the game but I loved the show.
Alright, cool. Then maybe I'll check it out. The IMDb rating is insane.
The show is insanely good. Enjoy