Review of The King's Avatar

I like video games, so I had high hopes for this series, but they were quickly dashed. The protagonist is a typical Mary Sue character. His sole flaw is being too nice and amazing a guy. No, I did not make that up. Nice and amazing is why this professional player is penniless despite being a "god" among men. Quanzhi Gaoshou is about this amazing guy who, when others don't recognize his amazingness, leaves the rockstar-like existence that is professional video games behind and lands a job where he plays his favorite video game full time. He starts a new character and continues doing amazingthings.

Storywise, this series is extremely shallow. There is no real conflict, since there's nothing the main character can't do. Supporting characters are likewise one dimensional. Each exemplifies a single quirk serving only to throw the hero's dignified stoicism into sharp relief. Bad guys are people who frown, and they are bad solely because they don't like the amazing MC's amazing amazingness or appreciate his sandbagging.

Actual animation quality is abysmal. "Real World" CGI shots look like they came from the 1990s. In-game CGI is better, but nothing special. Action scenes are split evenly between in-game and real world viewpoints. Real world action shots consist solely of...typing on keyboards. Occasionally a mouse gets moved. Yes, typing gets just as much screentime as in-game PvP action. In both cases, assets are reused frequently, ofttimes within the same episode.

The soundtrack isn't terrible, but isn't good either. Synthesized stuff you can hear anywhere.

Taken as a whole, this was clearly a low budget production. That's not a bad thing in and of itself, but this show fails at every turn. Plot, characters, and setting are all terrible. This is one of the worst series I've ever seen. I can not recommend it to anyone.