Review of Record of Grancrest War

I think that the main reason why I dislike the show was because I set my expectations too high. What I expected was a deep, introspective show about military combat with the assistance of magical entities, akin to something like Tales of Zestiria, or FMA. Instead, what I got was a major disappointment, which I can sum up entirely in Episode 3's "battle". Outnumbered and outgunned, our heroes attempt to fight against a vastly superior army. They are up against trained soldiers, all of whom boast (presumably) steel armor. However, they are "luckily" joined by a handful of villagers with close to no military training, andhave a small army of their own. (The other lords join them too, but they had no way of knowing that.)

This is a perfect chance for our heroes to show off their brilliant strategy of...

Charging directly into a better armed numerically superior force. Great.

Ignoring "MAGIC!!!", critical mistakes I noted were:
1. During the initial charge, the hero's army lacks both shields and lower torso armor, and yet fail to even try to guard their incredibly exposed bodies
2. In a single scene, Theo's sword isn't able to cut the shield, but CAN cut through steel.
3. Humans ran as fast as horses.
4. A hammer too heavy for anyone to possibly hold knocks off someone's head.
5. A line of F***ING CROSSBOWS penetrates STEEL ARMOR. THEY'RE NOT EVEN MAGIC. THOSE ARE JUST CROSSBOWS!

This basically becomes the entire show. Theo and crew do something ridiculously stupid that shouldn't work, it does work, and everyone treats Theo like he's a goddamn genius. It's worse than making a Kirito. Kirito at least has a believable excuse: Some gamers are hardcore as f***, and he got in on the early beta of a poorly designed game. But Theo is just an idiot. and it bothers me that he actually gets anywhere.

Man, originally I gave this 4/10, but after actually articulating my thoughts, I might have to bring it down.