Episode 1 was fun. The CGI usage was a bit heavy but they used it well. I liked all the video game effects but we’ll probably never see them used again after episode 5.

Suit acting was pretty good too; they did some cool stuff with the LV1 suit as well as the LV2 one. Loved the little scene with the mook trying to protect his head, that was cute.

I like the characters so far.

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That’s all I can say really. Oh, another thing: If any of you might wonder, I’ll try not to write too much in the weekly Rider episode threads this year, and I won’t read other comments in them. I’m trying to figure out if I really like the show for myself.

Loved it. Absolutely loved it. Haven't been this excited for a show since Gaim. Bring it on.

anyone know where I can watch it without downloading or God Knows how much ads because my main source got Copyrighted and I don't know if they will be uploading Ex-Aid

TBH I am ok with the series as long is it A Doesn't take itself TOOO Seriously one minute then decides too throw Comic Relief in the next AGIAN this Western animated series called Steven Universe is the only show I've seen that did it right IMO

With the font thing: There was a slight mix-up in that they muxed two italic variants of LT Finnegan (the font they're using), instead of one regular, one italic.
As for clunky-ness: Like I said earlier, they're first-timers. They'll probably be less clunky in future episodes.

It started off better than I expected, despite the near-infantile "comedy" bits. Sadly, it came crashing down once the unfortunate looking "rock" monster appeared. The need to stay in the game motif really hurt the fight scenes, I thought. They slowed it all down with the jumping and game-looking whatnots and the suit, Level 1 and 2, are both still like taking an icepick in the eye. I'm not much of a fan of the graphic overlays, either. I did like the initial Driver activation with the level generation though. And, despite the abrupt shifts in his mood, I kind of got an Owner vibe from the Director. Overall, I started out thinking I might have to eat my words since it wasn't as horrible as it looked, then it got pretty close to my worst estimate. Still, I'll check out a few more episodes and see where it goes. But since the action sequences and the suits are my least favorite parts of the show, I'm not sure it if the show will be able to climb out of the hole it ended up in.

Edit: There is no need to try to talk me around. If you liked it, great, more power to you, I'm not trying to say don't talk about that (that would be ridiculous). But I'm not going to convince you to come round to my way of thinking and vice versa. Neither position is wrong and differences in opinion are just the way things settle out.

I can dig it. The belt has a W type of interface, and the concept of gaining power through level up and the icon choice makes it work. The suit is not my favorite. Not because of the colors, but because its more progressive for the helmet and padding, almost too much over the top.

I'm kind of the same opinion to wait it out and then watch a bunch. We'll see. They really did try to smash Drive with W. Should be interesting.

Dealbreaker.

Looking forward to seeing where this series goes.

Not much more to say after only one episode...other than I am glad ghost finally ended and we can start soemthing else fresh

Forget what I said about kissasian, I saw the sub when introducing my friend to tokusatsu and it was amazing ever since I saw Megaranger I always wondered what a video game themed rider looked like and now I know, and it rocks! My friend especially liked it because of the videogames and because he likes pink. Anyways ik for sure Ex aid will be awesome in the future