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Originally Posted by Locke

I personally didn't like the fights, too much reliance on bad CGI and I personally found the choreography very clunky. MY OPINION. I also wasn't a big fan of the story, I just didn't think it gelled very well with Tokuness but then neither does Kuuga.

And I thought the monster designs were rubbish.

Okay, the CGI in the first episodes IS bad, and is used too much. But it's also no worse than the TERRIBLE CG effects of Kuuga transforming. It either gets better as W goes on, or they use it less so it doesn't stand out as much.

Most of the Dopant designs ARE rubbish. But W isn't, and Accel certainly isn't. And some of them are really good, like Nasca, and of course, Skull. the Fangires of Kiva and the Imagin of Den-O are far better designs, in general, of course just like there are winners in W, there are losers in Kiva and Den-O. And of course, there is NO BETTER Rider design than Kiva.

If those are your only criteria for enjoying a show though, I think you're going to have a rough time with all the Kamen Rider shows. I know people have told you to lower your expectations about things, and I may have as well. I don't want to come off saying you need to do that, but keep in mind that sometimes these suits are awkward, or in Kiva's case, downright heavy, it can be difficult to pull off some poses. There are reasons why the giant mech fights in Sentai look like dudes in cardboard suits with all the mobility of a G1 Transformer.

I would say the fighting is better in Fourze. I get the impression that Shotaro is only semi trained in fighting, if that, unlike Skull. Whereas Gentaro fights out of suit quite a bit, and gives the impression that he is more trained. And then Meteor clearly has more training, so his fights are even better that Fourzes.

I don't remember how Eiji was in OOO proper, but in the Megamax movie, I felt like they really let Eiji and Ankh fight a lot out of suit, and it was very convincing to me.

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Originally Posted by Locke

It was cool at first but I'm 37 episodes in and still know nothing about the villains. They're speaking in Japanese now but about things that have never been explained so I have no idea what they are talking about even translated.

Huh. I don't know what I saw that you didn't, but I don't remember feeling as lost and confused as I feel you're saying you are. Maybe I read a wiki article before I finish the show, so I had a foundation for what they were talking about?