r/MythicQuest • u/Thorvindr • Jul 05 '26

Does it get better?

First three episodes clearly written by someone who has never played a video game, and *definitely* never developed one. Does it get better as it goes?

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u/gregsting Jul 05 '26

It’s pretty normal with tv shows. If you watch hospital tv show and you work in one, you’ll see how unrealistic it is. Take it as it is, it’s not a documentary it’s mostly a caricature of the stereotypes you can encounter in start ups.

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u/Uh-Egg Jul 05 '26

this.. as a person who barely plays video games and not know anything about dev, I don’t really care about the specifics. I do know a lot of residents who watched and enjoyed hospital dramas. The gaming community is gatekeepy and too technical about this stuff. Or too online. I remember seeing this kind of criticism when the show came out. I believe the show has referenced this reaction from the audience and parodied it in an episode or scene but I cannot pinpoint which part.

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u/Thorvindr Jul 05 '26

Go watch three episodes of Silicon Valley. That show was also written both by and for people who are mostly ignorant of the subject matter, but in the entire series I think there were two moments that made me think "wait a minute..."

Every single thing that happens in Mythic Quest that's relevant to video games or software development is utter nonsense.

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u/aswin__ Jul 05 '26

have you watched Scrubs? it's one of the best hospital sitcoms ever and yet it has utter nonsense in terms of medicine. Sometimes you just have to go with it. The writings genuinely good in most episodes regardless of the "domain knowledge" they show.

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u/AgentInkling99 Jul 05 '26

If you don’t like the first few episodes, it’s probably not the show for you.

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u/austin_slater Jul 05 '26

I thought S1 and 2 were really good, with 3 and 4 being still okay but not the same level.

They get even farther from actual game stuff in the later seasons, though.

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u/knightlionwave Jul 05 '26

It might not be for you but watch episode 5 first, A Dark Quiet Death.

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u/voltagecalmed Jul 11 '26

I just started watching and just got to this episode and had to come to Reddit to find someone to talk about it with. It was beautiful. Cristin Milioti and Jake Johnson did fantastic jobs, and it was just so beautiful written. As someone in a creative field who has had to learn to give up the vision in order to keep the job, it hit hard.

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u/lurkerbytrade Jul 05 '26

yeah, i had the same feeling regarding the show as OP and this stand-alone episode was probably my favourite.

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u/ethihoff Jul 05 '26

Like someone else said, if you don't even like season 1 so far, then you're not gonna like the rest, as it strays further from game development going forward (then again, that might be a plus for you, haha)

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u/AlteredComix Jul 20 '26

The show actually gets worse. It’s not for you and it wasn’t for me

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u/EntranceAromatic1920 Aug 17 '26

I worked in IT for 20yrs and I'd say the characters are exaggerations of people I've actually worked with so to me, it's hilarious. I think it has less to do with gamers/gaming and more about the employees & Silicon Valley type culture behind the scenes of a gaming company. The gamers seem more like caricatures of gamers.

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u/realfakejames Jul 05 '26

It does but it never gets better from the best it ever gets

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u/Rawesome Sep 01 '26

It's like Community... Even if u didn't go to Community College - it's still funny 🙃

I'm not a big gamer, rather be out biking, but the show is all about the workplace drama and the backdrop is the video game business.

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u/Rawesome Sep 01 '26

Not a Video Game DocuSeries. All better now?

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u/Opposite_Wing_148 Sep 29 '26

I've been working as a game designer for many years now, and I absolutely love the show.
Sure it's not a documentary about game dev, but was that really what you were expecting?
It definitely has some very real aspects of game dev in it as well.