Mythic Quest

made for gamers

It's hard to rate. Most episodes follow workplace sitcom tropes and then there are a few brilliantly written standalone episodes. Must watch: the Season 1 standalone episode, A Dark Quiet Death, starring Jake Johnson and Cristin Millioti.

A surprising triumph! I wouldn't consider myself a big gamer but I do have a broad understanding of gamer culture and game development so this possibly helped MQ to work so well for me. While being completely different there are understandably a lot of similarities to 'Always Sunny', from Ian Grimm being practically a clone of Sunny's Mac, to the similar circle of damaged but likable characters. The mid season surprise of the Dark Quiet Death episode was an artistic gamble that paid off nicely.

The cast is quite good, and I love the little clips of real games thrown in. I'm also a big fan of Ashly Burch from both Ash Whatcha Playin as well as her roles in a few games I love, so it was great seeing her in a proper live action show like this. Each season seems to have a special one off episode that takes a more serious tone and revolves around different characters, which are really well done. I hope it gets renewed for a third season, but that ending works well if not.

Score raised for the rare glimpses into something bigger than workplace comedy stereotypes and a good cast.

An obvious parallel between this and Sunny has to be made, and... it's nothing like it. They've diversified the cast, there are no rough jokes and Mac is smart. I like office comedies and I've played video games, but I can't find this funny. It's definitely watchable, but far from a comedy in my opinion. The drama episode, A Dark Quest Death, was the best one. What a coincidence that none of the original cast was there. But in any case, some of the characters grow on you, and it's watchable.