A must watch!!
I really enjoyed watching this drama, never got bored until the end.In the beginning, I had thought Wu Bai was acting really creepy but as the story unfolded, I was deeply struck by his love and devotion. His character is someone we all hope to have in our real lives. I fell in love with his character as I watched the drama. As an actor, Hu Yi Tian is improving at a very good pace. I will continue to await & watch his future dramas moving forward.3
The actors were great. I thought Wang Hao was a little bit over the top though. The plot progressed at a very good pace keeping my interest tuned in. The kiss scenes were great too, they didn't looked forced or fake. I also wish there could have been a deeper dive into Shen Zhe's relationship. Wang An Yu is also an actor I am eagerly looking forward to watch more of. Not only is he good-looking but I like his acting style.
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DEFINITELY NOT THE SEASON 2 WE WAITED FOR?
Well, the first two episodes are straight cut boring and for us (those who were really excited for ggs2 because the want to see the continuation of the characters in ggs1) it is disappointing !!I doubt if anybody cares, but still i want to mention some points i feel is so confusing for me to watch-
1) WU BAI SPEAKS A LOT : well I'm not complaining about the fact, but it feels so weird, like dude the same character hardly SPEAKS in season 1??♀️
2) The side characters excluding 97 are so confusing. Zhou Yi/ ONE was the key member of team KK in season 1, but in season 2 all he can do is cooking ( as per the released episodes )
3) Tbh, many international fans like us, dont really know the characters by name, but their faces, here they all have got game name, so we used to know them by that, but in season 2 they hardly bring back the old cast, all of them got new faces, I have no issue for Ai Qing though, because she matches the best with Wu Bai. But key characters like WANG HAO/SOLO , SHEN ZHE/ GRUNT are so confusing to watch.
4) The timeline itself is so confusing, in first episode they show that the year is 2017, then they show us 3 years leap, that means the season 2's current timeline is 2020, whereas the 1st season's timeline is 2019, and as per season 1 KK wasn't any new formed group, and Ai Qing was already with SP by that time,
5) Well i don't really know about gaming but in season 1 they show us a completely different side of gaming, like they used to code and all in the competitions but here they includes robot technology, which is good, but they should atleast keep some link between the themes in season 1 and 2
6) In season 1, Xio Mi joined SP After AI QING , but in season 2, it seems AI QING joined the team too late, because the team already recruit Xio Mi to surprise her ??♀️
Well i have much more to say but I'll wait till the last episode, only 8 episodes have released, but as a loyal GO GO SQUID fan i am just a little disappointed that's all, i wish they just named this series with some other name and not GO GO SQUID 2 .
At the end I really wish all the luck to ggs2 team and my favourite HU YITIAN ❤
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Don't watch this as a sequel but on its own - Romance more than Sports
9/7/2021This is not a sequel to Go Go Squid 1, but a spin-off in a parallel universe. If you watch and judge this as a sequel, you will be sorely disappointed. I am going to try my best and not compare this to GGS1. Even so, I am disappointed and decided to drop this drama. There are many good dramas waiting for me to watch and I have to learn to let go sooner. This is not a bad drama per se (hence my 7.0 rating), it's just not for me.
Things I like:
1. Robot Combat - I am happy to see a different type of team sports, instead of the usual e-gaming. I was a fan of the American show Battle Bots years ago, and was excited to see something similar here. It provides a different kind of excitement (when done right). For a novice, it's a lot easier to understand than video games.
2. Grandpa is back! He's so cute and fun. He definitely is the best wingman for his grandsons. Love the blind date episode.
3. OST - This drama has some great songs. It's also nice to hear the theme song of GGS1 when Team Solo is on.
Things I don't like:
1. Not enough Robot Combat - I watched 19 episodes and there are only a few scenes with competitions or team trainings. Robot fight was what I am most looking forward to, but the show focuses too much on the romance storylines.
2. Weak Team Camaraderie - Compared to the other e-sports drama, there isn't enough team building. This is usually the best part of e-sport dramas, knowing how the team members bond, go through hardships, train and compete. Not just the bromance between team members, but healthy rivalries against other teams. This is unfortunately lacking in GGS2.
3. Romance - as much as I love a mature romance, and unrequited love, there's too little going on. I enjoy watching ML's lovesick adorable eyes full of emotions, and I root for him. But a full drama of a lovesick puppy being all smitten, including the 2ML, is just too much for me, and I love romance! Maybe others would enjoy this sweetness more than I do.
4. Slowness- there are too many slow-mo close-ups to create this "romantic" or "cool" effect. There's at least one in each episode. Additionally, the pacing of the drama is very slow. Not much happened in the 19 episodes that I watched. There isn't enough materials for 38 episodes. It would be better if this drama is only 20-24 episodes long.
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Amazing but......
This season was amazingBoth the season brought of different aspects of love and sportmanship very beautifull
really miss the GGS1's Mi Shaofei and Tong Nian 's Best friend YaYa 's love track ,Little Ai and old Solo ,wishing if it could be continued this season
Compared to last season , the battles in this season was really good but the humour quantity was more in season 1
The casting indeed is amazing , no matter what but the best characters of both the seasons is 97 (Marus Li) and One (Zhou Yi) , The amount of humour they bring in with their presence and dialogues is just mind blowing
The casting was indeed excellent for this season, hoping that next season we get to see 97 ,Demo ,One ,Little Ai(Wang Hao's Daughter).Mi Shaofei and Yaya with a better story and better battles
I think the presence of Tong Nian and Han Shangyan should have been more , they would have added an better flow of the drama
Over all it was a subtle and sweet drama
Rewatch value is 99 out 100 (little too much but its worth it)
Plot and Setting is well define and quite nicely achieved
Casting is on point
Overall A delight to watch
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Never give up trying will get you what you want-----
No need to compare to` Go Go Squid ' come without expectation you will never get disappointed it's worth to spend some timeI'm really regret because i put hold this drama above 6 months because of some bad reviews
First Of All must understand one thing this drama is not SEQUEL
It's spinoff (ie) narrating ( developing ) specific characters from previous story
For me compare to previous story This spinoff is awesome
In this drama friendship, love, family emotions their screenplays are Well written
There is no unnecessary love, family emotions, misunderstandings are plotted here
All the artist are well established their characters
Especially Hu Yi Tian--[ Wu Bai / DT ] and Li Yi Tong--[ Ai Qing / Appledog ] screen presences is eye catchy
Li Yi Tong~[ Ai Qing / Appledog ] she as usual attract the viewers of her cuteness
Main leads family members are awesome character members i love them
I had complete happiness while finished this drama
Thank you all -------------------------
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Annoying parallel story of a good show
I'll start with what I liked., I like the actress playing the female lead (at least in other shows) and her acting was fine. I liked a couple of the songs.Now for the mess that was this show. It is neither a sequel nor a prequel but a parallel story. If I had not seen Go Go Squid, I may have rated this a 5 - basically no character development, and lots of scenes with the leads staring or flashing back to something that literally happened a minute ago. There was really not much, there were other characters in the show that basically ha no story and were just there - had I not seen Go Go Squid I would have no idea who they were and would not have cared about them, so it is hard to judge this as stand alone show and not compare to the FAR superior first show.
There are just so many things that made me scratch my head but I was giving the show the benefit of the doubt..... half the characters have new actors, which was jarring but I can manage that. The ML was the same and the grandpa, 97 and One where the same. They also brought back the same actors for Han Shangyan and Tong Nian, the leads of Go Go Squid.... I almost wish they hadn't since the story basically derailed everything. Next the competition changes from Cyber security to Robot battles, with no explanation. The sets changed, and K&K moved from Norway to Chicago, and the entire K&K team was like 3 people. While Han Shangyan was mentioned he was never there for ANY of the events and the absolutely perfect Wu Bai was the one managing the club and making all of the decisions - recruiting the team and Little Mi to be the manager. Half way through the show I started to hate it and what the did to the original. I get the parallel story but to undo everything.
Where the original was cute, had a less than perfect ML growing and developing, and actually spent time given us back story on a lot of characters so you knew who they were and understood them. This version is a perfect ML and an annoying second couple (FL leads sister and Grunt (different actor). Everyone else else was just background and never developed.
I cannot understand why they basically removed Han Shangyan from having any part (to the point of being neglectful of the club). I assume the actor was busy and didn't want to bother with a minor role, so he just showed up as a guest. What I do not get was the need to wipe him out of the Solo team back story, and his presence with the team and make the ML of this being the only person doing anything.
It is so frustrating for the first time ever I wrote a review before finishing and I am seriously debating dropping the show.
UPDATE.... I finished the show. I was going to update this every episode with what was annoying. It really didn't get better. I mean at the world championship Han Shangyan was not even around. I'm assuming the actor was not available but really???? They made everything about how perfect Wu Bai was.
As for the wedding - I feel it cheapened Han Shangyan and Tong Nian in a way they were an after thought. Would Little Mi who was Han Shangyan best friend, be with Wu Bai to pick up his bride? ugh. I will see it was great seeing Han Shangyan and Tong Nian and I felt they seemed sooo much happier (especiallyHan Shangyan) at the wedding. It just reminded me how much I liked them and that this show was a pale comparison,
Final thoughts, if there was no Go Go Squid, this was a middling effort with a bland love story and a lot of characters that were never fully developed but there (Little MI story is missing, Solo story and his daughter) so it was hard to understand any of the characters without knowing Go Go Squid. Which is the probably with this show.... Go Go Squid was better in story telling and acting. It was funnier and more serious at the same time, this parallel show was just bland. Although the FL actress was good in GGS2.
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What i dont like is esport from season 2 robot competition. So hopefully back to CTF competition.
The soundtruck from ggs 1 & 2 are amazing. Keep it up.
From the bottom of my heart. I really thank you 4 making the go go squid 1 & 2. So cross finger for season 3 ??
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Oh dear
This series did not match up to the great writing of the original. It was slow, repetitive with flashbacks, with no sense of anticipation. I was frankly bored and fast forwarded just to get as far as i did! It was just so saccharine sweet and I really felt nothing for the lead characters and didnt care if they got together - even their first kiss left me unmoved. There was no chemistry evenbthough the lead actor was lovely and acted well with what heceas given.The FL i just didnt get- supposed to be older but acted immaturely with her drinking - she just felt one dimensional.
I didnt mind the character changes and could understand the same time period as the first squid drama but though I didnt enjoy the gaming of the first series but liked the robot theme even less!
Watchvghe first series and givecthis a miss unless you like long lingering looks, flashbacks and no discernable story!!
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No chemistry between the leads at all. FL acting is especially disappointing.
There's no chemistry between the ML and FL at all. I absolutely feel nothing in their love scenes Even when they kiss. The FL seems to not be able to act in this kind of relaxing, comedy drama. I've watched her in Royal Nirvana and admired her a lot, but her job in this one is very disappointing. All of her kisses are blocking. All of her smiles as well. You can see she kiss and smile in the same way in every scene. There's no specific feeling in her smile or kiss. Even the eyes, the ways she glances or looks are obviously not spontaneous but meticulously designed. It's not wrong to design or choreograph in acting but the actors/actresses must act as if it's spontaneous so that it'd be called natural. To sum up, all her acting is highly blocking. Nothing feels natural.On the opposite, the second male lead does a really great job. His acting is all that keeps me watching until I can't anymore. The worst thing that happened is that I started to skip the ML+FL scenes to just watch the second leads' scenes. That's how failed this drama is.
*Watched the whole episode for 12 ep. After that, I hopped between scenes. About halfway through, I decided to watch only the important scenes.
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Disappointing and Boring
If you saw Part 1, you will be confused as hell. This is supposed to be DT and Appledog's story from when he first fell in love with her, from my memory she was a CTF player, not a robotics fighter, when he first saw her, second everything Wu Bai is doing Han Shangyan already did in Part 1, Gun got Xiao Mi as the manager, Appledog already knew Gun was DT's uncle. Yes robotics is more exciting than CTF, but if this is part 2, shouldn't it pick up where part 1 ended. If i remember correctly Appledog and DT never competed as she is older than him. Boring only reason I'm still watching is they brought back most of the original cast. And the new additions are doing a great job as well.Was this review helpful to you?
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Definitely not as good as Go Go Squid but I'll take it!!
Bumped that they changed some of the actors/actresses, and some K&K traditions were not there, for example, their weird finger pointing group cheer before competitions in GGS. Miss those little things that made the show last time but overall a good one to watch. Love the last few episodes so much! Wu Bai and Ai Qing relationship is so cute! Loved the part when they were taking their wedding picture, so so funny cause you seldom see that side of Wu Bai. Wished there was more scenes with Han Shang Yan and Tong Nian but I'll take it! Favourite character would have to be Grandpa Han!! He brings so much humour to the show! Gotta love Grunt, 97 and One too! The best group of friends ever!! Oh and the music in GGS was definitely better in my opinion.Was this review helpful to you?
