This is the season that every fan of the show has waited for, a season of all champions. Who will be the best of the best? Somehow, I honestly think we got an answer. My one fear going into the season was that someone would float to the end and win. My next fear once it started was that the Edge of Extinction would wrongfully determine a winner once again. While we were close to having a misstep in determining the winner, we managed to witness a near PERFECT game amongst the best competition. Maybe it was some good editing in there, but I am very very very content with how it shook out (even if it was very noticeable from early on in regards to how production was funneling you). While this season was not perfect, it managed to swerve a fault in its set up, and it did lay the foundation for fire tokens to be used in the future of Survivor. I am curious how they tweak their implementation in future seasons, but for now, I will enjoy the high of watching the best game throughout the entire cast in years.
Rating: 9.5/10
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Greatest cast in Survivor history. While I think this season suffers a lot of the problems people have with modern survivor (the edge, twists and advantages taking up lots of screentime), this season was still able to defy the odds based off the cast alone. And like, Tony pulling it out in the end? Who the fuck would've thought? It has the greatest finale in Survivor history. I also think that this season will be great on a rewatch, once you know the old school massacre is coming.
The difference between this and game changers was that when all the legends went out pre-merge, we were stuck with Troyzan, Culpepper, and Sierra. Here, we still got Tony, Kim Fucking Spradlin, Jeremy, Sophie, even Sarah presents herself as a much more entertaining character here.
The gameplay was fun, and they were still able to include lots of fun character moments. A great tribute to the show as a whole.