Secret Level (2024)
A revolutionary gaming anthology series.
Action & AdventureAnimationSci-Fi & Fantasy
Creator: Tim Miller
Adult animated series of original short stories which are set within the worlds of beloved video games. Each episode serves as a gateway to a new adventure, unlocking exciting worlds from beloved gaming classics and highly anticipated new titles.
Where to watch
Amazon Prime Video
Amazon Prime Video with Ads
Trailer
Creators
Tim Miller
User Reviews (4)
In short, a pretty uninspiring re imagining of popular video game titles. "Secret Level" comes loaded down with the usual dose of the DEI, woke codswallop but what really lets this series down, is the largely uninspiring tales it tells. There's a noticeable deficit of creativity and the art of quality storytelling on offer here. Instead, this series leans heavily on CGI eye candy, dropping in the occasional celebrity actor and a vague sense of novelty, to try and carry it forward. In summary, woke, unimaginative and generally pretty dull. I watched a few episodes before quickly losing interest. I'll stick to the games instead.
Very Entertaining. Not all of them are winners, but several notable mentions. Unreal Tournament, Armored Core, Mega-Man, and D&D stand out. This felt less like an anthology and more like a showcase. Displaying various concepts to see what people liked and didn't. Hopefully, some of these will make to jump to full fledged shows.
"MovieGuys" saw three female characters in episode 1 and completely lost their marbles! Episode 2 is literally just Sifu the game, episode 3 is mainly all white men, episode 4 is robot revolution, episode 5 is the best one I've watched so far, but holy !@#$, there's a black guy, as a Space Marine! A BLACK SPACE MARINE?! I suppose robot revolutions are woke now, and of course, black Space Marines are woke, 'cause we ain't ever seen a black anybody in Warhammer before, and of course, learning to value your "subjects/friends" as a King, is woke as !@#$! The bigoted, mysogynistic slop that passes for critique these days is just sad. "IS JUST MY OPINION, BRO! I'M NOT RACIST! YOU'RE RACIST AGAINST WHITE PEEEPOL! AFRICANS USED TO ENSLAVE OTHER AFRICANS TOO! SLAVERY, RAPE, AND GENOCIDE ARE TOTES FINE IF DONE BY A CHRISTIAN, BRO!" Was that too much? Nah, I don't think so. I TIGRESS…
I loved Love Death and Robots, it was a showcase of shorts from creators that really wanted to make those. There was art, creative output. Secret Level is someone seeing Love Death and Robots and saying "give me that, but for my existing intellectual property". It was made to order and the order was a bunch of ads and promo for certain IPs, barely a celebration of gaming and it's history. It has no soul. Just to cover it right away, animation was great in all, nothing to add there, problem lies in concept itself and narrative execution. Now, there is title diversity but games selection is weird. Some episodes were actually fun - New World, for a game made by Amazon in an Amazon show, of all things, fronted by Arnold Schwarzenegger. It was silly and fun. Armored Core with Keanu Reeves, SIFU and WH40K were all fine. Pac-Man was something completely different but something was s…
