now that the season of moomin is almost over, what are your guy’s thoughts?
long post ahead
(would love to hear the opinions of people who liked it to see the other perspective on the season!!)
personally, i wasn’t a big fan of this season. i may be a bit biased, i didn’t grow up with moomin and didnt really know what it was before the season.
why i dont like it:
- another season with no spirits 😭
- the moomin character models (and moomin valleys style in general) does not really fit in with the world of sky, even the trees and plants felt out of place
- the cosmetics are decent, but nothing that i would have bought the SP for
- the seasonal quests were very very boring and we never really did anything, it was basically a very long cutscene/flashback, which was very anticlimactic for the amount of time we spent waiting after every quest
parts i liked
- the storybook quests however were AMAZING, personally my favorite part of the season and really unique
- the invisible outfit is really great, and i like that it will stay after the season
- i like having a big green forest to explore since we really have no place like it in sky despite the different design style (however since we cant even explore the area as a sky kid, this is kinda bittersweet)
- the story was very cute and heartwarming, but the fact that we never really do anything makes it so i didnt really connect with the characters
overall, i feel like this season wasnt one that i enjoyed, but im glad other people liked it. this really makes me a bit anxious for future collaborations, especially when they dont fit the world of sky [beta spoiler ahead] >! the upcoming alice in wonderland collab looks better tho, but im still pretty neutral on it. !< . personally, ranking all the collabs from how good i think it is, i would put it as the little prince first, aurora, the nine colored deer (these 3 are very very close together tho, as i find them all very good), and then moomin (which is kind of a downgrade)
it was a good time to take a break from sky tho since i didnt really feel like i was missing anything, but hopefully the next season is gonna be better >! and thankfully it looks like it is! !<
edit- additional thoughts:
i kind of wish they committed and just made it the season of the invisible child, since ninny was the primary focus of the season and even the character displayed on the mural, and focused more on her backstory by making the sidequests into the main quests (with more complex gameplay/tasks) while the moomin storyline was the sidequests (or just cutscenes, since thats all it basically was) + would have allowed for tgc to have more creative freedom like in the little prince
as for the other characters' cosmetics, im honestly okay with them not being part of the main storyline (a lot of people compare this to tlp season, and the spirits were not involved with the story there either) but i wish at least they were spirits we could interact with (in their sky kid versions like the mannequins preferably and not the moomin style lol)
however i understand why the ip owners are protective over the story especially protecting tove jansson's work, and im sure the restrictions were made to make sure the story and jasson's legacy were protected (+ for marketing purposes the greater moomin franchise branding was probably best)