Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-24260323-20140418062417

Watching these episodes made me realize that all of the fight scenes are fast paced. Almost everyone is going at each other at breakneck speed, a beautiful show of animation I must admit, but I'd really like to see some slower paced combat in the show. Hell, the slowest pacing IMO would be Jaune vs. the Ursa.

I want a slower pace because every action in a fight has meaning. If one just goes through it too quickly, it makes each attack seem weak in comparison. For example, you rarely see a slower, larger hero fight against a smaller, faster opponent. It's always the smaller protagonist fighting the larger boss because the best way to show that someone is powerful is by making them bigger than the hero, always David vs. Goliath.

With slower paced combat, every attack made feels like there is Power, Thought, Awe, or whatever you want to call it behind it (for an example look at Shadow of the Colossus https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nUdrFkW1RY8 ); and a sort of intimacy between the protagonist and the opponent/s is formed. 