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5. Plot: Fate is boring info dumps because Nasu can't build a world for shit, UBW is your average shounen where the MC wants to save everyone irrationally and kills the last boss with plot hacks (even though he's a million times stronger) but isn't allowed to kill him so someone else comes in for the kill. What made Fate route suck was the immense focus on Saber. All of Sabers battles were won purely via plot armor, seeing a bunch of fights with "OMG, I suck at fighting and I'm gona lose. *GOD MODE* That was close." At least with the others it built up, but with Saber it was really quite insipid. All the other servants got their roles cut. Saber got killed off early, Lancer got killed off early and effortlessly, Gilgamesh got killed off early and effortlessly, Berserker got killed off effortlessly, Caster got killed off early and effortlessly, and Archer just did what he always does: dies like a dog to pave the way for Shirou's crowning moment of awesome. Rin's involvement with Shirou massively hollowed out, especially after UBW where she had a goddamned route. Just like with Saber, it was all business with Rin now. Yeah, it was Sakura's route, but come on. All these characters got pushed out of the way so that Zouken, Assassin (not Kojiro, who also died early and like a bitch), and Kotomine could get more development. And Ilya did a total heel face turn to the good guys' side for the route. You, too, can kill Servants if you hit them really, really hard. The Caliburn scene in Fate was pretty much a shonen power-up if I know one. Especially how it managed to kill Berserker 7 times, it was such bullshit