User blog comment:Hogwild94/Original Series Rusty Spanners/@comment-25109076-20180129000510/@comment-4700688-20180204210958

I wouldn't go as far as to say 'dull', but Series 5 is easily the most overhyped series IMO. So many people have called it the best series of them all (or at least their favourite), but I disagree. The 1v1 format and the lack of interviews was a problem with each individual episode, far too many seeded robots did extremely well while not nearly enough new robots did well, it was literally just S3. The series highlights all took place in the semi-finals and the Grand Final, but two late-game episodes do not make up a whole series.