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The show is good but not THAT good. All the games are just plain luck or mindless fighting instead of any tactics required (only one I liked was the tug-of-war) and the whole premise is really just a ripoff from the movie/manga, As Gods Will. Literally the first game in As Gods Will is Red Light Green Light and the theme is also on people being forced to play children's game. I also hate how Netflix pushed for a 2nd season even though it's so damn obvious this was meant to be one season only by itself.

They literally killed off all the characters and explained everything about the game and the premise. What more do you want?

Also the popularity makes no sense when you have a much superior show, Alice in Borderland that hardly even have an ounce of that viewership, and that show was released way earlier. To those that haven't watched (which are obviously the casual majority), please watch Alice in Borderlands. For reference, I watched Squid Game first, thought it was the best thing ever... and then I watched Alice in Borderlands and realized now why fans kept saying AiB is better. Because it really is. The games in AiB are actually mindful and very very very hard yet crazy interesting. Comparing the games to that of Squid Game is like comparing a tiger to a cat.

I guess Squid Game only got more popular due to K-drama bias and korean hype. Or maybe people only liked games that dont require much brain cells to process. All you need is the influence from the media and social influencers to contribute to the overpouring, and needless...excessive success and social media spoofs to come along.