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Story: [6/10]

RWBY Ice Queendom would've been much better off as a movie or being substantially shorter than it is, the story could've been good in that format. Weiss is attacked by a Grim that puts her into a coma, the only way to save her is to enter into her dream and destroy the grim there, however, much like inception, Weiss' subconscious makes up the people in the dream and they fight against team RWBY as they try to save her. This could've been something like a RWBY-themed inception movie, but instead, it's a 13-episode series and the issue is that the story is too simple for that. So, even though I did enjoy the show, there are too many episodes that feel like a bit of a waste of time. 

Animation: [5/10]

I like how the characters looked but the animation felt clunky at times, and the pay off to the build-up was let down by the animation. 

Sound: [6/10]

Nice soundtrack and voice acting, but nothing too exceptional.

Characters: [6.5/10]

There's a lot of good dialogue and banter between the girls, though I don't know if it's just because of how atrocious the main RWBY dialogue is making this show look so good or if it's actually good. They captured the essence of their personalities really well, somehow, better than the main show. I would've liked to have seen more of this, my favourite episodes mostly involved characters just talking to each other, because the action sequences were a letdown. It may have served the show better if the focus was almost exclusively on team RWBY, as the other characters did not really get to shine but somehow took up a lot of screen time anyway. 

Overall: [5.5/10]

It's a shame that this isn't a reboot, as they really nailed the characters and I would easily watch more of this, however, as a standalone, this isn't amazing. The slow pacing mixed with the repetition and then the lacklustre payoff makes for a mediocre end product. I enjoyed it and never thought about dropping it, and I think if you've got time to kill and low expectations then this show can work.