It's a decent season. I don't know how long you've been watching survivor for, but I've been watching since S1. And these seasons are nowhere near the quality Survivor was before Jeff probst became Ex Producer (around S19-21). Watch Survivor China, or Tocantins or HvV (last great season). They are a million times better than this season.
Locations were better and more varied.
The local culture was incorporated in to the game through rewards which were meaningful experiences with locals, and not just food. Challenges were tougher and more physical.
No stupid gimmicks like david vs goliath to make up for us now being permanently in Fiji.
We didn't have 2-3 characters hog 80% of the screen time (this season is doing better at balancing characters though)
Larger focus on survival and misery. The shelter building, suffering in the rain, hunger, etc.
Players lost more weight because it was a lot tougher than the game is today
This season is better than Survivor has been the past 10 seasons...But it's far, far worse than Survivor was the first 20 seasons until Probst became Ex Producer.
Now survivor is just about power moves and personal drama. You can get that on Big brother, you don't need to travel to beautiful countries around the world to do that. It was much better when it incorporated both stronger survival aspects and local cultures in to the mix.
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