THE NEW GATE anime started off with an interesting premise of a main character who was the victor of an AI deathgame coming back to the world of the deathgame after 500 years had passed. It's on I think the final episode this week, and it really ended up disappointing. I'm gonna finish the last episode, but it won't be getting a season 2, there's no way (and I won't watch it if there is)
@sj_zero I agree, started out as it could have been interesting, and went full MC-kun is bland enough to score the 5 hottest babes in the world in just three episodes!
In this case I think the companions remove the ability for us to explore the world through him, and it ends up feeling closer to MC is macguffin and loses agency.