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For having spent a year on three episodes, some parts of the animation is rather disappointing, especially episode 1. I can see a lot of people being turned off from it after that episode. But the parts where you can tell that's where they put all their money into, i.e. Gao Yingjie vs Wang Jiexi, the animation and the style used there is amazing. Fortunately, the quality of the episodes gets better after that.

In terms of the plot, the All-Star Tournament was a turning point in the story where, finally, we get to see Ye Xiu and crew interact with the pro-league in a ... professional setting (and not just low-level dungeon crawl or brawl). I honestly wished they did at least 1 more episode so that the pacing of the fights are better, all the other fights get their fair share of the limelight, and we get to see the third day where the pros fight against each other (and also a little more on Ye Xiu's backstory). I think that's what's sorely missing in the first season because The King's Avatar is advertised as an animation about eSports but we don't see a lot of the pro scenes in the first season.

Overall though, I really enjoyed this OVA. The character design changes are pretty good once you get used to them (tbh, I kind of prefer it more? Like I use to get Qiao Yifan and Gao Yingjie mixed up and I could only tell them apart because of their hair color. Though giving One Autumn Leaf a plastic surgery was really not necessary. Sun Xiang's face and coloring really don't match One Autumn Leaf's palette). I think people would take more to the designs if the animation is better though. Though the story, especially the ending, is a little rushed and the pacing could be better, they did hit all the major points with only three episodes. The major pitfall is the sometimes crappy animation and the nonexistent bgm in key moments. Which is why, I'd give this a 7 but because I love the source material, I give this an 8.