[AlexM]

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Am I the only one who's happy that Sylar isn't as powerful as he was last season?

Sylar was way too powerful, period. If he had tried, he could have destroyed the entire company without too much difficulty, let alone the mostly disorganized good guys. If he kills Claire (as suggested last season), he would be basically unstoppable, and if he gets Matt and Nathan (and the Honduran death twins) to boot there really won't be anything he can't do.

Too much power in one individual breaks plots. It becomes too implausible that the universe won't revolve around them. It's not quite as bad when it's in the hands of a guy like Peter (unambitious good guy) but if your main villain has the power to defeat everyone without really trying it gets really dumb pretty quickly.

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Of course, since Peter's ability is better and he's more powerful, this was never a real risk. Also, Hiro could still beat Sylar. These 3 are all way over powered and make most of the rest look like rather useless sideshow characters TBH. The only ones who have been close are illusion girl and now maybe copycat girl.