Borkus Lazorus
Senior Member
Admittedly, if you look into it, SAO had a solid ground for a good show. The episodes that show them trying to settle into a standardised life whilst struggling with being separated from the world, and especially the Sleeping Knights saga, had very good dialogue and story telling, and ultimately the show, because of it's pandering and bad cliches, poorly exercised the fact that they spent a full year in that game, watching friends and loved ones die, not knowing if they were truly lost, either going mad and believing it all a lie, or struggling to cope with the fact that they had lost people. Knowing that with every floor their numbers dropped more and more as well.
No, there was definitely solid potential, but it was squandered on the exact issues you laid out.
I mean, holy shit, I can't believe that in 5 months, they haven't made it past the 2nd floor. Bullshit
Aren't these MMORPG PLAYERS, for crying out loud? Why aren't they fucking grinding and buffing their levels up instead of complaining about the beta-tester.
I think, for a MMORPG, SAO sucks in terms of game design as well.
But, anyway, I'm sort of interested in joining this RP.