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View Poll Results: Critique of Episode 09 | |||
10 out of 10: Near Perfect... | 113 | 61.08% | |
9 out of 10 : Excellent... | 44 | 23.78% | |
8 out of 10 : Very Good... | 13 | 7.03% | |
7 out of 10 : Good... | 7 | 3.78% | |
6 out of 10 : Average... | 4 | 2.16% | |
5 out of 10 : Below Average... | 1 | 0.54% | |
4 out of 10 : Poor... | 0 | 0% | |
3 out of 10 : Bad... | 0 | 0% | |
2 out of 10 : Very Bad... | 1 | 0.54% | |
1 out of 10: Torturous... | 2 | 1.08% | |
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2012-09-01, 12:56 | Link #22 |
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This was the best episode so far imo.
Great scenes, epic fight for about 5 minutes. 10/10 I expect the next episode to be even better, let's see how it goes, this is getting better and better! Also, I'm so glad I can understand a bit of basic Japanese, this way I don't need to wait so long, wooohoo |
2012-09-01, 13:52 | Link #24 |
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there should be a score that is worth 9000+
the battle scene with the gleams eye and two sword skill. I can watch it again and again and I even forget the minor or maybe major complaints of mine in the past early episode and some crappy animation. That battle itself is worth over 9000
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2012-09-01, 14:24 | Link #25 |
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Color me absolutely not surprised by this episode: I was actually wondering why Kirito put more emphasis on "same sword" for Dark Repulser, but dismissed that he would dual wield, considering it didn't seem to be a trump card (I guess the studio goofed up, since a thug in Episode 4 was dual wielding axes, and Kirito insisted that "dual wielding" (not specifically swords) is unique).
At least, quite satisfied that the anti crystal field possibility was proved to be true as I expected, so other means to trap players is absolutely not out of question now. In fact, It would be even more nerve wrecking if more mechanics are in play with further boss (floor trap, paralizing fields etc) than just trapped boss room. Anyway, they did a good job in building the tension and all, but again, not trying to nitpick too much, but the design and animations weren't that consistent: past the flurry of attacks being quite flashy, Kirito often got shafted in design (even Klein in fact), with a lot of static shots etc. That said, the current episodes definitely make up for the slow 2-7 portions.
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2012-09-01, 14:37 | Link #26 |
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Yeah, we discussed that heavily in the spoiler thread at the time. The general conclusion was that the animators goofed up -- the axes weren't even drawn consistently, and there was another axe-wielder in the scene who had a shield equipped in his other hand.
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2012-09-01, 14:40 | Link #27 | |
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One idea, due to how Kirito's skill is phrased 'dual blades', it may be referring to only dual wielding swords (blades). Perhaps dual wielding hammers or axes isn't a unique skill but is a rare skill like Klein's katana. Of course this is simply a guess of mine, but it is probably a studio mistake having that dual wielding axe user in Ep 4. Another quest popped up in my mind as I was typing this out... If you learn the 'hand-to-hand' combat skill and use it in battle by itself, are you automatically dual wielding or are you limited to using only one fist? I'm still waiting on CR, hope it doesn't take too long... |
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2012-09-01, 14:40 | Link #28 | |
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As for whether or not that was a goof up.. it's hard to say for sure. It's possible to dual wield, but the sword skills aren't meant to work as they should unless the person trying to use them has the required skill (Dual Wield in this case). That thug seemed to swing at Kirito one axe at a time, too. Of course, he could just have the unique skill required for dual wielding axes, but I really doubt that was the case. As Utsuro no Hako pointed out, most of us (myself included) agreed that the animators screwed up. |
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2012-09-01, 14:47 | Link #30 |
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Yes, he asked the same or better. It is just that, you would expect him to ask simply "better" in term of upgrade, so that means he had some specific plan for it. But since Kirito didn't use it right away, and because of that thug casually wielding 2 axes, I didn't consider dual blade being anything special because of the latter case, hence the conclusion Dark Repulser was a mere "back up".
But really, if dual wielding could be possible without using both weapons at the same time, you would expect more people trying for style etc (since Asuna says some people do use a single sword for style). So dual axe sounds more like a giant blooper.
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2012-09-01, 14:52 | Link #32 |
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Surprised to actually see Lizbeth in this episode, for those who havent read novels she wasnt there.
Was hard as hell to find raw this week early so I had to sit and watch some shitty quality one but the Starburst stream still looked pretty dam nice, and yeah we are lucky, next week is another high quality battle/action scene. |
2012-09-01, 15:08 | Link #34 |
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Lol, even though people were dying left and right, Kirito wasn't really going to join the fight. It was only when Asuna jumped in that he decided to go too.
I'm not judging him. I wouldn't want to risk my life that way either, specially for people I don't know. But this only makes Asuna's actions all the more more heroic. She doesn't have any super unique skill to back her up, but she still couldn't stay there watching them die without doing anything. So props to Asuna, she's the real hero here.
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2012-09-01, 15:28 | Link #37 | |
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But do keep in mind that Kirito took upon himself the burden of being the 'beater', so if he showed any advantage at this late stage it would be a certain death by the hands of the frontliners. In any case, it seem that Asuna and Kirito have a bunch of new loyal followers~~~
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2012-09-01, 15:35 | Link #38 |
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But he wasn't thinking about any of that at that moment. He just stood there watching. Besides, even with his unique skill, joining the fight was a real risk anyway, a risk he wasn't willing to take (for people he doesn't know at the very least).
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2012-09-01, 15:53 | Link #40 | ||
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To me, in MMORPG perspective, making rare items without an immediate need or without any selling perspective in mind just doesn't make sense, as if you stash it away, you could potentially kept the original material for another better weapon or armor then. (save exceptions such like announced patch with new weapon requiring an old one, so crafting it would prevent you to spend an awful amount upon patch release, as people would rush on the materials like headless chickens). To me, for someone like Kirito who aims for the most pragmatic and efficient way to go through the game, stashing away a "better" weapon without making it to that point didn't make much sense. And even more so in a death game, where you would rather expand every ressource you got to increase your survival, instead of keeping disposable items/money. In fact, Dark Respulser is -not- better than Elucidator right now. "Possibly better than Elucidator" =/= "better now", since long term doesn't mean much in MMO, especially in a death game where any wrong calculation can cost you dearly. You don't want to have a better weapon ready later, you want it -right now-. This is why his request for "similar" weapon was kinda off, aside of a "simple" back up. Quote:
So she prolly saw mid/high level players going around with 1 sword for the hell of it.
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