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10 out of 10: Near Perfect... | 61 | 32.11% | |
9 out of 10: Excellent... | 59 | 31.05% | |
8 out of 10: Very Good... | 42 | 22.11% | |
7 out of 10: Good... | 19 | 10.00% | |
6 out of 10: Average... | 4 | 2.11% | |
5 out of 10: Below Average... | 0 | 0% | |
4 out of 10: Poor... | 4 | 2.11% | |
3 out of 10: Bad... | 0 | 0% | |
2 out of 10: Very Bad... | 0 | 0% | |
1 out of 10: Torturous... | 1 | 0.53% | |
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2012-07-28, 18:32 | Link #61 | |
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I have no overall complaints for this episode, there are some scenes/lines that could have been included to make it even better, but I understand that they're running on a time limit, and they weren't anything integral to the actual story at all. It's nice to watch a more upbeat episode after the last two though.
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2012-07-28, 18:33 | Link #62 |
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First Kuroko No Basket, then Sword Art Online both in one day? Must be my birthday Oh, and thank god for Runescape and me playing it when I was younger, otherwise I would be scratching my head at some of the random features in this anime I recognise a lot of things that you would see in a game like this which is awesome
Silica In this episode, we see Kirito (I got the name right this time! ) help a fairly young girl named Silica who by coincidence looks like Kirito's sister, er, I mean cousin (What are the chances, only a few thousand in the game ) I guess this episode overall was to tell us that monsters and traps aren't the only dangers in the game. Players are too. So, Kirito is well known amongst everyone now, and he even earned his own unique nickname. Nice And damn! He's level 78 with over 14,000 HP? I really do wonder what the level cap is. I enjoyed this episode more than I did episode 3. It seemed less rushed and there wasn't as many new characters that you needed to focus on. It was a simple straight line of point A to point B with the same characters without it feeling forced or rushed. Silica was also fun to watch and quite cute
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2012-07-28, 18:56 | Link #63 | |
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I for one am glad that Kirito in this episode doesn't take shit from anyone, especially against people who PK, he has no qualms about taking their lives. And I'm also glad Silica wasn't going to die by throwing herself into the fight, and instead noticed that Kirito's hp wasn't going down and wisely stayed out of it. After Kirito's talk about using the crystal he gave her immediately when he says, I could have easily seen in another series having him tell her to return, but instead her blindly throwing her life away, and the main hero being sad, but I am glad that it didn't happen here, and everything ended happily ever after. Very nice episode, and impressive visuals, definitely enjoying the ride so far. |
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2012-07-28, 18:56 | Link #64 | |
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2012-07-28, 19:20 | Link #66 |
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Not sure but usually in MMOs where the mobs are stronger when you're higher level, there is a limit to that. So even if they got stronger doesn't mean Silica or Kirito got weaker and the mobs seemed to be rather weak to begin with plus he used the safest and easiest route to get the flower.
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2012-07-28, 19:46 | Link #67 | |
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2012-07-28, 19:52 | Link #68 | |
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2012-07-28, 19:56 | Link #69 | |
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2012-07-28, 20:00 | Link #70 |
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Also add in the fact they were all separated and in something of a panic. The anti-crystal rooms are probably some of the most deadly in the game for players. It seems manageable for organized groups who take a lot of precautions, but yeah.
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2012-07-28, 20:30 | Link #73 |
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This was definitely a nice episode. I was so nervous that they were going to pull another fast one and have Silica die as well. I don't think I can handle continuous depressing losses in a series like this. One is more than enough.
This episode did give us some nice background information. Apparently, Kirito is part of the front-line troops, but he is a solo fighter. After all this time, he still hasn't latched on with anyone else. I wonder if Asuna has been going solo the whole time as well, or if she has joined up with another guild? As for PK's, I wonder why there has not been an effort to band together and wipe/arrest them? Kirito seems to be the only one willing. Also, can a PK group level up that high to the same level Kirito is without leveling up the old fashion way? It would require them to kill a lot of high level players, which would seem counterproductive at some point (when they start running out of players, or they themselves get killed). It might be pointless in a normal MMORPG; however, this one links up with your neural net. Hence, it could serve a purpose to feel more comfortable when you sleep. As shown in the previous episode, sleep is necessary, which, in a normal MMORPG is not always required.
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2012-07-28, 20:40 | Link #74 | |
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And I agree with you that given the immersion of this game, I'd bet most people end up doing things more or less as they do in real life, and a lot of people sleep in some variation of their underwear... (Unrelated, but about Rosalia, she's obviously kind of insane, and definitely obnoxious, but I think it'd be very tempting to believe that there was some kind of a joke or a bug, preventing people from logging out. That seems (on the face of it) a lot more realistic than thinking that someone actually rigged a bunch of people to die. I mean, they don't really have any way of knowing for sure what happens, anymore than we do in real life--but plenty of people still have firm beliefs about what happens after death. I mean, I'd like to think I'd want to play it safe and all, but I'm sure some people would convince themselves there's no harm in killing other players.) |
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2012-07-28, 20:41 | Link #75 | |
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2012-07-28, 21:39 | Link #76 |
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If you assume there's a correlation between floors and player levels -- i.e., you need to be at least level 80 to have a shot at surviving on the 80th Floor -- then it would probably cap out at 100 so people can't be over-leveled on the upper floors.
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2012-07-28, 21:49 | Link #77 |
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Well, I just loved this episode. They got the adaptation right and all the important scenes stay intact throughout except for one thing.
Spoiler for Comparison to the novel for this episode's content:
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2012-07-28, 21:57 | Link #79 |
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The PKers don't seem to gain much from their crime since even with ganging they didn't stand a chance against Kirito. So perhaps PKing doesn't give that much exp, making them doing it just for the griefing.
What level is the front line at at this point in the story? Also, since there are no system level prevention for PK from high level players doesn't this mean some one like Kirito can go on a killing spree on the lower level if they ever 'snap'? |
2012-07-28, 21:59 | Link #80 |
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If Kirito is supposed to be with the front line, then logically, the front line players are all around his level.
Not being able to see another player's level is pretty much a feature I've wanted on pvp servers for 20 years, from MUDs to today's MMOs. If an anime can get that right, perhaps there's hope for world pvp in future MMOs?
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