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View Poll Results: Critique of Episode 20 | |||
10 out of 10 : Near Perfect... | 46 | 37.40% | |
9 out of 10 : Excellent... | 39 | 31.71% | |
8 out of 10 : Very Good... | 25 | 20.33% | |
7 out of 10 : Good... | 7 | 5.69% | |
6 out of 10 : Average... | 1 | 0.81% | |
5 out of 10 : Below Average... | 1 | 0.81% | |
4 out of 10 : Poor... | 1 | 0.81% | |
3 out of 10 : Bad... | 1 | 0.81% | |
2 out of 10 : Very Bad... | 1 | 0.81% | |
1 out of 10 : Torturous... | 1 | 0.81% | |
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2012-11-19, 16:14 | Link #183 | ||
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Glad to see Asuna finally got out of her cage. Doubt she'll be able to do much, but it's better then sitting around and doing nothing, even if she doesnt accomplish anything, it's still something.
In all honesty, I can't see this arc being resolved without some kind of outside force intervention. Yeah, Asuna is out of her cage, Sugou can resolve that quickly. Sure, Kirito is an unstoppable badass in terms of players but Sugou is basically God in ALO. The only way I can see this being resolved in-game is if: Spoiler for Sugou being stupid:
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2012-11-19, 17:59 | Link #185 | |
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2012-11-19, 19:18 | Link #186 | |
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2012-11-19, 20:19 | Link #187 | |
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So... I guess I'm not really sure where you're going with all this, but I'm assuming Asuna probably made a very-educated guess about her escape time, which is why they didn't show her escaping immediately after she figured out the code. She laid in wait for a while, probably resting up and waiting for the safest time.
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2012-11-19, 21:01 | Link #188 |
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This episode easily EASILY had the best fight in the entire show so far for virtue of having neither one hit kills nor one side that was totally overpowering that required some inexplicable exploit to win. Instead for a change you have two evenly matched player characters going at it and Kirito has to use both creativity and go all out to eek out a victory. The battles in this show are probably amongst it's weakest points so I guess it's better late than never.
Incidentally does anyone find it amusing that all the sides Kirito joins seem to be filled with easily reasoned with hawt chicks that are more than ready to welcome him into their clan while whatever side seems to be opposing him seems to be filled with war mongering hostile bishonen assholes that instantly want to kill him upon sight half the time. That's why I kind of found Gene to be a breath of fresh air. While the rule still carries through this episode at least he's an honorable player in the end that sticks to his word and shows respect. It's just too bad he probably earned his status as the games strongest player while Kirito basically inherited his stats from SAO such that you really kind of feel that in any normal situation Gene would have clobbered Kirito pretty handedly. |
2012-11-19, 21:27 | Link #189 |
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I especially liked how Kirito was able to figure out a workaround to the Ethereal Shift's mechanics to defend against it. And I especially liked how Eugene's subordinates only had admiration for Kirito's skill after he defeated their leader. It's quite a shift from SAO, and how battles in that game are treated as proper life-and-death situations.
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2012-11-19, 23:04 | Link #190 | |
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2012-11-19, 23:26 | Link #192 |
I don't give a damn, dude
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I'm fairly sure he didn't believe it for a second, though. He was just torn between honour as a player and the orders of his leader, and Kagemune's intervention was the 'reasonable doubt' he needed.
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2012-11-19, 23:49 | Link #195 |
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Yea, I believe Eugene knew it was a total bluff, but he got an assist from Kagemura(?) so he could save face in front of his army and brother to leave peacefully.
Enjoyed this section of the arc because it goes through a range of actual mmo player types. Down to the guy that took the items of his fallen players happily, to Sigurd's power-crazy/status obsesseiveness, to Eugene, and then to his soldiers who just enjoy being able to see awesome fight in a game they enjoy.
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2012-11-20, 00:39 | Link #197 |
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You're misunderstanding his motivations. He doesn't want money, or mind control tech, or an arranged marriage with Asuna. Those are all just ways of achieving what he really wants. Which is to be a smug bastard. He likes looking down on people and watching their helplessness. In a phrase, he likes having power over people. Having power over a sleeping girl who can't react isn't any fun.
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2012-11-20, 05:02 | Link #198 |
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Kirito was born and survived SAO where it was live or die. He's a totally different beast compared to any players in ALO. If he was the best player in SAO, then he will be godly in ALO. There shouldn't be a single person that is a match unless they have admin cheats...and even then Kirito just breaks the rules Neo style. -especially so since ALO is skill based rather than stat based like SAO was.
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2012-11-20, 10:54 | Link #199 | |
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