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View Poll Results: Critique of Episode 08 | |||
10 out of 10: Near Perfect... | 56 | 38.62% | |
9 out of 10: Excellent... | 52 | 35.86% | |
8 out of 10: Very Good... | 24 | 16.55% | |
7 out of 10: Good... | 9 | 6.21% | |
6 out of 10: Average... | 1 | 0.69% | |
5 out of 10: Below Average... | 1 | 0.69% | |
4 out of 10: Poor... | 0 | 0% | |
3 out of 10: Bad... | 0 | 0% | |
2 out of 10: Very Bad... | 0 | 0% | |
1 out of 10: Torturous... | 2 | 1.38% | |
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2012-08-25, 20:58 | Link #121 | |
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I suppose the only other difference is that, by moving the focus back to the frontlines, it gave Kirito a bit more of a serious fight. I suppose it makes the action scenes a little bit more tense and menacing, so if that's what people liked about Episode 2, then I suppose that same feeling returns now. In the last few episodes, Kirito was seriously over-leveled, so the fights were more about the character impact than any serious threat. Of course, I don't think the fights were the point of those episodes... but that's the main difference I could point to, I guess.
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2012-08-25, 21:04 | Link #122 | |
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In other news, I'm curious what the anime only crowd things of the story to date / and skipping from Ep1 to Ep8. I know it's been thrown around a bit in this thread, but I think it'd be massively jarring to skip all the build up and background details we've seen to-date, and just shoehorn them in. |
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2012-08-25, 21:29 | Link #123 | |
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So all that to say, jumping from 1/2 to 8 wouldn't be an option, IMO. However, if they wanted to do the whole thing differently, I suppose they could have started the whole anime with something like this episode (or maybe even the presumed fight from next episode), starting from the premise "we've been trapped in this game for two years", and then gone back to fill in the gaps via flashbacks (including to explain all the systems and so on). If they did that, I think it could work... but I think it would totally change the flow of the story, and might make it more confusing. I'm not sure that it'd be a better way... just a different way. (And people would still complain about the "fillers" anyway.) Honestly, I think the solution isn't really in resequencing the anime. The solution would have to be to take a lot more liberties with the story in general (like adding anime-original parts to help connect parts that weren't shown in the original source)... and that brings with it its own challenges (hard to imagine the sort of novel-reader flack we'd have in these threads... ).
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2012-08-25, 21:31 | Link #124 | |
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Other things to consider are that Asuna's presence and some world elements (such as duels) would have been more jarring without the previous episodes. So yeah, as an anime-only viewer I'm really satisfied. I'd say the only negative was that the side stories made the show lose momentum for me these past weeks, but that's in the past now.
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2012-08-25, 21:40 | Link #126 | ||
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As for my experience in MMO sometimes rising a rare skill sometimes is not completely useless. Crafting can make you money by making and selling items/equipment not usually dropped. This leads to a matter of economy, sometimes stuff you make yourself will end up costing less and have a better quality than stuff you buy from NPCs or dropped from mobs. Also from your comment you're basically farming and selling the drops which takes time every time you do it. Rising a craft might take time but it's only done once and crafting something takes considerably less time and usually if you're high enough level whatever you produce can usually net you more money in lesser time. As for cooking in SAO yeah it doesn't have a stat rising use to it. But whose to say that there aren't people willing to pay big bucks for a nicely cooked meal, one that surpasses NPC stuff in taste? As mentioned by Kirito in ep. 6 she could sell her food for a good bit of money. Damn even in MMOs there are people that spend money on stuff like decorating their homes or even bling bling that doesn't give any stat benefit just to look good while in a safe zone/town. Last edited by Kamui04; 2012-08-25 at 21:51. |
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2012-08-25, 22:13 | Link #128 | |
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I like near the end of the episode, where Kirito commented about having someone to fight alongside in these dungeons, and how much easier/safer it was. He's been soloing for so long, he's forgotten how good teamwork is.
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2012-08-25, 22:43 | Link #134 | |
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Ah cooking, I agree that there's a lot of money to be made in that. I believe it was mentioned earlier during the Mystery Arc how Asuna could make money off that. Anyways love the Blue Baphomet, although the health bars just seriously gives that "Oh crap" feeling in the end.
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2012-08-25, 22:46 | Link #136 |
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Good episode, we're introduced to the creeper player type in Asuna's bodyguard. Kirito locked onto a rare rabbit and secured meat for woman to make him his dinner. Asuna has graduated from making sammich to cooking his dinner, fine progression, but be careful as she's already demanding half the meat. Sometimes it's good to take woman out for walks so he parties with her for some exping and excites her with boss viewing. Good enough action in this epi for me, looking forward to next episode.
Kirito didn't seem to have trouble with the lizardman, look at his health, but soloing can be slow and challenging. I'm surprised he sleeps with how he's usually shown to be higher leveled than everyone. It's usually faster to exp with another person, less down time more clearing, so hopefully more duoing with a competent Asuna. Duel interference... only the people who accepted a duel should be in the fight. They're in a town aren't they? This isn't an open pvp area so if a bystander just walks into a duel they can deflect attacks cause of safe area rules? Asuna actually disarms the dagger with her rapier or whatever blade. Seems like another thing to be exploited or an anime fail? I'm anime only so dunno. Also, putting your weapon away when the duel isn't over doesn't mean it's over. Creeper guy can still attack, he's not out of line... duel ends when condition is met (1 strike) or forfeit, usually. Putting the sword away can seem overconfident and stupid, if he gets beaten that way it's his fault. Kirito even dares him to draw another weapon to continue on. |
2012-08-25, 22:49 | Link #139 | ||
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