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View Poll Results: Critique of Episode 25 | |||
10 out of 10 : Near Perfect... | 93 | 44.93% | |
9 out of 10 : Excellent... | 43 | 20.77% | |
8 out of 10 : Very Good | 29 | 14.01% | |
7 out of 10 : Good... | 19 | 9.18% | |
6 out of 10 : Average... | 9 | 4.35% | |
5 out of 10 : Below Average... | 6 | 2.90% | |
4 out of 10 : Poor... | 1 | 0.48% | |
3 out of 10 : Bad... | 1 | 0.48% | |
2 out of 10 : Very Bad... | 2 | 0.97% | |
1 out of 10 : Torturous... | 4 | 1.93% | |
Voters: 207. You may not vote on this poll |
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2012-12-29, 08:13 | Link #221 |
Senior and Demented
Join Date: May 2006
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Wow, surprisingly satisfying ending.
Everything I disliked about the cheesy villain and Kirito's plot enforced success was flipped 180 for me as when I realized the whole point of this arc was to present Kirito with a ethical choice with consequences in RL. I still think ALO was generally quite weak compared to SAO, but this ep at least made me respect what the story was trying to do. Even though I just couldn't get into ALO and found most of the 'drama' cringe worthy, Kirito's temptation and mercy scene came off very powerfully. Nice end. I'll doubtless be back for more when the series returns!
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2012-12-29, 10:17 | Link #222 | ||
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In the light of that abomination of a fight, the RL confrontation just seemed to drag out an already dumb final confrontation... had last episode at least been done well, the RL confrontation would've had much more of the desired effect. So yeah, I get what you're saying but surely ALO can't be considered anything but a complete failure of a story arc... I'm not even sure whether they want me to root for Asuna or Sugu anymore. Or why we are in a position of having to root for either at all. BUT, I agree that presenting Kirito with a RL situation like this was important. I just wish it had been done in a better way. No one needs an entire arc full of awful to make that point. Quote:
As such, I was talking about the story told (which is what matters, imo), not game mechanics. Where .hack was pleasantly plot-driven, SAO decided to go down some strange harem/romance route, which I didn't expect or enjoy. SAO had potential...but wasted it carelessly on fanservice and girly romance. You could say that I went into this show with the wrong expectations though. |
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2012-12-29, 10:44 | Link #223 | |
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Join Date: Aug 2004
Age: 37
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2012-12-29, 14:13 | Link #224 |
Endless Sorceror
Join Date: Jan 2012
Location: Wisconsin
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As a note, the first SAO web novel was written back in 2002, about the same time .hack was coming out.
Much of the game design in SAO for that matters harkens back to the early 2000s MMO design, the "pre-WoW" days. With clear influence from games like FFXI and RO.
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2012-12-29, 16:04 | Link #225 |
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Join Date: Dec 2005
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well, the subject of the different .hack parts never was the MMORPG in the first place : it was only the background. They talked about the world in general ( I mean the real world, not the game) and about the dependency of our society to the networks.
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2012-12-31, 12:11 | Link #226 |
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Join Date: Dec 2012
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I watched this like the day it came out. It was the best! The part where Kirito and Asuna met up in the hospital was like the best part. Great atmosphere and the place was very calm. True love.
The part where they both met at school was also my favorite part. Now they can spend time together in both the real world and the virtual world. [mod edit: removed reference to troll blog] But thanks to this website I can finally feel open minded and discuss the great stuff about SAO. Been stuck on the downside for 25 weeks [25 episodes]. Last edited by relentlessflame; 2012-12-31 at 18:12. |
2012-12-31, 18:09 | Link #228 |
Junior Member
Join Date: Dec 2012
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you're gonna probably have to wait. there should be a next season cause DVD/BLU RAY sales are high. be sure to check up on the official website of SAO or any anime news site
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2012-12-31, 22:04 | Link #230 |
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Join Date: Dec 2012
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Idk. Probably around 2013. But like I said before, be sure to keep up with the official SAO site or any other anime news site. Since the light novel is still going on they should be able to make another season. Plus everyone loves SAO, it was also very popular.
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2013-01-01, 20:21 | Link #234 |
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Join Date: Dec 2003
Age: 41
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On what basis are you making that comparison? In terms of both ratings and sales, Gundam AGE was not generally seen as particularly successful. Not that saying SAO is the most popular of the year is particularly objective either, but I'm a bit unsure why you'd use that example as the one that trumps it. Perhaps I might have compared with Fate/Zero?
In either case, it really isn't too important to this thread.
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2013-01-05, 23:58 | Link #239 | |
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But I just want to say that I'm just mentioning for the brand new ones. But yea, SAO was very popular of 2012. |
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