well, don't get me wrong. i enjoyed watching both seasons of SAO, but in my eyes, it's nothing special. i don't get why it's so overhyped,
- (trapped) Players in a MMO? well, happened to be already in the .hack// series.
- Strong main, harem of girlies in love with him? also happened in several series, nothing new.
WHAT I LIKED:
- easy story, switch of brain and just watch.
- quite good animation. have seen a lots that were worse animated.
- very nice soundtrack.
WHAT I NOT LIKED THAT MUCH:
- Storyholes. lots. of. Storyholes. (well, (
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well, don't get me wrong. i enjoyed watching both seasons of SAO, but in my eyes, it's nothing special. i don't get why it's so overhyped,
- (trapped) Players in a MMO? well, happened to be already in the .hack// series.
- Strong main, harem of girlies in love with him? also happened in several series, nothing new.
WHAT I LIKED:
- easy story, switch of brain and just watch.
- quite good animation. have seen a lots that were worse animated.
- very nice soundtrack.
WHAT I NOT LIKED THAT MUCH:
- Storyholes. lots. of. Storyholes. (well, at least not that much in season 2)
- too predictable story. seriously. even the twists are predictable.
- all chars are too stereotyped. strong main, lil sister secretly in love with him, dumb antagonists... meeeeeh.
- it's a series about gaming? why not more MMO-Action? more side-infos about classes, races, GUI, mechanics, etc?
overall rating: i'll give 6/10 points, because it's just above average. it's a nice lovestory with ups, downs and the usual dramatics, but nothing to freak out about. (
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