Sword Art Online and All of its Games are Awful- Austin Eruption

I've talked about Sword Art Online before. But you want more, so here it is. SAO is absolutely awful, and the games are just as bad if not worse. Let's go.
Arcadea is:
/ austineruption
/ forrestfurst
/ pandacart
/ strekks

[@mothersbasement]

hey that's my bit!

[@unboundsoul3582]

Mother's Basement When your stand steals your own shit

[@austineruption]

+Mother's Basement This is the stands secondary ability

[@sokumotanaka9271]

Guys guys we can all equally hate SAO together.

[@finalfantasylover5297]

sokumo tanaka let us all enjoy the hatequality😊

[@zayaannashrid1374]

Do a crossover with Jordan Underneath. Let the basement battle BEGIN

[@Dominion_Hawks]

Maybe the blue haired guy was actually a genius? He could foresee that the show would go to shit, so he was like "nope, im out"

[@davidacevedo591]

Juanfran Hawks I actually like the show, but you said funny

[@Legiro]

Because noone could possibly know that there is a whole batch of incoming characters to be slaughtered/commit suicide right before his eyes, right? I mean who could've possibly predict that, its not like the anime was done after the light novel was published. And no, I'm not taking a sarcastic stab at you in particular, Matthew Rubenstein. Because I do agree with your assumption. It just goes to show that 99% of the time A-1 Pictures doesn't give a damn about material, coherency of the plot or quality of their product.

[@Ninjastoned]

"Fuck this shit I'm out~"

[@jakew6162]

Juanfran Hawks Gun Gale online is better than the first season

[@GaraichuYT]

Don't you see? THAT'S the Hollow Realization. That it's STILL fucking Kirito.

[@Jackald]

My favorite Sword Art Online game is Persona 3.

[@Ticketman99]

Jackald My favorite Sword Art Online movie is The Matrix.

[@Cyrilcynder1]

Make more videos boi

[@wbtu897]

Jackald hi toaster

[@MoguMogu818]

I like persona 4

[@flapjackxl]

I like Jojo's Bizarre Adventure Part 9.

[@Jofe000]

The phrase "This takes place on the beta of the relaunch of SAO" feels like code for "we couldn't be arsed to fix the bugs and came with a crappy excuse".

[@austineruption]

How to embarrass yourself 101

[@grodcoyote6635]

Arcadea I love sao and I don't agree with you but...i respect your opinion

[@grodcoyote6635]

Nicholas Rodriguez asuna of course

[@BaTToSai782]

Arcadea I'm so glad someone hates this show as much as I do I stopped when they got married and adopted that stupid kid.

[@revwantstobattle]

Hey, will you ever review Danganronpa?

[@mythriljojo]

Next time, you oughta look at a good game to karmatically balance SAO out... Hoooow abooouuut Yakuza 0? :)

[@itsanapricot4545]

Wait if in the light novel Kirito and sashi shared inventories doesn't that Imply that they used the games marriage system

[@MelonTartVA]

Bingo! Which makes her death far more tragic and the moment asuna "dies" has a lot more context for kirito's despair. History repeated itself.

[@MelonTartVA]

@@KingofYggdrasil well. actually, that info wasn't even in the published version of the novel. So much was changed from the online version of sao to the published version

[@NarukoCosplay15]

And with that I hate asuna even more

[@Slashser]

You mean at some point Sachi had a purpose?

[@MegaRazor619]

That's suprisingly interesting

[@krangronumagca8977]

WE MUST SAVE MY FAMILY!!!

[@HuntedBoBo]

THE BANDITS ARE COMING

[@marcusviniciusdemelo3303]

ALLWAYS REMEMBER TO JUMP

[@prideguy3233]

Krangronum agca Gary!!!!!

[@mariic2]

You have been playing for FOUR THOUSAND, SIX HUNDRED AND EIGHT hours now. Maybe you should take a break.

[@Fafnd]

I would IF I COULD MOM!

[@ThatOneGuy0006]

What's with the hair, did you lose a bet? Did you go Super Sayan God!?

[@unboundsoul3582]

He lost a bet and cosplayed as Chie Satonaka at Mag and the hair still isnt back to norma lol

[@depreciatednull]

1Kenny30 Rosé isn't Super Saiyan God

[@ImGonnaFudgeThatFish]

when did chie have pink hair?

[@dood3530]

Well, he IS a god.

[@KnakuanaRka]

1Kenny30 SSG had dark red hair, pink is exclusive to Black Goku's SSRose.

[@briantimkennedy357]

Honestly, the moment when everybody turned on Kirito because "LOL Beta tester" is the moment I dropped the show. Everybody in that game was too stupid to function correctly.

[@Nekufan1000000]

"We might all DIE, so let's ostracize the people who know the game better than we do. THAT'LL INCREASE OUR ODDS OF SURVIVAL!"

[@akaiyoru2681]

Also the reason I hate Kibaou from the very start he showed up. Why would he even go after beta testers, he is too selfish to think, they would mindlessly help others, they also want to survive god dammit. Otherwise, if it came to playing games that were there, I would try them, just for the feeling. Perhaps I would choose other game, but that I would love to try that concept

[@pasindudinusha6507]

I don't think that's how gamers would act if this happened in reality. Even MC is a moron only surviving because of the plot armor.

[@MGNew]

@@pasindudinusha6507you are L and don't my pfp ever again fake

[@MGNew]

No L

[@hippiedave1362]

I remember when this was called "DotHack".

[@sozaj]

So many people try to deny that this is dotHack and actually get irked if they think they detect that you'll draw the comparison.

[@NintendoHighSchool]

The abridged series honestly does a better job than the actual show

[@sorryyourenotawinner2506]

no troll

[@ShadowStarkiller]

@@sorryyourenotawinner2506 you are correct, he is not a troll. He speaks truth.

[@Faapu]

This type of fanservice is weak. You need to go full ham like Senran Kagura

[@axlexe8639]

Except SK is a much better game ;)

[@sleepyespurr2922]

King Harkinian The thing I like about Senran Kagura is that like Bayonetta, it knows its over the top and stupid. And that's where the fanservice works so well.

[@android19willpwn]

Nothing worse than fanservice half-measures. Either don't do it or own the shit out of it.

[@evangedeon2194]

Exactly. Take refuge in audacity! Do it 110%!

[@namkha209]

DO A KEIJO OR DO A NO-GO!

[@PsychoVdude13x]

I love it when people bash Sword Art Online.

[@Falcovsleon21]

Pleb.

[@joelsasmad]

It is addictive

[@TEAMSTARBLOCKBlueslime]

Falcovsleon21 is sao you favorite shit or something

[@mac_sour]

It's not that I hate it (I'm definitely watching SAO III when it comes out), but I'd rather watch something like Log Horizon to be honest, there are better anime with the SAO genre.

[@kyotheman69]

because its shit

[@Reckno64]

I'm gonna be perfectly honest: I don't think SAO is the worst anime ever. Defeinitely the most disappointing anime ever because it had so much potential. I actually kinda liked the first half of season 1, and I also enjoyed the first half of season 2. The latter half of season 1 was bad and the latter half of season 2 was just boring.....

[@gasternecross]

@Tyeler Nowell i like ggo

[@keiz_]

The music is really good too. If I remember correctly I liked the music more in part 2 of season 1

[@grammysworld5449]

@Tyeler Nowell that's the only way they can get views

[@thekillersandvich1150]

yep except for mothers rosario

[@the_real_Kurt_Yarish]

SAO Abridged is pretty good, tho.

[@Ticketman99]

Kurt Yarish It's basically Devil May Cry - The MMO, which actually makes it a GAZILLION TIMES better than what could be considered the Matrix sequel that's worse than Reloaded and Revolutions combined lol

[@kamainu8934]

Pretty good?

[@xdialga361445x]

Thats just a abridge

[@averageguy1469]

Hustle Art Online is way better.

[@Mistrivious]

That comma was unnecessary

[@ferzum7290]

really are there anyone that want to be kirito in a game. i would kill to be a joestar with my personal stand or any charcter of overlord or log horizon

[@NerdishGeekish]

Fer Zum I would hurl Jonathan's dog in an oven to get a "build your own stand" JJBA game.

[@jawwer12]

You're Wrong I would curbstomp Iggy for that

[@Falcovsleon21]

Really? You'd wanna be one of those lifeless larpers from Log Horizon? You must really not think too highly of yourself then.

[@WolframiteWraith]

Oh yeah, being Shiroe and having a taunt or special move with visuals like this would be awesome: s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/f9/89/f5/f989f5a71e2393b7367d0ed07fe650ef.png

[@CCBrown92]

Falcovsleon21 At least larpers have personality.

[@kylescott2235]

yo I want that .hack video.

[@FeralPhilosopher]

You, me, and probably at least 1/6th of this dude's subscriber base.

[@nezuko0429]

same

[@Falcovsleon21]

Fuck .hack. What kind of game franchise makes you watch an emofest anime before it in order for its story to make sense and on top of that is episodic? This sounds like a scam and all of you that have been backing it for years are dumb.

[@FeralPhilosopher]

I'm interested, you talking about G.U.? Because yeah, G.U. is kinda dumb. But I'm talking about the original quadrilogy. And the fact that there are four games in the main series doesnt mean you are getting one game in 4 disks. Nah mate, these are four separate fuckin' games, with four games' worth of content.

[@Falcovsleon21]

+FeralPhilospher 1) Don't lie to me. I know better. And 2) I am also talking about the original quadrilogy.

[@TheInnerSanctuary]

Log Horizon did the genre waaAAAAaay better.

[@gasternecross]

is it on funimation

[@Falcovsleon21]

As someone who has seen Log Horizon, I can tell you that is simply not true.

[@Dehumanizer3000]

I recommend .hack

[@raigonjones7799]

Log Horizon had the same potential but it too delved down into the shit category

[@korn0215]

Log horizon is way better as MMO and World building story telling but the slow pacing kind suck

[@Ikarusu]

"We Want a plot about Kirito but we also want a custom character" "I have an great idea guys that can solve all gaming making problems on trying to make a custom character protagonist with interesting interaction, let's make kirito customizable but not change his name or story" Like seriously, i know they just wanted slap it's a Sao game and has all characters but how much more interesting it would be if it was about you being a new player, making your own character and venturing yourself into the world as you meet your own new friends and even aleadry known ones from the show, besides making kirito customizable, cheat asuna, and everything else? Since the game wanted so much to have the MMO feeling.

[@scarletrose8766]

Icằŗūs Kūŗøı might as well play fatal bullet althou Kirito was is still there SAO might be good if Kirito dosent exist like the SAO Alternative GGO

[@shinobidaniel_12]

I somehow figured out how to get him out of my party very early on in fatal bullet

[@SpideyfanX]

That's why we have Integral Factor, where you can romance the other girls as YOURSELF and not as Kirito.

[@razorthecurse]

I mean not gonna lie but, at least the game isn't trying to sell you something it's not, it is after all a hollow fragment

[@finalfantasylover5297]

razorthecurse ba dum tish!

[@buffsuki7683]

Haha good one

[@Samm815]

*rimshot*

[@Shadowespeon17]

That seriously had to be liked, even though I own and completed the game 🤣😂

[@lonesquiff6551]

I thought the same thing razorthecurse

[@jimdandy6336]

I think the dot hack series did the whole MMORPG simulation way better, and that game came out in the early 2000s on the PS2

[@F1zzygecko181]

Thank u

[@sorryyourenotawinner2506]

naaaaaah

[@sozaj]

I'd believe it.

[@takumidoutou4412]

You can't date Klein ?? Worst game ever

[@mizuki6799]

Oof wish kirito would break up with asuna

[@pankek9470]

Who’s Klein? Oh, you mean balls

[@theradjustin8873]

@@pankek9470 ballsdeep69

[@TheSM_weary]

Klein shall always be alone 😢

[@Slashser]

The turning point for me was when Laughing Coffin, you know, one of the biggest threats to the players in SAO, gets completely obliterated OFF-CAMERA, and only mentioned in a few seconds flashback on the 2nd season, oh but those 3 random assholes looking for a random murderer of a random person that we never see again, that was more important to see

[@Cailan_Mors]

I completely forgot about them, but yeah that was exceptionally bad writing.

[@thirdplanet4471]

I hear laughing coffin gets way more screen time in sao abridged

[@jasminesidney8174]

I want .Hack back. ;_;

[@ferzum7290]

Jasmine Sidney yeah where is . hack hd collection and .hack gu hd collection

[@FeralPhilosopher]

Oh god, really? Well, there goes my respect for THAT franchise.

[@Falcovsleon21]

Jasmine Sidney Then you have no taste because that's a franchise for edgelords.

[@FeralPhilosopher]

Oh my god.

[@finalfantasylover5297]

Falcovsleon21 Same can be said for sao

[@whatsup3183]

Sao is shit. Tho the first three episodes were good

[@dokidoki65]

+What's up nah man it always sucks

[@angelon3637]

If only the first episodes were enjoyable then it was promising, not quite "good".

[@DarknessViper99]

The moment Asuna turned from a strong female lead into a damsel in distress is when it all went down the shitter.

[@BucketOfFuk]

The Onyx Viper The moment where a relatively interesting amine turned into a sexist harem fanservice sandwich complete with tentacle rape sauce, was the moment where SAO was executed by a firing squad

[@turtato2155]

What's up I'd say the first arc was good

[@corvusalendar5405]

*sees the first episode* Hey, this looks pretty good *never sees the show ever again*

[@MGNew]

No L

[@TheDukeofCheese12]

"This game is also a dating simulator" It's like Fire Emblem Fates, just not good.

[@formula2233]

And Anankos And the incest implications actually a lot of Fates was bad

[@natsu-kunanimen7065]

Last I heard I'm sure it is stated in a book that Arete and Mikoto aren't actual sisters

[@sorryyourenotawinner2506]

is better

[@TheDukeofCheese12]

@@formula2233 Going back to this comment after a few years.... Yeah, agreed Forgot about the incest stuff And the baby dimension And jumping off a cliff because the generic anime protagonist told you to do so. God the writing in that game was abhorrent

[@sozaj]

How about Growlanser?

[@cenu6091]

Here's how you make an SAO title game Put "Lost" or "Hollow" and boom you got your title

[@CheezVT]

Sword Art Online: Lost Sodomy Sword Art Online: Hollow Fellatio

[@FinalDestroyer95]

Sword Art Online: Lost Abortion Sword Art Online: Hollow Story

[@galaxy384]

Hollow convention hall

[@Vtubears]

You cant make a joke better than Hollow realization.

[@skewerstar]

Sword Art Online: Lost Two Years Worth Of Semen That Made A Glopping Noise As It Flowed Endlessly Into Asuna

[@zman2748]

im really glad Zarya made a youtube channel

[@crisdebo]

zman2748 LOOOOOOOL

[@Epsidawn]

I bet when you had Yakuza 0 in the background you were totally thinking: "Shit, I would much rather be playing actual non-garbage games."

[@k1tdragon5]

Sao abridged 3 quote: "it's not a good tutorial" And "just because I can't play the game doesn't mean I can 'play the game' *wink*"

[@shadowluigi2461]

I'm so sorry you had to do this for us Austin.

[@shadowluigi2461]

Great video though

[@xdialga361445x]

Im the only one who likes the games

[@Strekks]

I never realised that some of the UI is veeeery close to FFXIVs

[@CCBrown92]

Strekks Almost... Toooo close.

[@finalfantasylover5297]

Strekks it's almost like there the same thing............😓

[@fungusonus]

is that game bad? I never played it, not into mmo’s

[@lastbastion3333]

Harry Strupp It's very good for an mmo. Only interesting game besides old wow.

[@ColorOfSakura]

I disagree with "only interesting MMO besides WoW." I love FFXIV, but Guild Wars 2 is also really good.

[@PHEEliNUX]

"Hey I'm craving playing an Offline MMO,, Xenoblade was literally the greatest thing ever so SAOHF should at least be playable right?" Nope, That was as big of a mistake as buying Conception 2.

[@faidou9954]

How to truly enjoy Sward Art Online: 1: Watch the 1st 3 episodes 2 Stop watching

[@Ticketman99]

Fido Kitsune Fox Actually... How to truly enjoy Sword Art Online: 1: Watch the Matrix trilogy 2: Watch the Animatrix

[@gasternecross]

@@Ticketman99 i liked . seasons 1 and 2 . seasons 3-4 . still havent got the english dub

[@therock238360]

morganna you know Alicization has a dub right?

[@kylescott2235]

why is there no Log horizon, the better sao, video game?!

[@Hipno702]

kyle hague right?

[@ferzum7290]

kyle hague aslo where is the overlord game i think is because japan like that styles of the mc with zero personality that is basically a male version of bella from twilight with the respective harem like sao or infinete stratos or the worst of all mahoka

[@kylescott2235]

Yeah, but a least overlord has a cool design.

[@angelon3637]

The dude that made it went to jail for tax evasion - kinda fitting, considering his protagonist- and I guess that must make getting the rights to it very hard or downright impossible.

[@The__Creeper]

Because Log Horizon has a less realistic MMORPG world.

[@Coryinthrhouse]

Sachi died for nothing

[@Urushi12kitty]

When I was growing up SAO was known as dot hack (and its various spinoffs)

[@thedoughyboy4030]

Nice video, I appreciate that you actually took the time to explain that you don't think the entirety of the show is god-awful, just everything past the point that they turned it into Harem Art Online.

[@ultanoka]

Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over did a better job with the stuck in a video game concept.

[@thisisntmyrealname6085]

★ULTANOKA★ dear god that movie kept me up at night it was so bad it has scarred me Netflix why

[@ChesuMori]

Just a heads-up, but when "it" is possessive it's written "its", no apostrophe.

[@austineruption]

+ChesuMori My bad, all-nighter lol

[@ChesuMori]

No worries, just wanted to point it out before someone else did in a significantly less polite way.

[@austineruption]

+ChesuMori I appreciate that!

[@VinzGC]

Do you want to enjoy a Sword Art Online game? Play Xenoblade Chronicles

[@gbrincks]

Wanna play a Sword Art Online II game? Play Xenoblade Chronicles X.

[@imperfectperfectionist9853]

?

[@jesuszamora6949]

I liked Xenoblade X better. Kinda hope they make a sequel to THAT one, if only to resolve the bullshit ending.

[@Skallva]

They have nothing in common. You won't 'enjoy a SAO game' playing it because it's its own thing. Instead, play Xenoblade because it's simply amazing and everyone should experience it at one point.

[@StateBlaze1989]

*reads title* Yeah, and water is wet.

[@LinRinku]

I remember watching SAO years ago. I also had high hope for it because the beginning of the anime and the plot stuff was actually pretty interesting... Then it derailed into what you mentioned in your video. Thank you for sharing your thoughts!! I never heard of the games, but goodness... Those are some games. :U

[@OmegaJester09]

Episode 3 was a red flag for me, very rushed, I had no time to get attached to any of those characters to feel sad about them. Then it went down hill super super hard after that. God I hate how this series has an amazing dark start then just turned into generic trash and people still just ate it up. It's like I can enjoy some trashy shows but generally they are more honest about it where is SAO feels like it tricked its audience into making them think it's good. These games just look plain terrible though honestly the ps2 .hack games seem worlds better.

[@Nekoszowa]

I only felt bad for Klein cuz he was better MC than Kirito.

[@SkywardDestiny]

SAO abridged is so much better if I'm being completely honest

[@MGNew]

No lol

[@darin8745]

As someone looking to scratch my .hack itch, would you say hollow realization, or fatal bullet itch the scratch? Or would I be better off with just playing Tera online on the ps4???

[@Ltd1764]

I was just having this conversation last night with someone. .hack//did it first and did it better.

[@Ticketman99]

StrayThreads The Matrix did it before BOTH...although the Matrix MMO was released later...

[@HauntingsLibrary]

Graeme Williams ...funny

[@sokumotanaka9271]

Why make sword art online games when you can bring . hack// back?

[@xdialga361445x]

Sao is good .hack they havent made them in a while probably because the story finished .hach gu is on ps4

[@tonyeriksson8803]

@@xdialga361445x you fucking high?

[@JL0ndon]

Dot hack infection on ps2 was an amazing game!

[@shumbojrimp8274]

Congrats, you manages to make me hate SAO even more than when I tried to watch the one and a half episodes I could barely stand.

[@TheCreepypro]

Man feels like I haven't seen a video from you guys in forever nice to see this review. What I really like in your critique of SAO is the fact that you managed to pull out the good from it before saying how it all went to hell. I felt the same as you when I was watching it between episode 3 and 4 felt like they could have had a whole season or at least make Aincrad a full twenty something episodes instead we rushed into something way inferior for no good reason like incest and rape dungeons albeit lite versions of it but still why? Anyway good to see a video from you guys after so long.

[@LorenzodeSequera]

god i hate kirito

[@austineruption]

+Zurachi same

[@TEAMSTARBLOCKBlueslime]

Arcadea you dare return to Jesus kun in such a disrespectful manner

[@RokuroCarisu]

I wish for Kirito to one day face Neo in Death Battle - so that we can watch anime Jesus-kun getting his ass handed to him by Hollywood Jesus-kun. ;p

[@Ticketman99]

RokuroCarisu You're literally one of the VERY FEW who see the similarities between this and The Matrix...

[@Ticketman99]

RokuroCarisu Anime Jesus-Kun. See, in the first Matrix movie, we SAW Hollywood Jesus-Kun start from scratch and also LEARN how the Matrix works. Not even in the SAO LNs do we witness anything like that with Anime Jesus-Kun(that appears to be changing due to Progressive).

[@Vallite_God]

Apparently the creators of SAO are thinking about revamping the show and I'm totally all for it, also there's a total of 5 english SAO games on the PlayStation and the one in this video was by far my least favorite of the games. Also to any who are confused the games take place in a separate time-line where Kirito and others go through all 100 floors of Aincrad, introducing more characters exclusive to the game time-line, and no Oberon rape lmao.

[@MelonTartVA]

And I was so happy that Hollow Fragment tackled the brainwashing plot without using rape

[@hazardrider8317]

I like to imagine that while Kirito is moving closer like a total creep he’s slowly sticking out his tongue to be ultra creepy

[@AdventDoom]

Kirito inclusion in anything actively makes it worse, he's like a reverse Mai Shiranui.

[@Ticketman99]

AdventDoom I don't know...what if someone puts him in The Matrix and have him get overwritten by Agent Smith?

[@AdventDoom]

No, that would mean Agent Smith would have a bit of Kirito in him resulting in him being a worse villain.

[@Ticketman99]

AdventDoom You're right...I didn't think about that. Actually, now that I think about it...how about Agent Smith overwrite Asuna and the other psuedo-love interests? Oh, and Yui too.

[@hazardrider8317]

Log Horizon is sooooooooo much better!!! (Also, I love the Hajime figure on the desk!)

[@PancakemonsterFO4]

SuperHackaDaru Same even through I wouldn't say it's for the casual anime viewer but rather people who already have experience with MMOs or at least RPGs

[@Vernias]

15:10 What is that Chie cosplay???

[@CrashDunning]

"Pube window" I died xD

[@IamTurtlez]

I see that Jojo poster and Zeta Gundam (is that the MG?) in the background. Great taste.

[@goufr3540]

After seeing that, makes me think about jumping back into Gundam Breaker 3.

[@IamTurtlez]

Ah damn you! You just made me want to go back to Gundan Breaker 3 as well! only problem is that the only console I can play it on is my brother's PS4 so I barely get the chance :( What a great game!

[@tuxo4684]

Oh my god, you look like a fluff piece of angelic cotton candy, It's beatiful.

[@kimballcrocferd9988]

Strange question, but what is the anima model to the left of your t.v, the one in a tie and dark trousers. Me and my friend have a bet.

[@austineruption]

+kimball crocferd that's Hinata from Danganronpa!

[@SeraidenAF]

Man, I'm so sad we can't go after the guys. :c I wanna woo Klein.

[@thatssomegoodpie]

I started playing FF14 A Realm Reborn after I was done watching SAO. It really fullfiled my MMO online anime needs after watching SAO.

[@GatorMilk]

Thatssomegoodpie Animations FF14 is actually good - and I don't like MMOs.

[@thatssomegoodpie]

Yeah same, I didn't really play it like an MMO, I just do the story quests.

[@CCBrown92]

Thatssomegoodpie Animations There's a lot of story in the side quests too. Not MSQ level, but there's some good stuff in there.

[@RokuroCarisu]

After analyzing the in-series functions and features of Gun Gale Online, I realized that a game similiar to it, an MMORPG poorly disguised as an FPS, already exists as well. No, it's not Destiny. No, it's not Borderlands either. It is... Star Trek Online. Seriously. o_O

[@Falcovsleon21]

Thatssomegoodpie Animations Go play a real FF game like 6. Everything past 9 is meh or garbage.

[@SpellboundWolf]

I swear, every new Eruption episode gets better. I'm proud of you, Austin!

[@austineruption]

+SpellboundWolf thank you! :D

[@Diamond1234]

Yeah, I remember watching up to episode 6 and really liked it (episode 4 was weird), and then once it stopped being about leaving the game and people permanently die and I found out about the harem part, I dropped it like a rock into the depths of the ocean. I've actually gone back and looked at it and I think it's good up to episode 11. Episode 4 and 7 were the intrusive harem/forced romance parts. Episode 5, 6, and 10 were great since they brought the whole high stakes thing, people permanently die part pretty well. Episode 11 and forward is when Yui appears and becomes their daughter somehow and from there it's pure *cringe*. It's too bad that they dropped the grim GTFO out of this game where you can die into a harem and power fantasy anime (loses all the stakes as Kirito becomes level infinity and no one else you care about dies permanently or long enough for it to matter). It reminded me of the .hack series for those episodes...haha.

[@Rickbane01]

We wanna play a character. Not boring ass Kirito.

[@anushmichealbiju916]

if they let us make a charcter it would be good btw eugeo is way better than kirito

[@symbiote1982pk]

@@anushmichealbiju916 dude, you replied 3 years later, in which time they put out an SAO that let's you make a customer character. Hating for the sake of it is just sad.

[@anushmichealbiju916]

@@symbiote1982pk yeah bro but the characters I find are boring and forced colourful characters

[@moonkingdomify]

When Sword Art online uses the Success text from Dark Souls.

[@TheDigitalStrife]

*Everyone in this any anime related comment section* Long story short: You have shit tastes, because you like/dislike that thing that I like/dislike.

[@007MrYang]

That's every anime related comment section.

[@thegoodoldays911]

I feel like you're oversimplifying things.

[@SocraticMayhem]

Short story long: *TL DR*

[@Alex-ve6ey]

TheDigitalStrife thats a valid defense point. I dont see whats wrong with it

[@rasputin2750]

Where can i find the SAO web novel, I want to know if the web series continues on like the first three episodes should have.

[@starkiller18]

SAO had such potential but went to shit so fast. after the first few episodes it became so damn cringe. and just got worse.

[@slenderface1239]

I see that Jojo poster, do a Jojo video! Yare Yare Daze.

[@melahill4257]

Jacob Connerley Gureto daze yo, koitswa.

[@Samm815]

Good grief...

[@sarahlovesvoices8160]

Actually, I know this is late, but you can date anyone, literally ANYONE not just the guys but also your own daughter

[@kaydwessie296]

I love how you used Mother's Basement's intro to shit on SAO.

[@ToxicMonster5]

considering how the anime went and how this game is, i'm surprised Kirtio wasn't able to attract any of the game monsters to his harem. all he had to do was look at the girl, smile and be a little nice and boom, she's now apart of his ever growing harem which really sucks because the show was really dark with a good commentary on mortality and a few other things. i almost forgot Sacchi because she's only in that one episode, if they had extended it over the course of say a few episodes truly getting to know her and then they rip your heart out with her death, that would have had more of an impact and then reference her through out the rest of the series. but nope, that's not what we got

[@tiaamdunord7817]

I like Lost Song but it’s character customization isn’t very good. Hollow Realization was *TERRIBLE* - btw I was stuck on that tutorial for half an hour... I agree the directions were unclear Also it’s riddled with stupid “fan-service” and the skill system was nonsensically designed

[@baesty1926]

Thank you for making my decision easy. I'm glad I found someone with a small amount of distaste for pointless fanservice, instead of trying to pry honest reviews from the hands of fanboys.

[@vampcinder7237]

I just love that even those of us who think SAO and most of the things branching from it are trash can still agree that Sinon is a total cutie. Not only that, but she was the new refreshing female character that we needed after seeing Asuna quickly turn to a life of domesticity and weakness. Sinon was presented with an interesting backstory and life addressing the seriousness of PTSD. She was a skilled player who simply trumped Kirito's game knowledge in every category, and without Kirito being Jesus-kun and immediately OP at any game he plays, she could have been in the combat spotlight for much longer before handing it over to the main character. I honestly believe that Reki Kawahara rushed into putting Kirito and Asuna together, because Sinon simply fits that role better. Unlike every other girl in the series Sinon didn't start developing apparent feelings for Kirito until the very end of GGO, and even after she did develop those feelings we rarely saw the irritating tropes that plague SAO girls. Rather than being purely focused around romance, their interactions also have a playful and real feeling to them that builds on their platonic relationship and only sometimes hinting towards a possible romance in the future. One example of this is the scene where Kirito jokingly pulls on Sinon's tail, and her reaction is admittedly pretty cute. In addition, Sinon seems to have kept her skill and combat relevance even after switching to ALO. She still serves the role of the sniper and scout, and she uses a weapon type that none of the other main cast members use. We still see her as a present combat force, and she still has some awesome moments. While Asuna does rejoin the group for quests in ALO again, she's taken quite the support-like role as opposed to her previous frontline fighter personality. The only times she pulls out her sword is when they all get a chance to wail on the enemy at once. Sinon is shown to tease Kirito semi-frequently rather than be the usual meek girl who gets unjustifiably angry when Kirito interacts with other girls like Asuna, Silica, Lisbeth, and Leafa do. Her bold, outgoing, and fun personality perfectly complements his calm but socially awkward one. Contrast this with Asuna's borderline bitchy but weirdly meek personality that just screams "Yes Kirito-kun, whatever you say Kirito-kun." and I think you'll see who fits better. And honestly...Sinon would make Kirito a better character if done right. Like I said, she acts as a wonderful foil to him that brings out a much more interesting character than "Edgy black swordsman Jesus-kun who saves the day and gets all the girls...Who is also apparently a genius hacker." But you know, maybe that's just me. Canon Kirito really doesn't deserve her anyway.

[@MadHatterMoran]

SAO abridged handled Sachi better than the actual Anime. Change my mind.

[@Ellie_deMayo]

So you REALISED how HOLLOW it was? GET IT!!!! HA......HA........HA.......HA!

[@finalfantasylover5297]

btpbtpbtp HA!

[@skullcapton499]

SAO games isn't bad. It's trash.

[@KatieFrog217]

I watch a lot of fantasy anime so I guess I'm used to the tropes, and while I can say I got enjoyment out of the series, I'm not about to defend it's short comings at all. I found SAO kinda meh, middle of the road with some nice music and visuals and some really cool moments, while I found the first part of SAO 2 to be much more interesting despite it's slow start and then after the GGO ark it launched right back into the downfalls of the first one. And the last part just made me cry and I am unashamed. Over all I neither hate nor love SAO, but I do like to talk about it and share opinions when I can.

[@georges-antoinebourassa7698]

7:53 "Always remember: to jump, jump."

[@Zanji1234]

holy fuck.... glad i didn't look into THIS Anime after i thought "hey it might be as cool as .hack" i liked the PS2 games and the anime but THIS omg... Pantyshots, Dating sim... omfg

[@FeralPhilosopher]

The only thing that will be as good as .hack is... well, more .hack. The originals, I mean. None of the G.U. stuff or whateverthefuck this LINK thing is.

[@Zanji1234]

well i'm from Germany... we didn't get .hack//GU :-/

[@FeralPhilosopher]

Don't worry, I dont think you missed much. Uniqueness was thrown out the window in favor of very generic and uninspired cookie-cutter characters.

[@finalfantasylover5297]

you saved yourself good job😅

[@fadhilnugraha195]

"Can't date best bro Klein." -IGN 1/10

[@madisonlewe1057]

The first two seasons were nice. I’m a big Asuna fan and I hated what they did to her character in the end. She’s suppose to be this badass person who ends one of the strongest players gets pushed to the sidelines(except for Mother Rosario, that is Asuna’s story and nothing can change that) I also hate how Kirito is constantly put into the center of a harem. It just makes it very cringey( not just because he already in a relationship with Asuna, though that does kind of irk me as well)

[@therandomninja5]

So what are your thoughts on Dot Hack Infection and it’s sequels? I only played the first and enjoyed it, but I couldn’t get my own copies of the next games. I liked the whole faux mmo concept, and as far as I remember, it didn’t have blatant fan service.

[@hollyhandgrenade42]

The only good thing about SAO is the porn.

[@lovingfool2060]

And still even that's on the weak side.

[@WeebMasterYoda]

Alpharius Don't forget the abridged series. Its a masterpiece.

[@zayaannashrid1374]

Yep. I didn't pay attention to anything other than the Zeta Gundam model in the background Automatic like from me

[@Dekomata]

Gonna be honest. Even if I'm into the whole waifu harem crap, I seriously couldn't get into SAO. I mean I wanted to since I eat this type of stuff like the junk food they are, but something about SAO just rubs me the wrong way. Plus the fact that combined, the anime is now at least 85 episodes long its like, how is this anime still going? People still eat this thing up? The games as well always keeps me wondering. Why even make the player character customizable complete with the ability to rename yourself when its Kirito regardless? That seriously reminds me of how white knight chronicles pisses on you when it allows you to make your own character but they have 0 relevance in the plot and just hangs out in the background. You seriously can't be your own guy when you have to live in the shadow of the existing main character. I want to date Sion as my own dude! Not as Kirito secretly having an affair on Asuna which she'll never find out cause she's as dense as a brick. At least take a page from the Dragonball Xenoverse games. Your character in those at least has relevance and you're your own guy. Not Goku pretending to be someone else.

[@ElEscolta]

That part about Sachi and Kirito being more of a couple in the webnovel that the LN blows my mind. that explain so much. I wonder if that was just Reki fucking up a good character story or just the editor fucking him up...

[@ffishfinger]

Why does this game look so much like Yandere Simulator

[@patman_for_sure]

Regarding the A.I., you have to train them using a compliment system that encourages them to perform certain actions more frequently. For example, if a character attacks a lot, they will get the "Warlike", "Outlaw", or possibly "Planner" status, among others, that refers to the nature of their last action. Praise them for that and they will do it more frequently. Likewise, if a character heals and you praise them for that, they will heal more frequently. This praise system combined with the group comand system defines how the characters behave. It's really awesome actually. :-D

[@RAFMnBgaming]

sounds both interesting and incrediby inconvenient vs just having a menu option.

[@dr4c0blade]

Is that the Skies of Arcadia soundtrack in the beginning there?!

[@blaze8904]

The novels really are not too bad if you pay attention to their surrounding circumstances and target audience. You can especially notice increased maturity of the author as he gains experience. I can't promote them as particularly good, but they are not terrible - largely because later on they introduce some interesting ideas.

[@VanceAsagi]

What about Fatal Bullet. That game looks good. What are you opinions about it?

[@Art_Izon]

Obviously I'm not the person you asked and this comment is old but it's substantially more solid than the other games. Turns out having "mashy" gameplay in a shooter isn't really much of a flaw. Story's shit, though, so if you care about that you might want to pass.

[@muftiwicaksono6629]

shit

[@chickmcjr]

SAO games are awful. In other news water is wet.

[@finalfantasylover5297]

chickmcjr and Naruto fans still look stupid while running

[@Ticketman99]

chickmcjr And the Matrix sequels are better than SAO as a whole lol

[@lucasalucard9268]

Hey Austin,will you make a video about .hack//G.U. Last Recode?

[@mindlessmasquerade]

totally agree with you on all that you said. Btw, what camera and microphone do you use?