Review of Sword Art Online

I went to watch SAO without knowing any of the talk about it or the stuff about it being on of the most overrated series. After watching it I had a lot to say. First of all, the setting is great. The idea of being in a game is pretty interesting and appeals to many gamers. The story really follows all the gamers escaping after understanding that death is very real in the game and there are numerous opponents which could cause that. Now the characters. The characters were absolutely HORRIBLE. Kirito is a guy who gets all the bitches, is overpowered, and has 0development at all. Really boring and unlikable.
Asuna was great in the beginning. But she seemed to get weaker from her relationship with Kirito. The love in SAO was really annoying. It's super unrealistic and badly written. Asuna seemed to be the independent and strong character but fell to be a weak damsel in distress.
Yui was so unnecessary. They put her in there to make the romance even more stupid. There's nothing to like about her and she reminds me a lot of the "hey! Listen! Hey listen!" stuff from Legend of Zelda. They tried so hard to appeal to emotion but it was really poor.
The animation and sound were impressive though. Anything from LiSA has always been great and the bright colors to SAO adds on to the beautiful setting.

Overall, it really is overrated and is just cheap romance. Strong setting, poor story, beautiful animation and sound, horrendous characters.