Review of Sword Art Online

Time for the next review...Whelp, here goes nothing. Let's face it, we all want to going into a game and experience it firsthand. So the question arises, what happens when a guy takes that idea and makes an anime out of it?Sword Art Online (aka SAO) is an anime where virtual reality MMOs are a thing allowing people to actually play inside of a game. While this is a really good concept, SAO is not the best example for it. The thing that made SAO stand out was the fact that the game was literally a game of life and death where dying in game wouldmean death in real life. This would be an amazing part of the entire anime, but unfortunately the life and death concept is not even expanded on in the second half of the anime.

The main character is another problem with the anime. Kirito, our protagonist, only goal in the anime is beating the game which in turns causes him to become overpowered for the sake of the game which is weird in a game that has a level system. If his levels showed his progression through the game it would not be a huge problem, but the anime has so many timeskips within it that the viewer is left to themselves to guess what he did to gain those levels.

Though the anime had it's problems, it did have some nice touches to it. The voice acting was nice and did not sound awkward while at the same time gave scenes that helped with the overall tone of the anime. The setting was very nice and well thought out, even if it was not expanded on as much as I would have liked.

Saying SAO was bad would be incorrect while at the same time it was not good either. This anime is more of an anime that you would only enjoy if you are the type of guy who asks yourself "What if I was in this world?". This anime is not for everyone, so I'll let you decide if it's the thing for you.