Sword Art Online II Episode 2 Discussion

itsxtray said:


My problem with this episode as someone who hasn't read the light novels: who is this girl, and why should i care about her? she's a badass which is cool, but if you want me to be emotionally invested in her i need more than that, i need PERSONALITY, and someone who engages me as a viewer. Her personality so far is flat and her character arc SEEMS like it's going to be predictable, a girl with a traumatic past who kirito will help out somehow blah blah blah. i hope i'm wrong. Her introduction was weak but ill give it a few weeks to see if she develops into someone worth my emotinal investement b/c right now i don't see why i should care about her at all. The episode wasn't bad but it wasn't amazing it was ok.

primedanny said:
Got to see Sinon more in action. Memegun guy spotted, intense fight I hope. NOPE. Like always, the MC dodges most of the bullets and lost only one of her virtual legs.

DancingJack said:
God was the fight scene in this epsiode stupid... -_-
There is absolutely nothing at stake here and they act like it's a real battlefield and are afraid of engaging the enemies for no actual reason.

"He is so strong that he smiles on the battlefield." Oh really? Maybe because he playing a freakin' game and has a minigun!

But good job suggesting to attack the guy with the minigun all at the same time in hope he somehow runs out of ammo, though (you know, the both things a minigun is known to be good at - high rate of fire, lots of ammunation, especially effective against a group of enemies without cover).

Sung-Hwan said:
Great episode

vitaxlilium said:


Well it is only the second episode. I'm pretty sure dropping a biography about a character that is just being introduced (that's the keyword) is what is called bad pacing. Though I haven't read the LN either so I do hope her character arc isn't predictable or cliche as well.

DancingJack said:
God was the fight scene in this epsiode stupid... -_-
There is absolutely nothing at stake here and they act like it's a real battlefield and are afraid of engaging the enemies for no actual reason.

"He is so strong that he smiles on the battlefield." Oh really? Maybe because he playing a freakin' game and has a minigun!

But good job suggesting to attack the guy with the minigun all at the same time in hope he somehow runs out of ammo, though (you know, the both things a minigun is known to be good at - high rate of fire, lots of ammunation, especially effective against a group of enemies without cover).

katsu044 said:
Same things sorta bothered me too besides whatever that Death gun guy does what is the death penalty in GGO? is there even one? i mean i would understand it a bit better if you lose all your stuff like in dayz or something, all this just looked like normal open world pvp to me.

and i forgo is agility the main stat or only stat if so are there like telegraphs to dodge because i can already tell sinon is really quick on her feet or is it just simply the more you have the higher you have a chance to dodge.

all and episode was alright up till those last few mins..

Rashikabi-san said:
i do appreciate how the progression of story is not rushed but taking it time to develop the character sinon to show how bad ass she is so it a good start for the series but dat cliff hanger in the end though leaves you wanting for more if you haven t spoiled ur self reading the light novel

itsxtray said:


you dont need to " drop a biography" there are plenty of characters in all forms of fiction that can grab/intrigue a reader/watcher right away just from their INTRODUCTION, sadly shinon? sinon? isnt one of them. Think of oberyn martells introduction in game of thrones for example (if you watch that) or any character whose's intro hit you immediately, where you can tell there's something deep or intriguing about this character right from the start, that's what i'm talking about. this girl seems cliche and the setup of her character arc leads me to believe it will be predictable i hope i'm wrong, but i'm willing to wait and see.

adaw31 said:


If you read what I said on the first page, you will know that the penalty for death in GGO is all your gear. Also, Sinon is actually stacking in strength so that she can carry the sniper at all.

xchee said:
Is there some special game mechanics that I'm missing here because what Sinon did was very illogical for a sniper.

1) Why didn't she warn her team that one guy was wielding a mini-gun? They have the means to communicate, why didn't she radio it in?

2) She had a nice vantage point to snipe the blaster guys. She could still see them even behind cover (if you can even call it that). Why didn't she thin them out so her team could have an easier time dealing with the mini-gun guy?

3) She's a sniper. Why couldn't she just stay in the shadows and snipe the mini-gun guy while he's busy dealing with Dyne and co.? I understand there's some kind of prediction lines or some kind of line of sight (was that what the red line was?) but if the enemy's busy shooting someone else, there's a greater chance that he won't be paying attention to you.

I could just wait for future episodes to explain it and I'll go "ooh so that's why..." but I would appreciate if someone would tell me now so I won't get confused and go "that's just BS." Well, it made for some nice action and I do think Sinon's a cool character. Ditch Kirito and make her the MC.

vitaxlilium said:

That's a good point you have there, I think I understand what you mean and I agree though, I haven't watched Game of Thrones but I might try it out though I'm not very strong when it comes to gore.

xchee said:
Is there some special game mechanics that I'm missing here because what Sinon did was very illogical for a sniper.

1) Why didn't she warn her team that one guy was wielding a mini-gun? They have the means to communicate, why didn't she radio it in?

2) She had a nice vantage point to snipe the blaster guys. She could still see them even behind cover (if you can even call it that). Why didn't she thin them out so her team could have an easier time dealing with the mini-gun guy?

3) She's a sniper. Why couldn't she just stay in the shadows and snipe the mini-gun guy while he's busy dealing with Dyne and co.? I understand there's some kind of prediction lines or some kind of line of sight (was that what the red line was?) but if the enemy's busy shooting someone else, there's a greater chance that he won't be paying attention to you.

I could just wait for future episodes to explain it and I'll go "ooh so that's why..." but I would appreciate if someone would tell me now so I won't get confused and go "that's just BS." Well, it made for some nice action and I do think Sinon's a cool character. Ditch Kirito and make her the MC.

Amarrez said:
I kind of forgot why I despise this series sometimes when Sinon was doing her thing. That part, despite some silly dialogue, was really pretty neat.

And then we swapped to Silica being felt up by tentacles whilst Asuna and Kirito sat on a mushroom over yonder and I remembered.

Nicobade said:
Decent episode with some great action as usual. Best looking part imo is still the scenery of GGO itself.

That battle scene looked pretty cool but holy shit that was unbelievably stupid. Sinon is a sniper right? She has a sniper rifle and she was called the best sniper in GGO.

"A sniper is a highly trained marksman who operates alone, in a pair, or with a sniper team to maintain close visual contact with the enemy and engage targets from concealed positions or distances exceeding the detection capabilities of enemy personnel."

Seems Legit.

But seriously though they didn't even bother trying to come up with any explanation for that ridiculous kill. Sinon had a clear view of the target from her original position so I don't see why she took all the time to run down to the ground level thus abandoning her sniping position and exposing herself.

sparkls said:
i dont remember asuna having blue hair. weird. i don't like it though, i feel like this new girl is the "blue haired girl". i like her a lot better already, though. (hated asuna)

r0ykun said:
It was also nice seeing Suguha, Silica and Liz. I'm pretty sure that'll be the last time we see them during this season..

Takuan_Soho said:


If the animation followed the novels, you would be right, but I get the feeling that this adaption will add scenes for those characters, which wouldn't be a bad thing for the adaption to do. There is nothing in the world worse than an adaption that adheres too closely to the source material. Not because the source is bad, but rather because viewing something is different than reading and the adapters should always remember this. So far A1 has done a good job at keeping this simple fact well in mind.

adaw31 said:


Like I said on the first page, she is 1500m away so she would have a wait time for the bullet to hit the target. Also the red light is like a red laser light and draws your attention towards it. She is also aware that behemoth is a skilled player that can handle taking multple targets down (suppress the people near him while he keeps checking for the sniper).

xchee said:

I read your post on the first page, thanks for that. Now if they explained it like that in this episode then I wouldn't be confused. But instead the guy said "I'll buy us the 60 seconds she needs to move and reset the enemy ID info." What does that even mean? For someone who doesn't know the game mechanics (but is familiar with fps), this would sound like "I'll buy you 60 seconds so you can move to another location and set up for another clear shot." There was no mention or hint at all that what they were referring to was some kind of cooldown for an untraceable shot. I wouldn't be so lost if they mentioned that kind of ability. So yeah, thank you.

I still don't understand why she didn't warn her team about the mini-gun guy though :p

AeroGFL said:
Ahhh..
that's why these scene felt familiar :D

therandomestguy said:


That's a good point usually but in this case I was actually confused, I thought every bullet had the red trail because I wasn't paying attention to whether or not the first shot did, and I think they bullet timed the first shot anyway so it might not have showed behind the bullet.