r/swordartonline

Hey everyone, this is something that since oculus dk1 or basically when I was a child following the vr community I was passionate about. I always wanted to have and play a game like this with the community, and I feel im not the only one with this thought. It has been years since any games come close to the feeling of sword art online or any mmo rpg online that has an engaging world, physics, combat, crafting, resources, etc...

Watching animes like sao and that time I got reincarnated as a slime reminded me of this dream :)

I know there were some games that tried to do this but to my knowledge they are all either dead or abandoned :( zenith, a township tale, or busvr, we have subspace hunter on sidequest and the project aincrad world in vrchat... for combat blade and sorcery is often recommended but it just doesnt hit the same.

But we still lack that one massive complete experience. Btw, I know it is technically difficult to build and sustain such a game. And that its an idea generally known to have compatibility with flatscreen pc and console just to survive.

So lets revive this discussion. I want to know what you guys think about this and if we will ever get a game like that. :>

I was thinking about Sword Art Online recently and I was discussing with my buddies of how people would actually fare if they were trapped there. We usually look at this from a pure gamer perspective, but what if we factor in our actual life experience, physical knowledge, and work experience.

For example, I am in the infantry. I feel like the physical conditioning, rucking with heavy gear, tactical planning and understanding squad tactics would translate pretty well to joining the assault team or at least surviving the lower floors. The discipline of always staying alert and analyzing most situations would definitely keep me alive in the short term.

• If you are an athlete, do you believe your stamina and muscle memory give you an edge in combat?
• If you are a mechanic or a tradesperson, would you immediately become a blacksmith or merchant?
• If you are just a regular person working a 9 to 5, how do your daily problem solving and communication skills keep you alive and navigate the world of Aincrad.

In the context of video games, I understand the leveling system and usually if you're numbers on your skills and weapons are higher you can usually defeat most players and NPCs. But what personal skills you do you have that you believe would give you an edge in different situations regarding fighting, negotiation, trade, hunting, etc.

does anyone play the multiplayer anymore? Every time I go to multiplayer no one is on. it is really rare to see other players.

in my opinion it’s kayaba, but i wanna hear who y’all think is the most important and why

In ep 3, when the moonlit black cats are talking about joining the assault team, they say they have to reach level 30 first, (maybe it was level 40? I just watched it, currently paused on Kirito finding sachi under the bridge but it’s late and my hearing isn’t perfect right now) and at that point Kirito is level 48, showing he is clearly more than ready to join the assault team if he wants to. Now here’s the thing, iirc he was with the guild for 10 levels, maybe 8, but after trapping the pk guild later in the show he tells dragon girl (i forget every girl except asuna sinon and sachi, don’t blame me it’s been a long time since I’ve seen sao) that he’s actually a part of the assault team and can’t be gone for long, he has to get back soon. 8-10 levels is quite a bit of time, far longer than he was with dragon girl, so what do we think? Was he with the assault team, dropped down to a lower floor to wander and encountered the cats and just stayed with them? Or did their leaders speech about what drives the assault team convince him to join the assault team after he failed to revive sachi?

Also side question, what do we think was the main cause of the assault teams downfall on the “final” floor? Personally I think SAO was designed to be played for up to if not more than a decade, with ample grinding (both xp for higher levels and materials/blacksmith skills for better weapons) being done to get ready for the boss, and instead of doing that the assault team just rushed through everything with pure numbers and strategy, beating bosses that they were severely underleveled for until the finally found a boss that they couldn’t just beat on strategy alone and needed to actually grind a lot more to reach. Obviously there is the fact that they RARELY lost anyone to the boss, so the couldn’t have been TOO underleveled unless kayaba had drastically amped up the difficulty on that one boss, but still. Was it just an unfair boss and lack of information? Or were they straight up just not as strong as they should be?

Sorry for all the yap lmao, it’s my biennial SAO rewatch and I don’t think I’ve ever asked a question before so I wanted to ask these ones that just came up XD thank you and apologies to anyone who managed to understand my mostly incoherent wall of texts, and I appreciate any answers/theories you might have :) merry Christmas!!

Imagine if the first virtual reality game Suguha got to play isn't ALfheim Online, but rather Sword Art Online. She still went by the name of Leafa, having blonde hair and green eyes but no pointy ears. Yup, a human version of Leafa.

Anyway, she got a heartfelt reunion with her cousin/adoptive brother Kazuto who went by the name of Kirito, but she soon realized that like him, she's trapped in the game. Let's see how her story turned different from this one change.

Oh, and happy 44th birthday to Cassandra Lee Morris, the actress who voiced Suguha Kirigaya/Leafa. Also, happy birthday to the latter. Can you believe that the voice actress and her character share the same birthday, April 19?

https://preview.redd.it/51b9ab76v4wg1.jpg?width=639&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=47a1f53f6cfdd26e05f1f9d5e96c18578092d366

FYI

https://preview.redd.it/segmusa4e6wg1.png?width=709&format=png&auto=webp&s=a55a5c8473637f581bf64c956a634340a1bc59d8

FYI this is the sword art online progressive manga.

2 Months after november, iirc they would have to be on floor 4 celebrating christmas with kizmel. Or on floor 5, rushing to beat the boss for the flag of valor.

And this panel happened right after Kirito first saved asuna on Floor one so what are they talking about exactly with "We've only beaten 1 after 2 months"?

This really put a dent in what I already knew but just to clarify, this is nothing more than a translation issue yes? I've noticed that this particular manga is pretty bad at it.