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REVIEW: Sword Art Online II Blu-Ray 2

The same goes for Sinon: Kirito's getting all chummy with her, hanging out in caves and checking out her ass, she's getting repeatedly flustered by him and spending a bunch of time thinking about him, and he never happens to mention that his girlfriend was also in this "death game" dealing with the same survivors' guilt he was. This is information that is consciously withheld: either by Kirito the character himself to maybe play the field a little, or by the writers to string along the usual bull**** harem fantasies. Neither option is particularly flattering.

It's true that melee weapons have existed as long as FPS games have (yes GrayArchon, I've been around the gaming block before), but outside of rare gimmick weapons or dedicated sub-classes like Team Fortress 2's Demoknight, they're usually a last-ditch backup. If you have to resort to using one in serious play, you've probably done something wrong. Kirito's beam sword appears to be just what it says on the tin, and any FPS player worth their salt wielding a hitscan weapon should be more than capable of dealing with such a basic attack, especially with how wide-open GGO's environments appear to be. The only way Kirito succeeds is by going into his magical Kirito god mode. Remember the cowboy training dummy he beat literally minutes after starting to play the game? The one that no one else could even get close to? Yeah, something's broken here.