Is Solo Leveling Better Than Sword Art Online Conceptually?
Added 2024-01-24 23:50:58 +0000 UTCComments
You should specify which season because every season is a different game and different concepts. I personally think the season 3-4 soul translator concept is super cool
RNG Master
2024-01-25 16:22:58 +0000 UTCWell for those of you who do, let us know lol
Cruz Brothers React
2024-01-25 16:20:36 +0000 UTCSao's concept in season 1 is cooler but it goes off the rails onwards. Solo leveling follows the gamelike formula for nearly the entirety of it
stephanie johnson
2024-01-25 03:06:11 +0000 UTCYes to all of those it's too early in the story
RNG Master
2024-01-25 02:40:56 +0000 UTCOff the top of my head Overlord .Hack Tron Jumanji( bored game but you get it) Log horizon Life Reset Awaken online Ritualist And a fuckton of Korean WN SAO was definitely a trailblazer though
Daiki _
2024-01-25 00:31:53 +0000 UTCFor me I think the "gamelike" part is way better handled in solo leveling than in sao. You'll see going on in the show don't want to spoil anything
Alo .
2024-01-25 00:15:12 +0000 UTCInteresting take... what other stories are similar in Sword Art's genre? Curious because nothing's coming to mind.
s4ean
2024-01-25 00:06:21 +0000 UTCI haven't read the manwa, so I'm not sure I have a full enough grasp on the concept for Solo Leveling to make that call, but 3 episodes in I'd say no. The stakes aren't as high, although I'm sure (hope) there's a larger plot out there we just haven't been introduced to yet. The story so far lacks an antagonist as well, assuming they just haven't been introduced yet. There are similarities conceptually, with Sword Art's being more rooted in a possible reality, whereas Solo Leveling's is more fantasy, and that makes Sword Arts's a little more intriguing for me personally. I think with the world building in Sword Art they've tried to build on a possible realistic reality and that places limitations on the storytelling they have to intelligently justify their way out of with good storytelling to make it believable. So far in Solo Leveling, I'm just going to assume anything is possible until we're told otherwise.
s4ean
2024-01-25 00:04:48 +0000 UTCBruh you don't even have a full grasp of the world or story yet this question is too premature
RNG Master
2024-01-25 00:02:35 +0000 UTCThey’re both not very unique in their respective genres so it’s kinda hard for me to choose
Daiki _
2024-01-24 23:56:51 +0000 UTC
