What do you think of Cal?
He does seem like a nice guy, but for some reason I find him sus.
I’ve played a few MMOs and have often met people who pretended to be super nice and all that, but were actually really awful people.
When he mentioned his brother, I first thought of the Shinkawa brothers. But that can’t be right, because Kyouji didn’t play SAO and Shouichi wasn’t in the beta.
Why are there no other players on the field?
I know it's a single-player game, but it does simulate a VR MMORPG. Even Hollow Fragment had players on the field.
Back in the Days I played the .hack// games and I thing they did a pretty good job.
You could chat with other NPCs ( players ), trade items, sometimes save others from PKers, and sometimes defend yourself against random PKers. This Game was on PS2.
EoA ignores so much of the Aincrad system—it really makes me sad. You can't even switch equipment in the field, and what's even worse is that not all of the familiar Aincrad weapon types are available.