Sword Art Online Beta Test: Just......no!

What in the blue hell was that? What was the point?

Excluding credits this short stands at less than three minutes and is supposed to be a live action Sword Art Online short film. I can see the connection to SAO what with the ripped sound effects, music and health bars but that's it.

The characters are nameless, for some reason they're in red and blue teams and it's basically just a naff fight scene with practically no dialogue at all.

So quite frankly what was the point of this? This simply isn't SAO, it's cringe inducing and serves absolutely no purpose. If the fight scene (Which makes up the whole thing) had been good then that'd be something but it's not it's terrible.

I don't care how hardcore a fan of SAO you are, this isn't for you.

The Good:

Nope

The Bad:

Serves no purpose

Just amateurish nonsense throughout

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