Wait I just started playing this game and the premise doesn't

Did you even watch the anime? The game isn't glossing over anything.

if it's anything like the anime they are trapped in the game and turning off the VR headset IRL kills the host and several people die this way during the anime until eventually they move all the people stuck in the game to hospitals where they can be monitored

someone needs to beat the game to free everyone

nothing about this franchise makes sense

>>383584283
They were trapped in the game, taking off the helmets would fry your brain.

>>383585668
Yes but they went back to playing it after.

>>383587615
It was a different game, "a safer" version was released by someone else. Unfortunately Asuna (MC'S gf) never made it out of the first game, but then Kirito figured out that she was being kept as a slave in the new game which is why he went back.

I haven't played the video games but if they really don't tell you any of this they must expect you to watch the anime

>>383584283

SAO is shit.

>>383584283
>after all that not only did everyone keep playing but no one banned the game when real life games can get banned for much less?

They aren't playing the same game anymore. The one you're playing where they can fly is a different mmo.

This franchise is known for pretending to be deep when it's actually full of many plotholes and panders to fucking degenerates who love to project themselves on the mary sue mc

>>383588125
Oh so it's the same game with a different name