Board Thread:Questions and Answers/@comment-5105419-20140104153658

Seeing the anime, LN, and manga of SAO, I noticed some similarities. According to Kayaba, he said he based SAO from the game Wizardry. To me it looks like it has LOTR, World of Warcraft, Dungeons and Dragons, SoulCaliber and Diablo elements on it (if you know what I mean).

This is one thing that bugs me most! 