These books gave a real sword art online, but nothing went horribly bad vibe the entire time and I thought that was great. I love the subtle odds to the black ocean franchise, another excellent book series narrated by the same guy so that was certainly fun. The wizard class would be too OP in a black ocean mmorpg.
The transition between Arnold(Conner) loosing touch with who he was in meatspace and becoming a world conquering demigod of a character was awesome. This is another series I want to go back to, especially with the next spire teased to the characters at the end. Give us a new lead, or a retired Arnold going back to the game, years later. Could be tons of fun