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Given that most reviews are long analysis type reviews, I'll try to keep this tl;dr.

Characters are mostly alright, with the main ones being "OP Edgelord" for most of the arc and the other being so forgettable that I can't remember much about her. Obviously, though, it's hard to deny that, as a show, SAO changed anime. Being in the target demographic when it released, I was riding the hype train from day one, and A-1 pictures delivered with some damn good animation, music and a pretty cool premise given the incoming rise of VR tech at the time.

The first half of the season, the Sword ... Art Online arc, is good. Nothing more.As the show went on, though, the train derailed. Characters became less and less fleshed out, story points were less explored and by the end, it seemed like a rush to the finish. I would, however, recommend stopping at the end of the SAO arc for this whole season.

The Alfheim Online arc that takes up the rest of the season is disappointing at best. We have the cast of characters from the SAO but now they're in a different game and the tension of SAO is completely gone. The whole season has a different main goal, which is frankly a little disturbing, but it's mostly just forgettable.

tl;dr Watch the SAO arc, prepare for salt, only watch ALO if you must.

Inferno Cop (or: How I learned to stop worrying and love limited animation) is Studio Trigger's p̶r̶o̶b̶a̶b̶l̶y̶ ̶n̶a̶r̶c̶o̶t̶i̶c̶s̶ ̶f̶u̶e̶l̶l̶e̶d̶ first foray into anime production. It serves as a masterclass on how to make a great show with the budget of your average powerpoint presentation.

Not once in all 13 episodes did I find myself bored by the story or visuals, though I did stop to question what I was watching at various points. Inferno Cop somehow manages to keep the viewer enthralled in it's ludicrous story, yet does so with less motion than your average asthmatic brick. It's humour may as well be improv with how ... unpredictable it is, yet it works. And it works well.

Regardless of it's significance regarding Trigger (and therefore the whole of anime), Inferno Cop is awesome (in various ways) show that can be watched in less than an hour and yet tell more of a tale than some full length TV anime. I would absolutely recommend giving it a watch.

tl;dr: watch it, it gud.