Nah it sucked once Kirito met Asuna for the 2nd time. Its hard to explain but yea, the love between the 2 of them happened just like that like its 'forced', would love it to be developed slowly, not just some random 'forced' love, I remember in the 2nd ep where Asuna's like all badass, and suddenly, she became weak, like really weak.
I would recommend you this, Higashi no Eden, or Eden of the East, its one of the best animes of 2009, and its quite nice. Not really a lot of action though, since you look like some guy who loves action animes, but it has a really really nice plot.