Echoes of Aincrad

I love the SaO universe, and genuinely enjoy the "in the gamer's world" as the gamer concept. However, once again this game falls short for me. At first I glossed over the issues I had as "they'll smooth out"; that wasn't the case. A lot about this installment I found enjoyable- creating my character, upgrading my gear/stats, the way they would have in the SaO Season 1 story. My issues are: - Character creation has zero height adjustment. They say it's because of cutscenes, etc, but this is obvious developer corner cutting. It's 2026, stop making excuses for something so basic. - How baseline the world feels to move around. The meaningful fights are so few and far between. The "quests" all end up feeling the same after the first few. - This entire system would have been so much better with an online co-op option. Again, the excuses made, feel like they were made to cut corners, and milk the franchise (as per usual). Given the negatives I decided to list, I can't recommend this title- let most of these things were already excused, and will not be changed.

裏ボスまでクリア済み グラフィックとかいいところもあるけど悪い点が目立ちます ・ほぼ移動しているだけのクエスト ・宝箱をあけても店売りの消耗品が多い ・終盤ボスがほぼ複数戦なのと理不尽な攻撃 ・何も解決してないEND 半額になっても買うべきではない…

this game is a big disappointment now i know how my dad feels

The negatives of this game have been detailed well enough through a lot of other reviews so it feels like beating a dead horse explaining the poor design choices in exploration, questing, story animations, etc. Take everyone's word for it. If it's on sale and you love the series give it a shot but know full well that this game has a lot of flaws. As a fan, I genuinely hope one day they will nail the feeling of Aincrad and the SAO universe. It seems impossible to believe that Bandai will coerce the right development team to create what this franchise deserves, considering that creating Aincrad as real MMO would be an insane undertaking but it's what SAO deserves. Maybe in another universe, people are playing the SAO game we've all wanted but even that seems unlikely. The fact that the anime portrays such an immersive game yet all the development poured into these games can't replicate that, is sad. The SAO franchise has so much potential. The game we want can be made - I just don't believe it will be. Please prove me wrong.

噂のデスゲーム＆ベリーハードをちょっとだけプレイしたが、苦痛すぎてもうやりたくない 特にグロウポイントを宿屋でなければ触れない点、MMORPGではありえない仕様。 ボス戦に突入してからスキル使用後画面暗転から即死デスでデータロストはもはやギャグの領域に達している。 SAOのゲームは押しなべてクソゲーになるというジンクスがあったが、本作もその例にもれなかったようだ。残念、合掌。

This game started out pretty good. The demo was a really high point and gave me excitement for the full game. The beginning of the game was fine if not a little underwhelming, but as soon as you get to some of the other regions but you can't fully explore them because not all areas are unlocked is when it started to go downhill. Exploration quickly begins to feel like a chore and not something I can enjoy like in other games. Constant areas I physically cannot get to because a small route that you need to take to get there is in a locked area. The "fall damage" is also ridiculous you can fall off what looks like a curb and get teleported back. There was also no way to speed up exploration because any speed boost is small and the most you can do is return to checkpoint and use a safe zone to travel to another safe zone. With so many things being far away from teleports and having to run to them and back I eventually gave up on exploration because it was genuinely pissing me off. The combat was pretty good and was the part I enjoyed the most although at some points it gets repetitive as they keep using the same enemies throughout most of the game and it can get boring and tedious. The weapons and equipment were also pretty good and I liked how weapon upgrades were tied to main quests to prevent you from getting overpowered although i see why some would dislike that. The cutscenes were hit or miss. The ones related to combat were really well animated and looked good while basically every other one feels... unfinished. It honestly just looks like all the animation budget went to the execution cutscenes and things involving fighting so every other one got scraps. If you want to play this game just do and complete the beta. It does not get better than that and will save you money on a game that should be $30-$40 at most and not $70. Main game is not worth the price and you should save your money for better games. It's a huge disappointment because I have played some of the other Sword Art Online games and did enjoy them. There's a few good things about the game but the flaws are so bad it brings the entire game down as a whole.

i expected better and more it honestly disappointed me.