Echoes of Aincrad

***Disclaimer*** I AM THUMBS DOWNING THIS PRIMARILY BECAUSE IT IS OVERPRICED ***Disclaimer*** Firstly, absolutely try the demo before buying this game. The prologue/tutorial can potentially eat up most or all of your 2 hour refund window. The demo covers the prologue and also gives you a taste for what the rest of the game is going to be like. There is a great game hidden here... buried beneath a mountain of poor and lazy development decisions. This is not the SAO Self insert game that everyone wanted. You play as a mute protagonist that is mostly along for the ride for your companions stories, particularly, Iori's. There is no "dating sim" elements like in previous titles, so if that's something you were looking for, you will be deeply disappointed. The game world takes place on floors 1 and 2. Exploration is minimal, unlike what Namco claims, your quests are in instanced versions of the open world, and straying too far outside of the intended zone will result in your being teleported back. Enemies are reused constantly with little variety. Chest loot is mediocre and often feels meaningless. In addition the open world is full of "Safe Zones" that operate like a cross between a bonfire in dark souls and the towers in Breath of the wild, you can rest at a safe zone to reset your heals etc. and unlocking the safe zone displays the nearby map area and highlights collectibles... unfortunately this aspect makes "exploring" Aincrad a non existent experience as special locations are highlighted on your map. Combat and Death Game mode is where this game manages to shine a bit. Combat is fluid with quite a bit of skill expression available. Playing anything aside from Short sword or Rapier requires more effort and tend to not come "online" until later in your playthrough. The game feels like a mix between an ARPG and a Souls-Like, making combat fairly enjoyable. Death Game mode requires you to tackle the game either through meticulous or highly skilled approaches, as a death will result in your save file being erased. This is really fun for those that enjoy that style of play, and want to experience Aincrad with high stakes. With all of this being said, this game is absolutely NOT a $70 title (or more with DLC). Simple oversights such as no collision on benches in the town of beginnings and the overall experience just make this game feel very lazy/rushed from a development standpoint. Understand, that if you pay full price that you are paying for the SAO name, and not a $70 experience. Death game mode also requires buying the deluxe edition, or unlocking through regular play. If death game is the only thing that interests you, buy the deluxe version. However, realistically there is no need as you can play an honest death game mode and delete your own save if you die on a regular playthrough, it's up to you. Buy on sale, or buy if you REALLY enjoy the franchise and HAVE to play an SAO game. There is fun to be had, but you're definitely being ripped off at full price.

作りが雑、内容薄い。 SAOが好きな人に勧めるかと聞かれると、別に勧めはしないかな。 知らない方がいい世界もあるよ。 それでもやりたいならセールの時に買うといい。 9000円の価値はないと思う。

running simulator empty game

作为你刀剑游戏的万年凯子,这作是真的很难评价,打好评只是出于私心(这次确实有不少喜欢的要素),但并不推荐入这款游戏,入之前我强烈建议去试DEMO,只有玩了DEMO才会知道自己是否是"合适人群" <优点> ①地图很大,风景不错,这次的地图规模远超你刀剑以往的作品. ②装备养成系统还不错,整体比较好上手,武器和防具的功能性以及EXMOD的功能都挺全面的,没有乱七八糟的BUFF系统,也没有故意卡玩家数值(例如某数值不够就会打不中怪啥的) ③战斗的视觉效果不错,战斗有破坏和部位肢解,以及对小怪的击杀和对BOSS的处决演出都很棒. ④意想不到的细节,例如战斗久了武器会染血和旧化,玩家落水会有身体浸湿效果,被打倒地的次数多了身上会有很明显的积灰效果等等……这些要素在别的游戏或许很常见,但在你刀剑游戏真的是活久见了. ⑤大部分角色都比较讨喜,以及女主可爱捏. <缺点> ①成也地图大,败也地图大,虽然每个区域的风格都不同,但是奈何整体玩法没有改变,满地图到处跑,开宝箱做任务打怪和收集材料(俗称通马桶),喜欢这点的可能会觉得还好(比如我),但这些对大部分人来说是个折磨的过程. ②探索体验很糟糕,在激活传送点之前地图上不会有任何显示,纯靠摸瞎,以及在野外稍微高一点就会摔死,稍微深一点的水域就会淹死,有时候目的地明明就隔墙在对面,但就是不让你过去,强制让你去绕远路. ③这点也是最重要的,这作的还原度很糟糕,虽然在场景方面做的还不错,但是在场景以外的,如剧情、系统、怪物等等都进行了一定程度上的"魔改",说难听点就是个披着SAO皮的独立新游.只是套了个艾恩格朗特的故事背景,其余东西和原作/动画的SAO没有一点关系了. <最后>因为我的PC配置不太行,开的是性能优先的中低画质,除了到水域相关的位置会掉帧,其余游玩方面基本没啥问题,不过说实话,要不是我特喜欢满地图通马桶要素,不然真的很难坚持玩下去,买你刀剑游戏就只是想看那些原作角色,这作边缘化了原作角色,游戏原创的新故事也没讲完,如果以后你刀剑的游戏都是这类套皮原创的话,那这次估计是我最后一次首发入你刀剑的游戏了……

ゲーム自体は面白く感じた デスゲームモードもある程度のヒリツキがあってよかったように思う しかしボス戦に入って暗転から戻らず速攻デスになるのはやばすぎる それでデータ消えましたになるのでそこから復帰するのは個人の自由だけど 他人にお勧めできるゲームではない

Just get elden ring

So you're playing along, through the long and tedious (not to mention unskippable) prologue. You get to the end of it and you can FINALLY customize your character. You customize them the way you want (Which is... okay. Not great, but okay) and choose the settings you want. Then you get in game, and after some lengthy cutscenes your built character is finally visible. And then you realize you made a mistake. You forgot to confirm a choice in the customization. Whelp, get ready to start over, because you can't fix it. You're the dude with the lady voice because you previewed voices and didn't realize you hadn't actually selected it. Shame, that 5 hours you played and spent working on things is all wasted, cause there's no reloading a save either. I'll start playing again eventually, the gameplay has some potential, but the railroading and the character customization crap has me stuck for the time being.

Bad gameplay, boring