Echoes of Aincrad

This game is lacking in every aspect - story, exploration, character creation, fighting... It just feels unfinished. During my playtime I had around 7 crashes. A hard NO especially for the full price. If you don't love the demo you probably shouldn't buy the game.

absolute piece of ♥♥♥♥ ^^ walk only ... no skip texts only skip the whole conversation ... the artstyle is nice tho

Amazing game, let people say what they want. If you like Souls-like games and/or SAO you will enjoy it. Take the time to understand the game and you won't be disappointed.

Ive enjoyed the base gameplay and think it could be an amazing game with some minor tweaks [h3] PROS [/h3] -Enjoyable combat system and leveling of weapons to unlock new sword skills - The weapon crafting and upgrading is a lot of fun and feels worthwhile - Companions are all pretty unique and the voice acting is very good - The graphics are amazing and I found myself stopping and looking around a lot - Seeing characters from the anime was really cool and getting to interact with them felt awesome - Character customization is awesome and I spent half my time playing making new drip [h3] CONS [/h3] - Towns felt really empty and lifeless, lots of npcs walking around in straight lines wearing similar outfits and none of them would say anything even running into them - Can customize my companions weapons but not their outfits or shields. - Lots of companions but for some reason i can only use them sometimes and they arent available for main story line - Need to be able to make my own guild and have a house or something that my companions will hangout at in town so i can interact with them - Almost every enemy attack will just knock your character down and ragdoll them (gets real annoying when you cant even stand up to fight) - The hyena spike type enemy on the 2nd floor has grappled me and killed me with full health a couple times which is scary cuz i plan on playing death game mode Overall ive enjoyed it and this is a lot of typing but ive seen a lot of negative reviews and I think with some minor fixes and things added it could be a great game.

Yeah idk how did this game even got approved

I really wanted to love Echoes of Aincrad, and while there are aspects of the game that I genuinely enjoyed—especially the story—it ultimately felt like it lacked the depth and content needed to live up to its potential. The biggest issue is simply the lack of content. Character progression feels shallow, with very few meaningful build options, limited weapon skills, and not enough ways to customize or personalize your character. Character appearance customization is also disappointing. While armor can be changed, weapon appearances cannot, and the selection of armor itself is fairly limited. Exploration was another major disappointment. The maps are large, but they feel empty rather than alive. Instead of rewarding exploration with interesting discoveries, they mostly consist of large open spaces with very little to find or interact with. The game's world gives the illusion of scale without actually providing meaningful content to fill it. Enemy variety is also extremely limited. Across the first two floors, you're primarily fighting kobolds, boars, pigs, and golems. After a while, combat becomes repetitive because there simply aren't enough unique enemies or bosses to keep encounters feeling fresh. The combat balance also needs significant work. On Very Hard difficulty, enemies don't feel challenging because they're well-designed—they feel challenging because their attacks are artificially sped up. Many bosses have little to no readable wind-up before attacks and often chain abilities so quickly that player skill matters far less than simply having a tanky build. Instead of rewarding mastery of combat mechanics, the difficulty often feels unfair. Weapon balance is another concern, as some weapon types clearly outperform others, making build diversity feel less viable. Another disappointing decision was locking Death Game mode behind either DLC or completing the game first. Considering the entire premise of Sword Art Online revolves around the Death Game, restricting that mode behind additional requirements undermines one of the game's biggest selling points. It feels like something that should have been available from the very beginning. The equipment system also feels underdeveloped. Many weapon and armor modifications provide effects that are so minor they don't meaningfully impact gameplay, making loot progression less exciting than it should be. For a single-player RPG, it was also surprising that the main character isn't voiced. Combined with dialogue choices that rarely feel meaningful, it makes the protagonist feel disconnected from the world around them. Ironically, the story is where the game shines the most—but it's also where it becomes the most frustrating. Several major plot threads are introduced and then never properly addressed. What happened to Cal? What became of the PKers introduced early in the game? What exactly is Wiseman's role? Most importantly, the game doesn't even let players finish the main story or accomplish the central objective that defines Sword Art Online: clearing Aincrad and stopping the Death Game. That has always been the core premise of SAO, yet the base game ends after only two floors without delivering on that promise. If these unanswered questions and the remainder of the story are being intentionally held back for DLC, that's incredibly disappointing because the base game should tell a satisfying and complete story on its own. Finally, only having two playable floors is incredibly disappointing. I understand the goal may have been to recreate Aincrad at a larger scale, but larger maps don't automatically create a bigger experience. The world feels oversized without enough meaningful content to justify its size. It ends up feeling more like the illusion of a massive world than one that's actually worth exploring. Overall, I believe Echoes of Aincrad had the potential to be something truly special—possibly even one of the best anime RPGs released in years. The foundation is there, and the story shows flashes of greatness, but the game feels rushed and incomplete. More content, greater enemy and build variety, better combat balance, a more rewarding world to explore, and a complete narrative would have elevated this game immensely. I sincerely hope future updates and expansions address these issues because I genuinely want this game to reach the level of quality its concept deserves.

🇧🇷 Português Gostei do jogo apesar dos defeitos. Ele conseguiu me fazer sentir que eu realmente estava explorando Aincrad. Ainda há muito a melhorar, mas, como fã de Sword Art Online, foi a experiência que eu esperava há anos. 🇺🇸 English I enjoyed the game despite its flaws. It made me feel like I was truly exploring Aincrad. There's still a lot that could be improved, but as a Sword Art Online fan, this is the experience I've been waiting for for years.

walking simulator

Le tenia fe al proyecto, como fan de SAO siempre me pone feliz un juego nuevo de la franquicia. Este tenia todo para ser el mejor juego de todos los tiempos y lo arruinaron sacándolo a medio terminar. Una lastima