SWORD ART ONLINE Fractured Daydream

Edit as of 2025-01-09 Big changes came with season 2, alot of good ones, and hopefully something that will bring old players back, and some new ones. Before the weekly trials could be a hassle for some, i didnt have much problems with it, except like one. But the changes are 15 Boss raids with said class (now its 5) 15 coop quest with said class (now its 5) 5 Synchro counters with said class (now its 2, very happy) 7 free roams with said class (now its 3, but you could just jump in and out and it counted) 500 enemies defeated with said class (now its 100) 5,000,000 damage dealt with said class (the same) equip 20 mods (think this was 50 before, not sure?) But it makes it easier, and hope it makes someone happy. There is also 2 new free roam maps (i think only tried one) 1 new coop quest map, that i've seen, but think there was supposed to be 2, but it might rotate. lvl 115 Also tier 4 for all maps that came before (rotates, most welcomed) Tier 4 boss raid that rotates aswell. There is no longer any element restriction in weapons regarding characters, which is good. These are good changes, and it seems like they have listened to feed back. 1 new character Fuuka. And 2 new on its way. I myself am very happy with all these, and i hope it helps someone make a deciscion! Well, what can i say? I enjoy the game, for what it is. I jump in a few hours a day before bedtime and waste some time. But i get the negative reviews. This game really needs to add something, if it wants to stay alive. Becuase yes, at some point doing the same boss raid or co-op quest, will get devestating, especally since the weekly passes demands it, but you only have to do them up to 16, then it doesnt matter. But to point out some stuff people have issue with. - Hard time finding matches: I find matches all the time? Don't get how others don't And with that i mean, full servers 20/20, sometimes i don't but most of the time i do. And i am 80% of the time in a match within 60s. - The lock on is bad: No, you are, i have no issues with this. - The weekly are impossible to finish within a week: No, not really, you can finish them by doing only 6 matches a day. And like i said, it doesnt matter, up to trial 16 is good, the rest doesnt really matter - Getting knocked down and "stunned": Ye,, alot of games do this? Just dodge and you're good. - Drop rate is really bad of cosmetic: Well yes, but thats the point. BUT, i bigger issue is that players move on the higher their ranking, so its hard to find matches on lower ranking maps. So yes i get it. But i played since launch so i got most of them. But i understand it. - Animations are stale: Its like all fighting games, the routine of your moves repeat.. soo, why is this considered worse? If anything, it moves waaaay more smoothly compared to the older games, THEY are stale. Now is it all good? No, but for me mostly. Matches goes quick, finding a new one is easy (for my rank), i don't mind the grind. But there is stuff i have issues with, that i think people should know. - Finding matches (like i said) on lower ranking maps, can be hard, most player moved on which leaves these in the dust. They really should do something about the ranking on these maps. - Boss raids has 3 tiers with the first two being the same ones over and over, but they changed this, so that on tier 2 (rank 45? or 50) That boss alternates, big change. Very good. - The loop is pretty closed, day 1 launch players, (like me) only do the higher tier boss raids and co-op quest, so it is very, very repetive. They should add more modes, or do something about the co-op quest. Rotate it so earlier maps, gets higher tier or something. I do enjoy the game, but coming in late, its gonna be harsh. They didnt think at all about that part, those of us that are ahead, don't go back, becuase we get nothing out of it. I still play a few hours a day, because i do enjoy it still. But they need to keep content flowing or it will die. So if you're considering buying it from the day of this review, atleast wait for a sale. But i don't regret it.