I understand that they always want to convey the experience with the main characters of SAO, but, this limitation of character customization and skills has always been the biggest negative point of the entire series, the anime/manga has always portrayed an MMO, but the games has never been anything close. Fatal Bullet with so much bad thing is still the best.
Fatal bullet was my favorite because we were able to make our own character and they had a story for them. The game that came out before this one was pretty disappointing to me.
It’s not that bad,with early access people have gotten to rank 100 already,even I’m at rank 83 & I have a 9 hour job 5 days a week so if I can do it then just about anyone can
Fatal bullet has been the only sao game I've bought and will be the only one I ever buy until they allow custom characters in another game, there is literally no reason this game doesn't have that.
I understand that feeling but you can also wear gas masks or other masks to cover the character's face. I've still be debating or getting it or not too but it looks fun.
i played the demo, tough i won't be buying it myself, sinds i am saving money for monster hunter wilds. i can recomand this game, the gameplayloop is enjoyeble, the multiplayer, tough cross platform, will be filled with bots after a certain amount of time has passes. allowing for late starters to still grind to catch up to the rest, something that was missing in previus titles, as the exp grind was always multiplayer. the class system is basic, but the charcters in the classes unique inof, to make them memeroble, deftenly a 8.5/10 recomandation. if you want to play a good game, with dungeoncrawlling aspacts, and amazing boss fights, this game is defently one to consider. one of the score drops for me is this: though the game resembles a MMORPG, not making your own charcter, ruins that fantasy for me, that's a 0.5 drop, and i never give a perfect score, as no game is perfect. 9 is mostly a max score for me, with 9.5 being near perfect, and must buy game.
@Aqua_Espresso that's why Fatal Bullet is still the best, even with so much bad things... The limitation of character customization and skills has always been the biggest negative point of the entire series, the anime/manga has always conveyed the idea of an MMO, but in games it has never been anything close.
@Aqua_Espresso The games in the franchise doesn't have so much things in the universe, but the most basic thing, which would be character creation and customization, is what most affects the negative approach of those who already know the story. SAO has 3 totally important pillars that never appears in the games: 1st - Creation and customization. 2nd - Death penalty. 3rd - Each level up really matters.
@@Klez13 sword art online fetal bullet, had charcter creation. that piller is now busted. and i love fatel bullet cause of the charcter creation and personal story, insted of kirito clone.
@Aqua_Espresso for the story mode. no. for story mode not having it is fine, for multiplayer, it would be a asset. choising a exsisting charcter as base, wich coppies the stats and skills you get. but than enter charcter creation to personalize it, and choise male or female. that would give the MMORPG feel to the game fantasy. in mmorpg's it is rare to run into a clone of yourself. this game, seeing a close online, is almost garantied, especualy when that charcter is BiS for that fight.
It’s crazy the best Sao game we ever got was fatal bullets and what carried it was oc mmo “original character” the whole point of the anime is playing a virtual game in your own avatar never understood why they never made a game that embodies that
I have to be honest, most SAO games are nowhere close to how u would expect from this type of games, I can kinda tell it is very similar to fatal bullet the way they develop the game, but sadly it’s not as fun, and I think even the mobile game has better combat than this. And if ur wondering if you should buy this game, yes if ur a big SAO fan, for collection tho, if you want a SAO game that is actually worth it, Fatal Bullet is ur best choice
I was not having any of the issues this reviewer seemed to have with FPS. I ran it on a laptop during the beta with an old GTX 1050M and had everything maxed out other than shadows and was getting a constant 45+ fps even in multiplayer at 1080p. I feel like something else is going on if he was getting frame drops down to the 30s.
Game looks ok but seems way to repetitive and no real gain out of it I couldn’t see myself playing this game but ig for people that like constant loop go for it if they would actually make a good sword art as an actual mmo full character creation layers bosses it would be amazing but until then sleeping on em 😴
seemed like they wanted to focus more into multiplayer this time after an hour into the game. But with how bad the reputation from other games i think people might be reluctant to give it a try, which lowers the player base.
You don't from what I can tell. You can get his swords and his outfit if you're Player Rank 85 but I don't see wigs so you see it with the correct hairstyle in the tutorial then it's wrong everywhere else and it'll annoy you a lot.
Not really , what most matter is last hit and chest you collected. Once you get nice weapon you can easyly got up in score chart. Since those score basic on damage/heals/knockdown.
Was debatin on refunded my sparkin zero pre order to get this just cuz it came out first n havent had a solid sao game since fatal bullet lets be real last one was dog water. But still dont know really might or say fuck it n get d2 last dlc
These games have always been way too flashy to be SAO. SAO should be a souls-like with a focus on weapon arts to be truly representative of the story. You die in the game and there needs to be consequences.
This game had failed almost 0 customization point of sa0 or mmos is be your own character this just feels like warframe or first descendant gets Boring quickly. Would rather play dragon age veilguard
All these comments about fatal bullet being the best, Fatal bullet was absolute garbage, Half empty maps with just crap tons of the same enemies, most SAO games have been shit. This one looks the best imo
@@majoraxx2427 SAO Fans want Kirito to be a harem protagonist and hate when he's loyal to Asuna and the idea of a custom character getting with another girl, so they resort to playing the video games to make him cheat on her with other girls.
BANDAI has strongly given up on the idea of character creation and skill customization, they are just creating a new game every year with the main characters from the series just to get some money from who loves the anime/manga.
There really isn't one. Your character level doesn't change your base stats all that much and even at max you can still get combo'd to actual death because there's no enemy attack reaction so you've stun locked yourself every time you do a sword skill.
Doesn’t sound very fun or replayable. wow we’ve gotten so far with technology yet in such a deeply corporate world where even games are just a not fun conveyor belt of dog shit.
ill never understand why they dont make a game set in the SAO world. make your own character and try to live and escape SAO. its so painfully obvious.
IKR
To much Effort and money they need a cash grab
For reals, I need a game like this
Exactly
also maybe take more time to create a game. no reason they have to look and feel like ps2 games. they barely take a year
I understand that they always want to convey the experience with the main characters of SAO, but, this limitation of character customization and skills has always been the biggest negative point of the entire series, the anime/manga has always portrayed an MMO, but the games has never been anything close.
Fatal Bullet with so much bad thing is still the best.
Fatal Bullet was genuinely great, imo. It's the only game in the series that I actually enjoyed and for well over 100 hours at that
You can change up skills tho
Fatal bullet was my favorite because we were able to make our own character and they had a story for them. The game that came out before this one was pretty disappointing to me.
It's definitely worth playing. Just expect an extremely long grind if you want a perfect build
It’s not that bad,with early access people have gotten to rank 100 already,even I’m at rank 83 & I have a 9 hour job 5 days a week so if I can do it then just about anyone can
@@mrblackscreen5558 I'm rank 19 myself. Just started on actual release
@@mrblackscreen5558Just picked it up last night and playing it now!
Fatal bullet has been the only sao game I've bought and will be the only one I ever buy until they allow custom characters in another game, there is literally no reason this game doesn't have that.
Random but didn’t hollow realization have character customization?
Yea @NpcTwilight you were still addressed as Kirito. Which pissed a lot of people off
Why can’t they make an actually game based off sao with half effort
i have decided not to buy it just because they have taken away the character creation/customization feature
What is with people and CC? I genuinely just don't understand, could you enlighten me??
I understand that feeling but you can also wear gas masks or other masks to cover the character's face. I've still be debating or getting it or not too but it looks fun.
This reason why Xenoverse ruins the experience of DragonBall. The CC isn't needed for every game.
@@asuuna7412 People want to feel like a part of the world instead of just another character in the franchise.
@@asuuna7412Those complaining are ones preaching every single game in existence must allow players to self insert.
No sword art online game give off that sword art online life like fatal bullet and Integral Factor.
The studio that worked on Fatal Bullet is the same studio behind Fractured Daydream.
i played the demo, tough i won't be buying it myself, sinds i am saving money for monster hunter wilds.
i can recomand this game, the gameplayloop is enjoyeble, the multiplayer, tough cross platform, will be filled with bots after a certain amount of time has passes.
allowing for late starters to still grind to catch up to the rest, something that was missing in previus titles, as the exp grind was always multiplayer.
the class system is basic, but the charcters in the classes unique inof, to make them memeroble, deftenly a 8.5/10 recomandation.
if you want to play a good game, with dungeoncrawlling aspacts, and amazing boss fights, this game is defently one to consider.
one of the score drops for me is this: though the game resembles a MMORPG, not making your own charcter, ruins that fantasy for me, that's a 0.5 drop, and i never give a perfect score, as no game is perfect.
9 is mostly a max score for me, with 9.5 being near perfect, and must buy game.
@Aqua_Espresso that's why Fatal Bullet is still the best, even with so much bad things...
The limitation of character customization and skills has always been the biggest negative point of the entire series, the anime/manga has always conveyed the idea of an MMO, but in games it has never been anything close.
@Aqua_Espresso The games in the franchise doesn't have so much things in the universe, but the most basic thing, which would be character creation and customization, is what most affects the negative approach of those who already know the story.
SAO has 3 totally important pillars that never appears in the games:
1st - Creation and customization.
2nd - Death penalty.
3rd - Each level up really matters.
@@Klez13 sword art online fetal bullet, had charcter creation.
that piller is now busted.
and i love fatel bullet cause of the charcter creation and personal story, insted of kirito clone.
@Aqua_Espresso for the story mode.
no.
for story mode not having it is fine, for multiplayer, it would be a asset.
choising a exsisting charcter as base, wich coppies the stats and skills you get.
but than enter charcter creation to personalize it, and choise male or female.
that would give the MMORPG feel to the game fantasy.
in mmorpg's it is rare to run into a clone of yourself.
this game, seeing a close online, is almost garantied, especualy when that charcter is BiS for that fight.
Bro monster hunter wild ain’t coming out until next year lol 😂😂
This is the game they should’ve added character creator
You say that like it's a bad thing.
@@danknhshinki73 like they dropped the ball thing because it’s a great concept
Is there any communication in the game? Such as text chat to talk to party members or other teams?
There are stamps, you send pre made text
There is absolutely 0 communication system aside from just stamps
@@ayoubp7689 thanks, that was a deciding factor for me due to having friends who cannot speak English but can read and type it
Yes there is
@@mrblackscreen5558 not counting the stamps?
So no avatar customization?
So?
@@KingBatch07muppet
+1 for the algorithm. Keep grinding my friend, thanks for the video
Lame
No create-a-character? Seriously? Again? And still no co-op story mode? I don’t know how I let myself get my hopes up again.
A Sword Art Online game with no character customization is a trash Sword Art Online game.
Do you have npc allies in single player?
Yes
Played the Beta just because it was free, TBH. now I'm hooked. It will be a sacrifice because I'm not racking in money atm, but I think it's worth it.
SAO Lost Song still the Best game of SAO series alway
I wanted to buy but do you have to purchase the character pass to unlock certain characters?
It’s crazy the best Sao game we ever got was fatal bullets and what carried it was oc mmo “original character” the whole point of the anime is playing a virtual game in your own avatar never understood why they never made a game that embodies that
I have to be honest, most SAO games are nowhere close to how u would expect from this type of games, I can kinda tell it is very similar to fatal bullet the way they develop the game, but sadly it’s not as fun, and I think even the mobile game has better combat than this. And if ur wondering if you should buy this game, yes if ur a big SAO fan, for collection tho, if you want a SAO game that is actually worth it, Fatal Bullet is ur best choice
Does this game run well on Xbox S? I'm thinking of pulling my Xbox back out to try it if it plays well and is worth it.
From the sound of it , it seem i need high unit computer to run this game smoothly since i refuse to buy PS5
I was not having any of the issues this reviewer seemed to have with FPS. I ran it on a laptop during the beta with an old GTX 1050M and had everything maxed out other than shadows and was getting a constant 45+ fps even in multiplayer at 1080p. I feel like something else is going on if he was getting frame drops down to the 30s.
Whats wrong with a ps5 better then a pc
It's running on dx 11 so you should be fine
@@gamerbeast3616 🤣
@gamerbeast3616 lol the Playstation network just went down
Where the hell is Klien!!??
Sooo ya I'm probably not going to get this and just replay the gun one again i guess
Game looks ok but seems way to repetitive and no real gain out of it I couldn’t see myself playing this game but ig for people that like constant loop go for it if they would actually make a good sword art as an actual mmo full character creation layers bosses it would be amazing but until then sleeping on em 😴
How is this different from sword art online alicization?
You aren’t forced to build as much accuracy as possible just to be able to hit anything at all
I got to have this im hittin this solo not fond of multiplayer hopefully you can access them with solo like alicization
Only free roam is solo but you’ll only get 200-600 xp per 10-15min if you rush where as co-op gives up to 4,000 per 9-10 min
@@mrblackscreen5558 have you been playing it? If so how's the experience
seemed like they wanted to focus more into multiplayer this time after an hour into the game. But with how bad the reputation from other games i think people might be reluctant to give it a try, which lowers the player base.
Nah
Wait 30 fps what are you playing on lol.
How do you get kirito in his ALO hairstyle?
You don't from what I can tell. You can get his swords and his outfit if you're Player Rank 85 but I don't see wigs so you see it with the correct hairstyle in the tutorial then it's wrong everywhere else and it'll annoy you a lot.
this looks a lot like granblue fantasy...
thoughts?
Another reviewer said this is what it reminds him of. I can see it
Looks really good, but i dont have money GGs
Get a job if you dont have one yet its easy :)
@@MugiwaraNoelle "Unfortunately" that one word pains me :)
@@MugiwaraNoelle yep, could do it
@Aqua_Espresso lol not really, most people work to live
just put in on credit, paypal does 6 months 0% interest. that's what i did
I dont like the scoring idea and the 5 groups all fighting the same boss in a fight for who hits the top. . Its going ro make it toxic and sweaty.
Not really , what most matter is last hit and chest you collected. Once you get nice weapon you can easyly got up in score chart. Since those score basic on damage/heals/knockdown.
Toxic?? How exactly.
Man the games just don't do the series justice yeah Kirito is a badass but damn it give me aincrad all 100 floor and let me make my own Kirito
Was debatin on refunded my sparkin zero pre order to get this just cuz it came out first n havent had a solid sao game since fatal bullet lets be real last one was dog water. But still dont know really might or say fuck it n get d2 last dlc
Story?
No story
This just co op game of sao game
These games have always been way too flashy to be SAO. SAO should be a souls-like with a focus on weapon arts to be truly representative of the story. You die in the game and there needs to be consequences.
Only matters in base SAO, "A game where there's no consequences for dying, too easy"
SAO games should be developed by Platinum Games
Pretty sure they tried the whole consequence when they did "if you die in the game you did in real life" bit..didn't work to well..lol
You say that when most fights in the show are flashy
Another sao game that ironically is not sao 🎉🎉🎉
gear is useless in this game, just show me so i can see an example where it helps getting the latest sword in game vs the first 1.
This game had failed almost 0 customization point of sa0 or mmos is be your own character this just feels like warframe or first descendant gets Boring quickly. Would rather play dragon age veilguard
All these comments about fatal bullet being the best, Fatal bullet was absolute garbage, Half empty maps with just crap tons of the same enemies, most SAO games have been shit. This one looks the best imo
Fatal Bullet was great, L
cope lol
@@KingBatch07 more like pure garbage
if your gonna gripe about FPS atlest give us your specs so we know your not gaming on your smart toaster
Last gen graphics with bad framerates. No character customization. The gameplay is okay, but I think I'll pass.
Boohoo no CC
@@KingBatch07
Mockery. that’ll get people to buy it! 🤡
“Last gen graphics”, bro it’s anime graphics 😂 not every game needs to be realistic. Graphics ruined gaming
@@solarxprimex1746 I didn't realize trees, foliage and buildings were "anime graphics". Genshin Impact looks better than this, and it's 5 years old.
@@majoraxx2427 SAO Fans want Kirito to be a harem protagonist and hate when he's loyal to Asuna and the idea of a custom character getting with another girl, so they resort to playing the video games to make him cheat on her with other girls.
Oh you dont keep your level? No progression?
Well I think im gonna skip this
Character creation?
not yet i dont think
BANDAI has strongly given up on the idea of character creation and skill customization, they are just creating a new game every year with the main characters from the series just to get some money from who loves the anime/manga.
No, stfu
have offline mode? story mode?
Their is a story mode however, the game is primarily a multiplayer game.
@@fizzy293
Bad move. 😂
Game like this won't have anybody playing after 2 or 3 months. Especially in February.
@@kg8881 wrong & 2 is does have a solo offline mode
@@mrblackscreen5558nah he’s very right. every sao game has an insane fall-off in online player base and this one won’t be different
we need a souls like SAO game that shows the brutality of this scenario
Don’t forget the solo FREE ROAM SUPER AMAZING drops are so cool!
For fucks sake.. It doesn't have open world like Lycoris.. Not to mention no original character customization.. Boo!
so its gambit from d2
Player count is already low
Alysa Street
This game would be good and perfect it had 100 levels that was grindy.
1) you die means you lose your character
2) character creation
3) class roles
this is just the basic of SAO universe, is just insane that with so many games in the series, no one was so close to be really "Sword Art Online"...
Waaah i cant make my own charavter
@@KingBatch07 yes
@@Klez13 get over it
@@KingBatch07 Yes, I already bought it, tested it and got a refund, the game is really quite weak...
Whats the point of the game except grinding skins? Can someone explain that to me?
There really isn't one. Your character level doesn't change your base stats all that much and even at max you can still get combo'd to actual death because there's no enemy attack reaction so you've stun locked yourself every time you do a sword skill.
i play solo easy win
Sounds awful.
All combos are gone. Its a button masher designed for a 5 year old. Worst game SAO in a long time. Skill chains gone.
we want to play as players of SAO, not play as the main characters of SAO...
Wahwah
It’s worth it dimps always cooks
Doesn’t sound very fun or replayable. wow we’ve gotten so far with technology yet in such a deeply corporate world where even games are just a not fun conveyor belt of dog shit.
You’re simply lazy 🤷♂️
isit free?
Are you dumb? :D
Can B if U know where 2 look ;)
@@Anamalous-z1j ?????????
That anomalous account above is mine 2
is this f2p?
$60
@@KingBatch07 damn...thx bro enjoy it!
@@nightmare8077 havent got it, plan to get around christmas time