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This game isn’t designed as a massive epic game like Elder Scrolls/Witcher/Mass Effect etc. It feels more like actually going through episodes of the SAO series. Gameplay is smooth and fun, and clearly designed as close as possible to the game design in the series. It’s still a big world, where you can spend lots of time grinding, or trying to push through the story quickly. There are lots of brief interactions between characters, showing their personalities. This works well for me, since I like gaming, but am not a hardcore gamer. I am a big SAO fan, though. This game is great for me. Overall, as a stand-alone game, it’s above average. As an expansion of the SAO franchise, it’s fantastic.
Verified purchase: Yes | Condition: New
Graphics are Meh, I feel like .hack and KH2 looked better and those game series were on the PS2. If you like the show, you'll like it. If you like having a band of waifus compliment you while you hack and slash enemies, you'll like it.
Verified purchase: Yes | Condition: Pre-owned
I had a look at this game else where and this was the cheapest I could find - including pre-owned! I was happly surprised when it arrived, the game was still in the plastic wrapper, it was brand new! If you are looking to buy the game then I would say that here is as good as it gets. It did take a little while to come but that is upfront. Again the game is very cheap here so else where you might get it quicker but you are paying for more than that premium.
Verified purchase: Yes | Condition: New
This game is definitely not shovel ware, but it is a B-rate game and it seems like it kinda knows it. The quests are repetitive, and the combat is super simple, with all the characters playing pretty much the same aside from some magic. That said, the game is very in-depth for a B-rate game, having a pretty expansive storyline with quite a few hours of gameplay, and plenty of weapons and such to collect- the gameplay is just not very engaging in my opinion, and so i did not get more than 5 hours into this what looks like 40+ hour game. The reason for my low score, though, is the promise on the box to 'explore (savant) Alfheim as (Kirito, Asuna, Leafa, and a series of other characters, OR) create your own avatar. While this is technically true, i guess.. Savant Alfheim is not Alfheim, just a series of floating islands from which you can see Alfheim's world tree in the distance. While I expected the game to be second rate, and honestly it was a better game than i expected, I was especially excited to explore the game designers' interpretation of the countries of Alfheim- which is not a part of this game. As for the character creation.. I think it would be generous to call it that.... In this game, there are NPCs that are supposed to be other players, who walk around the town and say stupid little 'loading screen quotes,' for lack of a better term. About 3-4 hours into this game (assuming you stop for side quests like i did,) you gain access to 'create' a character, by choosing one of those NPC models and naming it. Each race of fairy has one body (you don't get to choose the gender, its one body.. Salamanders are a big white guy with red clothes, always) one or two choices for hair style, one or two choices for hair color, and a weapon class based on the race. You cannot use an axe as an awesome cait leaf male- but you can use daggers as the female cait leaf NPC from the town with either blonde or slightly orange curly hair- and that was beyond disappointing. As for the story- it was just... weird... It took me a little while to discover that the game is in a parallel universe.. The thing that set me off was a flashback to the characters talking in the time between SAO and when Kirito got into Alfheim Onling- and Asuna was with them... Which, as anyone who watched far into the anime knows, would be impossible at that point in time. And Alfheim in this universe was created by some prodigy named Seven, instead of Sugo? I assume if you played the previous game, it would make some more sense, but from my perspective, it was very weird. The game itself is surprisingly playable- with decent flying controls (not intuitive per-say, but learnable) okay modern JRPG-ish combat, an entertaining, if not totally canon story, and most your favorite characters from SAO. The experience, though, was why I bought the game, and it was very much lacking.Read full review
Verified purchase: No
About the game for my stepdaughter it was that fun Game very challenging
Verified purchase: Yes | Condition: Pre-owned
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