![]() You can change your look, gender, character name, weapon style, etc, but the game still treats you as if you’re Kirito. Your avatar/name are built around the main character, Kirito. You play as Kirito during the intro of the game. But this is the thing that bothers me the most, I think. I think you can even befriend/romance the girl who stands beside the Quest Board. You can talk to, and build relationships with everyone. Before we get into the nitty gritty, let’s talk how else it’s a VN. Hack-esque MMO simulator, but that’s what the franchise is built on. With no sense of urgency, there's more time than ever to chase some tail! That is a pretty big oversight for someone who might put it down, come back and forget, or simply just skip the talking to get to the fighting. “Explore downstairs”, “Get the items you were asked for”, and no way to expand it. You can skip ahead if you want, with the L1 button, but beware! You might get instructions for your next quest in them, and miss out! You have an “Events” button in your main menu to show you what you need to do next, but it’s so vague. I have never played an RPG with this much character text to read. But you spend more time reading dialogue than you do spend kicking ass. But they seem to level with you, if you go and level in the multiplayer, which I will definitely get to. You can have three allies go with you into battle, any of the major characters as far as I’m aware, but there are tons of “players” just milling around the main hub, and with time, effort, and lots of talking and hanging out, you can get some of those people to join you if you don’t want to have the regular folks. Why would I say that? You can romance pretty much anyone if you invest enough time into the game. ![]() But at its heart, Sword Art Online is a Visual Novel. It’s a Visual Novel! Sure, it has a lot of combat, exploring, and MMORPG aspects, online multiplayer, and a host of really cool stuff. ![]() MMOVN – Massively Multiplayer Online Visual Novel If you don't enjoy the story or characters, you're in for a TON of text skipping. But what is Sword Art Online: Hollow Realization? Whenever you see a character for the first time from the show, you will learn who they are, but thankfully if you already know the series, when he starts to reminisce, you can opt out of it, and move forward. Part of my brain thought they’d rehash the same story, but it does not appear that way at all. It takes place post-Sword Art Online, and they are beta testing Sword Art: Origin, another VRMMORPG that somehow they are convinced to go and try out. It’s not the same as the anime, but it has the same characters. playing an MMO, and exploring some mysteries in the beta version of the game. The danger, the urgency, it’s all gone! Now they’re just. But here they are! And that’s one of the major things that disappointed me right out of the gate, for SAO: Hollow Realizations. How they decided to play another Sword Art game baffles me, and makes me wonder what kind of Rambo twisted PTSD these kids must be experiencing to willing walk back into the heart of darkness. So they were trapped in an MMO, where if they died in game, an electronic pulse kills them for real. Therefore I won’t be judging any part of the game with rose colored glasses impugning my judgement. ![]() Live in the United States or Canada and want to win a Collector’s Edition for this game? Don’t miss our raffle event!Īs a precursor to this review, I need to say that I have seen almost none of the Sword Art Online Series minus the most basic of research prior to jumping in so I could make some semblance of the story sensical. ![]()
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