Sword Art Online: Hollow Fragment is coming to PS4 on July 28th

Travado said:
I need more .hack games in my life, but I think I can't take this terrible running animation. Developers should learn how to do running animations from Destiny and Final Fantasy XIV, for example.

And the entire game is constructed like this:

* move character 10 steps *
* game saves *
* now loading *
* repeat *

Wtf?
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It's a low/mid-budget Vita game
 
RK128 said:
Here is a summery I made for Hallow Fragment during a sale thread in the past. It will give you the basic run-down on the story of Hallow Fragment.

"-SAO is a great action JRPG that has hundreds of hours worth of content with some of the Vita's most colorful visuals. The combat system is quite deep and the level systems will lead you investing hours into your characters. Great game that suffers from a bad translation (that can be funny at times) and expectation that you saw the anime prior to playing (up to episode 13-14). Made a catch-up post in the sale thread that I will leave here:

Regarding the story, look at the following:
-Takes place in a VR MMO, but the characters cannot log out due to that feature being locked out by the creator.
-Leads to everyone going into a panic, but coming to the realization that they need to beat the game to be free (which is 100 Floors of dungeons).
-Main character Kirtio was a beta tester for the game before its launch, so he is skilled with its systems
-He meets his harl....I mean, cast of female friends across the anime
-Gets close to a female player named Asuna and they become 'married' in-game.
-Their 'daughter' is a AI program that they encountered in one of the anime's episodes, who they took in as their 'real' kid
-Final battle in the anime was in Floor 75 and in the anime, after the fight with the creator of the game, it ended, with everyone going free
-This game (Hallow Fragment) takes place in an different reality, where the game DOESN'T end, it just goes on and glitches out
-The cast of the anime have to deal with this and continue through the floors until they beat the final boss on Floor 100
-Character introductions are very clouded, so I will explain them here: Sinon was bought to the world due to a glitch during VR therapy. Leafa (Sugu) was brought to the game on her own will; used a friends NerveGear (the things they use to play SAO) and loged in to see her brother/cousin. Strea is a 'new' player in the game world but is a AI program similar to Kirtio's daughter; originally a mental-health montaring program in the game but was brought out with the other players after the 'glitch'. Philla is a player affected by the 'glitch', who after 'killing' another player, is locked in the Hallow Area (the first playable area in the game you see) and you work with her to fine a way out for her
-Everyone knows Kirto is married to Asuna but they don't care because they all want him :l. Hey, the game creators couldn't fix everything from the anime XD.
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Awsome thanks for this
 
So just to confirm, those of us who bought the badly translated version on Vita don't get any kind of discount or anything, right?
 
I don't own a Vita, so I'm excited to finally get a chance to try this out. The multiplayer teased in the trailer seems really interesting also.
 
Awesome. I enjoyed the Vita version, but the FPS problems kept me from finishing it, and PS4 should fix them.
 
"We've never hid the price" lol

Well.. you never announced it anywhere either..

That's awesome, was totally expecting 40€. I hope it includes all DLC so I don't have to "buy" a million items on PSN again
 
€20? (Alt+0128 people) Probably gonna be $39.95 AU, but fuck it, i'll double dip. Loved the game, Was turned off by the translation. happy to fund a proper one :)
 
Tye The Czar said:
Will it include the option to play as Abridged Kirito?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hH5qZgjDBSY
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wonderful

Also from what i read, source dual shockers btw

We verified the details with the publisher, and we got confirmation that the deal will indeed be available.

When RE: Hollow Fragment will be released later this summer (to be precise on July 28th), a Lost Song pre-purchase bundle for $59.99 will be made available on the PSN. Once you purchase that bundle, you’ll be able to download and play RE: Hollow Fragment immediately, while Lost Song will become available to you as soon as it releases in the fall.
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the deal is apparently only available in the US.
 
Travado said:
I need more .hack games in my life, but I think I can't take this terrible running animation. Developers should learn how to do running animations from Destiny and Final Fantasy XIV, for example.

And the entire game is constructed like this:

* move character 10 steps *
* game saves *
* now loading *
* repeat *

Wtf?
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As a huge fan of .hack myself... Stay away from this game, this anime, and everything related to it. Aside from a few stand out moments, the majority of it is just crappy harem anime bull shit.
 
I got about five hours into the Vita version before stopping due to having too many games to play at the time. Depending on cost, I may double dip.

The inclusion of online co-op is a huge selling point. I'd just have to figure out whether to import my save or not, since I don't really remember everything that was happening or even how to play the game.
 
KojiKnight said:
As a huge fan of .hack myself... Stay away from this game, this anime, and everything related to it. Aside from a few stand out moments, the majority of it is just crappy harem anime bull shit.
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That's really not a fair generalization. The first half of the first season does a great job of showing the psychology of a population trapped in a digital world with real consequences.

The fight scenes are great and the character development was solid. The "harem" stuff is really low key. In the second half of the first season it struggles with some damseling and fanservice, sure. The second season though, in its entirety, is excellent.
 
Thud said:
Is this game better than the anime?

Then I might give it a shot.
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I don't know what you mean by "better than the anime". It's a what if scenario based on an alternate ending for the first 12 episodes if that means anything to you. You can also change the shows default Kirito Asuna relationship.
 
Nice price but sadly, the bad translation was not the worst issue I had with this game. 5 to 10 minutes to kill a simple mob that is a few levels above ours isn't something I can accept in any RPG.

I really hope Lost Song has shorter battles or else I'm skipping it. 20 minutes fights for bosses are okay, but random mobs shouldn't take more than 2 minutes to defeat unless you are severely underleveled/underequiped.

Everything is so grindy in this game :(
I love Sword Art Online so I'm really sad I didn't enjoy HF, especially since I bought it day 1 at full price.
 
Aru said:
Nice price but sadly, the bad translation was not the worst issue I had with this game. 5 to 10 minutes to kill a simple mob that is a few levels above ours isn't something I can accept in any RPG.
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Only boss battles and HNM will take more than 5 minutes to kill.
Random enemies dont take more than 30 seconds to a minute.

Maybe if you stay in auto-attack mode and dont use skills, but thats a very bad idea.
 
olaznoG said:
Only boss battles and HNM will take more than 5 minutes to kill.
Random enemies dont take more than 30 seconds to a minute.

Maybe if you stay in auto-attack mode and dont use skills, but thats a very bad idea.
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Nope, a lot of enemies in the Hollow Area took me a while to kill.
I got bored after playing for 22 hours.
 
Aru said:
Nice price but sadly, the bad translation was not the worst issue I had with this game. 5 to 10 minutes to kill a simple mob that is a few levels above ours isn't something I can accept in any RPG.
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Most bosses don't even take that long to beat.. Normal mobs can be beaten very quickly. Like the poster above said.. I dunno how you'd take that long unless you were just auto attacking.
Aru said:
Nope, a lot of enemies in the Hollow Area took me a while to kill.
I got bored after playing for 22 hours.
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I don't think you understood the combat/skills/etc. system then, which isn't your fault since the game explains it very badly.
There's no way it should be taking that long to kill enemies.
 
Hikami said:
Most bosses don't even take that long to beat.. Normal mobs can be beaten very quickly. Like the poster above said.. I dunno how you'd take that long unless you were just auto attacking.

I don't think you understood the combat/skills/etc. system then, which isn't your fault since the game explains it very badly.
There's no way it should be taking that long to kill enemies.
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Maybe I exaggerated a bit, but most fights in the Hollow Area felt too long to me. I played RPGs more complex than that one and did fine, but maybe I missed something. I don't know if I want to bother again though, because everything is so repetitive in this game it's definitely not worth it for me.
 
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