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Sword Art Online: Hollow Fragment |OT| Now in English | #YOLO - You Only Live Online
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Default. I think I would find it weird being different from Kirito after watching the anime. Also, it seems you can change your avatar in your room
Basileus777
Member
So when exactly am I going to be allowed to explore Aincrad? Fighting enemies 25+ levels higher than me in the hollow area doesn't exactly seem like what I should be doing....
After the tutorial, finish the Hollow Mission, go through story scenes, then back to Aincrad for more story stuff + recap.
Default.
Samurai_Heart
Member
Ah didn't realise the cutscenes weren't in-engine as well, going default then.
Basileus777
Member
Heh, I didn't realize there was an unexplored part of the map and thought I had to clear out this group of way too strong enemies to get to the quest location. I knew I was doing something wrong.
default with black eyes
Here's my review if you'd like to add it to OP.
http://www.justpushstart.com/2014/08/sword-art-online-hollow-fragment-review/
Also, I think it's kind of lazy that Asuna's rallying cry before you take on a floor boss always has the same characters every time. At least Kirito's appearance changes..
http://www.justpushstart.com/2014/08/sword-art-online-hollow-fragment-review/
Also, I think it's kind of lazy that Asuna's rallying cry before you take on a floor boss always has the same characters every time. At least Kirito's appearance changes..
Yeah this was pretty unclear to me too. I thought the whole game at first was teleporting to the Hollow Area. Then I randomly walked outside of the main gate, which I didnt realize you could do, and then realized thats how you play the Aincrad portion.
iirc that changes during the last 5 - 10 floors.
One thing about that review:
Actually it's very common for the spinoff anime/manga games to go for an alternative story/ending, but since they're mostly really bad visual novels for portable systems, they're not often released in the west.
Main reason for that is aiming for the "anime/novel/game/manga' mediamix, which means that the characters/setting are made so that they can be freely put into different stories and still enjoyed by fans and not feel out of character.
Sorry for the OT. Good review btw.
Isn't the patch confirmed for the US though?
yes
HawthorneKitty
Sgt. 2nd Class in the Creep Battalion, Waifu Wars
Yeah, I can't shake this feeling that all these girls are trying to commit netorare.
Yeah I was referring to games that get localized (probably should have put a line about that in there). Black Rock Shooter was kind of an exception, but I reviewed that one without ever seeing anything on BRS besides the Hatsune Miku song. Most of the games I've played seem to follow the major story beats and maybe put in an alternate ending or such later on.
I always appreciate the criticism~
So at some point I am going to lose all my skills that I have at the beginning of the game? I have been in the game for 2.5 hours and have not had that happen yet. Prolly cause most of it was running around town with a certain purple lady. Had not read that till that review.
No you won't, it's already happened in the story (they talked about how they have lost a lot of their skills).
You're fine for now.
Oh good. I like the duel swords for now and had used skill points and stuff. Would have sucked to lose what I had spent.
Yeah, it's just a story piece to give you a reason to level up. As soon as you start the game, Kirito's skills are wiped so you're playing with a clean slate so to speak.
Maybe I was not looking at the skills during the very beginning but I definitely started the game with a few skills and at least a couple levels of 2 hand swords. I am assuming I will be keeping those.
So I downloaded this game last night, tried launching it today and it just hangs at the launch image. I waited like 10 minutes and it didn't budge.
Dunno if it's related but I tried turning off my vita after that and it took like 15 minutes just to finally turn off. I hadn't restarted in a long time so I thought maybe that'd be why.
I had to leave for work before I could turn it back on and try launching the game again, but I was curious if anyone else had that problem.
Dunno if it's related but I tried turning off my vita after that and it took like 15 minutes just to finally turn off. I hadn't restarted in a long time so I thought maybe that'd be why.
I had to leave for work before I could turn it back on and try launching the game again, but I was curious if anyone else had that problem.
HawthorneKitty
Sgt. 2nd Class in the Creep Battalion, Waifu Wars
The loss is from a flashback, so you've already lost everything from the start.
Mendax
Member
the name of the story is "sword art online"
Yes, those are your default skills that you get at the start, You can't lose them.
Skyfireblaze
Member
Yep, just like the .hack// games on PS2 more or less.
And holy seeing Sinon with her exact voice in SAO is so weird, I just made it through the Hollow Area tutorial and everything is so captivating. Despite some shortcoming it really feels like I'm playing SAO here
Also was I the only one who got a major .hack// vibe in
the Hollow Area control room? Even the music reminded me of it.
Yes. It is based on an anime, that is about an MMO that people are stuck in. It acts like an MMO because that is the world of the anime.
yes, explained in the first 1-2 hours of the game. (i lost track of time)
Yup! Time to get some new ones from hollow area!
Yup, part of the whole corrupted thing to gimp Kirito.
You can get better weapons later anyway.
Yeah Sinon is awesome but is it ever actually explained why Sinon and Leafa appear in Aincrad all of a sudden?
Hehe, funny considering this came out before the SAOII anime. (well this and SAOIM)
No, this game is the remaster of the psp game but with additional content.
Yeah. Can't say the same for the JoJo All-Star game, ugh. Playing that game after watching season 2 is disappointing.
Mendax
Member
i think it was said lots of pages back that the "infinity moment" game is part of the vita game anyway, and marketing it as 2 games is therefore (kinda) false.
Doing first hollow mission now (good times) and i'm wondering:
- does the timing of "nice" have to be very very exact or what? I nailed it twice by complimenting Phillia on a kill/epic skill finish or something like that but I can't do it again it seems
- are there any hidden items on the ground (invisible normally but obtained by interacting with things) or are they all in chests / shining markers like in other rpgs?
No, the Vita game itself is the PSP remaster. The Europe PS blog entry confused everyone into thinking it would be a separate thing exclusive to the localization, and they never went back and fixed it.
You can "Nice!" when partners use
-Support Skills
-Sword Skills (Right of DPAD)
-Stun (Stop Sword Skill!)
-Parry
-Heal
-Switch (press Down on DPAD to swap Hate vale)
and a few more.
Basically as long as they did some action, you can always "Nice!" them, but there's a cool down on the "Nice!" button (Up on DPad or bottom left of screen), so you can't spam it repeatedly.
What you can do to encourage them to do something, is to press L1 or R1, along with relevant partner command e.g "Use Sword Skill!"
Should they comply, you can go ahead and "Nice!" them for 50SP back and to raise affection/friendship points.
The game is fairly lenient with praising your partner, like about five seconds after they use their skill. There is a cooldown before you can use Good! again though
Some areas will have hidden items on the ground, similar to gathering points. These are small white flashes of light and typically are needed to gather items for quests on each floor. They have a limited number of times you can gather from them each day but I haven't had any completely vanish on me yet.
Used it as a base, did some work on it and then called it a day.
So it's still not great but a little better than the default asian translation.
Mendax
Member
alright i see, but there was also the golden "good" above their heads when you do it at a special moment right? or was that something else?
Golden Good?
You mean the orange good sign or the orange musical notes? Notes are affection points which adds towards the total friendship level.
Only golden words above their head I see is when characters level up...
or unless you are referring to the friendship conversations in town?
You mean the orange good sign or the orange musical notes? Notes are affection points which adds towards the total friendship level.
Only golden words above their head I see is when characters level up...
or unless you are referring to the friendship conversations in town?