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Sword Art Online: Hollow Fragment |OT| Now in English | #YOLO - You Only Live Online
- Thread starter Parakeetman
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Do we have a thread for Lost Song already?
Well, here goes a new video (from PS 20th anniversary).
There's a quick glimpse of the battle UI (you'll miss it if you blink), showing the same square/cross/circle/triangle menu from HF (don't remember seeing this previously). Still nothing on skill menus.
Well, here goes a new video (from PS 20th anniversary).
There's a quick glimpse of the battle UI (you'll miss it if you blink), showing the same square/cross/circle/triangle menu from HF (don't remember seeing this previously). Still nothing on skill menus.
Parakeetman
No one wants a throne you've been sitting on!
very cool thanks for posting this. really looking forward to this title. want to see what the team can do now that they are not held back by the psp code.
names2hard4you
Member
Looking great, cannot wait for next year. Parakeet, I trust you will be the one posting the OT for the game? 
Parakeetman
No one wants a throne you've been sitting on!
Looking great, cannot wait for next year. Parakeet, I trust you will be the one posting the OT for the game?
yep signed on doing it. dont think ill bother translating text this time around takes too much time.
will do the western release also most likely. need to wait for bannam to do an official announcement first. as by OT rules.
names2hard4you
Member
Good stuff, I'm getting the Asian copy with the fastest delivery on release, so I can help out with anything that you need, for example English translations or screens.
Parakeetman
No one wants a throne you've been sitting on!
yep with the claw weapon type very cool
As long as it's not Daggers. Fuck daggers.
Argo, Silica, Sinon (for a short while at least) and Philia had the same freaking weapon in SAO:HF.
Gets kind of boring after a while, especially if I'm grinding their armor stats out.
Parakeetman
No one wants a throne you've been sitting on!
cool thanks!
deanote666
Member
I read somewhere that you can switch between air and land combat at any time and target any part of the monster.
names2hard4you
Member
names2hard4you
Member
Strea and Argo look badass. Man I cannot for this game lol.
Maouvin, looks like Strea will keep her AoEs aha
Maouvin, looks like Strea will keep her AoEs aha
Hikami
Member
All is fine in the world
unless this means we can't get her in a party
"Playable" must mean "controllable as your main character", aye? I don't need to control her, just need her around destroying mobs and being cute.
names2hard4you
Member
I feel like I remember it being said that other characters would be playable aside from Kirito but we were never told if we could change them whenever we wanted. If anything we get to control certain characters for certain missions, Stream is probably just like in HF a recruitable heroine. Doesn't bother me much tbh, if given a choice I'll probably play the whole thing as Kirito anyway.
names2hard4you
Member
Double post but this one is worth it:
Second Trailer
This one is quite long and it actually shows gameplay. Skill palettes are there so my worries were put to bed, gameplay is still the same. The gameplay looked so fluid and fast that I was scared that they dialed back the combat by making it work through button presses only. Graphics look stunning, and the flying combat looks great. I'm ready for this :3
Second Trailer
This one is quite long and it actually shows gameplay. Skill palettes are there so my worries were put to bed, gameplay is still the same. The gameplay looked so fluid and fast that I was scared that they dialed back the combat by making it work through button presses only. Graphics look stunning, and the flying combat looks great. I'm ready for this :3
Parakeetman
No one wants a throne you've been sitting on!
Game really is looking fantastic and most def first thing Ill do for Philia is revert her hair color back to the original.
names2hard4you
Member
I think I'm gonna do the same lol. Idk I just don't think it suits her
Parakeetman
No one wants a throne you've been sitting on!
without the original color there is not enough color contrast with her outfit. thats what made her stand out so much in the original title i think
names2hard4you
Member
Eh good point. BTW what did you think of Argo's footage, if I remember correctly you are a big fan of hers. Looks like we get to control her after all
Also Strea:
Taken from this thread: http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=949909
Looking very forward to this game now even more so. Trailer looks great
Taken from this thread: http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=949909
Looking very forward to this game now even more so. Trailer looks great
Parakeetman
No one wants a throne you've been sitting on!
its nice that argo seems tohave a bigger role now and her own weapon style, so will be looking forward to that. wonder if the other 2 guild leaders will show up. sskuya and alisia. sakuya in particular since she has her katana.
wonder if we will get a spear user this time around since we didnt have a main one in hf
I started playing Hollow Fragment and just finished the tutorial and got full control of my character.
I got a hang of the combat and game mechanics, but there's some skill terms that i dont fully understand, most likely because of the translation. I was hoping someone can help me out and tell me what these terms/abbreviations mean
Attack Interval
Def DW
ATK DW
CD (example: effect reduces on CD)
Also, regarding sword skills, what does the attribute and percentage number in parenthesis mean? Is that an attribute that gets buffed or is that extra damage based on the attribute?
I got a hang of the combat and game mechanics, but there's some skill terms that i dont fully understand, most likely because of the translation. I was hoping someone can help me out and tell me what these terms/abbreviations mean
Attack Interval
Def DW
ATK DW
CD (example: effect reduces on CD)
Also, regarding sword skills, what does the attribute and percentage number in parenthesis mean? Is that an attribute that gets buffed or is that extra damage based on the attribute?
Parakeetman
No one wants a throne you've been sitting on!
Which sword skill in particular? Ill look it up on the JP wiki.
Think the system worked too something like damage output was also based off of a percentage of the certain stats listed, besides the base damage of weapon.
DW means down. So in otherwords you give negative status effects to your targets defense or attack. For example the 1HS skill Horizontal Square has the DEF Down effect, High Accuracy Rate, takes 30% from all stats.
L+ Numerical value = Level of effect. Such as blind for example.
Try look through here you might find some useful info. Am turning in for the night.
http://gamewise.co/games/51803/Sword-Art-Online-Hollow-Fragment
Then there is this link for a small information post here
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=125932343&postcount=2086
Useful youtube chan.
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLPlCkuqWQSYjecAKc-ReMKixLLDkGnT3p
and info on the risk system since this is very important if you or your partner dont want to wind up getting 1 shotted
names2hard4you
Member
Since characters are playable I hope we can play as Simon with her bow and arrow. That would be so cool.
I thought I saw her in the trailer using her bow as a playable character? Would have to check it again but pretty sure it was there.
names2hard4you
Member
I think she is, it'll be quite interesting playing a rogue with the skill palettes.
EDIT: English (Asia) trailer up:
http://youtu.be/b3iJmIVPvow
names2hard4you
Member
This right here was why I thought lost song wouldn't be "time skill" based anymore. Everything looks smooth, including the fights in midair.
sorry for the late reply but thanks a bunch for the useful info and helpful links. Read pretty much everything and watched most of the vids in the youtube series and it definately helped out a ton.
Im already looking forward to Lost Song lol but for now this game looks like its going to last me several weeks.
Parakeetman
No one wants a throne you've been sitting on!
no problem, glad you found the info useful and hope you enjoy the game!
The whole problem is its the very core of the combat system which made the game interesting, if the balance is broken by too much speed making it a mindless spam fest is not going to be that amusing to play in the long run. So am hoping that will not be the case.
names2hard4you
Member
I'm sure they will strike a nice balance between both elements. We'll have to wait and see I guess. If anything I'm sure they'd release a patch, just like they did with HF that addressed all those problems.
Alright, so I just started this game, and I just saw the tutorial telling me how I'm supposed to do what my partner asks me to do, like "Use a sword skill" or Stun them." But I'm not sure how to do these. Is the sword skill the square button? And is triangle (shield) the stun button?
deanote666
Member
The Ex onslaught (square by default) is stun and Parry (triangle by default) is block/stops attack.
Ex onslaught can act as a sword skill for implements but isn't a sword skill as far as your partner is concerned.
Sword skills are learned in each tier for a given weapon. The branches on those are extra skills for buffs, etc.
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names2hard4you
Member
I'll be honest with you, I put well over 150hrs into the game, and even I don't know what it does, nor did I find an answer from anyone else either. It's a mystery to everyone lol.
lol wow, thats crazy. Well at least it seems its not that important if you managed to not use it for so long.
My understanding was that it was much like in MMO macros, where you have equips that swap in and out when you cast something. Like that, if you set an AGI+20 ring on the Skill Edit, then it will essentially equip that ring when you use the skill. You have to have the equips with you and cannot leave them in storage. If you do leave them in storage, the Skill Edit will still display just like it had before, but you won't actually be getting that equips boost when you use the skill.
It is, like so much else in this game, a mechanic that you find in many many MMOs. It just allows you to maximize your equips effectiveness combined with your skills. It sounds confusing, but if you ever had a mage in an MMO ... it might sound familiar. I was immediately reminded of my Charm macros on my FFXI Beastmaster =P
thanks alot for the explanation. Unfortunately i never played an mmo before so the mechanics are new for me.
if you can, can you tell me if there are other mechanics in the game that are similar/lifted from mmo's? this skill edit seems really useful and i'd want to take advantage of other mechanics that arent really explained in-game.
deanote666
Member
I've got over 230 hours in the game. Just hit level 200 the other day but floor 110 of the concealed area glitched out, forcing me to reset so I am back down to level 198...
I noticed a damage boost when equipping certain items to skills so it is well worth the effort!
Anyone know how to avoid the glitch on floor 110 where you defeat the boss but the door doesn't open?
I noticed a damage boost when equipping certain items to skills so it is well worth the effort!
Anyone know how to avoid the glitch on floor 110 where you defeat the boss but the door doesn't open?
I would say the other similarities and aspects of the game that make it feel like an MMO-simulator to me are a little more obvious, and not AS confusing. Bursting attacks, no hits, lowering your hate, switching, all of that is a little bit better explained. So I think you are probably good with those!
Parakeetman
No one wants a throne you've been sitting on!
Another info dump about Last Song.
http://gematsu.com/2014/12/sword-art-online-lost-song-story-new-characters-basic-actions-detailed
Am pretty sure its been mentioned before "have not scrolled up in a while" but the trailer in the vid mentions Yuuki. Or at least the name she goes by in the series (絶剣, Zekken).
http://gematsu.com/2014/12/sword-art-online-lost-song-story-new-characters-basic-actions-detailed
Am pretty sure its been mentioned before "have not scrolled up in a while" but the trailer in the vid mentions Yuuki. Or at least the name she goes by in the series (絶剣, Zekken).
Hikami
Member
Yeah, I've noticed Asuna mentioning Zekken in at least 3 trailers now.. not sure what to feel (´△｀
@2:02 here as well http://youtu.be/iBRA7eaN0CU
Parakeetman
No one wants a throne you've been sitting on!
Yeah, I've noticed Asuna mentioning Zekken in at least 3 trailers now.. not sure what to feel (´△｀
@2:02 here as well http://youtu.be/iBRA7eaN0CU
Should be interesting and am sure lots of fans sent feedback asking for her to be included in the story after how she was just more of a cameo in the first one.
Parakeetman
No one wants a throne you've been sitting on!
Not too sure on that, considering what they did was insane and not usually a common thing in Japan in general.
Though hopefully this time around they will be able to fit in everything that they want as this time they are able to do everything from scratch, instead of having the project broken up into reworking the old with the new. (PSP to PSV) content wise.
While other small adjustments and such will be expected am not too sure I would hold my breath on them doing another insanely huge content update like with Hollow Fragment.
We will have to most def wait and see of course, but from a business standpoint am sure that costed them a lot with the post dev costs after the game was released for that content. Though thanks to it, the game still has kept its fairly high price tag which is a good sign for title sales in general so to speak.
That and the title still is spoken of highly due to the depth with the combat system.
Truthfully I didnt like how the game was made easier, since it just allows for more spamming and less thought. Takes away the tension of knowing when to pop off moves and time them correctly with the animations.
But to get more sales to lesser skilled users am not surprised that they decided to make these fixes.
deanote666
Member
PSN added the feature to show the percentage of the people that played the game that earned trophies for the game.
Only 4% finished the IM story line and 5% finished the HF story...
Let's hope most aren't syncing their trophies!
I got the platinum on Jan 1st! Part of the 0.1%
Only 4% finished the IM story line and 5% finished the HF story...
Let's hope most aren't syncing their trophies!
I got the platinum on Jan 1st! Part of the 0.1%