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Sword Art Online Re: Hollow Fragment
Sword Art Online Re: Hollow Fragment is a Japanese role-playing game based on the Sword Art Online light novel franchise and a "Director's Cut" version of Sword Art Online: Hollow Fragment. It comes with new features, including an online play mode, additional bosses, the ability to play as a female character, among others.
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- Released
- July 27, 2015
- Developer
- Aquria
- Genres
- Role-playing (RPG)
- Publisher
- Bandai Namco Entertainment
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Sword Art Online Re: Hollow Fragment Reviews
Professional reviews from gaming critics
Originally an exclusive for the Vita before being ported to the PlayStation 4, Sword Art Online Re: Hollow Fragment boasts a visual retouch and a translation
Sword Art Online: Re: Hollow Fragment is a better game than its Vita predecessor. The team has included the DLC content, improved the quality of the graphics and listened to fan feedback and taken notable strides towards bettering the game’s translation. The game itself isn’t an especially memorable one, but for fans of the anime, this version at least does them justice.
Based on the animated series and its manga, Sword Art Online Re: Hollow Fragment moves from its PlayStation Vita origins to the PlayStation 4 console. I often walk into handheld ports with a sceptical outlook, given that generally speaking I feel that handheld ports often don’t translate well because they are dynamically built to perform well on a handheld machine as opposed to a console. This game would definitely benefit from some further polish, but I found a fairly addictive adventure game beneath its imperfections.
In an age where we have Project Morpheus lurking right around the corner, Sword Art Online, the popular Japanese anime about gamers entering a virtual gaming world, has resonated with many viewers – especially the gaming crowd. Sword Art Online: Hollow Fragment makes its way onto the PlayStation Vita in the form of a third-person action role-playing game that attempts to create a world as vibrant and alive as its television counterpart. But with a premise already so appealing to gamers, has it made the transition to Sony’s handheld with success?
While Sword Art Online Re: Hollow Fragment is an enjoyable budget release that offers hours of anime adventuring, it’s tainted by inexplicable performance issues that simply shouldn’t have made it to the PS4 edition of the game. If you can look past them, and enjoy anime-flavoured RPG’s with an interesting setting, then SAO Re: Hollow Fragment may just be for you, though fans of the TV series will certainly get the most fun out of it.
Sword Art Online: Hollow Fragment is an RPG with a two-fold story. The first part is a modified version of the first game, Infinity Moment, while the second part is the new Hollow Area chapter.
“Hey, about Kirito’s words about the movements during battle,” began the lanky swordsman Klein. “I think that easier for you to fight if I do the support.” I had two possible replies: “So what it is now is better,” and “Right, that’s a great help.” I chose the latter response, to which Klein replied, “It’s impossible now, but I’ll take care of supporting.” Well, ok then.
A game largely ingrained in its source material, Sword Art Online Re: Hollow Fragment features a strong combat system and a ton of content at a bargain price, but the perplexing character creator and other flaws may ruin it for those that are not already fans of the franchise.
Misery Business Sword Art Online is an anime series that has quite the large fan following. Considering it's an anime about massive-multiplayer role playing games, you'd think that an actual RPG released for the series would be an easy sell,...