Saw it at the used games store and couldn’t resist.
(media.kotakuinaction2.win)
You're viewing a single comment thread. View all comments, or full comment thread.
Comments (25)
sorted by:
I loved the anime and didn’t know there was a game
Ever see .hack? There's games of that too.
Still better than modern games, where you'll pay $50 for 10 gacha pulls, not even a story extension.
I didn't think they were that bad. While they didn't change from game to game it did do the whole "simulated mmo" thing pretty well. As someone at the time who had dial up internet and no chance to play an actual mmo it was pretty unique experience.
Cool! I also need to get the mangas
There're also four games before that (Hollow Fragment, Lost Song, Hollow Realization, and Fatal Bullet), plus a crossover game with Accel World.
Full disclosure, the games as a whole are generally the classic 3/5 "it's okay, only get it if you're a fan", but I've been an SAO fan since the original light novels (and, in my defense, I was younger and stupider at the time, but now I get to enjoy my trashy anime products with some well-worn, well-fitted nostalgia goggles), so I recommend checking them out if you just want more SAO-style anime silliness. Don't go into them expecting a great story, or super enticing content, or anything like that. It's pure fanservice (and with the amount of ahem DLC, it's fanservice in more or less every flavor) poured roughly into an RPG mold and allowed to cool in the blast chiller.
Well it was super cheap. I did like the anime and I plan on getting the Manga. Thanks for the heads up