SAO: Fractured Daydream Update Roadmap - New Characters & Raids

[@Pilot_Warden]

Havian on SAO news? What a blast from the past.

[@mondragonmsaul308]

Man I miss lost song reminds me of those days

[@WeareCreative360]

i'm really liking how they're having the landscapes from Ordinal Scale, ALO, FB, Alicization, and what seems to be a revision of the landscapes from Hollow Realization. it really is gonna make this game extra fun.

[@syggbaconfist8911]

Fatal Bullet 2 would have me for a deluxe/collectors edition I want my character

[@Cibbic]

Will always love Fatal Bullet because you were your own character

[@SirStrikeFreedom]

True but we were a simple tool as well with no character or personality. Basically a yes man for other characters.

[@shirayukinobunaga9424]

Fatal bullet is acutally my favorite SAO game out there

[@kimoota-kun]

@@SirStrikeFreedom That was my biggest gripe for me in Fatal Bullet playing through the Story Mode and just in general with the interactions with the characters feeling so artificial and forced.

[@DarthJynx115]

Doesn’t matter when your own character doesn’t speak the language you speak. Having my created character not speak English was really annoying and it drew me out of the game. It made me skip the dialogue because there just wasn’t a point

[@SirStrikeFreedom]

@@DarthJynx115 okay that's just nitpicking. Don't play JRPGs if you aren't prepared to hear some manner of Japanese. Most JRPGs these days only have Japanese as a VA option to save costs for localization.

[@001carnage]

I'd like the Lost Song characters like Sumeragi, Rain, and Seven, also Black Lotus would be sick

[@fearfang2001]

@001carnage I know that you mean specifically the Lost Song version Black Lotus (mixture of her and her avatar) but if we straight up get Accel World characters I WILL DIE!

[@jeremywells3864]

Correct me if I’m wrong please but black lotus in lost song was the dual wielder chick who was the secret fight at the end of the game right

[@001carnage]

@@jeremywells3864 I believe her and rain are both secret characters but both are dual wielders lol

[@xmixraven8633]

Great to see you covering it, nostalgic for sure, I hope the network test is as promising as it seems!

[@darkblood7614]

the wait gets harder the closer we get to release, nice update

[@burksweitzer5687]

WE GETTING HYPED WITH THAT CO-OP FOCUS WOOOOOO!!! I LOVE PLAYING WITH MY FRIENDS!!

[@ArtSawce]

What friends?

[@burksweitzer5687]

@@ArtSawce the ones I force to play this game with me when it releases

[@bananachips5694]

I don't have friends but I'm excited with playing with random people 🤣

[@kitramika5137]

this takes me back to your early sao gameverse days lol

[@yugi007100]

Thx for the update. Its nice that they are showing a roadmap, and I hope they show the shop before release.

[@jrtime228]

If they are adding strea, THEY BETTER ADD PHILIA TOO

[@phillipfrias7369]

YES

[@harrymillar4193]

Philia is my favourite, but Strea is the most popular because of her design and concept

[@jgkitarel]

@@harrymillar4193 Well, that and how she is portrayed, but yeah, her design has some real draws to her popularity. Two big ones, lol.

[@harrymillar4193]

@@jgkitarel Yeah… that’s basically what I said - her character and appearence

[@MrTechBeam]

this is so nostalgic!, ive been watching you since Hollow fragment. just like you, this game relit my interest for sao games again. i hope they nailed it!

[@chemmystery5217]

I’ve been loving the open network test. Way more excited for this game than I have been any of their previous offerings.

[@edboi2154]

I’ll play when Strea comes out prolly. Grown to love her since Hollow Fragment, dear god she was a hard carry partner. Still would like a Fatal Bullet 2 but Freedom Wars remaster should keep me over.

[@n0nchalant39]

Wait, what? How could I haven't heard about Freedom Wars Remastered until you mentioned it?

[@SirePuns]

It’s nice to see that the game characters are also gonna be featured. Hopefully that means we’re also getting Rain.

[@shinobimanexe]

Havian! This is so hype!!! I missed your game detail videos!

[@taigaaisaka6305]

Tried it on a whim with friends, went into it expecting basically nothing since non of use knew the game even existed until we saw it randomly on Steam. We were all pleasantly surprised, putting 4 hours into it without even noticing. Definitely getting it. It kinda feels like Relink to me, which is good. Also glad to see the devs already have a roadmap and have plans to support the game and keep players engaged. Relink was great, but it fell off extremely hard after the first month because they devs had 0 things planned for it after the first 2 patches and the end-game was almost non existent (just kill the same boss dozens of times while praying to get the weapon you wanted).

[@f.b.l.9813]

it kinda feels like Relink but nowhere near as good, SAO game's combat either feels floaty or stiff, they can never get the feel right, Relink's combat was smooth and fluid, in SAO, the movement feels clunky and the lack of animation cancel with dash makes it feel even stiffer. even Genshin impact, a free to play mobile game has smoother combat than this, which is a shame since i like SAO and wanted to play a new SAO game.

[@shywoomy0003]

Relink and this game are some what the same it's gonna peak fs put 17 hours into the beta

[@ChrisFromNY]

@@f.b.l.9813 It was still fun though and that's all that matters. Not every games needs to be GOTY or better than the last game to have a good time. I'd love if this game had the same level of quality as Relink, but that's not gonna happen.

[@f.b.l.9813]

@@ChrisFromNY glad you're enjoying it then

[@bananachips5694]

gonna play this while waiting for GB4 DLC 😍

[@Glitterkrieger]

All i wanted was a new hollow realization like title. I hate that this game is online focused so damn much that i dont even know what the single player even looks like.

[@8Palmy8]

I want to play as Sinon in the costume of Solus, goddess of sun ☀️

[@mythyctaco]

God I'm not a multiplayer person at all but... I might do it.

[@Vxerses]

Facts 💯💯💯

[@JDubG]

I like the seasons and hopefully they keep them coming. We need content, content, content!!

[@mew1534]

Best Sao game yet! I don't think it's possible to develop a better Sao game then this.

[@Nemuito]

It's not sao without Havian. It's nice to see you back!

[@mondragonmsaul308]

Playing the beta rn on my switch it’s pretty fun and seems to be leaning what I’ve been wanting from an sao game action oriented jmmorpg it is feeling like it just hope the zones/areas have verity and different enemy classes and not just elemental changes I am gonna buy it for my ps5 tho I don’t see many people buying it for switch unless it’s crossplay but i doubt it only thing is it sucks that it’s coming out in October I’d say wait till December but it’s already set for the 5th reason being sparking zero is on the 11th and bo6 on the 25th

[@Primo1her]

to my knowledge it has crossplay

[@sadekOBE]

Literally the first thing the game tells you when you open it is that it’s cross play 😂

[@mondragonmsaul308]

@@sadekOBE naw I don’t read my guy

[@mondragonmsaul308]

@@sadekOBE also played on ps5 with my buddy on pc he initially has server issues it’s still a blast

[@sadekOBE]

@@mondragonmsaul308 haha yeah I get it in a game like this. Jump straight into the action.

[@zero328]

Let's celebrate the SAO game universe 10th anniversary by locking the game universe characters behind a paid wall? 😢

[@maffapog]

Wish they just made this CaC and let you change classes/level them up as you play

[@Methrael]

Holy crap I haven't heard that specific line in years. Great to see you again, Havian. Sadly I don't see Philia in the new game...?

[@Zumaiii]

Seeing "Paid Store" in that roadmap leads me to believe that we will be seeing microtransactions in the game, which has me worried about battle passes and cosmetics having a "Pay To Win" or "Pay To Obtain" mechanic. If that is not the case at all then great, but we can only hope that DIMPS is not money hungry like all of these other triple A game companies.

[@TrueAce2146]

Considering that in the official trailer they mentioned that certained costumes will give you access to different skills and ultimates that could be the case that the best ones will be pay to win

[@hectornieves537]

DIMPS is 100% money hungry. They tripled the recently released Xenoverse 2 DLC and recently added another premium currency ON TOP OF the already existing one.

[@kingsleyking8287]

Like multiplayer game might be worth a try

[@HeroineNisa]

The game is quite fun indeed but I feel like 60€ is asking a bit too much. Will wait on sale or until we have confirmation of all the content it has.

[@LisztGaming]

Tried the network test over the weekend, it was pretty fun for the mere 5hours that i played. However, the game has significant problems in its core gameplay system. Skills have generally poor feedback, atks dont feel rewarding, skill animations are just mediocre by current game standards. During the playtest, there are only 20man raids in which you start off in a zone in a party of 4. Players would proceed to clear some mobs and objectives in a rather linear path then unlock a portal which brings you to the boss room. The boss fight resembles a lot like blue protocol's boss fight for people who have tried out BP. The layout of zones are rather generic and boring, graphics of this SAO game arent even comparable to that of blue protocol. I have about 100hrs in SAO fatal bullet but fatal bullet was ahead of its time and also it had unique gameplay experience back when it was released. This game just gives me vibes of a blue protocol reskin with SAO characters and 20 man raid bosses feel like low skill, generic loot pinatas. By current game standards, i think this game is more suitable for SAO/anime fans, the boss fights had a lack of depth and 20man raids would undoubtedly just lead to matchmaking problems once the hype dies after the game's initial release. I sincerely hope that this game would have more to offer upon release but we'll have to see when oct comes.

[@gurico2026]

can we talk about how the game is releasing its first dlc 2 weeks after launch? isnt that a bit early to not be included in the base game?

[@TrueAce2146]

Literally tbh i feel like all the caharacters should be in the base game because the bade game roster is still pretty small for all they could have added

[@KouD3Graw]

Loving the game so far. So fun.

[@Natervader13]

Glad to see you're back at it but man hearing the new game's going to be a season pass microtransaction etc etc deal like everything else just makes me lose the little enthusiasm I have for the game. I'm interested to see how it pans out, at least base game wise but I'm not looking for a grindfest, just a solid RPG of sorts I guess. Time will tell I guess.

[@Ribbonzarkuraspear]

And Todaaaaay

[@PrincessBeeRelink]

and today!

[@sokikingxiv4695]

will this game be live service or it will end up like grandblue fantasy relink after few updates then its done

[@deus_ex_machina13]

I really hope we get Dorothy as a character. Might not be a fan favourite but I like her

[@johnnyzuu6533]

Bis jetzt top nur 2 Sachen stören mich ( hab die Beta gespielt und vorbestellt ) 1. Punkte man muss in jeder Gruppe (raid usw. Verschieden Charakter wählen) Aber in Gruppe a und b und c usw. Können mehrer kiritos oder so sein aber nicht in der selben Gruppe ! Und der zweite Punkt was passiert wenn zu viele Spieler abspringen und es kaum noch Leute online sind für Raids ? Npcs? Davon wurde bis jetzt nix erwähnt!.

[@macyuka]

I wish they'll add koharu and mito 🤞🏼

[@brandon7158]

Strea ❤️

[@Delta-lu5kf]

Oof, I don't like that all additional new characters and gear drops will seemingly be paid DLC Hopefully these 'seasons' will have trials for the characters. And on top of that, I hope characters are either individually cheap or come in a Smash Bros esque pass with multiple characters

[@Primo1her]

where did u see that gear drop will be paid dlc? and a char as dlc is normal and who know maybe it like Granblue where we still can unlock them with tone of ingame currency

[@fatman1498]

Perfect that it’s moving away from single player oriented stuff it’s better more online focused. Relink did it and it worked SAO is going to pass with flying colors these are characters we love. Don’t get me wrong I’m going to miss creating my placeholder for Kirito(custom character) but this is for the best plus they allow for personalization folks. I hope they don’t do what Cygames did and quit with a formula like this that could work for years to come

[@Rulutieh]

Any idea what the Worlds Beyond DLCs are? Besides the included characters, or is that all it is?

[@MrTechBeam]

looks amazing, problem is, i have 0 friends

[@Robert-ortega714]

Wish all modes can be played solo with ai and not relied on internet connection like the old games. Hopeful gonna be patched in the future

[@minusalter]

The base game is already 60$ and new characters are also paid dlc. Idk about the price tbh

[@stephenmandel3469]

welcome to modern gaming, get used to it.

[@Primo1her]

its pretty normal i mean look at the new dragonball game 70€ base game and tehn dlc chars so yeah its pretty normal in this time or the last 4 years XD

[@furen4962]

​@@stephenmandel3469 bullshit, many games don't do this. It's just scummy

[@wasdf999]

@@furen4962 what can i say, if you don't think it's worth your money don't buy it. if you think that's scummy, okay

[@f.b.l.9813]

$60 + DLC has always been the norm for decades, people have just gotten used to "free to play" games with paywalls, tons of RNG and where you can spend $10,000 and still not get everything.

[@agikai_]

Just tried out the beta. Was hoping for combat to be smooth like Granblue Fantasy Relink or Tales of Arise. Kinda disappointed, hopefully the game will get better after some time.

[@Primo1her]

i was teh saem at first but when u get the curve its get smooth and some chars are just clunky but i notice some server problem with some delays maybe thats the reason idk

[@f.b.l.9813]

yeah, the combat is nowhere near as smooth as Relink or even Arise.

[@Eagle7isback]

I can play administrator ... its all good :D

[@fearfang2001]

YES STREA! MY GIRL!

[@JoshuaPAMployee]

I was excited but the Beta Test killed it. Story is probably going to be a one and done and the gameplay was not fun at all for me compared to LOST SONG and FATAL BULLET. It's way too online focused! If reviews come out and are "Offline has all the online content but made with soloers in mind" then my bad I'll go buy it now but until then pass. What was my final nail was a team CANNOT HAVE REPEATS! This means with randos it's a race to select your favorite! By race I mean connection and loading speeds because you are set first on your favorite by default. I was so excited for this as well 😢

[@cloudstrifeffviiacc]

I hope the Game Add with Season this Charachter Kureha Rain Seven Dorothy Eydis Tia Premiere Medina Sumeragi Philia Mito Zeliska Bercouli Fanatio Deusolbert Scheta Renly Linel/Fizel Eldrie

[@EvilKidboo]

This is another L for me, and for SAO fan, true fans, if there is No custom character's for the game, then their isn't really any reason to play it at all, because the anime and game work so perfectly with custom character's it just makes the game more enjoyable, being able to work with the main character's. Plus all this more Paid DLC's and game passes, demanding extra money, No this is a HARD pass for me, HARD pass. If a majority of the upcoming content becomes free, then I would be INTERESTED, at best, but other then that, No I'm pretty much done with SAO. Great video though man, your great at making content. thank you.

[@silent1823]

$100 for 3 day early access? thats so scummy of them!

[@NatoRadeX]

Hollow Realization remake when?

[@bloodgodalucard4769]

I think the game is looking pretty cool. But it always concerns me when they put a cash shop in a buy to play game. Hopefully it's just cosmetics and nothing pay 2 win.

[@Primo1her]

i mean it is pay for dlc chars idk what u understand under p2w but i dont think this will happend u most likely get some customes and dlc chars in the shop

[@bloodgodalucard4769]

​@Primo1her The characters are separate DLC and included in the Season Pass. Cash shops usually contain other stuff like skins. But they can also contain early unlocks, leveling boosts, skips, op weapons, upgrade materials, etc. They said no lootboxes. So no random gambling on gacha. But they could still put weapon packs or other scummy stuff in the cash shop to destroy the game balance and make it pay for power or faster progression. Which would suck.

[@Buckship]

​@@Primo1herAnd costumes with special skills so it can be pretty pay to win if they want to

[@Primo1her]

@@Buckship ok i jsut pick it up with Sepcial skill effects soo yeah maybe mb but in the end we will see

[@Primo1her]

@@bloodgodalucard4769 ngl i dont mind if u still get these weapons or other stuff for free with just more grind so i dont mind... and its not pvp as far as i know so i dont care if someone using it more dmg against the boss lul but yeah true mb but GranBlue Versus has a ingame shop too where u can buy the dlc chars so its not too far

[@rainyame7441]

This feels nostalgic

[@lucasarouca2844]

I hope we get Eydis in this game

[@rail7646]

interesting, so do you think that joker dress in the most expensive edition is one of those p2w costumes that inherit skills?

[@BerkcanCillov]

Is this game has SSC system? I miss it so much :( Since Hollow Realization, I'm waiting for a full SSC based game with hundereds of buffs. It was a great system, I wonder why they abonden it

[@boebie5052]

How do i play yhe open network test? Is it already closed?

[@egoro8905]

Ya this game will struggle being in its.current.format given how niche it is.

[@shinkutenshi2733]

Just another sao game that well be the same were there well be 1 to 3 characters that well carry the game and almost never change and the online with others players be getting down cuz they just not read their equipment how sad

[@cy4n_knight_q8]

Game is fun but... unfortunately not going to buy it on launch just because of the DLCs.. bandai has been getting greedy recently so I have lost my trust with them. I'll wait when the game is $20

[@Sayon1337]

How to get open beta access? Can't find it on steam. Edit: Nvm I was blind, there a request access on front page.

[@ahikarii]

snow white moment fr ngl

[@Riceisgood777]

They need to improve the combat it feels so janky...

[@PhreshxPrinze]

Perfect game but I can’t create a custom character??? I have to be kiroto (whatever his unimportant name is) again?!!? For the millionth time? This game was in my cart until I discovered this…

[@araixu]

It already bruh moment with Exclusive DLC and online focusing ,seem they are not learning from their failure and try hard to be service game with anime franchise ? SAO dev are amazing and they make a great game but oh my god they focus too much on unnecessary stuff .Just make it become Elden Ring Anime game and update every DLC .It not that hard .

[@SpedeFace]

Some ONT impressions: Looks very dated, guns are really underwhelming + low range, Lock on system is garbage, Loot system is confusing and unsatisfying, camera is really clunky, bosses and mobs are really hard to see through all the effects, areas were just done lazily. Now I wish there would be some positives, but fatal bullet with all it's flaws was way more enjoyable, this is just very bland. Live service doesn't make sense, when asking for 60$ + SAO games age like milk.

[@VZous]

strea is A HUGE W

[@mystic865]

Do I need to know previous games to enjoy this and understand story?

[@crazylazylee892]

Honestly just make the mmo already like destiny it would make so much money

[@jbrezzy5925]

how do rewards work does every get the same drops from boss? do i have to pick up the rewards first? also how are ppl facing the skull reaper. Finally do i have to score really well to get those rare appearances drops in beta

[@ChrisFromNY]

Everybody gets drops. Not sure if performing better gives you better rewards, but you do need to meet certain score thresholds to get more rewards.. I've never went below an A which is right below an S. The appearance drops are rare.. anybody can get it, but it's going to take awhile.

[@DragonslayerRX]

Do you guys think we can unlock more active skills?

[@arkxeon888]

is there naked Quinella outfit ? lol

[@Syenthros]

No character creation just makes this a "no" from me. I just can't do online RPGs where I have to play an existing character.

[@mpo48]

but can you play the online modes solo too? if not the game will eventually be empty and worthless if it doesn't have bots.

[@WorlBoss]

You know that you sound like Castillo 1st Brev 😂

[@dompryor]

I would like to confirm a Fanta lite please brev

[@WorlBoss]

@@dompryor 😂😂😂 hilarious 🫡

[@commonskoomaenjoyer]

Great, more live service slop geared towards monetization over gameplay

[@TheBlkshadow123]

server issues so far but i have faith

[@Hecomut]

I'm not sure if focusing so heavily on online play is a good idea for a SAO game. I don’t think the community is large enough to keep the online mode active for long. I think that for these niched games where online play is important, it should be integrated in the single player mode as an optional way to play. Just look at Granblue Fantasy: Relink. Thankfully, most of the content is easily playable in single-player because the online community has been pretty much dead for months. In this case, though, it seems like the online mode is the core part of the game, which makes me skeptical about whether this game will still be worth buying in a few months.

[@brykage044]

Can we do Raids offline solo? With NPC ally in raids

[@Sigma993]

I wonder, is it possible to play MP entirely without players, aka solo or is a certain amount of players needed to even get into a game? They've been really quiet about the actual singleplayer mode, just hope there is enough for players that don't wanna necessarily play with other players all the time.

[@angelduenas746]

I know they said if enough players aren't found during matchmaking they will fill with Bots so maybe theres bots only , but probably low chance

[@Sigma993]

@@angelduenas746 Yeah I noticed in the beta. Guess they could add Private lobbies though.

[@omarali-qu5qj]

Why we can’t create our own characters

[@carlos82067]

I have not been playing SAO for so long cause how the story os way confusing

[@mariohurtado8435]

I'm ready for the open beta who has it installed?

[@Zenbu711]

no way! oberon with kirito sao1 attire ahhaha

[@Joshyama]

Is there free roam with coop

[@DxDAkenoYT]

Yes

[@CamperCarl00]

Are there any microtransactions outside of the DLC?

[@Buckship]

Yes in the ingame shop

[@Cookiekyu]

I hope there's endgame for non co-op players lmao

[@FlyingSheepyOo]

Kinda losing hope here. Its a fullfledged servicegame isnt it? The gameplay looks slick and I was hoping for a grindy hr Single Player experience but at this point i think its best to resign this thought and simply reinstall hollow realization 😅

[@f.b.l.9813]

seeing as most people in the comments section are demanding for more online live service crap, a full single player RPG is looking less and less likely in future SAO games.

[@andreaslaursen5965]

the beta test is still under maintenance so when can i expect it to be done so i can try it

[@danjohnson2484]

7pm Pacific time

[@andreaslaursen5965]

@@danjohnson2484 the game has a prob with letting anyone play it

[@Nilouhara]

Still no character creation?

[@shywoomy0003]

I don't understand the complaining people upset about a game called sword art online being online 💀💀💀

[@abraxas6783]

Hey Havian free updates in an sao game hmm maybe they are starting to care again

[@wikidiki]

why am i only now hearing about this game? why is bandai's marketing so bad?

[@justinserrano4506]

I don’t mind that it’s online… couple things kill it for me no character creation. I don’t wanna play the characters. I wanna play my character in the world with those characters. Secondly, based off of the last couple of games, the gameplay always felt stiff. It didn’t feel very free-flowing so I’m afraid if that’s what this feels like it’s not gonna be very fun for me.

[@LightOfSkyFalling]

The fact that you cant have multiple same characters while co op is so dumb... Relink did it right. And no character creation? Cmon 🤦🏻‍♂️

[@itstyy8332]

will this game ever be free?