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[@VileFGC]

I'd be down to join a discord for this. Raiding with a static sounds fun. Glad the game seems good this time.

[@reisenfer1]

The game is absolutely not like Fatal Bullet. Its more akin to Granblue Fantasy Relink, but with a bigger focus on raids and a less fluid/freeform combat system. I desperately hope that every character has alternative abilties that you can equip. Because as you already said in the video, the games does tend to get stale quickly. I dont really care too much about a custom charater, because similar games to it also didnt do it. However they counted that by giving the characters a big degree of customization (gameplay and visuals). So i hope this game also does it. Another gripe i have with the game is the combat. Hands down they need to let us animation cancel way more often than that. Because right now the combat feels incredibly stiff. Im not asking for dmc or bayonetta levels of fluidity, but it cant be that deliberate games like dark souls flow better with their combat than this. Also the lock on system sucks, big time. it tends to jump between enemies a lot, which can fuck up your Switch prompt if you are unlucky.

[@fatman1498]

Honestly relink combat was great that’s the sort of fluidity I need from this game!

[@justapotato9276]

a little tip about switch locked enemies by accident, you can change settings to r1+analog direction instead of just the analog. This helped me a lot to not switch around targets constantly by accident

[@DieselJT]

I enjoyed my time with the beta. And I played it on the Switch! Played great and looked great in portable mode. I was pleasantly suprised.

[@dorien_rose]

Do you need a membership?

[@DieselJT]

@@dorien_rose on the Switch u need to have nintendo switch online I believe.

[@DanielGonzalez-yf6cy]

@@dorien_rose Yes

[@gamerbeast3616]

glad somone is enjoying it most pepole in this comment section are really negative

[@DieselJT]

I think its definitely a step in the right direction for the series! I love the multi-player aspect!

[@tioalra6746]

little tip, you can swap the gungale online weapons by holding heavy attack to smaller arms, especially useful on shinon, since regular enemys are way easier to kill with an uzi

[@Bloxical]

already have 27 hours of gameplay for this game and have been loving it, I am definitely buying this and can't wait until the official launch

[@WillofGreed]

Got done playing it after 17 hours love this game so far looking forward to the future

[@mondragonmsaul308]

I’m grinding for that skull helmet and the light sabers

[@Yogo.Gaming]

Is it gonna have open world?

[@WillofGreed]

@@mondragonmsaul308 light sabers cosmetic is just leveling up kirito unless they change that in game should be the lvl 25 reward for him , i got the skull helmet today but prob gonna grind it again

[@WillofGreed]

@@Yogo.Gaming so as far as we know for base game it has boss rush (u just fight a boss), co-op Quest, where u do a missions in 2 maps, then fight a boss on the 3rd map, then free mode which is just the maps but with no lock or time limit, so u can just mess around ko stuff, explore the map etc no real OBJ more a mindless grind for loot i dont know if this one will give fat exp if u spend an hour in it XD

[@Yogo.Gaming]

@@WillofGreed I see I hope we get a open world like the anime

[@WeareCreative360]

I really like the different landscapes representing the different VR worlds of SAO, plus adding some of the monsters from the series be they from the anime or light novel. Looking forward to seeing all that comes out from this game

[@dinocharlie1]

I think the way forward with Co-op is to have rotating cosmetics drop from there similar to how Kirito got his beater cloak in the anime. It will keep people coming back but not take away from anything for the people that just want the gameplay of the boss fights. Everybody loves their FOMO cosmetics. As long as they all come back eventually and it's not a one and done forever thing, because nothing sucks more than waiting for a certain character's gear for months only to have something come up or bad rng and miss it forever.

[@StarburststreamV2]

Last recollection left a very sour taste for me. Bought the Deluxe Edition just to be greeted with 2 garbage DLCs later then they abandoned the game like trash. So yeah, I'll just wait for a huge sale and "maybe" I'll give it a try.

[@gamerbeast3616]

Trash opinions

[@therealharshlycritical]

​@@gamerbeast3616Nah, it's not. they have done that in several games at this point. He's correct

[@mortoriousgl6717]

I skipped LR I played the demo and I didn't like it. But I pre-order FD premium edition, after the playtest.

[@rmrm3485]

You are missing out. Hands down best action packed game after dragon dogma 2. So worth it. Play the beta before its over you will see. Only fown side right now its the camera when doing the boss raid. Cause you have to know when to lock in and out so you don't attack air.

[@mondragonmsaul308]

Just try the beta

[@abserd01]

They just need to make fatal bullet 2 Or i personally would love hollow realizations gameplay with a bigger end game

[@carlriggs5413]

Ngl i wish it functioned more like alicization lycoris. I know lots of people didnt like that game but personally that game was the most fun for me Regarding raids: having to level up everytime felt lame. The fights themselves were fine, but there was often too much going on for me to be able to see much. I also would like to see more boss mechanics. The co-op quests are kinda lame. The idea is good but what it turns into is the players with high mobility characters rush ahead and kill everything, and youre just left following and picking up the damage boosts and levels.

[@cherryblossom-e7n]

Lycoris is more personal. I have to give Dimps credit for being a Fatal Bullet dev they got melee down despite the numbers on the building roster

[@BoltMcScrewy]

This game looks promising and I hope it does well. I look forward to playing this game a bunch, and having a discord to go to for people that want to play this seems like a really cool idea

[@Mabayu]

The game didnt drop frames on Switch surprisingly.

[@TheScarletKing777]

I thought Kirito was really boring at the beginning too. Until I found out that if you know how to time his hold triangle he can basically combo forever and link all of his specials even in the air. Now he’s my favorite in the beta easily. Hope the updates for this game are handled better than some anime games so it doesn’t die after two weeks.

[@cherryblossom-e7n]

I didn't mention it. Starting this game was easy but not for later participants. The matchmaking needs balanced for newbies. They either got lost or fell short due to team discrepancies. It was disheartening to watch elite squads ace the boss while the new players were stretched thin across the map

[@Yuwaethomas617]

Bro I totally agree with you in that aspect with the characters and skills I would love to have a created character with the one-headed sword like Oberon casting that magic sword ring That skill looked it pretty dope can you imagine how it would look if you got your stats maxed out

[@Retrosparks]

If only we had fatal bullet 2…they just have to give it some quality of life improvements such as a 60 fps boost or fix the menus

[@Yuwaethomas617]

I just saw that Lisa is a katana use it right I like the fact that they didn't make the katana overly big like they did in other previous SAO games it looks normal The stance looks correct and it doesn't look all like scratchy every time they attack yeah I'm pretty much liking this I can't wait to play I wish I got into the beta

[@cherryblossom-e7n]

What the hell are the camera controls? Middle mouse was set to reset. It practically did nothing. The leveling notification blocked vital information to the game. The keybindings menus is only set to primary controls. (Understandable this is going to be released on switch-steamdeck) I'm going to ask they optimize for PC users. There is a lot of things missing. Why can't they disable ALT key / Windows Key by default. How many times did I alt-tab? Anyways I would love to see a better camera control for every play style.

[@DawezyDRK]

Tell ya what, V, maybe it's just me being old but I feel like I got some major franchise fatigue now. I'm lucky to boot up Fatal Bullet once every few months if that due to how much gear I got during the grinding years so I have no need to dive in - let alone how mediocre Lycoris was after I did the story once, cant really say anything from there on because that's the last gameverse title I played. I will give FD props for the visuals though since Dimps is back on board but the flying mechanics of Accel World vs SAO will always be king in my books. Only thing I been looking forward to lately is the next GGO anime starting next month, be grabbing that BD when it comes out ^_^ Not going to do any pre-ordering this time around though, not a fan of having the FB characters essentially paywalled unless I've read it wrong, hm.

[@i3eautifulmonster74]

Unfortunately they’re paywalled, I would’ve hoped more fatal bullet characters would be base roaster for rangers, but I see why they pay walled it since they’re gonna be kind of main characters in season 2

[@TheFoxYT01]

@@i3eautifulmonster74 Every character that was shown Heathcliff, Yui and Death Gun is included in the game without the dlcs The dlcs matter when the seasons come out they already showed that you get Strea as part of the DLC Worlds Beyond 1

[@WeareCreative360]

I still wish we could create our own character, or at least copy our created character from FB, put them in FD, and re-level them up starting from level 1.

[@TheMxTilley]

PSO2 NGS is the same concept but has in depth character customization

[@TwistedXZero]

I would hardly compare this to ngs

[@Kranael93]

Just fucking let me build my own character and play with the characters like in fatal bullet...

[@rail7646]

game might be good if we have deeper customization I've the feeling that these 3 skills every character has are set in stone and that would be a super big downer for me, but so far whats in the stresstest, if thats just the core of the game, it will die so lightning fast

[@justapotato9276]

yea I agree, it'll definetely get boring quick if all the characters only have 3 fixed skills. I mean sure, players will most likely stick to the best 3 skills to optimize damage in the long run, but haveing other options for fun and diversity would be nice too

[@darkshotgun209]

I agree or if we still have the fixed skills to upgrade or change them like idk make an ability do fire damage instead of water or whatever the original abilities element is

[@xKisei]

This game is just not worth 60 bucks. Looks like shit, clunky mechanics, ultra repetitive gameplay. Idk why they won’t upgrade their engine, this doesn’t look or feel like a modern game at all

[@gus051]

I got burned out pretty quick too and it’s not cause the lack of content, it’s the combat. It feels too clunky/stiff even if there’s an option to swap out abilities in the full game the light- heavy combos feel rough. I was hoping they’d copy the pso2ngs system it would’ve been perfect. Also I don’t think they’re doing themselves any favors by releasing the game right next to sparking zero.

[@Keifer--]

I feel this. Too many times as leafa would I go to do a combo and I'd completely whiff bosses or enemies. Thus forcing me to lock on and even then with poor camera controls enabled with lock on, I'd still whiff sometimes. Basic combos feel bad and there isn't much freedom with them. Plus hit boxes and some boss attacks cannot be seen. It's bad

[@gamerbeast3616]

Its not clunky or stiff lmao

[@jj4life015]

I definitely agree with your review in almost every way. Its not a fatal bullet 2, but it is a step in the right direction as an SAO game imo. I only played for a few hours, but I definitely felt like the game was starting to get repetitive by the end of my session, I hope that's just because it's a beta. I hope that they'll have a different mode where you don't have to unlock skills in battle and you just can be really strong. Maybe make it like xenoverse Quests where you can pick 1 star or 7 star bosses to fight? Your idea for Kirito is definitely what they should do, either make him fully customizable, or have a Kirito from every single series cause that would be super fun. Llenn is my favorite character so far, but if they made a ggo Kirito who plays exactly like Fatal Bullet, he'd probably be my main easily. Didn't mean for this to be a long comment, but I can definitely see my myself playing this from time to time. I wish it didn't come out a week before Sparking Zero, cause I'm way more hype for that then this. I think I'll still buy day one and would be down to join a discord and play sometimes if you do make one.

[@rmrm3485]

What? I have already seen my game play change because I ranked up. Now the starting mission is different. Ex. Now I get scorting mission before it leads to the second stage before the boss fight. 😂😂

[@jj4life015]

@rmrm3485 I have like 10 hours in the beta, I don't mind the gameplay, but I feel like now I can only play in bursts, or else it'll get stale for me

[@rmrm3485]

@@jj4life015 i get it, but its just beta . The full game will have other maps and way more quest. Not to mention only a fraction of the characters you can pick. I dont mind these grind if there is a change in the fights. Every weapon change and enhancement I saw a change in my combo effects and how many breakers we got. But not everyone likes the grind though I get it.

[@jj4life015]

@rmrm3485 yeah, I mentioned in my original message that it's probably because it's still a beta. I'm gonna get it day one and play it cause I already like it more than the past 2 sao games

[@seyconrad9757]

Really hoping for a great customization like saofb. That was by far the only game that I find fun to play across all sao series, sadly...

[@fatman1498]

No doubt I’d be down to run with ya V when this game drops I intend on making this and sparking zero my main 2 games

[@Joshyama]

I’d love to squad up with some peeps and run raids

[@gjahuych.]

anyone know how hard the raid-boss fight go ? it seem like 1 hit could deal alot of damage for a ranged character tho

[@therealharshlycritical]

I played it felt like mid blue fantasy. Ill wait for a sale. But i can see the fun in it tho

[@gamerbeast3616]

game is not mid

[@Bruzenn]

I am just trying to find out how to add people 😢

[@kennethbrown1210]

The grinding is tin the levels but the equipment tweaks and god rolls

[@SWAT_ScottyR]

Please please please check out Freedom Wars Remastered. Its made by the same devs from fatal bullet and we are finally getting a release on consoles and pc.

[@X1erra]

I like the game, but I'm waiting for a playthrough of the full game to see if it's worth buying. ESPECIALLY the online matchmaking; if it has a daily roullete or not, like FFXIV does. If there isn't, the only place people are gonna flock onto is the endgame, and that ain't good, and it gets boring fast.

[@kyonejay5073]

Burnout already? Is the network test already offering all the content that full release gonna be?

[@Yusei255]

no.

[@i3eautifulmonster74]

No it’s the same co-op map, and only 2 boss raids I can see how people are getting burnt out but it’s only the public test

[@gus051]

I get what you’re saying but I felt the same way and it’s not cause of the lack of content, it’s the combat. It gets stale pretty fast and it feels a bit clunky at times. I still fire up the last recollection demo from time to time (still waiting for a sale lol) and have fun running around the 2 starting areas pulling off combos. I pretty much had to force myself to keep playing the network test just to give it a proper chance.

[@monikaguerra]

I have only played Fatal Bullet by Sao.. I tell you this game didn't convince me much but I tried the beta just because it was a dimps game... but honestly I don't know whether to take it on day one .. (not for the money but only because I prefer to play something else) clear if it was Fatal Bullet 2 I would have taken the Premium Edition with my eyes closed... I think I'm staying to play Fatal Bullet at the moment...

[@gamerbeast3616]

I think its rearly good

[@crimsonice89]

I'll wait for a sale before buying it

[@leydong]

same, they tend to have crazy sales, so im all in on waiting and getting the premium

[@gamerbeast3616]

@@leydong probbaly will have a black friday sale

[@ProjectLv6]

Bro I just started playing today so tell me why I can get a weapon for Eugeo but can't play as him gahhhhh

[@TheFoxYT01]

He will get unlocked for everyone when the game comes out

[@justapotato9276]

pretty sure his weapons will carry over as well when the launches

[@Xasiliao]

because you keep the weapons

[@DanielMartinez-uo2vo]

How you DARe to even try out Oberon.... disgusting! LOL

[@bradleyvision7315]

2025 next gen graphics like concord? lmao

[@gamerbeast3616]

Graphics dont matter

[@Atalus7557]

OC’s ruined Sao cope

[@KingKiller]

H

[@nexusbob]

Alicization Lycoris .. is the best one ever ... and then fatal bullet ...

[@darkflamemaster3636]

NEVER... i played ALL GAMES HAVE ALL GAMES ALL REWARDS OVER 5600 hours played (All SAO Games) Fatal Bullet and realization was the 2 best games then i would say lost song and accel world Dont get me wrong i love all games but both last games was trash combat/Cool story (last game dlc trash)

[@TwistedXZero]

Yeah absolutely not Hollow Realization(the actual best game) and fatal bullet are leaps and bounds better than lycoris

[@Yusei255]

TBH it kinda sucks, another step backwards, free roam should not be tied to online only. awell i'll just wait for next year's SAO game, cos this one is a complete joke.

[@i3eautifulmonster74]

You shouldn’t give up on it yet, offline free roam could already be a feature since we don’t have it in the beta

[@Yusei255]

@@i3eautifulmonster74 it's not as the system trailer we got says free roam is a part of online, offline mode all we get is the story.

[@gamerbeast3616]

Game is not a joke LOL keep crying

[@gamerbeast3616]

@@Yusei255 they can add modes in the futre

[@TheFoxYT01]

@@Yusei255 Well the game is name Sword Art ONLINE idk what people think, there are like 6 games from Sao you can play offline with no multiplayer included, as soon as there is any multiplayer involved people start crying. It is a good decision to make it very cooperative with other players and give it a bit more competitive modes makes it more fun than roaming around alone.

[@crisscore157]

4:50 interesting, i quite like how kirito plays. But to be fair, i've never played a sao game before, so i dont have any comparisons. Just that from the roaster rn i enjoy kirito and shinon the most (and yes, there are other characters in the beta that i find boring)