SAO: Fractured Daydream PREVIEW - Best Game Since Fatal Bullet?

[@troyallen650]

The only game we need is a full 100 floor MMORPG set in Aincrad with full character building, raids, dungeons, a full story, MASSIVE expansions. But no one wants to take on this task

[@slash18050]

I'd even be fine if they only did the first 10 or 20 levels of Aincrad and add the rest as DLC since it'd be a MASSIVE undertaking. Heck, forgo the true story and make it a true MMORPG. Players being the crafters, frontliners, etc. Make it a legit SAO experience.

[@jeowog]

@@slash18050 i just wanted the game as just like the anime..

[@troyallen650]

@@slash18050 exactly

[@michaelsanchez7619]

I have never played any SAO games, but if this comes out, I will definitely buy it!

[@MrKfloz]

because it's impossible. that's over decades of work

[@matthewmorton6462]

I found your chanel back when you covered the early SAO games and feel the same about the sao games. This latest entry has caught my attention though so im hoping it will be good

[@Metal_Sign-Friday_Patchouli]

Same. For a new game, this vid feels like a total throwback, and I just can't wipe the smile off my face ☆

[@altina2366]

万代的游戏基本不用期待，他们新出的网游1年不到就关服了，这公司就是个老古董公司，一直在使用日本的资历制度，除了卖胶，游戏已经没救了，我之前跟他们合作过，商务会议桌上，只有部长让属下说话的时候，属下才能说话，我们这边我和我LD轮流提问我们感兴趣的话题，那边就部长一个人说，只有演示的时候让属下讲一下PPT。

[@ramoncastro4737]

Agreed. That's how I found havian's channel too lol

[@WhySoSeriousSenpai]

God the framerate look awful can’t these guys make one game with good framerate and why is it on the switch?😂 oh god

[@Metal_Sign-Friday_Patchouli]

@@WhySoSeriousSenpai I suspect the two questions are not unrelated

[@Zumaiii]

Open beta is this weekend! I look forward to playing it!

[@Shurpy]

Is it going to be on Steam?

[@jevoncallis7217]

Do you know how you can play it

[@Whazup4341]

@@Shurpy Yes it will be on steam, both the game & open beta this weekend.

[@AtlantaHoodHistorian]

⁠@@Whazup4341no console??

[@Whazup4341]

@@AtlantaHoodHistorianbeta & release will be on console as well, yeah. Just said steam in regards to the comment asking.

[@KingRoheir]

imagine if fractured daydream had a guild mechanic introduced at some point of its lifetime

[@GaryTheFsh]

that would fit an sao game so much

[@KingRoheir]

@@GaryTheFsh agreed

[@Keyshawn13]

Ever since I watched Goodnight World I want a game like that badly

[@konaqua122]

Since this is mmo, that is not much to ask. I hope you can buy bases when you own a guild and can design it (but I expect they would do this through micro transactions because devs needs to be filthy rich)

[@GaryTheFsh]

@@konaqua122 the game itself is 60$ so they better fucking not do microtransactions

[@bluuowl3325]

Looks cool, but it's a shame if there is no custom character I think SAO is the perfect setting for a custom character. Also maybe it's only me, but I hate seeing the same character twice in the game, like three Kirito's.

[@satsui2424]

i fucking hate kirito atp man😭 the games made him so fucking obnoxious

[@iorifori91]

why 3? we can have 4!! ayo!!

[@schlockz3188]

Nah I get that feeling too with multiple characters being the same. Except it only starts to become a gripe when it’s a meta unit or something. Other than that I find it funny

[@ANG3L0021]

yeah i feel they completely forgot this

[@Bos_Meong]

They can fix this if they make each hero customizable. So if I'm playing as Kirito, then Kirito is the default avatar, but then he can be customized as any appearance you want but with the same skillset and weapon as Kirito, so we are not going to face problems where there are 3 Kirito on the same party.

[@KyleFreezeAnimation]

Quite wish it had Character customization because how nice they are on previous SAO games and SAOFD has multiplayer contents

[@redhanded22]

all i want is a competent sao game set in aincrad where i play as a custom character ... i know itll never happen

[@jwallen94]

I mean... Integral factor doesn't count? Granted it's a mobile game, but still

[@imadegenerate9867]

​@josephallen1695 it's been years since I last played that game but from what I have remember, the customization options are kind of doo doo

[@jwallen94]

@@imadegenerate9867 true. And the fact it also has gacha doesn't make it better.

[@PhreshxPrinze]

Exactly!!!

[@Pvlsevfx]

i found you from an sao fatal bullet video and was subscribed since then so im glad you are back to the sao series

[@TaqSoto]

Not having a character creator is really killing my interest. Being able to create my own character is a big reason for why I ended up picking up fatal bullet. Im just not that interested in playing with the SAO characters.

[@300kyuubi]

Same here

[@mew1534]

This is exactly why I hated Halo and Wukong couldn't make my own character and had to be a monkey or a spartan vs being a grunt or a bear

[@superbuneary8819]

You guys should just make your own video games then 😂 or play MMOs or something. Having self inserts to play as just ruins narrative purposes, it only makes sense when it has heavy multiplayer elements. In this case though even though it is a multiplayer game the emphasis is to play the character and it's roster like Tekken or something like that. Having character customization defeats that purpose. You're supposed to play as the characters from SAO, also why play a SAO game if you're not interested in the Sao characters? Go play a different game. Don't buy it. Also they let you customize the characters anyway and change their outfit so that's good enough. Also for comment above mine the purpose of wukong is to know about his story and his point of view so it don't make sense you don't play as him.

[@satsui2424]

​​@@mew1534 lmao what? tf kinda character you wanna do in wukong? you wanna cac a fucking monkey? i am completely on y'alls side when it comes to sao having no cac but wtf does halo and wukong have to do with it😭

[@satsui2424]

​@@superbuneary8819dawg you do know SAO is a game about fucking mmo's. making your own character in an sao game is literally 50% of the experience lmfao it's why fatal bullet is the only actual successful sao game💀 but cope harder ig

[@Sigma993]

At first I was honestly not that interested in the game but the more I saw the better it looked. Will definitely try the beta and might pick it up if I like it. We haven't had a good SAO game in quiet a while.

[@AFarCryAway]

Not having a custom character creator does feel like a massive downgrade for me personally. I do love how the gameplay itself looks though. Might scoop it up on a sale some day.

[@donkatsu18]

Me too. I want my own character lmao

[@narzz7440]

same,. that's why i really love Fatal Bullet

[@SheHatesSoul]

Think about it, now all they need is an OC based game like this and they making BANK

[@yugi007100]

I discovered your channel through Sword Art Online Hollow Fragment and loved your SAO coverage that you did. Glad to see that you are giving this game a chance as it has a lot of potential to become great. Fatal Bullet is a blast to play, and I liked the closed beta test for Fractured Daydream. And with the Dev notes that they are addressing some of the issues testers had, I can't wait to play open beta and then the full release!

[@Yukiloop]

I really wish we could create our own characters here like in Fatal Bullet. I'll only be playing as Sinon and a certain leaked dlc character for the Fatal Bullet nostalgia.

[@Metal_Sign-Friday_Patchouli]

Yea, I wanna make a Waals lookalike...

[@SeveNStarSeveN]

who is the leaked character?

[@blisssenseripzyzz4evermiri176]

good luck, the constant change from snipe to normal view with sinon looks exhausting after a while

[@Yukiloop]

@@SeveNStarSeveN leaked character is v v v . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pitohui

[@Yukiloop]

@@blisssenseripzyzz4evermiri176 that is exactly how I played Fatal Bullet lol. Zooming in and out after every shot.

[@VerlixStone]

This honestly looks really good. It's giving me Phantasy Star Universe online vibes, which is very rare to find in 2024. This is the type of online content I wish Granblue Re:link had. If this is done right, and updated in a timely manner I could easily see myself playing this for a long while. I have never touched any of the SAO games, and have only watched the original arc and some of the gun arc, but I've always loved the world and characters. This seems like a perfect diving point to start the series. Thanks for the fantastic info and coverage as usual, Havian.

[@Zodiac862]

as you have mentioned freedom wars, we are getting a remaster of it to celebrate the 10 year anniversary of the game's release. It will be also out on PC on 10th january next year

[@HavianCritDmg]

Yeah! Looking forward to that, I loved playing it.

[@JelloFluoride]

That's sick! Freedom Wars was barely known and very unique

[@Zodiac862]

@@JelloFluoride now i'm wondering when are we getting soul sacrifice delta

[@Metal_Sign-Friday_Patchouli]

I remember -Swimsuit- Freedom Wars That game had such a cool structure I still have the dlc music tracks on my phone

[@bluuowl3325]

WHAT?????

[@frubam]

Feels like GBF Relink, trading in Relink's fluidity in animations for variety of different playstyles and more emphasis in multiplayer.

[@Tsukaani]

3:06 That doofy run animation is the goat. I hope all his animations are so over the top and ridiculous. Legit made me more interested seeing that clown run.

[@StarforceOnAir]

One thing I am absolutely hoping is they give us the option to play as the different avatars that the SAO cast used throughout the games. Didn't like Kirito's duel-wielding playstyle but absolutely enjoyed his Sword 'n' Gun combo? Make his GGO avatar playable. Liked duel-wielding but much preferred flying over being grounded? Make his ALO avatar playable too.

[@Lyconas]

That would be amazing. I want this as well

[@Wr41thgu4rd]

Sounds like a recipe for scope creep disaster to me.

[@devontetheone]

the combat looks INSANE. i loved playing the SAO games up to this one because of the feeling of being in the same world as Kazuto and them but THIS...from the mechanics alone looks very promising

[@BlackBladeSombra]

Yessir, really hyped for this one, loved the previous games too.

[@Kirochii]

I only have 1 single problem with this series: Let me make my own character. I don't wanna play the other characters in the show (lost taste for the show over the years), I do not want to reskin and rename Kirito and play his role on the story, I just want to make my own character and play alongside the other characters. Fatal Bullet is actually a game that allowed for this so if this one actually allows for the same thing then I might look at it.

[@bladex5982]

Glad to have my main sao guy back at it again

[@kingprimeKANG]

The only thing holding back this game for being the most perfect Sao game for me is not having character creation. they don't even need to have full-on character creation it can simply have a character that you can create and then copy the fighting style of already existing character you own and it's character level is the same as your player level and it's passive abilities are dependent based on the characters that you leveled up that way your incentivized to keep leveling up other characters to make the most perfect AC

[@konaqua122]

Or if custom char design like in sims 4, is hard, then just premade assets like hair and stuff and allow players to mismatch to make their own look (then later customize through micro transaction.... because why not? Devs will definitely abuse micro transactions)

[@Tihamatt]

this shit came out of no where for me, IVE NEVER BEEN HAPPIER, i get to try out the beta and i dont have the pain of waiting too long because i just found out about it now LETS GOOOO

[@NostalgicRemedy]

Same I just found out about it last night and already want to pre order

[@frostxlegendzx5798]

Havian!!! You came up on my recommend I watched you 10 years ago you made me love hollow frag . And the rest . I use to watch you all the time Curse you algorithm I love your work I’m excited to tune in again 10 years later !!!

[@Leroyfkingjenkin]

Man I miss my fatal bullet mc shame he was only mentioned in last recollection but atleast that something lol

[@Knight81234]

That Oberon run animation 😂

[@rail7646]

and I'm here with you playing most sao's and the other games you covered since you started covering hollow fragment 10 years ago

[@shadoxzz1469]

bro no fucking way, i just remembered your voice, your Intro, I watched you like 10 years ago or something hahahah wtf!!! Crazy consistent man!

[@aleta356]

omg, thanks for the video, just saw it today almost at the last day of the open beta test xD gonna play it for some hours to decide if I buy it or not

[@VanguardCommanderAC]

If the game offers the same custom character as fatal bullet then I will buy it but if it doesn't I will just wait till Freedom Wars

[@mikhaelcool7]

It's going to be Freedom Wars for me. It would be incredible if they ported Soul Sacrifice Delta too. The entire appeal of the past SAO games for me was that they felt like offline MMORPGs that I could also connect with an actual person if I wanted to. This just feels like a mobile game to me. This will also be the first one that won't have a character creator. Freedom Wars hype train for me

[@kanosukiLexe]

Found you back when you was covering hollow fragment way back when. This game has been on my radar for a good while. Good to know the folks behind fatal bullet are behind this game as well. Really excited to play thru the single player. Haven't really been into the multiplayer game

[@blabtv2883]

I'm definitely getting this 100%. The last one of these games I actually truly enjoyed was Fatal Bullet because the main character was your character and not just a version of Kirito plus the systems in Fatal Bullet was much better than any other SAO game. Just looking at this, I feel like this would be one step closer in getting a game like this where once again the main character is the character you make. Perhaps make it like Xenoverse and let your character copy a skill from whichever established SAO character how Xenoverse is with it's masters to learn from. Regardless, I'll definitely be playing the NT when it's out. Kind of wish they'd make an custom SAO game loosely based on the events of the actual SAO story like Fatal Bullet. One can dream but this one is pretty close.

[@DarkthroneGaming]

I want to see an SAO game which reflects the true Aincrad. It should an MMORPG with massive playerbase all of their target will be clearing the floors. If any guild clears any boss thn the upper floors will be open to other players but the clearers will get special rewards... SOMETHING LIKE THIS

[@norucelezia1915]

The reason why Fatal Bullet is still the best SAO game ever made is because it actually felt like you belong to a world you've always wanted to be a part of. PS: and yes, not having the wonkiest controls helped too hahaha

[@ogcipher4967]

It's really funny how we're getting SAO games and all of them look like they should have come out around 20 years ago

[@devibezshow]

This looks amazing. I’ve never hopped into SAO game wise but boy I definitely might now

[@hiroko_9779]

Man I've missed you talking about SAO! hell yeah dude

[@KairuFreestar91]

started following when you were doing coverage on one of the SAO games, i forget which one..... tbh, it's what got me to buy a whole ass ps4 and lost song back in the day haha and now im full on waiting for SAOFD and cant wait! only about 11 days before early access!

[@Zenbu711]

Dayum! Nobody gonna stop me playing Likcy licky Oberon here

[@AyoCoffeeSama]

Looks like an SAO game im going to try out. Last SAO game I played was Lost Song on the PS4/Vita. Man this is going to be interesting.

[@Onslaught73]

finally! i was so waiting for you to make a video about the game! thank you!

[@TukkyHD]

Fatal Bullet was my last fav SAO game. Played the hell out of it. Been waiting for SAO with main multiplayer as a theme.

[@CALAMlTY_]

By the way the play test is out right now guys. Like 👍 if this helped you.

[@kingzroyalzz7059]

I wished we had a sao that was like the first season where you can be anything you want

[@jhonm6347]

Looks like SAO games have finally reached the 2010's I'm sure if we give it another decade it will start to look like something made right now.

[@Channel6969X]

The game looks so cool, I’m not a SAO fan (the opposite actually) but I did play and enjoyed Fatal Bullet, so IDK, if it had character creator it would be a no brainer purchase but limiting you to only use SAO characters alienates me a little

[@AxZelAnimations30]

I've been a huge DIMPS fan because of how I've been into Sonic Battle and their Advance series. But besides that, I've also been into Freedom Wars which is getting a Remaster. And then I've also been playing almost all of the SAO games from Infinity Moment up to AWvsSAO before DIMPS took over. I'm probably only skipping the Alicization games, Integral Factor and Variant Showdown. Fatal Bullet has been with my collection of comfort games but then as you also said I want them to merge the past SAO games, and DIMPS did a great job to create a Lost Song-ish Combat and Flight System with Fatal Bullet gameplay on GGO Avatars. The Kagemitsu G4 Animations in Fatal Bullet made me want to see a Sword-Base game and here it is, combined with different gamestyles. DIMPS know their stuff.

[@XtremeSOB]

Ok this looks like so much fun. Gonna have to try it

[@macyuka]

Character customization is a must, then I'll play this. But if they really want to push these playable characters, maybe do some role inherits like that, dunno. But anyway, that's how a boss or coop should look like, a mess and chaotic. I like all the effects ❤

[@kitramika5137]

game looks really interesting from every video i've seen on it. idk if i'm gonna make a day 1 purchase, but defo picking this up on a sale if i didn't.

[@EX_OCELOT]

Dude I haven't heard your voice in 9 years! Used to watch your old PS Vita SAO videos. Nice to see your're doing well!

[@Did_No_Wrong]

The SAO games were the ones that introduced me my favorite SAO heroine Philia from the Vita release. Solid character through and through.

[@therowdygeneration]

Thanks for covering this man, it looks like it'll be alot of fun and pull me back into an SAO game after not being into them for awhile.

[@NameIsLuid]

I first stumbled across your channel when you was releasing SAO The Last Song videos as that is when I started the game series. Looking forward to what this new game brings

[@hue_squishy5253]

Somehow got that video on my recommended Page, I loved Fatal bullet and i love SAO (my first and one of my favourite anime) Your Video gave me the Motivation to look it up because after fatal Bullet the games werent fun for me anymore. Late but im starting with the Test now and subbed in hope of more content

[@silkwind7618]

Infinity Moment: The OG. Hollow Fragment: Expansion + remake of Infinity Moment. Lost Song: A Breath of Fresh Air, where movement is not restricted as an ability. Hollow Realization: A more complicated Hollow Fragment. Accel World x SAO: Basically a DLC of Lost Song. Fatal Bullet: The Best formula of a SAO game where spamming sword swings is optional and you are not Kirito. Alicization Lycolis: An even more complicated Hollow Realization. Last Recollection: Apparently, it wasn't the last. It's basically a simplified Alicization Lycoris Fractured Day Dream: Mixed Bag of previously released games.

[@topsnek1375]

This does look good but I gotta say, this game releasing so close to sparking zero is pretty unfortunate for its publicity

[@HavianCritDmg]

Yeah, seems like it's in a rough spot at the moment. Some people that played the previous games didn't even know there was a new game coming. Maybe the new Anime will give it a bit of a boost.

[@randallmart92]

Definitely getting both since im a sucker for both series 😂 ill support it as long as they dont bs it. And leave it hanging later online wise.

[@bookofzion]

@@HavianCritDmgwhat new anime?

[@ShadowKIA100]

Character customization is the primary reason I played Fatal Bullet & Hollow Realization. Without that aspect, i don't feel compelled to play, so this will be another Sao game I'll skip until I see customization again.

[@ColonelCarnage]

What a stupid reason to skip a game

[@MrTechBeam]

i absolutely love freedom wars when it came out on ps vita backthen, definetly buying this on steam, i hope they keep adding new stuff to keep us playing

[@FlorianHeart]

I really want a good SAO game. I hope this game has a fun gameplay loop

[@Lidomega]

Feels crazy watching this video after watching your hollow fragment videos on-release a decade ago. Game looks promising!

[@legacytrails5902]

The fact it doesn't have character customization is major bs

[@no-tc3mt]

i loved granblue relink and would want more games like it

[@つロつ]

I am glad KZbin recommended this video. This game looks fantastic!

[@lsfnezzy4874]

I am super interested in this game, the quality, the boss battles, the way it functions, it looks like such a fun game to play with friends

[@ark5074]

After playing the closed beta for this game I was pleasantly surprised with the combat. Assuming they can nail the launch this might be the best SAO game we’ve had since HR or FB

[@DonBrown-s6e]

My biggest concern is whether bosses be fun enough and hard considering there's 20 players. I would like plenty of bosses that will kill 20 players and not just timed out(if there's a timer)

[@Nilouhara]

Still Fatal bullet holds a special place in my heart (I want to customize my character like fatal bullet so bad)

[@radandpaisley]

Making my own character is kind of make-or-breal for me with these kind of games

[@Krumpy]

fr

[@nitromiyazaki]

I will wait for the day they finally realize the only thing players ever truly wanted was a true Aincrad experience. We don’t even need the characters. We just wanted to experience the world itself. There doesn’t need to be some overarching plot like the anime. The goal is to beat 100 floors and win. That’s pretty much all you need. Each floor can be a separate instance zone, but each zone is an open world layout. Is it a massive undertaking? Absolutely. Would it garner millions of views and the interest of thousands upon thousands of players? Undoubtedly. Just making a single massive open world floor and then updating the game with a floor every month would do wonders. The best part? You would already have a reference for a lot of the floors, and due to how Aincrad is designed, the more floors added, the less area of open world space you need to use for each floor. It would actually get EASIER to develop a floor as time goes on. The hardest part is basically game file size. In that sense, we aren’t quite there yet. Too much data. But we’re close. We’re very close to having the data capacity necessary to make such a game possible. And all the game mechanics and stuff? Just use real MMOs as a basis, and loosely take some of the anime and novel info as a template to make the UID and stuff. One day man. I wanna see it one day.

[@Daze2772]

This game looks like a lot of fun. Only issues I see is the UI is way too cluttered and no custom character creation. All around I believe this will be a great game to play.

[@juniisenpai3777]

Man, I just wish a MMO or ARPG of SAO, which you can build a char with classes of their own. But I idk

[@RiderWithTheScarf]

Man, that's one hell of an announcement; 10 years already. Given the guitars and frantic tune, I guess the first tune in this video is from Fatal Bullet? Sounds like a Dimps ost song after all.

[@HavianCritDmg]

Yeah, it's from the Fatal Bullet OST 👍

[@unskillfullymasterful]

woah , after seeing this review it sounds better than what i remember seeing . might even get it while people are still playing

[@ShofuthaBeatdown]

As soon as I saw air combos, I WILL BUY THIS ASAP OCTOBER 4TH EVERYONE!!!

[@lucasmorris6005]

I haven't played an SAO game since lost song. And i absolutely loved that game. That being said, i can't wait to play this.

[@acyned8079]

yo awesome work from the devs and the franchise can't wait for this

[@ToshiCOE]

Im already hyped!! this game has the potential to be one of my favorite games of all time!

[@K4IBUN]

Yeah, not having a character creation is a hard pass. They could've just made us copy/choose one of the main characters playtyle and customize the CaC appearence fully, like Souls Calibur does, if their issue is balancing (which is still iffy cause once people find the meta, expect 6 of the same character running around every fight). But absolutely no sense in not having character creation and customization in a game/universe set around MMO's where character creation/customization os the biggest factor. Fatal Bullet was amazing because of that. It felt like you're actually playing the same MMO as then. Hard pass unless they decide to change it, I'm afraid.

[@kanna2746]

Oh shit cross platform is HUGE Game will be alive for years solely off that

[@lazycouchman]

For the longest time I thought this was a multiplayer only online game. I just needed to know it had a singleplayer part lol It looks really fun and dimps always make fun combat.

[@mrblackscreen5558]

The open beta starts at 10pm est tomorrow & the game launches on October 1st if you preordered

[@rubsy7153]

It's a little bit Gran Blue at home

[@mmmyummymmm]

This looks amazing! I'm really sad i missed the beta. But I think its definitely worth buying after watching your video. Thanks for all the info and gameplay

[@coldseid]

this is everything I want in an MMo, give me character customisation

[@Epok97]

That mobile game where you make your own character needs a sequel or remake that you can play on pc/console but with no gacha.

[@ame9725]

The combat sistem reminds me the one from Accel World vs SAO, that i loved. The characters from Accel World had an unique combat sistem, so different from the sao one, and here i see they did something like this.

[@skullwolff9442]

ty, for letting me know about the open beta. i was thinking of buying this game, but now i can try before i buy. and i love try before you buy these days.

[@treyvonnecarter8908]

5:15 all I can think about with this boss is Kirito from SAO Abridged explaining what the Odachi is 😂

[@michaelthomas9891]

I would have pre ordered jt if it had a character like fatal bullet, the lack of that means me buying it when i see it on deal later

[@darkphoenix2004]

The games looks so awesome to play. Also I hope you can play the online mods "solo" or with just another friend or two. Anyway I hope we can see you cover the game on YT and Twitch, rly looking forward to it!

[@f.b.l.9813]

sounds like an SAO skin for Granblue Relink which for me is a good thing, I hope they make the combat smooth and fun like in Granblue Relink and Wuthering Waves because in SAO Lycoris, the combat felt stiff AF! EDIT: - is the story mode centered around Kirito or some new protagonist? - compared to SAO Hollow Realization, SAO vs Accell Word, SAO Lycoris, Grablue Relink, Genshin, Wuthering Waves, which one of those games does the combat compare the most? - is it fully open world like GTA, Genshin, Wuthering Waves? segmented "open world" like Tales of Arise? or stage based like Granblue Relink? - will there be NO gacha mechanics, like RNG stuff that limit the characters you can unlock unless you spend more? - is it a 4 character team game? like 1 player 3 AI like in most RPGs? or only human player characters similar to MMORPGs? - also, are there gonna be fanservice skins, dating modes and bed scenes like in the older SAO games? either way, it's looking like it might like be the best SAO game so far

[@HavianCritDmg]

Based on what’s been said, the story is from multiple viewpoints that eventually converge. So Kirito will still be a focus, but along with other characters. Combat is similar to Relink, but more freeform. The characters in SAOFD have unique mechanics, but their kits feel more situational and reactionary. In Relink attacks were neatly tied to a character's core mechanics, so it felt like each action had more of a deliberate purpose. The SAOFD characters still feel a lot smoother to play than other SAO games though, they’re fun. Still not sure how things are handled in the main story, but will most likely be stage based like Relink. They made a statement to say that there’s nothing like loot boxes in the game. Characters will most likely just unlock as you play, haven’t seen anything stating otherwise yet. The multiplayer mode in this game seems to be only online, not sure if single player mode will have the quest system. In single player you’ll have 3 other AI party members that you can freely switch between (4 total in team), but online it seems like it depends on the quests and matchmaking status. Empty slots get filled by AI in co-op and Raids, but Free Quests seem to be more flexible. You can be solo or in a party of 4 in that mode, with up to 20 players outside of your party just roaming the map. I need to find out if your other party members can be AI in Free Quests though. I haven’t seen any new skins yet, but I wouldn’t be surprised if there were fanservice skins. This game seems to be following the manga and anime timeline though, so unsure if the usual bed scenes will be there. But the previous game characters seem to be coming as DLC, so it could be possible.

[@f.b.l.9813]

@@HavianCritDmg thank you for the detailed answer!

[@superbuneary8819]

- Kirito is the center and he is the main focus - we don't know that yet dude the game hasnt even came out yet to get a feel of it and properly compare it to similar games. Although it does seem like it's most similar to Granblue Relink. - im pretty sure it's stage based, or tiny maps and dungeons leading to a stage. - no gacha stuff, but definitely rng mechanics when it comes to farming and grinding to make your character stronger, like Relink. - it's a 20 person cross platform PVE death match game. You get separated in 5 parties of 4 people, all of those could be other players or if there's not enough real players some of them will be controlled by NPCs. You fight with the other parties to see who gets best performance during the fight. - its a SAO game, tons of fanservice, costumes, etc. they already even have fanservice outfits for people who preordered.

[@GraveRender]

They really dropped the ball on not letting us play as our own character. Oh look there's like 5 kirito's running around with the same outfit. lol

[@zeusdevon]

WE MUST SAVE MY FAMILY!

[@k1r4exe]

Wish you can create original character like Fatal Bullets...

[@EvilKidboo]

No Character Customization ? PASS, This game ONLY shined when you had your own custom character.

[@azhawking]

A custom character that always had kiritos voice in CS? That was always annoying and defeated the point of custom characters.

[@buguawugaman]

@@azhawking CC or nothing

[@azhawking]

@buguawugaman nothing for you, then haha. It doesn't matter if a game has custom characters. In the end, everyone looks the same and is in identical equipment. So what's the point?

[@altina2366]

万代的游戏基本不用期待，他们新出的网游1年不到就关服了，这公司就是个老古董公司，一直在使用日本的资历制度，除了卖胶，游戏已经没救了，我之前跟他们合作过，商务会议桌上，只有部长让属下说话的时候，属下才能说话，我们这边我和我LD轮流提问我们感兴趣的话题，那边就部长一个人说，只有演示的时候让属下讲一下PPT。

[@FacialFiesta]

why cant we just have an open world SAO experience! ive wanted this since they made the anime, how long do we have to wait

[@Kenny22111]

Are we back in SAO Havian? i remember watching a bunch of your original SAO videos on Hollow Fragment, Lost Song and Fatal Bullet, maybe well meet in some raids if you get this game😁