Sword Art Online - Hollow Fragment (Vita)

8/12/2014 - 8:48 PM - GMT +8
By: Seth Legaspi

As a first post for my first ever blog, cause I just can't stop myself from talking about stuff, and I think my friends are , I believe I'll post about a video-game I recently played.

As the title suggest, this will be about the game, Sword Art Online - Hollow Fragment for the PS Vita. It is said to have gained decent ratings by its critics, and I can personally say that it is really amazing! Especially if you are a fan of the Sword Art Online series.

Yes you can literally create an Original Character

The game has really good fantasy-themed music, and it really fits the atmosphere when there's a change in setting. The voice-acting for the main characters, in the asian version
at least, seem to be voiced by the anime's voice cast, thus giving that immersive feel of being in the game itself.

Lisbeth in a CG cinematic.

SAO - Hollow Fragment also has a cool feature that allows one to interact with other characters within the game; ranging from thumbs up during battle sequences, which affects the party's, as well as the individual character's battle performance,  to dating-sim elements that can increase the number of in-town actions one can do with a certain character.

The new Hollow Area allows for developments that affect gameplay

Of course, the game wouldn't be complete without its new Hollow Area that introduces a new character, a new plot-line, and a different set of missions and quests, separate from the main Aincrad levels and quests.

Its current downside however, is the not very decent translation to English, which will hopefully be fixed in a future patch (patch 1.03 as of this article).

All in all, I fully recommend this game for fans of the Sword Art Online series, but for those whom are new, I suggest that they familiarize themselves with the series first, as several in-game plots and introductions may require prior knowledge due to the "Alternate Universe" aspect of the game. Players of the .hack games though, may find themselves on familiar ground as certain elements; like how certain quests are found through player interactions, are set in this game.

To Floor 100!

Nice one Asuna!

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I just discovered something amazing.

Switch!

Apparently, there's this 'Multiplayer' mode that can be utilized even if one's alone. So yes. You can form a full 5-man party and take on the Hollow Missions!

I don't know why I didn't bother trying this up until now though, but darn this just makes everything more fun!