The latest update on Sword Art Online: Hollow Fragment, coming to PS Vita on April 24 in Japan, offers details on the game’s area management, pseudo multiplayer, Original Sword Skill System, attack types, and dating.
To me the gameplay looks like a slow paced Phantasy Star mixed with a dating sim... It'll probably have a better story, but that's not saying much when you compare it to Phantasy Star.
Yeah, its slower paced alright, you have a sort of energy bar that dictates if you can do any sort of movements that isn't walking, and I just bumped into somebody that seems a little off, like Mia from .hack off.
Hopefully Europe gets the update and free costumes aswell @.@ Glad to see the game getting a release though would've enjoyed a physical one, though always the option of the korean version since its subbed in english.
This game is definitely a worthy alternative to .hack, and I'm actually seldomly playing it due to a lot of my time being spent on thinking of a strategy to deal with the bosses on the floors, you start the game with 3000 players, and you actually lose some when the assault on a boss comes up, and once you lose them, they are gone forever, your best bet is to do the sidequests to level the NPC's and to gift them better equipment, so most of your time will be dedicated to exploring the Hollow, a "hidden" area with strong monsters, but better loot for clearing the floors, and I wanna make it out of the game with all 3000 remaining players.
