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2014 video game

Sword Art Online: Hollow Fragment
Sword Art Online Hollow Fragment Cover Art.jpg

Japanese cover art for PlayStation Vita
Developer(s) Aquria[3]
Publisher(s) Bandai Namco Games
Producer(s) Yosuke Futami[4]
Series Sword Art Online
Platform(due south) PlayStation Vita, PlayStation 4, Microsoft Windows
Release PlayStation Vita
  • JP: April 24, 2014
  • NA: Baronial 19, 2014
  • EU: August 20, 2014
PlayStation 4
  • NA: July 28, 2015
  • EU: August four, 2015[i]
  • JP: Nov nineteen, 2015
Microsoft Windows
  • WW: August 21, 2018[two]
Genre(south) Role-playing
Fashion(s) Single-actor, multiplayer

Sword Art Online: Hollow Fragment ( ソードアート・オンライン -ホロウ・フラグメント- , Sōdo Āto Onrain -Horō Furagumento- ) is a video game for the PlayStation Vita based on the Sword Art Online light novel series. It is the second video game in the series, the get-go being Sword Art Online: Infinity Moment, the content of which is included in Hollow Fragment. The game was released in Nippon on April 24, 2014, North America on Baronial 19, 2014 and Europe and Australia on August twenty, 2014.[5]

A "Director's Cut" edition of the game titled Sword Art Online RE: Hollow Fragment was released on PlayStation iv within Northward America, Europe, Australia, and the Eye Due east in July and August 2015,[6] and was released in Nihon in November 2015.[7] This version comes with new features, including an online play mode, additional bosses, the ability to play as a female person graphic symbol, among others.[vii] [8]

Hollow Fragment was succeeded by Sword Art Online: Lost Vocal, which was released in 2015 for the PlayStation four and Vita.[vi]

Gameplay [edit]

The game has over 100 recruitable characters which can exist chosen to accompany the thespian in the game's dungeons.[9] Gameplay combines elements of a MMORPG—admitting in a faux fashion equally it is non an online game,[10] though it does include limited multiplayer via advertizing hoc for up to iv players—too as elements of a dating sim.[11]

Plot [edit]

The game takes identify in the same continuity as the prior game in the series, Sword Art Online: Infinity Moment, which exists in an alternate storyline from the Sword Fine art Online anime storyline.[12] Hollow Fragment takes identify midway through the anime start arc.[xiii] [14]

The thespian controls the main graphic symbol Kirito, who has been trapped in the titular virtual reality MMORPG where dying in the game will lead to his death in real life as well.[10] Role of the game is really a high definition recompilation of Sword Art Online: Infinity Moment, the original game in the series released for the PlayStation Portable,[15] including all content of "Floor Clearing" from the previous game[16] with the addition of new unexplored "Hollow Area" of Aincrad.[17] [18]

Development [edit]

The game was released on April 23, 2014 in Japan[19] and May 29, 2014 in Taiwan, Hong Kong, as well equally some Southeast Asian countries[twenty] with Chinese and English subtitles.[21] It had also been announced that the game would be localized into English and released Baronial 19, 2014 in Northward America[22] and August 20 in Europe and Australia. The American/European/Australian release will exist digital download only.[23] [24] The game as well received an update adding content extending the game's play time by 30 hours, including new areas, gameplay, and costumes, while likewise raising the level cap from 200 to 250.[25] [26] [27] The game likewise features costume DLC.[28]

Reception [edit]

The game sold 145,029 physical retail copies within the beginning week of release in Japan, topping the Japanese software sales charts for that week,[31] slightly outselling its predecessor, Infinity Moment, which sold 138,180 copies.[32] By July 2014, it outsold the previous game'due south total copies sold domestically,[33] which is roughly 200,000 copies,[34] and sold more 280,000 copies in Japan by December 2014.[35] The game was the top-selling digital Vita game on both the European region and North American region PlayStation Store in Baronial and September 2014,[36] [37] [38] [39] which added upward to more 450,000 copies sold worldwide[35] every bit of December 2014. Of these, approximately 90,000 copies were sold in Asia, and seventy,000 copies were sold in N America.[35]

The game received a Famitsu review score of 32/40.[forty] An import review past PlayStation Lifestyle gave the Japanese version of the game a rating of nine/ten, noting that the game provides plenty of hours' worth of content and has no obvious performance issues which affect the gameplay feel.[41] The Asian version of the game which was localized into English language and Chinese was noted by The Straits Times to incorporate various localization errors, such as grammar and spelling mistakes within the subtitled dialogue; nevertheless, the game was given a review score of 8/10.[42] The product team is said to be enlightened of the problems regarding the game's English translation and it have been stated that its sequel would be translated differently to produce a amend translation.[43]

Following its release in the west, the game received mixed reviews. Information technology has a score of 67 out of 100 on Metacritic.[29] IGN awarded it a score of five.5 out of x, maxim Sword Art Online 's splendid combat is marred by a juvenile romance organisation, a horrible translation.[44] Destructoid gave the game a rating of seven/ten, noting that the game is solid and provides a fun feel, nevertheless may lack replay value,[45] while Gaming Age gave the game a "B" score, praising the game environment and mechanics, although noting that the camera controls feel flawed.[46] PlayStation Universe awarded it a score of 5.5 out of ten, proverb "Sword Art Online: Hollow Fragment will only offering the virtually enjoyment to hardcore fans of the franchise that are willing to slog through the uninspired, tedious gameplay to become to the aplenty fan service on offer."[47] GameZone gave a rating of 8/10, praising the corporeality of content bachelor within the game.[48] Twinfinite gave the game a iv/5, criticizing the steep learning curve and the dialogue translation, while finding the combat and game blueprint to be positive,[49] while Assault of the Fanboy referred to information technology as a solid RPG experience every bit long as one can look beyond the game's minor flaws.[50] However, Hardcore Gamer rated Hollow Fragment a score of ane.5 out of 5, referring to it as a "bad game... the near debased, pandering garbage Japan has to offering... (a) rushed, broken, and imbecilic alibi for software" with "awful story, tedious combat, and inexcusable translation."[51]

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External links [edit]

  • Official website
  • Official website (in Japanese)

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Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sword_Art_Online:_Hollow_Fragment