Playing it as a non SAO fan?

[⛤]

So, I really dislike Sao and everything about it BUT this game looks really fun; especially since I have a guilty pleasure for this type of game. Now, do I have to endure Kirito and his harem here? Is he constantly in my face? Is the story similar to the anime?

[Petrothian]

/assume not a troll.

not really, you can always skip the cut scenes with him in it. the game makes fun of kirito too.

you don't have to use him. and no, the story is a side story. happens sometimes after Alicization (?)

This game is more about you and your waifu (well, the AI).

Edit: and your childhood friend too.

[Livia]

I mean you will not see kirito that often in this game, since you are the main character.

I guarantee you will dislike this game after you buy it.

My feeling about this game is:
1. The combat is very not pleasant.
2. The story is okay.
3. Complicated menu system and might grind.
for example: in the game it will not show you where to find those materials.

Well if you are a casual player like me, you might like this.
But remember combat is not very nice, at some point you might even asking yourself why you bought this.

[Hydremajor117]

Okay so

I dislike SAO I'll say that right now, and frankly this game's pretty decent

its got its strong points as a looter shooter

but its weak story brings it back down...

if you treat this as a mindless grinding game where you just turn your brain off, put on some music of your choice and just getting in some farming done feels pretty cozy...

[Shayla]

I have limited knowledge of the anime but from what i saw of it, i didnt like. TBH, i only bought it because it was a nice looking create a waifu shooting game. Turned out it was surprisingly competent. It's not anything that'll blow your ass off, but its cool for what it is.

Also, not a ton of Kirito, so youre fine there. I'd say shop around and see if you can get it on sale for cheap, or wait until it's on sale on Steam so you can refund it if it isnt your jam.

[⛤]

Originally posted by THEE Quentin Blackk:

I have limited knowledge of the anime but from what i saw of it, i didnt like. TBH, i only bought it because it was a nice looking create a waifu shooting game. Turned out it was surprisingly competent. It's not anything that'll blow your ass off, but its cool for what it is.

Also, not a ton of Kirito, so youre fine there. I'd say shop around and see if you can get it on sale for cheap, or wait until it's on sale on Steam so you can refund it if it isnt your jam.

It is in a nice bundle at Humble Bundle right now and even cheaper on other stores cause of the Humble Bundle sale right now, so I was thinking about it. Guess I'll be buying it later then.

[Yuma]

Originally posted by Sakamoto:

the game made me discover the alternate story with LLENN that I enjoyed way more than any SAO season till now (night and day)...

I actually found LLENN, Fukaziroh, M, and Pitohui through the GGO anime.
The one that's separate from SAO entirely besides a few references, which are mostly toward
this game. When I played this I was waiting on the edge of my seat until they made a appearance!

[it's a gabe]

I also don't like SAO. I enjoyed the first half of the first season and the concept around the whole story, but as it developed I just couldn't stand any of those characters anymore. SAO2 was even worse for me and getting into the games was kind of a challenge.

First of all, the games are awfully written. They're nothing but harem fan fiction (even Fatal Bullet with its focus on very poor character development, laughably bad written dialogue). Even the core of the stories is terrible and getting to the meat of the bone is unbearable cuz you gotta endure unnecessary banter (cuz again, it's a harem fan fiction). Tbh, the GGO arch of the anime is much better than the story the game tries to tell, which is saying a lot since the GGO arch had its problems.

So, as someone who also doesn't like SAO but loves the ♥♥♥♥ out of Fatal Bullet, I'd just recommend to skip every cutscene you can. Unlike Hollow Realization, you can hit start and skip cutscenes entirely (except for the sleepover, which you gotta rush by mashing A or B on the controller). If you didn't care about these characters before, this game will do nothing to change your mind.

As far as gameplay goes, Fatal Bullet is actually a pretty decent looting RPG with shooting mechanics. Controls aren't as responsive as they should be at times (for example, after using a skill you HAVE to wait until its animation is fully finished to use another skill or do anything else that's not walking), but once you learn when animations end and adapt to use skills and do other actions when you won't be swarmed by attacks mid-animation, it's actually quite fun.

I'd compare the gameplay loop to The Division, actually (maybe a controversial stance, but there you go). Having played nearly 200h of both FB and TD1 (and currently playing the sequel), I find the two to be similar in some ways. Ofc, The Division is much more polished cuz Bandai doesn't put too much effort into SAO games.

Anyway, I digress. Yeah, you can find enjoyment in this game even though you don't like SAO. If I can do it and I can't stand these characters, then anyone else can.

If you think you'de enjoy an offline MMO (cuz FB doesn't simulate an MMO all that well), Hollow Realization might be perfect as well. Problem there is that you can't skip any cutscenes (gotta smash the buttons instead) and gameplay is actually worse than FB's but not so bad that the game is terrible or anything. Both are deeply flawed but they can be enjoyable if you're able to get over some of those flaws.

[Yuma]

Originally posted by Tlieh:

Alright, I played it for 3 hours now and my opinion is miced. Gameplay is fun but the characters and the dialogue are extremely bad, it makes me cringe so much. I also had to work on lag and fps fixing for a while even though I have a decent gaming rig...While I don't mind graphics it does hurt my eye sometimes...But I can live with it I guess. I don't regret the purchase cause it was very cheap and I still have fun with it but I probably won't play it for too much. Maybe I'll play it more when I'm burned out on Fallout 4 :think:


@unnecesaurus

Great reply, I can only agree with all your points.

A game is a game as long as it's fun!
I am glad you're at least getting a little enjoyment out of it.
Not to mention, no buyers remorse!

[Yuma]

Originally posted by Sakamoto:

disable depth of field and blur, makes no real difference visually but saves a lot of FPS.

There's also a UE4 guide if you want to get the most FPS you can get, although it requires
you to configure a .INI file.

[Hydremajor117]

also don't play on 60 FPS

just don't do it
its not wurth

[Yuma]

Originally posted by Hydremajor117:

also don't play on 60 FPS

just don't do it
its not wurth

Oh? I always had it on 60, is that bad?

[Hydremajor117]

Originally posted by Ren:

Originally posted by Hydremajor117:

also don't play on 60 FPS

just don't do it
its not wurth

Oh? I always had it on 60, is that bad?

it makes the AI beyond bullsh*t

see the game wasn't built to run at 60 FPS so the AI basically gets a steroids when that happens, they become aimbot worthy at this point flick-headshots almost non-stop and instanteously

the game just generally breaks when running at 60 FPS, you get to see some crazy crap...thats NOT meant to happen

for example, there's a enemy called the "Vandal" or something, deathclaw looking wannabe,

That guy has a charge attack where he preps for a charge and then runs at you with his horn down

now on 30 FPS the guy goes a fair distance

on 60 FPS he accelerates so much he litterally goes from one end of a open world map to the other in a single charge

60 FPS was put in because peoples would obviously start begging for it if it wasn't in by default and with that you get to see why some games don't do it, stuff breaks, almost catastrophically so...

[Yuma]

Originally posted by Hydremajor117:

Originally posted by Ren:

Oh? I always had it on 60, is that bad?

for example, there's a enemy called the "Vandal" or something, deathclaw looking wannabe,

That guy has a charge attack where he preps for a charge and then runs at you with his horn down

now on 30 FPS the guy goes a fair distance

on 60 FPS he accelerates so much he litterally goes from one end of a open world map to the other in a single charge

60 FPS was put in because peoples would obviously start begging for it if it wasn't in by default and with that you get to see why some games don't do it, stuff breaks, almost catastrophically so...

I thought the charging was...normal...Not to mention, I got used to the automatons being
MLG players...I am actually really relieved this is not how it's supposed to be.

[Hydremajor117]

Originally posted by Ren:

I am actually really relieved this is not how it's supposed to be.

and yet thoses are small time

just wait until you get to the really b*llsh*t ennemies, THEN it'll be a show...

[Yuma]

Originally posted by Hydremajor117:

Originally posted by Ren:

I am actually really relieved this is not how it's supposed to be.

and yet thoses are small time

just wait until you get to the really b*llsh*t ennemies, THEN it'll be a show...

I am actually NG+ 4, and I have always had 60 FPS on. I wonder if I'll have a easier time...