Sword Art Online: Fatal Bullet

Sword Art Online: Fatal Bullet

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DLCs worth it?
If I am on the bubble upon purchasing the game , should I get the complete set which is more than double the original game cost, on sale? or get only original game and also get another game from my wishlist worth the same amount of money?
I like third person shooters and its a looter, I really kind of want to know how good of a shooter is it really?
and I like SAO and watch the show but not a huge fan
and I am sort of enjoying Hollow Realization but the gameplay , not the exposition so much
Last edited by playoftheyear; Dec 29, 2019 @ 3:35pm
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it's a gabe Dec 29, 2019 @ 11:53pm 
I'm gonna tell you what the DLCs add to the table and then you can decide if they're worth it. As for the game as a whole, I'd recommend Austin Eruption's review on it. Though it's over a year old by now, it points out some of the issues present to this day (though not all issues), while others are subjective to him.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FIuaWoGdU5Q
Anyway, on to the DLCs.

Season pass DLCs consist of DLCs 1 through 3. They tell a single story split threeways.

DLC1: As far as I know, it mostly adds story. It comes with a dungeon in the last free roaming map. This dungeon has a final boss with two variants. The most difficult variant can be used not only to farm up to level 200 (or beyond if you're patient, but by 200 you should be strong enough to farm better bosses), but also to acquire a heavy machine gun that's quite useful throughout endgame. I used it to help me farm some levels before I was ready for the ultimate exp farming, which requires a very specific build to be efficient.

DLC2: Continues the story from DLC1 and adds a dungeon in the Solitary Sands. This is the DLC which adds a quest that enables you to expand your room (when you start the game, whether you have the DLCs or not, there's a door to the right side of your room that's locked, and the quest that comes with DLC2 is the answer to unlocking it). The expansion comes with a few goodies such as a music player, cutscene viewer, a machine where you can hear every character's voice lines, and, most importantly, a machine which allows you to customize your accessories. Accessory customization is done very badly, but it's better than nothing. Also quite useful if you wanna make your character look a specific way with accessories, as you can transfer the abilities from one to the other.

DLC3: Concludes the story from the first two, adds another dungeon, and also a tower defense/Final Fantasy's Demon Wall-esque mode which can be used to farm legendary weapons later on. This DLC also sets up the antagonist for the next SAO game, Alicization Lycoris, which comes out May 22.

DLC4: This is an expansion released after the season pass content had been complete, so it's not part of the season pass. It comes with a whole new snow area, two dungeons, two bosses with their respective harder versions, and a ridiculously unnecessary story filled with fanservice. This DLC's true ending ends in a cliffhanger that will either be concluded in the coming winter free update, or will carry over to Alicization Lycoris. The story aside, I personally like this expansion.

It's important to note that we've had free updates throughout the game's life cycle, and there's at least one more to drop this winter that we know of (if the devs have plans for more, they haven't voiced them yet). These free updates usually expand upon additional modes, especially co-op, which consists of boss rooms (normal mode) and small dungeon challenges (extreme mode). A lot of these come packed with DLC content, such as the Behemoth normal run which is the ultimate way to farm experience up to level cap. However, the devs did a very poor job at disclosing whether the content of these free updates was only available to those who had the DLCs where the content appears or if base game-only users had access to them as well. That's something to consider.

If you wanna get to level 300, by the way, you might need the DLC if you can't find anyone to power level you on co-op. But even then, there won't be content for you to play on that level without the DLCs, nor will you be able to farm weapons such as the Grim Reaper efficiently (the best way to farm it is on DLC4). If you didn't get the DLCs, you'd have to rely entirely on the kindness of strangers to level you up and help you farm weapons on co-op and given how badly designed co-op is, that's the least efficient way to farm weapons (aside from the co-op exclusive weapons, such as the Type Z series).

Before you buy the game altogether, I think it's worth mentioning that, much like Hollow Realization, Fatal Bullet has a lot of good ideas but also quite a lot of problems. Some of them you'll only find once you're playing for yourself, depending if you're bothered by certain mechanics or not. FB is also a largely different experience from HR. It feels like an MMO somoetimes but unlikey HR, you won't get that feeling throughout. The player NPCs you see walking around town and on the fields, for example, are static and you can't befriend them to play together as you can in HR (one of the best aspects of that game imo). The town layout is also a mess. It doesn't feel organic at all and it's so unnecessarily big that the devs added a robust fast travel system accessed from your map (you can literally teleport in front of shops and NPCs).

Lemme know if there's anything else you'd like to know :lunar2019wavingpig:
Hellstorm901 Dec 30, 2019 @ 5:36am 
DLC's are worth it in my opinion but it's worth remembering that the DLC's are story continuations rather than say like a game such as Skyrim or Witcher 3 where you can do the DLC stuff from the get go

Basically this means you can play the base game and finish the story then decide if you want to get the DLC's and continue without losing anything by just playing the base game alone
it's a gabe Dec 30, 2019 @ 8:05am 
Originally posted by Hellstorm901:
DLC's are worth it in my opinion but it's worth remembering that the DLC's are story continuations rather than say like a game such as Skyrim or Witcher 3 where you can do the DLC stuff from the get go

Basically this means you can play the base game and finish the story then decide if you want to get the DLC's and continue without losing anything by just playing the base game alone
DLC4's ending is relevant to the base game's ending, but the same can't be said about the season pass DLCs. They take place before the base game ending, hence why they unlock once we reach the Forgotten Woods. The season pass DLCs have no relevance to the base game's plot whatsoever, nor do they continue the story in any way. Not even DLC4's story is relevant, and only its true ending is.
playoftheyear Dec 30, 2019 @ 11:59am 
Woot awesome info! I am going to get at least the base game and maybe pick up the DLC later, it looks like it is one of those bundles I can come back and get the bundle price minus the base game and I see it on sale often, BUT then again I might get it all anyways. OK thanks both of you
it's a gabe Dec 30, 2019 @ 12:08pm 
Originally posted by playoftheyear:
Woot awesome info! I am going to get at least the base game and maybe pick up the DLC later, it looks like it is one of those bundles I can come back and get the bundle price minus the base game and I see it on sale often, BUT then again I might get it all anyways. OK thanks both of you
np! And yeah, definitely get the comoplete edition bundle later on if you don't get the DLCs now. That's what I did when the fourth DLC came out and I saved up some money that way :happybs:
playoftheyear Dec 30, 2019 @ 12:12pm 
yea, I had a game on my wishlist for some time now, I gotta get that first, but I can afford Ys 8 and the base game fatal bullet now. you are a big help thanks again:sdadol:
(i meant ys8)
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playoftheyear Dec 30, 2019 @ 6:38pm 
Yo what a game, I am glad I got at least the base game. It is like nothing I have played before, almost like a mech game, and really can tell its Japanese, full on. It is the figurative feeling of being dropped into a huge complex of differing systems, world is your oyster type of experience
it's a gabe Dec 30, 2019 @ 11:48pm 
Originally posted by playoftheyear:
Yo what a game, I am glad I got at least the base game. It is like nothing I have played before, almost like a mech game, and really can tell its Japanese, full on. It is the figurative feeling of being dropped into a huge complex of differing systems, world is your oyster type of experience
It's one of my favorites :lunar2019grinningpig: Less so for the story cuz I couldn't care less for the fanservice and harem crap, but I love the gameplay. There's so much of FB that reminds of Phantasy Star and I have very fond memories of PSO2, which I played for over 4k hours.

Glad you're enjoying it! If later on (like, second or third playthrough later) you need someone to power level you, I can help with that. The Behemoth boss on co-op gives over 8 million experience per run, thus it's the best way to get up to level 300. It can be done solo, but you have to prepare skills and a specific sniper rifle that's ideal for the situation and I'm more than ready for it. I actually got a second of the same rifle that turned out to be much stronger than what I already had 🤷🏻‍♂️
Hellstorm901 Dec 31, 2019 @ 5:35am 
Originally posted by unnecesaurus (ꈍ ꒳ ꈍ✿):
Originally posted by playoftheyear:
Yo what a game, I am glad I got at least the base game. It is like nothing I have played before, almost like a mech game, and really can tell its Japanese, full on. It is the figurative feeling of being dropped into a huge complex of differing systems, world is your oyster type of experience
It's one of my favorites :lunar2019grinningpig: Less so for the story cuz I couldn't care less for the fanservice and harem crap, but I love the gameplay. There's so much of FB that reminds of Phantasy Star and I have very fond memories of PSO2, which I played for over 4k hours.

Glad you're enjoying it! If later on (like, second or third playthrough later) you need someone to power level you, I can help with that. The Behemoth boss on co-op gives over 8 million experience per run, thus it's the best way to get up to level 300. It can be done solo, but you have to prepare skills and a specific sniper rifle that's ideal for the situation and I'm more than ready for it. I actually got a second of the same rifle that turned out to be much stronger than what I already had 🤷🏻‍♂️

Oh my god Phantasy Star, I really want Phantasy Star Universe, the expansion and the portable games brought over to PC and released in a similar way to how .//Hack was
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playoftheyear Dec 31, 2019 @ 5:44am 
FB reminds me just a small bit like Anarchy Online , or how I wished AO was like instead of TAB targeting
I really like PSO, too bad I didn't have internet back then I mainly played offline
Last edited by playoftheyear; Dec 31, 2019 @ 5:45am
it's a gabe Dec 31, 2019 @ 6:26am 
Originally posted by Hellstorm901:
Originally posted by unnecesaurus (ꈍ ꒳ ꈍ✿):
It's one of my favorites :lunar2019grinningpig: Less so for the story cuz I couldn't care less for the fanservice and harem crap, but I love the gameplay. There's so much of FB that reminds of Phantasy Star and I have very fond memories of PSO2, which I played for over 4k hours.

Glad you're enjoying it! If later on (like, second or third playthrough later) you need someone to power level you, I can help with that. The Behemoth boss on co-op gives over 8 million experience per run, thus it's the best way to get up to level 300. It can be done solo, but you have to prepare skills and a specific sniper rifle that's ideal for the situation and I'm more than ready for it. I actually got a second of the same rifle that turned out to be much stronger than what I already had 🤷🏻‍♂️

Oh my god Phantasy Star, I really want Phantasy Star Universe, the expansion and the portable games brought over to PC and released in a similar way to how .//Hack was
The original and Ambition of the Illuminus are on PC. I have both version on my HDD. Also, there's a server revival project going on that's quite popular. It's called Clementine and it uses AotI. I don't know how playable it is these days, but they've been working on it for ages now.
Hellstorm901 Dec 31, 2019 @ 7:23am 
Originally posted by unnecesaurus (ꈍ ꒳ ꈍ✿):
Originally posted by Hellstorm901:

Oh my god Phantasy Star, I really want Phantasy Star Universe, the expansion and the portable games brought over to PC and released in a similar way to how .//Hack was
The original and Ambition of the Illuminus are on PC. I have both version on my HDD. Also, there's a server revival project going on that's quite popular. It's called Clementine and it uses AotI. I don't know how playable it is these days, but they've been working on it for ages now.

I knew that but what I think the game needs is an updated re-release merging the whole Universe series into one and releasing it on Steam with all online content adapted for singleplayer but allowing you to host local co-op servers so you and your friends can tackle missions
playoftheyear Jan 1, 2020 @ 10:16am 
I think the dungeons are like PSO in that we re run them alot. I like the dungeons so far because the game does not seem to make much of them, so there is nothing to feel negative towards. The dungeons are simply there to be used, not like the game was trying to do something special and ends up being universally disliked, here they serve their purpose.
I knew felt right at home ingame because the equip system is much like Anarchy Online . Based upon skills needed to equip better gear/weapons. I have not come across anything weapon-wise too far out of my range of equippable items yet, but it looks very much like it is possible to Twink higher fear on by wearing stat modifying (boosting) gear. Like a ring that adds +strength to reach a weapons requirements.
neat stuff in here
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