The contents of these story segments is simply filler. It was disappointing when the characters talked about going on interesting quests with strange mechanics and rewards, and not actually being able to do that myself in-game. These are self-contained and have no affect on the actual gameplay. The rest of the story involves visual-novel events where you go on quests, cook/eat food, or just talk to the girls. The most you get out of the romancing system is the ability to give the girls equipment and a single not-very-risque picture for each girl after you take them to bed. There's other actions you can take, like 'stroke hair' and 'kiss,' but these don't physically do anything and the girl just has a canned response for each.

If she likes your answers, you can hold her hand, carry her, and take you to your bed, where nothing happens (besides more talking). To summarize, you talk to a girl at a date spot and say 'yes' or 'no' to her statements. Though I was disappointed when I reached the limit of the romance system: there's simply not much there. I'm not opposed to harems, and actually had a bit of fun romancing all of the girls. Even though you have a wife, you spend loads of time with all of the girls, with your wife generally having equal importance. It becomes quickly apparent that this is a harem game. Note that the entirety of the game takes place within the game world and you don't interact with any of the characters in real life (which is disappointing).īesides the main story, you get lots of filler content dealing with the Sword Art Online characters. Though some might like that this takes the Persona 5 route for its main plot, meaning that your young protagonists know more and are much more capable than the actual developers of the game or the institutions in place that regulate games. Without spoiling anything, the story starts out relatively interesting, but quickly loses steam and ends with a generic whimper where very little is accomplished or learned. It deals with a mysterious NPC, who quickly becomes un-mysterious, and the origins of Sword Art Online. The main story is basic and contains roughly 30 minutes worth of content (stretched over 40 hours). So if you don't like generic RPG grinds or filler story content in your shows, then look elsewhere. First and foremost, this is a grind/filler game made for Sword Art Online fans.

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