Sword Art Online: Lost Song

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  1. SwitSwat
    Nov 19, 2015
    9
    In terms of content, Lost Song doesn't have as much to offer as Hollow Fragment (Which also means a smaller world than Aincrad). But where Lost Song lacks in content, it makes up in other things. For one, graphics have been significantly improved. Movement is much more fluid and the game doesn't suffer from some of the lag issues present in the previous game. The best part of the game isIn terms of content, Lost Song doesn't have as much to offer as Hollow Fragment (Which also means a smaller world than Aincrad). But where Lost Song lacks in content, it makes up in other things. For one, graphics have been significantly improved. Movement is much more fluid and the game doesn't suffer from some of the lag issues present in the previous game. The best part of the game is that you can now play as any character. (Sinon... Silica... Argo... Yes... Just yes) The story is pretty good and the dialogue offers some witty humor at times. The battle mechanics are a bit more polished, as there is not a ton of stuff cluttering the screen and again... No lag. The most annoying part of the game are fighting aerial battles, which can be disorienting (I guess they were trying to make it realistic, hehe) Overall, it's a great game for SAO fans, and if you enjoyed Hollow Fragment, then you will certainly enjoy this one.… Expand
  2. EveMary
    Nov 18, 2015
    9
    I played Hollow Fragment too. This game makes much more fun. Also the graphics is quite good. It is one of the better PS4 role playing games, I have played so far. 9 Points from me.
  3. Bitrip
    Nov 17, 2015
    9
    This game plays MUCH better than Hollow Fragment. The PS4 version looks absolutely stunning. You can now play as any of the main characters and you can also have 2 people in your party all the time! This game is a huge improvement over the first and I can easily recommend it to any SAO fan out there!
  4. Scyl
    Nov 22, 2015
    8
    As an RPG, it's not that good, at all, so don't bother if an RPG is what you are looking for. However, as a SAO game, it's great. There is a lot of area where this game could improve, but if you are getting this game because it's an SAO game, you are not going to be disappointed.
  5. OxyKun
    Nov 24, 2015
    8
    You don't need to be an SAO fan to like this game. As for me I have never watched the anime and still liked the characters and the world around it. You don't need to know much about the anime to know what's going on so don't let that scare you off.

    As for the game itself it's a fun action rpg. With a lot of playable characters. You can also make your own character but the customization    You don't need to be an SAO fan to like this game. As for me I have never watched the anime and still liked the characters and the world around it. You don't need to know much about the anime to know what's going on so don't let that scare you off.

    As for the game itself it's a fun action rpg. With a lot of playable characters. You can also make your own character but the customization is non-existent as all customisable parts have only 2 options. Like 2 different hairstyles,colors and skin colors. The standard cast is way more love-able and interesting then the created characters and with only 3 party slots you'll have a hard time picking just 3 characters out of the 15+ characters.

    The gameplay is very basic square is light attack,triangle strong, a dash and a jump button. So after a while it might get repetitive. And what keeps the gameplay less repetitive are the skills as you'll lvl up you'll learn skills as most rpg's. Flying is nicely implemented to the battles and just freely flying over the worlds trying to discover secrets is a fun experience.

    Story-wise the game is 20-25 hours long which sadly isn't so long. And the enemies get rehashed a lot just reskinned versions of earlier encountered monsters. And the worlds aren't that filled with secrets or treasures which doesn't reward exploring. The online mode where you can do extra quests together are filled with trolls doing nothing letting you clear everything so finding a good party is rare.

    These last few points can really make or break the fun you have in the game. As for me I had a lot of fun with the fluid battles and interesting story. You really care about the characters and that's something you don't see so often.    … Expand
  6. JJota
    Dec 27, 2015
    9
    Not a perfect RPG, but is a perfect Fan Service with great moments and a lot of fun and interesting challenges. The chances for the next game to be perfect for fans is too high. "Lost Song" and "Hollow Fragment" are two great games, perfect or not, deserv our buy. Thanks to Sony, the Playstation family is a perfect plataform for the JRPGs and similars.
  7. Jetanwm
    Oct 16, 2016
    4
    Let me preface this by saying that I am actually a fan of Sword Art Online. I'm a gamer at heart and the concept of SAO just appeals to me on a nerdy level.

    Which is why I've created an account to write this review out of just straight up disappointment. I can only assume the people saying that "Even if you're not a fan of SAO you'll like this game!" are paid reviewers. It's the only    Let me preface this by saying that I am actually a fan of Sword Art Online. I'm a gamer at heart and the concept of SAO just appeals to me on a nerdy level.

    Which is why I've created an account to write this review out of just straight up disappointment. I can only assume the people saying that "Even if you're not a fan of SAO you'll like this game!" are paid reviewers. It's the only explanation for this horribly clunky experience. Let's be honest you're buying this because its an SAO game.

    For a game that's literally about one of the most popular games in its world, SAO:LS is just a horrible experience. Its hard to even know where to begin. If you played Hollow Fragment you know that Kirito - chick magnet extraordinaire goes on adventures with his friends and this game is clearly a sequel to that story as it doesn't follow the plot of the anime at all. That's actually a point in its favor. They've improved on the combat, another point in its favor and the world is simply bigger and less hampered by loading screens.

    That's about where my praise stops. The combat is an irritating gripe I have. It's clunky and just feels terrible to use. Every attack has a wind-up animation that lasts FOREVER before you actually swing. This is made all the more infuriating by the existence of enemies that straight up move super fast and attack super fast, causing you to spend a long time fighting them just because they're so damn difficult to hit. I was willing to overlook this aspect of the game as the story seemed to promise something interesting at first.

    But then I distinctly began to feel like the game itself didn't like me. Like I was being actively punished for liking the anime its based on. Combat while flying was cool at first and handled intuitively, even if slow as hell. But the combat just simply lacks depth. You can dodge and block and swing your weapon but its rather pointless to do any of that as you're constantly being mobbed by anywhere from 5-20 monsters. It's much simpler to spam your AoE attack until you're out of mana and what for it to recharge before going in. The targeting system is just a pain to use. You can lock on to targets but that hardly matters when your character will swing wildly at whatever is closest to you and not in the direction you're telling the character to go. Do you enjoy not seeing mobs come up behind you with no warning and smacking you in the face, knocking you down and preventing you from moving for a bit? I sure as hell don't but the devs think I do.

    The tutorial didn't mention what half my UI was for and it wasn't until four hours into the game that I actually figured out why I had a mail icon on my loading screens. I had to look up a guide to figure out what the hell the "Union" bar does. The map is just straight up ineffective and for a game that's supposed to have flying, they limit how high you can go which doesn't cover the areas you want to go through on the map sometimes. Having your stamina bar deplete while flying is just stupid and prolongs the game unnecessarily. The dungeons are all very cookie-cutter and not memorable.

    But I was willing to forgive all of it: Until I got to the bosses. The first few bosses were nothing special. Fight them, don't die, dodge attacks. I was used to it by that point. But then at one point you get assaulted by FOUR wyverns. These guys immediately knocked out the rest of my party and forced me to fight it alone. But even THAT wasn't enough. I had to trick the game into glitching it. You see a group of guys offer to help you by keeping two of the wyverns busy. But if you fly over to them they can aggro more than one letting you fight them one on one. You literally HAVE to do it this way otherwise you get two wyverns that fly into you one after another stunlocking you and killing your party. That fight took fifteen minutes.

    "Whatever." I had told myself, headache forming. "It's still SAO and maybe I can just grit my teeth and bear through this absolutely abysmal combat." How wrong I was. You see after you fight the Wyverns you fight another boss after the next dungeon. This boss took me twenty minutes to beat down. That one wasn't so bad because it didn't have any weird stunlocking attacks but it was literally just a grind to bring the health bar down to zero. It was obviously done to prolong the game time.

    But when I got to the next area was when I knew the game truly despised me. The next area begins with a simple exploration. During this exploration I came across a huge dragon and thought "Oh cool, world boss. Maybe this game is redeeming itself." I locked onto it and prepared for a fight.

    It was level 600. I was level 150. It took me a moment to grasp how truly screwed I was as he decimated my party and then CHASED ME AROUND THE ENTIRE MAP ONLY STOPPING WHEN HE GLITCHED ON A ROCK.

    This game is absolutely abysmal. You'll only play through it if you're an SAO fan and even then that's iffy.    … Expand
  8. Datamari
    Dec 20, 2015
    4
    Well, even as a Sword Art Online fan, I can't recommend this.
    Yes, it's another anime game, and just like the last ones, it really doesn't do much to be good. Yes, it has some pretty easy controls, and the online is pretty fun, but that's really all there is. The combat is repetitive, the plot is paper thin, and literally EVERYTHING is recycled and reused. If you like Sword Art Online,    Well, even as a Sword Art Online fan, I can't recommend this.
    Yes, it's another anime game, and just like the last ones, it really doesn't do much to be good. Yes, it has some pretty easy controls, and the online is pretty fun, but that's really all there is. The combat is repetitive, the plot is paper thin, and literally EVERYTHING is recycled and reused. If you like Sword Art Online, you won't enjoy this. If you're not a fan, you won't enjoy this. I know there wasn't much to this review, but what I mentioned really ruined the game for me.

    Sword Art Online: Lost Song gets a 4/10.    … Expand
  9. Tri-Edge
    Jan 1, 2016
    6
    Sword art online lost song is not for every one. Fans of the Dot Hack series might be a little disappointed upon playing. While it does scratch the itch of its cousin's anime counterpart..Dot hack did it first, and Dot hack did it better. Sword art online lost song feels like a generic rip-off.

    I spent my forty hour adventure in the mix of things. Wondering if the story would get    Sword art online lost song is not for every one. Fans of the Dot Hack series might be a little disappointed upon playing. While it does scratch the itch of its cousin's anime counterpart..Dot hack did it first, and Dot hack did it better. Sword art online lost song feels like a generic rip-off.

    I spent my forty hour adventure in the mix of things. Wondering if the story would get better, wondering if I would fight a new boss, and if this game had any conflict to it what so ever. No......My time spent playing came from the addiction of trying to get better equipment and upping my stats. And while that is a redeeming quality to have in a video game I was at a lost song myself when nothing came full circle at the end and the curtains closed.

    SAO takes place in another game called ALO. I understand that the anime was named from the story started in SAO but if this is non-canon and SAO no longer exists in the anime... why name it that to confuse new players that think they are immersing in another world? That's not what really gets to me though. My biggest pet peeve is the amount of recycled enemies they used. Every world you entered used the same things, even the bosses were all the same just different colors. Towards the end I fought maybe 3 new bosses... go variety.

    Another downside was the very awkward cut scenes between our hero and his friends. Just about every one he knows is in love with him, including his cousin which he calls his sister. The story too is very light hearted. We are in this game, and we want to beat it. That's it folks. Having a small skirmish with another guild is the only heat you are going to feel, until the game comes out of no where with the surprise one of your team mates is dying of AIDs.

    SAO lost song is not a bad game. It's not great either and it does not warrant a 60 price tag. This should have been released as a budget title. The addicting game play, pretty visuals, and uninspired party members is not enough to keep me coming back to ALO    … Expand
  10. TsukasaHiiragi
    Feb 21, 2016
    4
    I only got this game because it was significantly on sale, and whilst I'm not really a fan of SAO series, I was a fan of the .hack series, and this unfortunately isn't even half as good as the original PS2 .hack games and this is also quite possibly one of the most frustrating Jrpgs I've ever played, the control and camera features are dreadfully bad, if you could zoom the camera out soI only got this game because it was significantly on sale, and whilst I'm not really a fan of SAO series, I was a fan of the .hack series, and this unfortunately isn't even half as good as the original PS2 .hack games and this is also quite possibly one of the most frustrating Jrpgs I've ever played, the control and camera features are dreadfully bad, if you could zoom the camera out so you could see more of whats happening in combat, that would be something but you can't even do that so most of the time your being hit by mobs who are off screen because the insane design decisions, this game is a VITA port and it clearly shows, the PS4 version doesn't really have anything extra to offer.

    The targetting system is just as bad as the camera, you can lock onto targets but the camera constantly messes up, and if you try to move the camera so you can see whats going on, nope you can't do that because left/right cycle through targets so in the heat of battle, most of the time you can't clearly see whats going on. You only ever control Kirito, the AI controls your companions who occasionally suffer from poor AI scripting and will refuse to do simply things like heal themselves, or attack everything in sight or not buff your character. Equipping characters is a choir, you can only do that in taverns or Inn - and you can't quickly cycle through the characters, its all drawn out and pointless.

    Aerial Battles are the worst, the design and implementation of this system just doesn't work, not only do you have to fight the control system...which is 90% of the time the sole reason you're getting hit, your also fighting the targetting system or the flight system itself....none of it works particularly well. Heck even regular battles can be just as bad, with some monsters being way to big that you can't see whats happening because of the poor camera controls. The monsters are recycled so heavily its not even funny.

    Multiplayer is useless, the custom characters are not custom at all since there are literally the most minimal options available, 2 hair styles per race, 2 skin colors..yadda yadda...no effort was put into the game at all.

    The story is...um what story? There isn't really any story just a whole bunch of cut scenes where the team experiences certain events like everyone trying on cat ears, or visiting an in-game festival. When the actual story and plot shows up, you quickly forget it about it because thats how thin the story is.

    Its a real shame since this game could have been amazing if this game wasn't a port and actually designed for the PS4, the huge design flaws, limitations of the VITA are all painfully apparent, far too much recycled monsters/content. I wouldn't recommend this game to anyone, even SAO fans since its just one giant mess.    … Expand
  11. BariscanBozkurt
    Nov 17, 2015
    5
    SAO Lost Song önceki oyunların üzerine pek bir şey koymamış. Her zamanki gibi kötü bir hikâyemiz var ve oyunun %80i sıkıcı geçiyor. Ek olarakda skiller pek değişmemiş. Her ne kadar farklı kılıçlarla farklı animasyonlara denk gelsekde sadece ilk başta havalılar. Sonra birbirini hep tekrar ediyor.Bahsedilmeye değer en yeni özellik uçmak. Uçmak veya havada savaşmak ilk başlarda eğlenceli amaSAO Lost Song önceki oyunların üzerine pek bir şey koymamış. Her zamanki gibi kötü bir hikâyemiz var ve oyunun %80i sıkıcı geçiyor. Ek olarakda skiller pek değişmemiş. Her ne kadar farklı kılıçlarla farklı animasyonlara denk gelsekde sadece ilk başta havalılar. Sonra birbirini hep tekrar ediyor.Bahsedilmeye değer en yeni özellik uçmak. Uçmak veya havada savaşmak ilk başlarda eğlenceli ama sonrasında sıkıcı düşmanlarla bu da sıkıcı bir durum alıyor. Kötüledim, kötüledim. Peki iyi yanı var mı? Var. Multiplayer'ı eğlenceli. Eğer benim gibi SAO fanı değilseniz Coop ve PVP bu oyunu katlanabilir kılan iki şey. Yani arkadaşlarınız ile oynamacaksanız ve SAO fanı değilseniz SAKIN almayın.

    +Funny Multiplayer
    +Fly
    +Easy Controls

    -Boring and bad story
    -Almost same skills and repetitive combat.
    -60$

    Finally, if you have a playstation 4, go and buy Fallout 4!    … Expand
  12. Daymarus1337
    Jan 16, 2016
    4
    Как эта игра получила 6.7/10?!Остановите планету,я сойду.Есть кучу более годных игр с меньшей оценкой.Не стоит тратить время на эту игру,даже фанатам этого аниме.
  13. Aquatbh
    Oct 3, 2022
    10
    my friends Abraham, Arthur, Edith, Frederick, Josephine, Olive, Philip, Rosemary, and Walter play this game
  14. vinicius77777
    Feb 19, 2017
    8
    HISTÓRIA: 10
    JOGABILIDADE: 10
    TRILHA SONORA: 10
    UNIVERSO DO GAME: 6

    - 5 PONTOS POR BUGS COMO OS INIMIGOS ATRAVESSAREM A PAREDE E O NOSSO PERSONAGEM ATRAVESSAR AS OUTRAS PESSOAS DA CIDADE.

    NOTA FINAL: 8

    PERDA DE PONTOS
  15. lewis1992
    Aug 17, 2017
    9
    Sword Art Online: Lost Song is an original game with an innovative 3D aerial combat system, excellent graphics and good solid storyline. While clearly intended for Sword Art Online fans, I would recommend to non-fans if only to experience the gameplay and breath-takingly liberating flight systems. There really aren't any similar games to this out there - the aerial combat is truly amazingSword Art Online: Lost Song is an original game with an innovative 3D aerial combat system, excellent graphics and good solid storyline. While clearly intended for Sword Art Online fans, I would recommend to non-fans if only to experience the gameplay and breath-takingly liberating flight systems. There really aren't any similar games to this out there - the aerial combat is truly amazing and the real selling point of the game, despite the associated controls being quite difficult to get to grips with. The only downfall for me (putting it down from a 10 to a 9) was the lack of English voice acting in the game, meaning subtitles are expected to be read during combat, which is often just impossible. Given that the anime has an excellent cast of English-speaking actors, and that most other popular JRPG's use English voice actors, the decision to be Japanese-only feels like a way to save on development costs.

    Definitely recommended for any PS4 owner or SAO fan - certainly a reason to buy a PS4 in the first place!

    [Played for approx. 100 hours, platinum trophy achieved.]    … Expand
  16. MrLightningB0lt
    Oct 21, 2017
    7
    I love SAO, so perhaps I am a little biased, I know I´ve been forcing myself a little to like this game more, but if I am honest to myself, it feels as an incomplete game, at alfa or beta state at best, it re-uses a lot of enemies (the flying ones even have a generic hawk sound) and the textures and landscapes are generic and lack shading. Still I don´t know why I always end up returningI love SAO, so perhaps I am a little biased, I know I´ve been forcing myself a little to like this game more, but if I am honest to myself, it feels as an incomplete game, at alfa or beta state at best, it re-uses a lot of enemies (the flying ones even have a generic hawk sound) and the textures and landscapes are generic and lack shading. Still I don´t know why I always end up returning to play it, the flying mechanic is cool, the combat though a little repetitive is fun, and the cutscenes and story are enjoyable but this game had a lot more potential and I cannot over see that. If you are not a fan of SAO stay away from this game, but if you are a hardcore fan you cannot miss it, but don´t pay it full price.… Expand
  17. Adriella01
    Feb 22, 2020
    3
    I could write the same critique as I did for Re: Hollow Fragments, but I will spare my time.
    So they released this one about 3 months later after Hollow Fragments and did not improve 1 thing.
    Same pointless conversations en mass and same old engine graphics for a 2015 game. Music 5/10
  18. cheburagen
    Jul 13, 2020
    6
    Попытка реализовать полеты, так как играем в альфхейме, на мой взгляд на*бнулась. Но я и не знаю как она должна была выглядеть. Локации маленькие ну прям очень и бестриарий так себе. Я так понял они сделали упор на музыку. И она тут огонь (полноценные песни не мелодии). Вообще игра оправдала свое название. На многое не рассчитывайте, но песни в треки добавил.Попытка реализовать полеты, так как играем в альфхейме, на мой взгляд на*бнулась. Но я и не знаю как она должна была выглядеть. Локации маленькие ну прям очень и бестриарий так себе. Я так понял они сделали упор на музыку. И она тут огонь (полноценные песни не мелодии). Вообще игра оправдала свое название. На многое не рассчитывайте, но песни в треки добавил.
  19. Trisuku
    Jun 26, 2021
    5
    Even npc don't have depicting illustrations when talking to them. The game is not that ugly, considering it is from a ps vita game. Side quests are useless and uninteresting. Scenario is just for fanservice. The only proper point is musics that are good enough. Gameplay is pretty terrible, especially in aerial battles doesn't evolve at all throughout the story. I don't recommend this game,Even npc don't have depicting illustrations when talking to them. The game is not that ugly, considering it is from a ps vita game. Side quests are useless and uninteresting. Scenario is just for fanservice. The only proper point is musics that are good enough. Gameplay is pretty terrible, especially in aerial battles doesn't evolve at all throughout the story. I don't recommend this game, even for sao fans.… Expand
  20. imalynxcat
    Apr 27, 2023
    6
    Mediocre JRPG. If you are not interested in Sword Art Online, there is no meaning to play.

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Mixed or average reviews - based on 32 Critic Reviews

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  1. Positive: 2 out of 32
  2. Mixed: 27 out of 32
  3. Negative: 3 out of 32
  1. PSNStores
    Mar 19, 2016
    40
    It doesn’t do anything interesting to make itself stand out, so I would advise anyone who values their time and money to stay away.
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  2. Games Master UK
    Feb 9, 2016
    43
    To see such frustrating limitations enforced upon what could have been a defiantly meaty JRPG world is a deal-breaking shame. [Jan 2016, p.81]
  3. GameGrin
    Feb 4, 2016
    70
    Much more than a graphical upgrade to the Sword Art Online universe, but not the leap forwards it appears at first.
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