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[Cornbread78]

We knew it was coming, but it is good to get confirmation that it is coming this fall!


Specs:
•Platforms: PlayStation 4, PS Vita
•Developer: Aquria
•Genre: Action RPG
•Rating: RP
•Voiceover: Japanese
•Subtitles: English, French, Spanish, Portuguese

Return to Aincrad in this all-new adventure

“Link start” into Sword Art Online: Hollow Realization, an exciting new action RPG developed under the watchful eye of Sword Art Online creator Reki Kawahara. Kirito receives a single mysterious message – a cryptic “I’m back to Aincrad” – and is drawn once again into a familiar world in which he was once trapped.

Kirito and his friends are pulled into a VRMMORPG called “Sword Art: Origin,” a game housed on the same servers that hosted the death-game “Sword Art Online.” However this game is not quite the same one he escaped years ago…

Features
•A new original story. With a story supervised by Reki Kawahara, Sword Art Online: Hollow Realization tells its own unique tale, one that will haunt and delight longtime fans as well as those discovering the expansive Sword Art Online universe for the first time.
•Old friends, new mysteries. Explore this new world of Ainground with Asuna, Leafa, Silica, Klein, and other old friends to discover the reason they’ve been brought back.
•Thrilling gameplay. A new battle system brings the excitement of an MMO to the single player experience!
•Robust online multiplayer. Play online with your friends.

Source:
http://gematsu.com/2016/04/sword-ar...zation-launches-fall-west#mKU3u3sElC02rIcr.99


Bandai Namco will host its next Sword Art Online game live stream on April 25 at 20:00 Japan time on Niconico

http://www.rpgfan.com/news/2016/4680.html



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[Onaco]

Still not a fucking MMO. Still can't believe how incompetent these devopers are to be releasing an offline game that has "online" in its title.

 

[Tohsaka]

Will buy day one, I'm glad it seems to be more like Hollow Fragment since I liked that more than Lost Song.

 

[RyoonZ]

Damn SAO taking priority over Tales as it should be
Cant wait for this
Hopefully some .hack costume for Kirito

 

[salromano]

I just added three new gameplay videos to the Gematsu post. ;D

 

[Olengie]

Pls dont be digital only

 

[mejin]

PS4 version for me.

 

[Menitta]

Pls dont be digital only

Lost Song had physical. Wouldn't be surprised if this did too.

 

[StereoVsn]

This is supposed to be true sequel to the first game which had a much better combat system. I am probably in on Vita or maybe both if there is cross-save, depending on previews.

There are way, way too many games coming out. This and God Eater, and Final Fantasy and SO5 and other things. 2016, year of JRPG.

 

[BLACK AMERICAN PSYCHO]

Pls dont be digital only

PS4 will have physical.

 

[Tailzo]

What's the difference between the two SAO games for Vita on sale now? They're both cheap.

 

[Slayven]

Looks better i brought the last game because it was cheap and the battle system is straight buttcheeks

 

[Menitta]

What's the difference between the two SAO games for Vita on sale now? They're both cheap.

Hollow Fragment is in Aincrad while Lost Song is in whatever the 2nd MMO was called.

Get Hollow Fragment. It's way better.

 

[hikarutilmitt]

Still not a fucking MMO. Still can't believe how incompetent these devopers are to be releasing an offline game that has "online" in its title.

Really? Please tell me you're just trolling, because I honestly cannot tell.

I'm at least interested in what the online portion will be anyway. I doubt it'll be much.

 

[Cornbread78]

Hollow Fragment is in Aincrad while Lost Song is in whatever the 2nd MMO was called.

Get Hollow Fragment. It's way better.

What's the difference between the two SAO games for Vita on sale now? They're both cheap.

Yeah, Hollow Fragment plays off the MMO theme a lot more gameplay wise and is surprisingly deep in it's systems. I haven't finished LS just yet, but it has been pretty fun to play with the flying aspect of it. I'd definitely have to give the nod to HF though...

 

[Infernal Monkey]

Tiiiiny box art from Bamco Europe:

 

[RoaringMdog]

Still not a fucking MMO. Still can't believe how incompetent these devopers are to be releasing an offline game that has "online" in its title.

I honestly can't tell if this is a joke post of not :|


Excited for this! Had fun with the other games.

 

[MuchoMalo]

All it needs is PSVR and this will be the ultimate Inception game.

 

[StereoVsn]

All it needs is PSVR and this will be the ultimate Inception game.

As soon as they put in battery backup into the helmet, I am bailing.

 

[-Horizon-]

They just keep pumping them out. Haven't even got to that Song game yet.

 

[Cornbread78]

They just keep pumping them out. Haven't even got to that Song game yet.

Plenty of time to play it while waiting for this to drop.

 

[Daft Punk]

Still not a fucking MMO. Still can't believe how incompetent these devopers are to be releasing an offline game that has "online" in its title.

Because they are waiting for VR to be released.

 

[Slayven]

Still not a fucking MMO. Still can't believe how incompetent these devopers are to be releasing an offline game that has "online" in its title.

 

[ViciousDS]

hot bars everywhere and the game looks amazing......WHY.......can't they just release a standard mmo already.

 

[Rymuth]

I just added three new gameplay videos to the Gematsu post. ;D

Thanks for the heads up!

 

[TheRook]

Still not a fucking MMO. Still can't believe how incompetent these devopers are to be releasing an offline game that has "online" in its title.

A game being online can be a setting/location so it doesn't have to = online interaction.

 

[Slayven]

hot bars everywhere and the game looks amazing......WHY.......can't they just release a standard mmo already.

I guess they enjoy not being bankrupted

 

[Tohsaka]

hot bars everywhere and the game looks amazing......WHY.......can't they just release a standard mmo already.

It'd be a massive undertaking, the budget for these games is nowhere near that of an MMO. It makes more financial sense to just make a new console/handheld game every year.

 

[Cornbread78]

hot bars everywhere and the game looks amazing......WHY.......can't they just release a standard mmo already.

It'd be a massive undertaking, the budget for these games is nowhere near that of an MMO. It makes more financial sense to just make a new console/handheld game every year.

A game being online can be a setting/location so it doesn't have to = online interaction.

I wonder how much it would cost to implement it if they did it like the Geonet was set up for White Knight Chronicles? How much of an investment did that take between Sony and Level-5?

 

[WildEagle18]

Day 1, Lost Song was alright but SAO game has been solid so far especially HF/Re-HF so I'm excited for this

 

[Parakeetman]

Seeing how well Hollow Fragment did not a surprise there lol. Game is looking like it is shaping up nicely most def also. So quite excited for this.

 

[Cornbread78]

Seeing how well Hollow Fragment did not a surprise there lol. Game is looking like it is shaping up nicely most def also. So quite excited for this.

Yeah, the screenshots look really good as well as the vids.

 

[ViciousDS]

I wonder how much it would cost to implement it if they did it like the Geonet was set up for White Knight Chronicles? How much of an investment did that take between Sony and Level-5?

As much as people didn't like WKC..... It was probably one of my favorite RPGs. Especially when the second one came out and you could actually become a knight in online. Questing, guilds, I loved the social community behind the game. They could totally do something like this for SAO

 

[Dr. Kitty Muffins]

I hope to see an anime covering this.

 

[Cornbread78]

As much as people didn't like WKC..... It was probably one of my favorite RPGs. Especially when the second one came out and you could actually become a knight in online. Questing, guilds, I loved the social community behind the game. They could totally do something like this for SAO

It could really work with the SAO theme, it's just a matter of dev. costs, which would be the deciding factor. They could even get rid of the "build your own village" to save server space and expand the guild villages instead.

I hope to see an anime covering this.

Well, the movie is coming out soon and then on to season 3, which unfortunately, leaves most of the "fantasy world" behind.

 

[Hikami]

I know this'll only be the 3rd SAO game I'll have played (4th if Re:HF counts) but I'm starting to feel franchise fatigue. Hope it's different enough from the others. Which seems to be the case here anyways. Surprised to see it coming so soon.

 

[Jeffrey]

Pretty surprised this series isn't getting a pc version like basically every other 'animeish' bandai namco game announced today with a date for the west.

Must be a resource issue.

Guess its another reason to keep the ps4 around a bit longer!

 

[Cornbread78]

Pretty surprised this series isn't getting a pc version like basically every other 'animeish' bandai namco game announced today with a date for the west.

Must be a resource issue.

Guess its another reason to keep the ps4 around a bit longer!

Lol, well, with all the PS4 jrpgs coming out in the next year, there is definitely a reason to keep it around.

 

[darthbob]

Liked the anime series well enough, but I'd prefer a GunGale Online esque game instead

 

[18-Volt]

They're making this and Caligula at same time? Hardworking people. I'm looking forward to what they'll do next.

 

[Cornbread78]

Liked the anime series well enough, but I'd prefer a GunGale Online esque game instead

Now that would be nice as well.

 

[cj_iwakura]

They're making this and Caligula at same time? Hardworking people. I'm looking forward to what they'll do next.

Different devs, I think. FuRyu are making Caligula.

 

[GifGafIsTheBestGaf]

Day one baby

 

[Parakeetman]

Different devs, I think. FuRyu are making Caligula.

Nope.

Original Story 2/23/16 at 7:43 a.m.: FuRyu has announced Caligula, a new RPG for PS Vita developed by Aquria, directed by Takuya Yamanaka, and written by Persona and Persona 2 scenario writer Tadashi Satomi. It features character design by Oguchi and music by Tsukasa Mako.

*Source Gematsu

Official Caligula HP

 

[18-Volt]

Different devs, I think. FuRyu are making Caligula.

Same devs. Aquria is making both of them. FuRyu doesn't have an internal development team IIRC.

 

[Cornbread78]

Day one baby

Yup, just waiting for GS to put up the previous order.

 

[cj_iwakura]

Same devs. Aquria is making both of them. FuRyu doesn't have an internal development team IIRC.

Ah, interesting. Who did Unchained Blades, then?

 

[Briarios]

The collector's edition is up for preorder on Amazon. Pretty pricey, even with the Prime discount: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01HQGWJLI/?tag=neogaf0e-20

 

[kayos90]

The collector's edition is up for preorder on Amazon. Pretty pricey, even with the Prime discount: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01HQGWJLI/?tag=neogaf0e-20

That's a neat CE. Sorta want it...

 

[Shoyz]

The collector's edition is up for preorder on Amazon. Pretty pricey, even with the Prime discount: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01HQGWJLI/?tag=neogaf0e-20

A ton of much better Kirito/Asuna figures out there already.