Sword Art Online: Alicization Lycoris Reviews
Truthfully, the only kind of person I can recommend this game to is a diehard Sword Art Online superfan who has never played a JRPG (or honestly, any other video game) in their life and therefore has no basis to compare the trainwreck that is Alicization Lycoris to anything else that has substance. Otherwise, just watch the anime. Or play a different game.
Between the elongated dull story, the boring and monotonous gameplay, and frequent and in your face technical issues there is little to redeem Sword Art Online: Alicization Lycoris. Fans of the franchise will want to avoid it, and those interested in a bad game won't even be able to get a laugh out of it.
The energizing battle and fascinating characters aren’t sufficient to spare this activity RPG from being simply one more frustrating commentary in this current anime’s inheritance.
While Sword Art Online: Alicization Lycoris is ambitious in scope it ends up being a largely unenjoyable title full of technical problems, bugs, and horrible pacing.
Sword Art Online: Alicizaton Lycoris is plagued by performance issues, a poorly paced story, and combat mechanics that aren't explained well.
Sword Art Online: Alicization Lycoris had great potential to be not only the biggest, but the best game in the franchise. Despite having a good combat system and being fun and challenging to synchronize the commands of four characters, hours of unnecessary conversation interrupts the pace of action, in addition to technical problems compromising the game. In the end, it's more of a playable adaptation of the anime's third season than, in fact, a new experience for fans.
Review in Portuguese | Read full review
With an expansive main campaign that takes far too long to get started and quite a few underdeveloped mechanics, this Sword Art game is a tough sell for anyone but the most dedicated fans.
Sword Art Online: Alicization Lycoris is more of an Anime than a video game, and if you are interested in this type of entertainment, there are far better options available on the market.
Review in Persian | Read full review
Aside from fans of the series, there aren’t many this game could be recommended to unless they’re looking for a flawed and boring ordeal.
A broken mess in almost every way. Sword Art Online: Alicization Lycoris doesn't deliver on it's promised product. With so many technical issues it's hard to imagine anyone with the patience to get through the game. Alicization Lycoris should have been the crowning achievement in a beloved franchise but instead, it ends up being the worst title in the Sword Art Online franchise.
I'm sure it has its niche but if you're simply an RPG fan looking for a new game to sink some time into, you can do a lot better than Sword Art Online Alicization Lycoris. Its lack of respect for the player's time and unforgivable performance issues are downright ridiculous.
Sword Art Online Alicization Lycoris is a deeply flawed game but has the potential to be good.
Sword Art Online: Alicization Lycoris makes a great effort to entertain the player and up to a certain point succeeds. Eventually, however, it completely loses the character it tried to build during the first hours.
Review in Greek | Read full review
There's a solid base to work from but the development team ultimately failed to piece numerous promising elements together and produce a captivating adventure.
Sword Art Online: Alicization Lycoris is a disappointingly dull action game.
Marked by its myriad of technical and structural issues, Sword Art Online: Alicization Lycoris manages to be one of the worst games ever released under the franchise, with even its hits being limited by all the mistakes made in a project that at every moment feels like it was rushed and released without the necessary care and polish.
Review in Portuguese | Read full review
If you’re a huge Sword Art Online fan, or are simply after an expansive JRPG to sink your teeth into, you will get some enjoyment out of Sword Art Online: Alicization Lycoris.
Sword Art Online: Alicization Lycoris takes forever to get moving. By the time the training wheels come off, players will likely have switched off in frustration. Pacing is a big issue for the first half of the game, with hours spent in unskippable cutscenes or repetitive tutorials before the best features become available. There is a decent game locked away behind the multiple missteps and technical issues, and if you've got the requisite patience and high regard for the source material, there are things to like - most notably the smooth, engaging combat. The problem is that getting to it feels like work rather than play.
A poorly structured first half, questionable gameplay design, and ill-conceived introduction of mechanics aside, Sword Art Online: Alicization Lycoris also suffers from numerous technical issues and performance drops. There are moments that will entertain you, but these are few and far between and you're left to contend with bothersome frustrations time and again.
People have been waiting for years to finally get what could be considered a really good Sword Art Online game, but the fourth time is certainly not the charm for developer Aquria with probably the most disappointing attempt yet due to the overall squandered potential in Sword Art Online: Alicization Lycoris.