Ever wonder what lies beyond floor 75?
Sword Art Online: Hollow Fragment is ingenious. Based off the popular Sword Art Online anime, where players trapped inside a virtual reality massively multiplayer online role-playing game must struggle to survive — because if they die in the game, they die in real life — Hollow Fragment is a simple experience masked in an intricate format. It looks like an MMO, feels like an MMO, but it’s absolutely not an MMO, and that’s okay, because it’s awesome.
For a handheld game, Hollow Fragment can appear overwhelming at first glance. There are a lot of abilities displayed on the screen, with plenty of menus to navigate through, but it’s all just a show. Once you boil it down to its core you’ll realize how undemanding it is.
That mask, though, is the reason why this game is so enjoyable. It’s easy enough to just pick up and play, omitting the burden of long tutorials and menu experimentation that attaches itself to most “MMO’s,” but it also feels like it’s supposed to, staying true to its source material with an admirable amount of depth.
Continue Reading This Article From Review Fix Editor-In-Chief Manny Vivas at Examiner.com
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