SWORD ART ONLINE Fractured Daydream
Last updated: 2025-03-16
- Engaging story, strong character interactions
- Strategic multiplayer experience with diverse characters
- Enjoyable gameplay loop despite grind
- Clunky combat and poor control scheme
- Repetitive grind due to lack of content
- Overpriced with predatory monetization practices
- Reviews
(sample size) - 2000
- Helpful reviews
- 71%
- Unhelpful reviews
- 26%
- Protest reviews
- 3%
- 59%Helpful reviews with positive sentiment
- 41%Helpful reviews with negative sentiment
- Positive points
- 2517
- Negative points
- 3554
- Gameplay points
- 697
- Perf. points
- 199
- Rec. points
- 1251
- Misc points
- 263
| Point | Description | Importance |
|---|---|---|
| Engaging story, great character interactions | The game features an engaging story with well-developed characters and interactions, especially appealing to fans of the Sword Art Online series. Many reviewers consider this installment to be one of the best SAO games to date, successfully capturing the essence of the anime and improving upon previous entries. | 66% |
| Engaging, strategic multiplayer experience | Multiplayer is a major highlight, offering engaging co-op quests, boss raids, and large-scale battles with up to 20 players. The game emphasizes teamwork and strategy, providing both casual and challenging experiences, and cross-platform play enhances accessibility. | 31% |
| Diverse characters, fluid combat | The game offers a diverse roster of playable characters, each with unique skills, playstyles, and customization options. The combat system is fluid and fast-paced, rewarding strategic play and providing a satisfying sense of progression. | 26% |
| Enjoyable, grind-heavy gameplay loop | The game offers an enjoyable grind for players who appreciate repetitive tasks and long-term progression. Reviewers note that the game is fun to play and a good way to pass the time, especially for those who enjoy the Sword Art Online universe. | 16% |
| Improved graphics and performance | Reviewers consistently note significant improvements in graphics, animations, and overall performance compared to previous installments. The game world is beautifully crafted, and the combat feels smoother and more responsive. | 14% |
| Extensive, rewarding character customization | The game offers extensive character customization options with a wide variety of costumes and accessories. These cosmetics can be obtained through gameplay, without relying on gacha mechanics, providing a rewarding sense of progression and personalization. | 8% |
| Faithful anime adaptation | The game is praised for its faithfulness to the anime, featuring iconic characters, familiar storylines, and interactions that fans will appreciate. The single-player mode offers a surprisingly engaging experience, even for those with mixed feelings about the SAO franchise. | 5% |
| Combines SAO universes, fan service | The game combines the universes of SAO and brings together characters that players would never imagine seeing together, cooperating to defeat a common enemy. The game is great for fans of both Sword Art Online and Warriors games. | 4% |
| Unique character interactions, variety | The game offers unique interactions between characters not seen in the original source material, providing a fresh and enjoyable experience. The variety of characters and their distinct playstyles keeps the gameplay interesting and allows players to use any character they want. | 4% |
| Fast matchmaking, smooth online | The game features fast matchmaking and smooth online play, with full servers and minimal lag. The multiplayer content is surprisingly fun, even without friends, and the reviewer appreciates the ability to play with more people on a large scale. | 4% |
| Similar to Fatal Bullet, improved | The game shares similarities with Fatal Bullet, with gun-based characters having satisfying hit feedback and aim assist. The game improves upon the mechanics that worked well in Fatal Bullet, making ranged combat more enjoyable. | 3% |
| Fun, casual, good time-waster | The game is fun to play and a good way to kill time, especially with friends. The game has intuitive controls and provides a good escape, allowing players to forget about daily troubles as time passes quickly. | 3% |
| Free battle pass, cosmetic rewards | The game offers a free battle pass system where players can earn tickets to exchange for skins by completing daily and weekly tasks. There are no pay-to-win elements, and purchases are limited to skins and cosmetics. | 3% |
| Fun combat, satisfying progression | The combat is fun and satisfying, especially when playing with friends. The ranged combat feels great, and the team mechanics and raids are enjoyable. | 2% |
| Potential for future improvement | The developers seem to be trying to improve the game, and the reviewer finds the game fun to play, despite the issues. The game has a very good future if the developers do things well. | 2% |