Echoes of Aincrad

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After around 20 hours on the highest difficulty, without permadeath, my overall impression of Echoes of Aincrad is unfortunately quite negative. The biggest issue is the exploration. The game is presented as an open world where you can explore the different floors of Aincrad, but in practice everything is heavily restricted. Each quest only gives access to a limited area, which completely removes the feeling of freedom and discovery I expected from a SAO game. Exploration itself is also unrewarding. You mostly run toward markers to reveal areas and points of interest, but most of them are pointless and chests usually contain useless rewards. The map is also difficult to read, especially when dealing with multiple vertical levels. The enemy variety is extremely poor. You spend hours fighting the same boars, kobolds, wolves and similar creatures, while the very high enemy density makes the repetition even more noticeable. Combat also lacks clarity. In many situations, dodging feels far more reliable than parrying simply because attacks and encounters can become visually confusing. Other major issues include: Too many frustrating and sometimes inexplicable invisible walls. Very repetitive and forgettable dungeons. A completely silent protagonist who mostly nods during conversations, making many interactions awkward and making it difficult to care about the characters. Side quests that are mostly generic and uninspired. Empty, lifeless towns that give you almost no reason to explore them. What disappoints me most is that exploration should be at the heart of Aincrad. Discovering unknown areas and finding dungeons should feel like an adventure. Here, almost everything is handed to you through markers, with very little environmental design encouraging genuine exploration. There are still a few positives. The visuals are nice, Aincrad itself is represented fairly well despite feeling empty, and the NPC/Switch mechanic is a good idea, although it feels underused. Overall, there are some good ideas here, but the game fails to deliver the sense of adventure, discovery and freedom that I expect from Aincrad. Considering the repetitive content and overall quality, the asking price also feels far too high.