SWORD ART ONLINE Last Recollection
SWORD ART ONLINE Last Recollection
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SWORD ART ONLINE Alicization Lycoris
Developer AQURIA Co., Ltd.
Enjoy seamless, action-packed real-time battles using a combination of sword skills, sacred arts, and your favorite SAO characters! From the Steam store page
207 reactions from 4 sources (Steam reviews, Bluesky, Mastodon, Lemmy) · newest Nov 1, 2026 · last updated Nov 2, 2026 · How this works
Audience score
60
Fresh
101 positive · 67 negative
95% range 53–67%
| Source | + | − | = |
|---|---|---|---|
| Steam reviews | 101 | 67 | 0 |
| Bluesky * | 3 | 1 | 21 |
| Mastodon * | 0 | 0 | 11 |
| Lemmy * | 0 | 0 | 3 |
* shown, not counted in the score (label accuracy below our 85% bar or not yet audited).
Steam's own rating
Mixed
1,489 of 2,204 reviews positive (all languages, per Valve)
What players are saying
61% recommend · 107 yes, 69 no
Counted from the reviewers’ own thumbs up/down on the 176 English Steam reviews we collected, not by the AI. Valve’s all-language rating: Mixed (4,168 of 6,835 positive).
Players are divided on the game, with many praising the combat and story but criticizing the excessive cutscenes and loading screens. [1][2][3] Some recommend it for SAO fans on sale, while others advise skipping it for better entries like Fatal Bullet. [4][5][6] Technical issues like janky combat, poor graphics, and long load times are common complaints. [7][2][8]
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- [13]
Sword Art Online: Alicization Lycoris — A Painful Love Letter to a Franchise I like. Let me start by saying this: I love Sword Art Online. The anime? Yes. Kirito’s overpowered moments? Sign me up. The hype, the world-building, the techie themes — I’m in. So when I booted up Alicization Lycoris, I was ready to dive headfirst into the Underworld and lose myself all over again. But instead of losing myself in the …
- [2]
I mean the game is at most average, but istg the worst thing in this game is the loading screens, LITERALLY ANYTHING YOU DO GIVES YOU A LOADING SCREEN? im not even joking at least 40% of my playtime is all loading screens. just go play fatal bullet or hollow realization since those are actually not that bad compared to this piece of ♥♥♥♥ game, i don't even know why i am playing this :/ The gameplay is alright for …
- [4]
SAO fans, yes, get it on a good sale. JRPG fans, maybe on a good sale. Everybody else, nah, the game itself isn't great, and there are plenty of great games you may enjoy more.
- [7]
If you take the nostalgia blinders off, this is one of if not the best SAO game. Now, SAO games have never been amazing, but this is a pretty solid action-JRPG with a LOT of dialog and story. Decent size open world, a fair variety of monsters and the combat is satisfying for the most part. Duels are... alright. Now... the graphics are just downright bad. Not in an artistic sense, but a technical sense and even …
- [1]
This game is 20% gameplay and 80% story dialogue. If you're not into fiction and are expecting heavy RPG gameplay, this isn't the game for you. However, the story is good and the combat system is very satisfying
Summarised from 34 of the 220 public posts collected about this game; every point cites the posts behind it ([n] opens the post) and the split is counted from the posts’ own ratings. Updated Oct 11, 2026. How summaries are made
RottenBot@rottenbot · automated account
SWORD ART ONLINE Alicization Lycoris sits at 60% positive across 168 opinionated reactions from 4 sources. Fresh or rotten — where do you land?
Reactions
60 of 207 · most liked firstSword Art Online: Alicization Lycoris — A Painful Love Letter to a Franchise I like. Let me start by saying this: I love Sword Art Online. The anime? Yes. Kirito’s overpowered moments? Sign me up. The hype, the world-building, the techie themes — I’m in. So when I booted up Alicization Lycoris, I was ready to dive headfirst into the Underworld and lose myself all over again. But instead of losing myself in the story, I just... got lost. The Good (Yes, there’s some!) Let’s show some love…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →tbh, i like the combat system of this game. it's kinda fresh, compared to the older games. but why can't i recommend this game? the story. i feel like it's kinda forced to be the "what if" of the events in the anime. and this game is a collection of long ass cutscenes. you'll have a 5 minutes battle and then you have to watch a 10 minutes - 30 minutes long cutscenes. it's overall a 6/10 from me. if you're a hard fans of SAO, then you can consider to buy this game (but give it a good think. the…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Go play fatal bullet is wayy better in both gameplay and customization, and to make things worse lootboxes and real money to buy costumes, ♥♥♥♥ off bandai.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I'm angry so I'll re-write this later/ Pissed. I want to BE MY OWN CHARACTER WITHOUT PERSONALIZING A KIRITO! All these games suck if you want to be anything but Kirito. Probably a really good game but I am not looking for a Kirito simulator. I like him being part of the story but I do not want to be him nor be a modified version of him.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Got a cat here. Friends passing by can touch her and click Like to pet her once. Award for good luck, Take My Points for infinite pets :) ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ＿＿ ／＞ フ | _ _ l ／` ミ＿xノ / | / ヽ ﾉ │ | | | ／￣| | | | | (￣ヽ＿_ヽ_)__) ＼二つ
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →---{ Graphics }--- ☐ You forget what reality is ☐ Beautiful ☐ Good ☑ Decent ☐ Bad ☐ Don‘t look too long at it ☐ MS-DOS ---{ Gameplay }--- ☐ Very good ☑ Good ☐ It's just gameplay ☐ Mehh ☐ Watch paint dry instead ☐ Just don't ---{ Audio }--- ☐ Eargasm ☐ Very good ☑ Good ☐ Not too bad ☐ Bad ☐ I'm now deaf ---{ Audience }--- ☐ Kids ☑ Teens ☑ Adults ☐ Grandma ---{ PC Requirements }--- ☐ Check if you can run paint ☐ Potato ☑ Decent ☐ Fast ☐ Rich boi ☐ Ask NASA if they have a spare computer ---{…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →SAO fans, yes, get it on a good sale. JRPG fans, maybe on a good sale. Everybody else, nah, the game itself isn't great, and there are plenty of great games you may enjoy more.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Disclaimer: Don't look at my playtime on Steam. I have played the game to completion for 48 hours on PS5. There's a lot to cover, so I'll divide this review into two parts. Part 1: Gameplay It's very janky. You definitely need to be a fan of open world games with endless amounts of enemies and markers on the map to enjoy this. There are 4 regions to explore, all divided into smaller locations. It's quite flawed but still enjoyable, You'll be destroying thousands of enemies with 9 different…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Allow steam deck users to play multiplayer by allowing EAC on linux please...
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →If you take the nostalgia blinders off, this is one of if not the best SAO game. Now, SAO games have never been amazing, but this is a pretty solid action-JRPG with a LOT of dialog and story. Decent size open world, a fair variety of monsters and the combat is satisfying for the most part. Duels are... alright. Now... the graphics are just downright bad. Not in an artistic sense, but a technical sense and even though this isn't a AAA game its inexusable. The LOD pop-in is insane in a game…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I mean the game is at most average, but istg the worst thing in this game is the loading screens, LITERALLY ANYTHING YOU DO GIVES YOU A LOADING SCREEN? im not even joking at least 40% of my playtime is all loading screens. just go play fatal bullet or hollow realization since those are actually not that bad compared to this piece of ♥♥♥♥ game, i don't even know why i am playing this :/ The gameplay is alright for the most part don't get me wrong. But the main problem is whenever you reach like…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →How did this get released? Like seriously, I went from Fatal bullet to Alicization Lycoris, and I'm just disapointed in this first fight Like, the game feels so slow compared to FB... I feel like it's running 30fps despite the fact i turned that setting off and the rest of the settings were set to the max i could get them! The game also looks so much worse! Like dear god... this is a downgrade from 2018. The combat is just so slow feeling, like you aren't doing anything besides casually…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →If you put time into this, it is quite enjoyable. While sometimes the quests are a bit too much, the main roster quests are quite refreshing. Yes the loading screens are a good portion of the game but overall a good game. Don't trust the hate
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game is 20% gameplay and 80% story dialogue. If you're not into fiction and are expecting heavy RPG gameplay, this isn't the game for you. However, the story is good and the combat system is very satisfying
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →SWORD ART ONLINE Cut Scene Loaders
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I played 5 previous sao games, I did not expect much from this title. I just wanted it to be on the same level as the previous entries or better. I finished 2 chapters and they were an absolute slog. The amount of dialogues and cutscenes is beyond ridicilous. The combat is lame you can only have 4 active skills and 4 weapon skills equipped along with 4 passives. I'm asking myself why I even bother playing coz it's not fun at all, so far it felt like a waste of time and I just want it to…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The jankiest, clunkiest combat combined with the worst "open world" no movement speed no mount horrible map design + mini map useless experience ever. Just buy fatal bullet and play a good game instead.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →So at first I was very hesitant recommend the game but I'll be honest. I had an absolute blast. The musics are nice,graphically it's still decent,I didn't get any bugs. Gameplay wise it was a bit awkward at first but I ended up really liking it. * You have a skill tree that opens more and more when you get new weapon types,new "classes" which allows you to obtain passive and active skills to equip. * You also have a weapon mastery system for : -swords -dual swords -rapiers -daggers…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Repurposed mobile game; could not make it worse even if you tired. 40% text + 40% loading... + 20% gameplay. Not sure about the last part, if i can even call that a gameplay. Was "loging in" daily to collect daily rewards just so I can gatcha the bikinis armour but at this point i'm sick to even look at this mess. Frankly, i'm amused that this company didn't get sued for damages to the anime. I've seen all of the anime & played/completed some games. this one is the worst even compared to the…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Why are there so many cut scenes i haven't played the game in 15 minutes and there's been more than one loading screen what i hate this game
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →If your looking for a worse retelling of the same story with boring bandit beating gameplay and lame animations then this is the game for you. You'd finish the anime/manga before you get to chapter 2 in this game.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Another solid $5 game. Loading screens are a bit long but story and combat are good.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It's been a long time since I even touched this game, and two years later seems like a bit late to post a review, but recently I've been more in the mood to review the games I've played so here it is now. I was super hyped for the game since I had played Fatal Bullet, which I really enjoyed, and they teased it in the end credits of that game. I bought the game without really knowing much about the gameplay, which was ultimately my mistake. Ultimately, I didn't enjoy the combat much. A lot of…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →SWORD ART ONLINE: Alicization Lycoris (XBO) is $9.99 on Amazon amzn.to/3WE9eIc #ad
neutral · AI labelView post →I'm really upset i put this much time into the game before i realized there is no gearing progression until after the game has been beaten. you keep you starting weapons until the end of the game cause you will NEVER get anything better until you beat the game. some character can have better but the main ones like Kirito and some of the other main ones dont. what is the point of and RPG if i cant get better weapons until the end of the game?!? i haven't even completed the game i only found…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →PlayStation Plus Game Catalog for August: The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, Wild Hearts, Cult of the Lamb and more. Extra and Premium: - The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | PS4, PS5 - Wild Hearts Standard Edition | PS5 - Cult of the Lamb | PS4, PS5 - Ride 5 | PS5 - Watch Dogs 2* | PS4 - Sword Art Online: Last Recollection | PS4, PS5 - Naruto to Boruto: Shinobi Striker* | PS4 - Sword Art Online: Alicization Lycoris | PS4 - Sword Art Online: Fatal Bullet | PS4 - Sword Art Online: Hollow Realization | PS4…
neutral · AI labelView post →Got this game on all consoles Exclude switch,its fun and chill especially in the story,after the story you can grind a bit and hit the dlc,and enjoy the smooth content. Its fun all around especially with friends if you have any. This game is meant to be enjoyed slow and steady for the submersion not to be bum rushed,has good graphics and if you have a good pc the frames go as high as your pc will let it,the grinding after the story content brings you a bit down but its all worth it in the end…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →eugeo is the real MVP
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →i get to wife sinon game of the year +1
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →UI and Cutscenes look great! Gameplay is very clunky and game models leave to be desired, art is way below average even compared to an indie game. Very clunky and unpolished, Would strongly advise playing SAO: Hollow Realization instead.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Not recommended. L O A D I N G S C R E E N S 2 - With the point of 15% of your total gameplay time being loading screens, anyone with 100+ hours on this is definitely not a normal person. 3 - If you don't have IT, don't buy IT. If you have playtime >2 hours, refund it. I'm warning you for your own good, this game in it's entirety is a fricking scam. Story - 2 Gameplay - 2 Scenario - 2 Sync - 4 Sense - 4 Final - 2.8/5
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →BY FAR THE WORST THING IN THE SAO FRANCHISE....if you value your money n dont want to waste it or your time on ♥♥♥♥ do not buy this i have every bit of content for this game n regret every penny which is a shame because i love the franchise but you guys should be ashamed of yourselves for producing absolute ♥♥♥♥...
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →for sure better than echoes of aincrad
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →If you enjoy visual novels, this game is for you. There’s way more reading than fighting.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Unfortunately, as good as this game could've been, it fell flat for me. I am very big on completing every single task available in games, however this game has at least 2 quests that are bugged and cannot be completed. This makes me sad, because I do enjoy the range of classes/weapons you can choose in this game.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The Intro is 2.5 hrs so by the time you realize youre bored as ♥♥♥♥, you cant refund it
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Trash game. The majority of the dialogue is still pictures and no English dub variant either. Game mechanics very lack-luster and confusing.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Playstation Plus Premium/Extra August 2024. -The Witcher 3 -Wild Hearts -Cult of the Lamb -Ride 5 -Watch Dogs 2 -Naruto to Boruto: Shinobi Striker -Sword Art Online: Alicization Lycoris -Sword Art Online: Last Recollection -SAO: Fatal Bullet -SAO: Hollow Realization [1/2]
neutral · AI labelView post →PLAY THIS GAME, anyone who says it is trash BELONGS in the trash, game is amazing
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Games leaving PS+ on August. - Bugsnax - Naruto to Boruto: Shinobi Striker - Ride 5 - Star Wars: Jedi Survivor - Sword Art Online: Alicization Lycoris - Sword Art Online: Fatal Bullet - Sword Art Online: Hollow Realization - Sword Art Online: Last Recollection - Sword Art Online: Lost Song - The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt - TopSpin 2k25 - UFC 5 - Wild Hearts - Vacation Simulator
neutral · AI labelView post →7 hours in the fast play mode to get to chapter 2 which is a requirement to play multiplayer. Multiplayer doesn't work.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →loading screen and cut scene simulator for at least 20 hours
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →SO MUCH TO DO. This game takes place during the start of SAO 3 until a certain point and then becomes its own story and while not perfect it is still fun. I bought all the DLC for this game and have only done the first 2 cause I was waiting for the 3rd, but never came back when it did come out, but I will come back eventually. The gameplay is fun and kinda reminds me of the tales of games, seeing all your fav sao characters is also fun, but most important this game is almost open world. while…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →as a SAO FAN it's another addition to my collection ;) <3
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Started playing thinking I’d become the strongest swordsman alive. Reality: I spent 20 minutes fighting for my life while Kirito gives motivational speeches strong enough to buff the entire party. The combat is actually fun, chaining skills feels satisfying, and the world captures that classic SAO vibe perfectly. Also, every boss somehow has enough health to survive a natural disaster. Only thing missing is some online friends to grind and suffer with 😭 10/10 — dual wielding my way through…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Horrible slop. I'm not putting in anymore of my time, you can tell between the cut scenes and the loading screens that this game tried to justify its price tag with padding out the game time. If you are considering buying this don't just don't. I am surprised how bad the game looks at max settings, the textures are muddy and inconsistent, the anti aliasing method is terrible even at 1440p the jaggies are so apparent. I seen switch games with better details than this. When a game tells you do…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Dropped into the local @ebgamesau.bsky.social today and picked up these two pre-owned games on a whim: 🗡️SWORD ART ONLINE Alicization Lycoris [PS4] 🗡️SWORD ART ONLINE Last Recollection [PS5] Don’t really know much about them, but thought they looked pretty.
neutral · AI labelView post →The first chapter was a little long, but it's basically a rehash of the entire Alicization story arc, from Kirito landing in Underworld to getting into the tower. So it's understandable that it was so long. After that, the game is a little less cinematic and the game really opens up. The combat system is pretty cool and the scenery is great. Very much enjoying the single player aspect -- haven't even tried to get into multiplayer yet.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →i will collect every sword waifu and make an army with them to overthrow the government
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →on sale for under 20 its worth it i guess if you love SAO but honestly every game is the same they have really bad combat that isnt really fluid at all its all a major grind for bs i keep buying each new game hoping for better but really they all kind of suck the only one i really liked so far was an english translate patch for the first psp game and re hollow or w.e the one with premiere was loved season one up to like ep6 its been down hill since
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →- Bland story. Boring AF. - Too much LONG cutscenes, that are boring AF. - Combat system is too easy for normal enemies; and absolutely unbalanced for the bosses. The first mini-boss I found, killed me 3 times before I could kill it. - The tutorials are like "here, I give you all the info of the mechanics at once, and now, you have to remember them all. If you don´t, you can´t fight the boss". - The map for the quests is useless and clueless. The movement of the character doesnt feel fluid,…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Steaming dog ass
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →great game i overall like the story line really recommend getting the deluxe edition to get the DLC without having to pay a lot more.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Sword Art Online: AL, better known as Sword Art Online: Always Loading. More load scenes than a Bethesda game. Cut scene? Load time, walk 5 steps to next quest marker? Load time. Finished that battle in two shots? Load time. Oop- another Cut scene- queue the load time!
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I’ve been a Sword Art Online fan since the anime first aired. My first SAO game was Fatal Bullet, then Integral Factor, and both did a solid job retelling the main plot while adding their own twists. Even Hollow Realization impressed me with how fun and engaging it was. But this game, this one, somehow manages to take everything I loved about those titles and throw it straight into a trash bin. I knew the game would mix anime scenes with original content, just like the others. That’s normal…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Pretty fun game, daily tickets to roll for random cosmetics is cool. good "replay" of the Underworld Arc of SAO if you want to or you can choose to skip it and begin your own adventure. the combat system is very simple and easy to learn but still fun. there are some minor set backs that could be good if changed such as being able to mark quest locations on the map or have better guidance to those quest. my biggest down side to the game is honestly just the keyboard button default layout is hard…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →i love sao thats why this game the goat
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The single worst opening gameplay introduction of all time. Holy game slop.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →well start with the cons -buggy, the game crashed to desktop about 4 times while doing the storyline -no player base, the barely anyone random will join your world and its based on two things 1. steam profile needs to public. 2. open steam settings and go to the download tab and change download region to "uk- london" the ai "players" only show up if people are playing in your region, the location i mentioned seems to have the most activity (3 "player wayfarers" in about 4 hours of gameplay)…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Best SAO game in my opinion.
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