Some people may disagree…
This is purely my opinion - take this criticism with a pinch of salt
I wish the Dev stuck with the standard Art style.
I feel that the animated koikatsu assets actually subtracts from the value of the game.
at current the only game Draw for me is the story and premise behind it.
the idea is good, however theres No real motive behind the plot. As an SAO game you would expect at least some of evil deed to be happening. When part two lands it may asnwer
NTR progression I feel is quite fast most of the time which makes game immersion pretty much none existent. Not to mention character depictions are totally out of character.
Art
as stated the current art sucks and is clearly generated in one form or another. Character proportions are clearly cracked up from the start so much so that it’s laughable when compared to other SAO games both fan made and official.
it’s great the dev is trying be unique and I don’t mind playing it just because it’s funny. And giving feedback where applicable.
Rating
Would I spend money on this as a consumer?
Probably not unless I was after some light comedic entertainment.
Until the art is sorted and some questions are answered in game
3 / 10
Art - Limited effort / creative spark put in. Static AI images in my opinion do a better job at it and pixiv has a mountain in the SAO category.
Clearly generated with minimal input other than by sliders. Character posing is also probably done by or has been assisted the same generation tool across all characters.
2 / 10
Story / Plot - at current to much is un-answered so I can’t really give a over all score as it’s unclear and unfinished but at minimum
Current Total Score 3 / 10
Expected Final Score 6 /
(once finished if some of things mentioned are taken into accounts. I don’t expect them to change any of the art etc)
I would totally love to hear other people’s opinion on this.
I also don’t mind being contacted directly if dev so desires to run though things.
(English only sorry)
I highly doubt this game would exist without koikatsu, sure he may be able to get someone do make 2d cg now, but not when he started. The 3d cg allowed him to create scenes that he may not have been able to otherwise. And I disagree with AI being better images than koikatsu. Your assessment of limited effort because its a 3d scene creator is just plain wrong. It still takes time, and if you have seen a bunch of koikatsu you would know it can look super bad and janky.
I highly doubt the art will change from 3d, so this will probably not ever be somthing you really enjoy. He would probably also get a lot of hate if he changed it, look at any game that changes art styles, even if the new stuff is subjectively better, people hate change.
But you can not like the art that is valid, but to call it less effort is just wrong.
