So if this was only Part 1, I'd give it an easy like 4/5
Part 2 is an absolute travesty though.
In Part 1, there was a main plot, and a sub plot.
Asuna and Inoda, and Suguha and Hebishima.
It was simple, short, scenes were pretty good. The final scene was great. No qualms about the first game.
Part 2 is really, really rough.
We have a bunch of characters who try to stay relevant in the plot but none of the new sub plots are interesting nor add anything to the plot (besides Lisbeth and Suguha). Asuna and Inoda, Suguha trying to steal Kirito, Sinon doing the same, Lisbeth doing the same, Klein and Alice, and then there is the administrator.
The game also has an obnoxious amount of dialogue between scenes. Like it's really bad and a chore to slog through. It's generally pretty poorly written and the characters don't really act in a believable way. That mixed with the extra subplots and it becomes really rough.
What people want to see is more Asuna development, we all want to see that main plot develop. The Lisbeth plot is good too since it ties pretty closely with Asuna and Inoda. Suguha is fine, but the rest is whatever.
It's purely linear like the first one, and you have no player agency really.
The best thing I can say about it, is that there is some really good scenes. Those carry the game. If the plot was half as long or shorter like the first game with no way less characters, I would easily recommend both.
There was one scene that felt bad though, some people might like this, but there was a genuine r*pe scene where the girl just wasn't into it and was actually crying afterwards. It actually made me feel bad for the character and just kinda ruined the game for me. If that character had genuine corruption and development into sleeping with the antagonist it would have been way better. Instead it's going to be rape into magically loving the dick and afterwards I just felt really bad for her.
I'd recommend part one to play through, but part 2 I would say just download it and use the mod Gatsu made and view the scenes.
It also would be nice if the creator would credit the scene creators too. I've seen them using a lot of scenes by animators without crediting them which is a shame.
Part 2 is an absolute travesty though.
In Part 1, there was a main plot, and a sub plot.
Asuna and Inoda, and Suguha and Hebishima.
It was simple, short, scenes were pretty good. The final scene was great. No qualms about the first game.
Part 2 is really, really rough.
We have a bunch of characters who try to stay relevant in the plot but none of the new sub plots are interesting nor add anything to the plot (besides Lisbeth and Suguha). Asuna and Inoda, Suguha trying to steal Kirito, Sinon doing the same, Lisbeth doing the same, Klein and Alice, and then there is the administrator.
The game also has an obnoxious amount of dialogue between scenes. Like it's really bad and a chore to slog through. It's generally pretty poorly written and the characters don't really act in a believable way. That mixed with the extra subplots and it becomes really rough.
What people want to see is more Asuna development, we all want to see that main plot develop. The Lisbeth plot is good too since it ties pretty closely with Asuna and Inoda. Suguha is fine, but the rest is whatever.
It's purely linear like the first one, and you have no player agency really.
The best thing I can say about it, is that there is some really good scenes. Those carry the game. If the plot was half as long or shorter like the first game with no way less characters, I would easily recommend both.
There was one scene that felt bad though, some people might like this, but there was a genuine r*pe scene where the girl just wasn't into it and was actually crying afterwards. It actually made me feel bad for the character and just kinda ruined the game for me. If that character had genuine corruption and development into sleeping with the antagonist it would have been way better. Instead it's going to be rape into magically loving the dick and afterwards I just felt really bad for her.
I'd recommend part one to play through, but part 2 I would say just download it and use the mod Gatsu made and view the scenes.
It also would be nice if the creator would credit the scene creators too. I've seen them using a lot of scenes by animators without crediting them which is a shame.