Has less main characters from the series, only up to the GGO arc. Also, on NG+, all enemies in the Aincrad floors receive a 10 level boost, and will keep getting boosts the more NG+'s you do. Basically, everything is kept except your Aincrad floor progress. This has no relation to the main story, but it's where most end game content will be done and you're really supposed to go through this while you're proceeding the Aincrad floors, however it is very much possible to complete the Hollow Area first and then become overleveled for the Aincrad floors.Īfter completing the story, you can choose to do a New Game Plus which basically starts the game over but you and your party members keep all your gear, levels, and your progress on the Hollow Area is retained. (I'm not completely sure but I think the Hollow Area actually encompasses more area than the Aincrad floors as a whole).

One of the added stories to the Vita version is Philia's story, which is done by going to a large side-area in the game called the Hollow Area. (This game is basically a port of Infinity Moment with added content, ala Persona 4 Golden was to Persona 4). The main story is basically you going up from Aincrad floors 76 to 100 which is what the story of the predecessor to this game was, Infinity Moment for PSP. This is really just a personal complaint, but the UI, in my opinion, is much uglier and clunkier than the one in Hollow Realization. I actually had to utilize walkthroughs on Youtube or guides on Gamefaqs to get past the STORY as well as the end game content because some of the directions the game gives you are downright unreadable or the phrasings were so awkward I needed extra clarification. Although, this does NOT apply to some of the instructions you are given which can make playing the game confusing. While many sentences are really butchered, you'll probably be able to get a good idea of what's happening in the story if you're familiar with the anime or light novels. Is notorious for its extremely horrid localization, to the point that many people actually believe the game was ran through Google translate instead of being properly translated, like it's PS4 counterpart. I will be combining this into two comments due to Reddit's 10k character limit.

Despite this, I want to clear up some points for you so you can make the decision yourself. Hi, I've played through both games and docked 300+ hours in each and in my opinion, Hollow Realization is much, much better, both as an SAO game and an RPG in general.

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