- Sep 12, 2019
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Agree with you the game is worse off without exploration. In Part 1 in-between plot events you can go out of your way to see NPCs and see what their subplots are developing. They had nothing to do with the plot but it was still a fun to thing to do. In the early parts of Part 2 you can still explore the city and sometimes you found the other characters mini-events and see what they are up to. But there was a reason for why exploration was removed. After a while all the mini-events were causing a lot of bugs. So the game had to be streamlined to focus on the main plot. It sucks but I understand why exploration had to be removed.Ok I finally figured out why all the recent updates seem to suck so much compared to the earlier updates. People say because it's too slow but that is really not it.
It's because there is just nothing to do. In the earlier updates there was actually a city to explore. In fact I was annoyed that I wasn't sure that I always got all all the content. Now it's just point A to B with a minor (and obvious) distraction. In this case the workplace laptop but nothing else. This update seems good, but only because the one thing we all have been waiting for finally happened but it's really not. It's just a natural story climax right now.
Even the story telling got worse.
The treehouse incident is the perfect framework so just repeat that. Instead of Kirito fighting off screen and then switching, show Kirito fighting that guy and give us a sneak preview of Asuna fucking Inoda.
The story I don't have strong opinions. You like or you don't. Not much to say about it.
The treehouse event was PEAK! Nothing like hearing Swordland play while Kirito is protecting Inoda so he can safely plow Asuna!