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Sword Art Online: Last Recollection Trailer Delivers In-Depth Gameplay Preview

Sword Art Online: Last Recollection cinematic screenshot featuring Kirito wielding his sword

 

If you’ve been hoping for a closer look at how Sword Art Online: Last Recollection plays ahead of the action-RPG’s October launch, Bandai Namco came through with an in-depth gameplay video highlighting everything from exploration and customization to inventory, skills and more.

 

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Watch as Kirito and co. attempt to save the Underworld in the gameplay trailer below.

 

 

In addition to original new characters, Last Recollection will have voice actors from the main series reprising their respective roles once more, including Yoshitsugu Matsuoka as Kirito, Haruka Tomatsu as Asuna, Miyuki Sawashiro as Shinon, Ayana Taketatsu as Leafa, Ai Kayano as Alice and Nobunaga Shimazaki as Eugeo, among others.

 

Bandai Namco’s description of Sword Art Online: Last Recollection:

 

SWORD ART ONLINE LAST RECOLLECTION follows beloved series protagonist Kirito and his friends as they embark on a new adventure that’s distinct from the War of Underworld story arc from the original novel and anime series. The game features new battles with evolved high-speed combat and cooperative gameplay for up to four players. As the adventure begins, our heroes journey to the Underworld, where rising tensions between the Human Realm and Dark Territory is brewing, threatening to plunge the virtual world of humans and AIs into war. Unbeknownst to our heroes, these developments are the final stages of the “Alicization Project,” a secret experiment carried out by humans in the real world to instigate war in the virtual world to force the evolution of AI through brutal warfare. We join Kirito and his allies as they fight to resist the impending tragedy of war. 

 

Crunchyroll currently streams the full Sword Art Online TV anime adaptation and describes it like so:

 

In the near future, a Virtual Reality Massive Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Game (VRMMORPG) called Sword Art Online has been released where players control their avatars with their bodies using a piece of technology called: Nerve Gear. One day, players discover they cannot log out, as the game creator is holding them captive unless they reach the 100th floor of the game’s tower and defeat the final boss. However, if they die in the game, they die in real life. Their struggle for survival starts now…

 

Sword Art Online: Last Recollection hits PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S and PC in Japan on October 5, followed by the west in October 6.

 

Source: Press release

 

 

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