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Sword Art Online: Lost Song

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68 26 March 2015

Sword Art Online: Lost Song is a role-playing (rpg) developed by Artdink, released 26 March 2015 on PlayStation 4, PlayStation Vita, PlayStation 3 and PC (Microsoft Windows). The main story takes about 16.9 hrs to finish.

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What Sword Art Online: Lost Song is

Sword Art Online: Lost Song is a role-playing (rpg) game developed by Artdink and released in 2015. It was published by Bandai Namco Entertainment. It is available on PlayStation 4, PlayStation Vita, PlayStation 3 and PC (Microsoft Windows).

The premise, in the publisher's words

Sword Art Online: Lost Song is a Japanese action role-playing video game for the PlayStation 3, PlayStation Vita, PlayStation 4 and Microsoft Windows based on the Sword Art Online light novel series. It is the third video game in the series and is the successor to the 2014 game Sword Art Online: Hollow Fragment. The game was released worldwide during 2015; it was first released in Japan on March 26, and was later released in the PAL region and North America on November 13 and 17, respectively.
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How it plays

It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are action and fantasy. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Co-operative, Multiplayer and Single player. There are 43 achievements to unlock.

Where it sits in the Sword Art Online series

Sword Art Online: Lost Song is the fourth of 32 entries we hold in the Sword Art Online series. It arrived 11 months after Sword Art Online: Hollow Fragment. The next entry was Sword Art Online Re: Hollow Fragment in 2015. Its critic score of 68 is 3 points above the series average of 65. The highest-rated entry is Sword Art Online: Fractured Daydream at 75.

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How it was received

Sword Art Online: Lost Song holds a critic score of 68 out of 100. That places it above 28% of the 3,814 rated role-playing (rpg) games in our database, which average 73. Games released in 2015 averaged 69, so it scored about average for its year.

How long it takes, and what that costs

The main story runs about 16.9 hrs.

What you need to run it

The minimum specification calls for Intel Core i3-2100 / AMD A8-5600K, 4 GB RAM and GeForce GTX 650 / Radeon HD 7770. At 4GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today. Install size is roughly 7GB. Both tiers are compared side by side on the requirements page, and you can check your own parts against them without installing anything.

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What it launched against

Sword Art Online: Lost Song launched on 26 March 2015, within three weeks of Bloodborne, Ori and the Blind Forest, Mortal Kombat X and Yakuza 0. All of them reviewed better. It arrived 2 years into the PlayStation 4's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.

Released around the same time: Bloodborne, Ori and the Blind Forest, Mortal Kombat X, Yakuza 0.

Cheats and codes

We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Sword Art Online: Lost Song yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.

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Official trailer

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Quick answers

Sword Art Online: Lost Song — frequently asked questions

When did Sword Art Online: Lost Song come out?
Sword Art Online: Lost Song was released on 26 March 2015 for PlayStation 4, PlayStation Vita, PlayStation 3 and PC (Microsoft Windows).
What are the minimum PC requirements for Sword Art Online: Lost Song?
At minimum, Sword Art Online: Lost Song needs Intel Core i3-2100 / AMD A8-5600K, 4 GB RAM, GeForce GTX 650 / Radeon HD 7770 graphics, 7 GB available space of storage.
How long does it take to beat Sword Art Online: Lost Song?
The main story of Sword Art Online: Lost Song takes around 16.9 hrs.
How many GB is Sword Art Online: Lost Song?
The PC version needs about 7 GB of storage, going by the storage line in the system requirements ("7 GB available space"). Updates can add to that, and console versions have their own sizes, which are not listed here.

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