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Sword Art Online Variant Showdown (SAOVS) Beater Report

Thank you for participating in our CBT!

Message From the SAOVS Team

Thank you to everyone who participated in the Sword Art Online Variant Showdown (hereafter SAOVS) Closed Beta Test (hereafter CBT).

We would like to reveal the results of the survey and some of what went on during the CBT.

The data gained from this CBT will be used to improve SAOVS's gameplay experience moving forward.
We are also hard at work polishing up other features that weren't included in the CBT, so we hope you'll look forward to those.
Thank you for your continued patience as we prepare the game for launch.

We hope you continue to support SAOVS.

The SAOVS Team

Survey Results Beater Experiences

Survey Results

Survey Responses Collected

8,562

Thank you so much for the amazing response that our CBT and survey received!

Do you find it interesting?

86.8% of players
responded "fun".

It was fun.

60.3%
It was fun for the most part.

26.5%
It was okay.

8.9%
It was kind of boring.

3.4%
It was boring.

0.9%

Do you want to try the game out?

91.3% of players
responded "play it".

I would like to play it.

72.9%
I think I would like to play it.

18.4%
It's hard to say either way.

5.9%
I don't think I would like to play it.

2.1%
I would not like to play it.

0.6%

Please select all that describe your feelings.
(Top 10)

56.2%

I like how I can control my favorite characters.
53.9%

The character illustrations look nice.
52.5%

I enjoyed executing consecutive attacks by switching.
49.4%

I’m interested in the rest of the story.
49.4%

The Scout animations were fun to watch.
48.1%

The 3D character designs look nice.
47.7%

I like how I can listen to character voice lines found only in SAOVS.
46.6%

I like the flashy animations that play when performing an Awakening or Finishing Skills.
41.7%

I enjoyed filling up the Rush Gauge to deal major damage to enemies.
40.7%

I enjoyed taking down bosses using Bursts.

Please select all that describe your feelings.
(Bottom 10)

15.8%

The load times were short.
16.2%

Controlling the camera during battle was easy.
20.7%

Each screen has a design easy on the eyes, and the buttons are in convenient positions.
21.8%

I can really feel the effects of enhancing Ability Cards.
21.8%

The team-building screen was easy to navigate.
23.0%

I can really feel the effects of enhancing characters' stats.
24.0%

The tutorial's explanations were easy to understand.
25.2%

I like feeling as if I'm communicating with the characters when on the home screen.
25.4%

The strategy elements are well developed.
25.5%

I was awed by the portrayal of the story and animated expressions.

Playable character that you want to use
(Note that there is no guarantee these characters will be added.)

Comments From the SAOVS Team Regarding Survey Results

SAOVS is a title that we wanted to develop to both celebrate the 10th anniversary of the release of the SAO anime and provide players with a new SAO experience where they could battle fierce enemies in the same year as Kirito and his friends begin their adventure in SAO, 2022.

During the CBT, we received a certain level of feedback regarding graphics and the battle system that primarily relies on Switches, grounding our confidence in the development of the game.

That said, we have also hit upon several issues that need to be addressed, such as load times and streamlining some of the controls.
From here, our priorities lie in focusing on lower order items that came up as well as working on items that, while not coming up in the results of the CBT, we were able to glean from analyzing player logs.

We plan to continue working on development and provide an even higher quality gameplay experience to players when SAOVS launches.