>we've lived to see .hack come backHoly shit.
I've gotta see gameplay footage and mechanics before I seriously judge it. It probably won't have the SOUL of the originals and G.U, but I'm hoping it can somewhat capture the feeling, also hope the writing is good. I really enjoyed the original and G.U stories.
>>733278958I'm worried about CC2 having absolute control, though. People like to villainize publishers, but they tend to be the voice of reason.
and some people wanted another jjk game lol
I bought that bundle of the PS2 games on steam a few weeks ago for like 20 dollars, I remember I almost rented them from blockbuster a ton of times as a kidI'll play them someday
>>733278958this is one of those rare instances I'd rather see the remaster first, but I guess Last Record proved their point already
image a .hack game where you can make your own character instead of some betacuck faggot
>>733278958What about the IMOQ remake
These .hack threads have been comfy the last couple of dayshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZkxSlKVXF34>>733279014Same. I wasn't exactly thrilled at the new look for Kite but I'm still glad the series is getting some love again. I can take more generic anime designs if the gameplay and story are good, even though the original games were practically hard carried by the atmosphere and vibe.>>733279058It's probably a ton of pressure. Not only is Bandai/Namco putting a lot of faith in CC2 by giving them full creative control, but the longtime fans are going to have high expectations as well. The good thing is they genuinely seem to love the series, so I'm hoping that shines through in the final product.
>>733278958>>733278958should i play .hack//GU last recode? i have it on steam for some reason, no idea where i got it (maybe a humble bundle?). i want a decent hack and slash action RPG, haven't played one in a while.
>>733279601I'm already impressed they survived the Fuga trilogy.
Dude, just take off your headset lmao what could go wrong?
>>733279338>>733279415I'm personally still holding out hope that they'll drop a remaster out of the blue while we're waiting for //Z.E.R.O. to release. On the other hand, I don't want it to get outsourced to a bunch of jeets and have the games be tainted by all the hallmarks of a quick, shitty remaster.
>>733279603Sure. Added episode isn't AS good, but still worth playing.
Idk anything about this IP
>>733279014There's no actual way that the gameplay is worse than the old games. Neither the original nor G.U. had good gameplay.
>>733279864It's kind of a bitch to get into nowadays because it was designed as a true multimedia franchise. Problem is some of that stuff that's not games or anime are hard to get your hands onto these days, and it's not merely supplementary material the way FF15 did it, for example.
>>733279864It's 100% certified weebshit. probably from the ps2 era and maybe poorly if even localized
>>733279864.hack walked so sao could run
>they haven't done a non-fighting action game on consoles in 14 years with asura's wrath which was still a boss fight QTE game>and solotarobo and .hack//link in 2010, 16 years ago>the closest you get is dbz kakarot which was still another boss game mostly with some stupid side challenges and minigamesDo they even have what it takes to actually make a whole ass JRPG and simultaneously make the combat not total dogbutts? I guess they have the experience for plenty of combat mechanics, but not for dungeon crawling.
>>733280069.hack did the whole MMO thing way better. It's actually shocking what a snapshot of the early period it is.
I am a bit worried about the localization. I really hope they hire competent people and not some californian retards that pump the script with zoomerlingo. I really hope they keep the 2ch vibe G.U. had.
>>733279864It's a speculative fiction, multimedia franchise set in a "near future" version of ~2010. It focuses on a popular MMO that's begun having a string of odd things surrounding it, both in and out of the game, and with several people entering comas after playing. The main story is presented over a 26 episode anime, a four part PS2 game series, and four OVAs that came with each of the four original PS2 games, each showing the story from multiple different characters' views. The main drive is figuring out what's causing the comas and anomalous events in the game.
ive been thinking but isnt g.u.'s battle system basically ff7 remake? did shit enix really steal from cc2?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6l15AFUuaoQBest desktop theme, comin' through. Putting the Mac Anu theme as the desktop music in the first four games is pretty damn good too though.
>>733278958Maybe it shoulda stayed dead.
This series is fucking weird, by the way. Revisiting SIGN and IMOQ is honestly pretty fucking boring, but at the time, there was just something special about it. Was it just because I was a teenager at the time? Did it hit at just the right time?I should play through G.U. Recode again.
>>733280929Nah, there's enough to 7R on its own terms to say it's more an evolution of prior FF titles than just .hack, though I do get where you're coming from. But even with that in mind, CC2 were originally developing the remake themselves before Square took it all in-house, whether due to quality concerns or dissatisfaction of some other shit. Or Square hitting an oh-shit button, we don't actually know yet. In any case with that link established, it DOES make sense why some elements of that design remain at least.
>>733279338unlike the bore that was xenosaga trilogy, this was how you did that shit
>>733279952>probablywhat the fuck you mean, "probably"? You dumbass
>>733280069As a fan of both, I want some crossover content whenever it releases.
>tfw a remaster has a chance to come out and finally lower the price of Quarantine a bitIf it does come out I'm sure Quarantine will still be expensive since it had a low ass print run but still, I want to complete my PS2 set. That grunty must be finished!
>>733281047>CC2 were originally developing the remake themselvesnow that is some lore i wasnt aware of at all. i usually look around news and stuff but never heard that one.
>>733281169I remember trading in my original copies of IMOQ like a retard when I was 16-17 so I could get games for my 360, only to hunt down another set of them a few years later when I got the urge to play them again. So glad I was able to find them at relatively normal prices compared to how inflated they've gotten now, especially Outbreak and Quarantine. Still have them and their respective Liminality discs in good condition.
i feel like a HD remaster of all 4 games of infection and GU coming
>>733281047>give the remake of final FUCKING fantasy 7 to studio stuck in anime mineswhat in the fuck?
>>733281398I don't know why they would wait so long to do remasters and what not of the originals, but if we do get them, it'll be WAYYYY later, like years from now I'd think. They're not going to just drop a new .Hack game alongside a remaster or remasters of the original, unless it's something they've been working on in secret for years.
>>733279338reminder these four games were released in under two years
>>733278958ok guys redpill me on .Hackdid i miss out? because i dont really get it.>be a huge fan of jrpgs>first game comes out, hear about a mnaga series and anime as well, this might be the next big thing>play the first game as soon as it comes out>pretty mediocre at the start but not bad so far>setting stuff up, introductions etc.>finally after 10 hours reach the first real challenge, everything else was a breeze up untill now>beat the first real boss>"ok this was actually fun, lets fucking go, this is getting fun">credits start rolling>i felt fucking cheated, is this game really just 10 hours long? it felt like they took a jrpg and just spliced it into 4 parts to sell them seperatly>never touch the franchise againWas i wrong or is the franchise a fucking scam?I actually tried watching the anime some time after but the first 2 episodes didnt hook me and i just got reminded of my disappointment and dropped it
>>733281460To be fair, the R1 games were literally one game with almost all of the data intact besides specific bosses, items and tweaks since Infection; they effectively just split it up and staged the separate releases for the sake of the extra media to coincide for an artificial hype cycle. If Bandai, Kadokawa and CC2 weren't cheeky fucks, it probably could've all been in one game from the word go.
>>733278958I've seen barely any hype around ZERO's announcement. Probably because no one remembers .hack anymore and it's been replaced by franchises like SAO.
I'm still not playing SC6, fuck you.
famitsu will drop new info in 7 hrs. There will be more concept arts
>2026>still no [The World] MMOwhy live
>>733281514No, IMOQ is a scam. The discs have junk data on them to meet Sony minimum file sizes. There's data for stuff you won't see until Quarantine... on the Infection disc. At least one of the "games" is just complete fucking filler, and that's outside of the inane amount of useless filler in the rest of them. It's an interesting story that was propped up by its novelty and ambition rather than the actual gameplay, which makes them awful to revisit in 2026.Also SIGN is a cerebral anime where there's very little playing of the MMO despite taking place in one. Granted, 50-75% of the gameplay of these MMOs was in fact standing in town shooting the shit, but it's a very dry, conversational anime that I can understand isn't for everyone.
>>733280320>zoomerlingo:(>Japanese zoomerlingo:)
>>733281724stop saying the same shit every thread
>>733281514Budget has plagued CC2 since forever.
If the //Fragment anon is lurking, are you able to share resources or info on how to get it setup? I'd be down to try it out soon.
>>733280320
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zGOAex5mSgwhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pGsHcvkDHFM
>>733281673You're going to learn Groh and you're gonna like it, mister.
>>733281830Japanese franchise :D
>>733281830trails with tranny nisa localization is down the block and to the right. see you around, tourist
>>733281873This is the first time I've posted that
>>733278958>has nothing to do with the novelSo why keep the name? Can't be that important.
>>733282414Because for marketing purposes, ".hack//ZERO" is too useful of a title to waste on a novel series that never even reached completion. It's a purely pragmatic decision. The novel just doesn't matter enough.
>>733282414they wanted an acronym name for another four part series
>>733282414>>733282495Not to mention the fact that it's Z.E.R.O. and not the single word Zero.
>>733280549I just want Ouka in the new game
>>733282650>Orca derivative gets knocked into a coma within the first few minutes of the game as tradition
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qFuznMCYIwI
I greatly enjoyed GU, but I remember most of my thoughts during the story being like>just log off nigga it's not that serious, damn
>>733282942Well I mean if he logged off, then he wouldn't find Tri-Edge.
>>733282942>guess I'll just log off and check my emails
>>733283016Not just Haseo, but other characters as well, like Sakaki. You got middle-schoolers Sephiroth-posting except it's treated completely seriously.>>733283017The fake internet was the best part. I loved going to the message boards and saving all the fan art as wallpapers.
>>733281385I got the whole set in like-new condition for launch prices. Was a great score.
>>733283194because like anon said it's a look at mmorpgs of the era. devs specifically drew inspiration from pso and ff11. ultima online too, supposedly.
>>733283194>I loved going to the message boards and saving all the fan art as wallpapers.same. also I liked reading the forum and the rumors, felt like you were part of the game
>>733283436Very nice, anon
>>733283194>>733283595IMOQ is a game that NAILS atmosphere and vibes, it carries the game if you don't click with the combat. I actually do enjoy the combat in IMOQ though, it has some depth to it and interesting quirks you can fuck around with.
You know, Emma started all of this.
>>733279948Last Recode was my introduction, and I understood what happened just fine without having played, seen or read previous material.
>>733284572I actually really hope we can choose our class in the new game. It would add a good bit of variety and replayability I imagine. Would also help sell that MMO vibe. I could see it being part of the tutorial segment where Not-Orca is guiding Not-Kite through character creation on voice chat.
>Hiroshi's twitter says "Naruto - Naruto" instead of "Naurto - Boruto"Subtle confirmation that CC2 hates Boruto. That's pretty based. A new Naruto game from them would never hit PS2 UN nor Storm 1-4 levels because they have no passion for Boruto. It's shit.
>>733285001>PIROSHI_CC2neat
>>733279679what do you mean?
>>733285242
>>733285512trilogy was saved by furry merchandise
>>733285703prove it
>>733281398>>733281438I think we haven't gotten them yet is because they think the gameplay won't be well received, so they'd need to remake the games entirely and they don't want to invest that much into the franchise. It'd make sense why we got GU first instead of the actual start of the series.
>>733285536wtf is a social game?
>>733265665>Aika behind Tokyo.I have a lot of problems with //Link as a game, and even more as a .hack property since everything that went wrong with the series can be traced down to it, but Aika isn't one of them. Such an endearing character. She, Flügel, and Cello were the only highlights of that game, and I'm check glad that CC2 at least made a good product with the latter two, that being //bullet.
>>733285536>multiplayerso we'll be able to play online? cool
>>733285001I'd play a game like DBZ Kakarot but for Naruto instead. I'm kinda tired of licensed anime arena fighters at the moment, so I wouldn't mind something more story based. I'd still want the QTEs though, so maybe something closer to Asura's Wrath instead.>>733284926There could be a multi-class system like in FF14, perhaps even allowing the player to pick the additional classes. Probably not, but it's fun to think about.
>>733260010>Her armor kinda looks similar to the one the new Black Rose is wearing, so maybe she was a prototype?I wouldn't be surprised if she was the prototype for the new BlackRose given the similarities in their designs. Seiichiro Hosokawa, the character designer, also added a helmet to the prototype of the Xth form of the character for Link despite it being missing in the final game.
>>733280982This is my fear. Did I really just waste 13 hours watching a boring anime to have the prereq knowledge to not enjoy the PS2 games? I enjoy slow-paced, character driven stories btw. The archaic nature of the PS2 games sounds fun too.
Fucking chad energy
>>733285536This sounds like Xenoverse
>>733284750>Hulle Granz Cathedral, whatever happened there
apren't we getting news today in 4 hours or not?
>>733285536Z.E.R.O.potentially having multiplayer elements makes me wonder how much support the game will receive post-launch. They could keep adding events, quests, and items to keep maintaining the illusion of being an MMO. And instead of dividing the game into parts (which was done to emulate the OVA format), they could release DLC or even expansions.
>>733286108i think what he means that it will be MMO-like as the series always intended to be with online features but won't have social features of an MMO or an online chat room/game
>AU Balmung has no wingsWhat's the point then? The wings were what gave him his identity. They were the only element of his design that made him stand out. Now he's just Pretty Knight With White Hair.
>>733286708There should be an article about it in this month's Famitsu issue, although how much of that would be new information and how much would be stuff they already shared on their website remains to be seen. I wouldn't be surprised if we have to wait until TGS to learn anything substantial about it, though.
>>733286108In Japan, mobile games are so.etimes called social games. In fact, prior to the advent of smartphones, "social game" was the much more common term there.
lmao
>>733286843It mentions "never-before-seen character artwork", but the image shows the artwork they already shown on their website, so who knows. >Direct interview with President Matsuyama about the latest entry in the hugely popular ".hack//Z.E.R.O." series! Also featuring never-before-seen character artwork [Weekly Famitsu Exclusive Preview]>Massive 30-page feature on CC2's 30th anniversary! Includes company history, executive interviews, an unprecedented employee survey, and you can even make your own President Matsuyama mask!
The content of the interview will be this Special Feature – CyberConnect2 30th Anniversary“.hack” New Chapter Finally BeginsCelebrating 30 Years — A Deep Dive into CC2 (CyberConnect2).hack//Z.E.R.O.February 16 marks the 30th anniversary of the Fukuoka-based game development company CyberConnect2.To commemorate this milestone, we’re delivering a massive 30-page special feature!INDEXBreaking News: First public reveal of the character setup screens for .hack//Z.E.R.O.A complete look back at the appeal of the .hack seriesWorld Conquest: President Matsuyama talks about the next 10 yearsThe 30-year history of CyberConnect2Crimson vs. Azure: First-ever screenshots of the latest title following Kizuna Part 2!Manga: G-Sen no Overd — CC2 30th Anniversary SpecialRoundtable Discussion with CC2 staffCelebration Messages from people connected to CC2Introducing countless entertainment works filled with CC2’s passion and love for “fun”Learn from them! Inside CC2’s workplaceComplete Strategy Guide: Getting closer to “The Art of Game Industry Success”Fun fun! Let’s make things together!Special Survey: We asked employees!
>>733286885He looks pretty good for a 55 year old man.
>>733286994>>733287001>>733286927>>733286885>what a big Egomy favorite thing CC2 did was Fukuoka event where no one wanted to play Fuga3 they were promoting there
>>733278958>No Yoshiyuki SadamotoThen .hack hasn't come back and will never come back. Get this Persona looking shit the fuck up outta here.
>>733287705He might return to draw the cover. He drew the covers for .hack//G.U. and .hack//Link. Those were his only contributions to those projects.
>>733286571I like that guy.https://youtu.be/M78mBqUg6Gs?si=-OJ3rlEzOtctVya7
>>733287995he is fucking cool
>>733287834I never knew sadamoto didnt help with gu
>>733287705That's probably why most of the designs are shit
>>733289256haseo was always a chudie
>>733289256what's with all the hate towards this studio?
>>733278958Man just put out a fucking port collection of the first few games so I don't have to look for ps2 copies or emulate. It can't be THAT expensive.While you fucks are at it port asura's wrath to pc with dlc ending included.
>>733289482>It can't be THAT expensiveits 140 bucks
>>733279338Oh boy, can't wait for my 'collection' to be come actually worthless with digital remasters. Physical bros, are we winning?
>>733286994which issue will the be in? this week's or next week's?
>>733289256Haseo was completely in the right here. He was just playing the game as intended while also dealing with his personal stuff, and this dumb bitch wanted him to ignore the quest so he can look at the blurry skybox and fucking grass textures.Atoli is genuinely the worst girl in GU.
>>733287834Doubt it. The last time he drew a cover for the series was for //Link back in 2010. For //Versus they used Seiichiro Hosokawa's art and a CGI render, same for //Reconnection, and for //Last Recode as a whole.
>>733290372>//Versus Pic related.
>>733290439They realized how lame Tokio was and pivoted HARD.I still want a proper english release of Versus.
>>733290075I don't know
>>733286114The only thing I would like them to recycle from that era, is the Sophia security system, which I always thought was a neat idea. Their designs are cool as well.
Holy shit .hack is back!!
>>733290539Yup, it's pretty funny how obvious it is that they were desperately trying to make him look cool, but Tokyo as a character is just unsalvageable. Leaving his design aside, which I don't like at all, his Naruto-esque personality and voice made him so obnoxious and unlikable. Funnily enough, he was voiced by Yūko Sanpei, who now voices Boruto.
>>733290075>>733290748The one thats going to be out in 2 hours.
>>733290075This one. Its out in an hour or 2. https://www.amazon.co.jp/%E9%80%B1%E5%88%8A%E3%83%95%E3%82%A1%E3%83%9F%E9%80%9A-2026%E5%B9%B43%E6%9C%885%E6%97%A5%E5%8F%B7-No-1936-%E9%80%B1%E5%88%8A%E3%83%95%E3%82%A1%E3%83%9F%E9%80%9A%E7%B7%A8%E9%9B%86%E9%83%A8/dp/B0GKFDH8H4/ref=zg_bs_g_46412011_d_sccl_7/000-0000000-0000000?psc=1
How come I must know
>>733290984Link Tokio looked like a Digimon protagonist reject. Versus is a vast improvement. A good design goes a long way.
>>733289684I don't mean how much the games cost to buy secondhand I mean how much it costs to port them vs how much money they would earn.
>>733285536Which one is correctly translated?
1hr before new info comes out.
>>733292657>super-multiplatform releasePC confirmed?
SIGN is really slow, i decided to keep watching by myself after yesterday's watch2gether session and got to episode 11, probably the most interesting out of the bunch but that's not saying much
I genuinely don't care until I see gameplayMy faith of them handling this all well is down in the pitts. Old franchises rarely come back well.
>>733293813Anon it's basically impossible for this to PLAY worse than IMOQ, the worst thing it could do is have a "bad" or underwhelming story, or bad characters.But CC2 seems to be pretty good at the latter if Fuga is to go by.
>>733285001Nobody likes Boruto, it's not even by Kishimoto
>>733291442It's not about cost, it's about whether Bamco allows it.
>>733280982Infection sucks. Like it genuinely sucks.That said, Part 2 the production, QoL changes, every small change they made between the first and second entry makes the experience so much better.
>>733289841The only game that's truly rare and expensive is Quarantine, the others don't even go above 60 bucks. Even if a remaster comes out OG Quarantine will still be scarce and expensive, just maybe not as expensive. Also, a remaster won't have the grunty spine art, so does it even matter? Physical bros always win.
>>733289684>it's 140 bucksNo, for all four games it's like 400 bucks lol, Quarantine costs almost 300 by itself.>>733294593Outbreak is 60
>>733293518They better release this on PC or I'll kill myself, because I'm not buying a Switch 2 or a PS5 to play a single game. >>733293657I absolutely love the series to death and I can easily sit and binge the whole thing in two days, BUT //SIGN is the type of series that is better watched at a pace of an episode a day or two at most.
>>733294798>>733293657the anime is good but only if you like the vibe>>733293921GU remaster has worse gameplay than IMOQ. They removed too much and made it too easy.
>>733293921> it's basically impossible for this to PLAY worse than IMOQStill, I want the combat system to be good, or at the very least, more competent that their usual output.
what .hack game should I play? do I need to watch the anime?
>>733295021Don't get lost.
>>733282675
I've been eyeing out this franchise for a while cause I found the concept interesting. Is this a good starting point?
>>733278958I feel like this was the last thing I was waiting for before moving on from gaming
What art books have like early concept art and stuff?
>>733295021Just play the games you can get your hands on. Don't follow the chronological order >>733295068
>>733295021You can play the original games starting with Vol1. Infection. SIGN is technically a prequel and sets up some elements that become important in the games, but you can skip it if you want because the games communicate the important information either way. Now, some people find those four games to be clunky both visually and gameplay-wise, so I say give them a try; if you can't vibe with their story and atmosphere, give the G.U. series a try, which is available on Steam and consoles.
>>733295357There are all on e-hentai, along with some magazines.>>https://e-hentai.org/?f_cats=766&f_search=artbook+.hack&advsearch=1
>>733290758is it supposed to be like omurice? never played the G.U. games
I'm hyped but then I remember.hack//link exists so I'll remain skeptical
>>733295491i didn't realize e-hentai had artbooks on it. neat.
>>733282675Mia too I want her backMore cat girls
Is there a 2ch .hack thread right now?
>>733296395Nvm the mag is out in digital
>>733295601based on japanese pronunciation, the username would be said like omurice, so he's definitely making a pun.looking it up to make sure, it's actually big-omega that is the symbol for ohms, so there's probably another layer to the joke.>Other: Used in place of ん in Japanese typing shorthand.is "nrice" anything?
I bought it. Im dumping them
>>733296908thank you anon
>>733296908
>>733296998
>>733297090
>>733297090My bad. Terrible start to the dump.
>>733297090He looks like a Link character
>>733297090>>733297265I have bad news for you guys.This is the only new concept art. They didnt show blackrose or balmung in this. The rest talks about the company history i presumed.
The wait for this game is going to be torture
>>733297090>Famitsu Editorial Department’s Big Prediction>A character with a quirky personality whose grotesque expression really catches the eye.From the line, “Did you find his account?” and from the outfit as well, they seem to be a character who exists in the real world.
>>733297265>Beast-like Characters>Famitsu Editorial Department’s Big Prediction>In past titles, beast races such as Gaspar and Piros appeared as playable characters in The World. However, these characters look more like beast-folk who are closer to humans.>The relationship between this work and previous titles is unknown. However, the footage includes characters reminiscent of BlackRose. It raises speculation that characters from past titles, perhaps with new settings, may appear…?>Is the Symbol of Salvation (Aura) the Source of Ruin?>A young girl reminiscent of Aura in her sealed state, who seems to be manipulating kite. Is this the self-form of Aura as she first appeared in .hack//1? In this work, could these two be beings on the side that destroys “The World”?>The more you look at her, the more she resembles Aura. If the ultimate AI of the network world were to fall into the hands of evil… just imagining it makes things particularly intriguing.>Might the girl have been infected by a virus reminiscent of Skeith?
I will just post stuff that MIGHT be of interest. But yeah, there's almost nothing new. The site we saw had more content.
>>733298106
Don't talk to me unless you have watched the original anime which had super loud bgm playing all the time and nobody could understand what the fuck the characters were saying.
>>733297427>I have bad news for you guys.It is kind of funny but also pretty on-brand for CC2 that, instead of showing the art for BlackRose, they showcase the art for a furry characters.
>>733281398From what I heard a while back CC2 lost the server/source code for the original 4 .hack games. That's why they haven't release a remaster of the original games.It makes sense to since for the 10th or was it the 15th anniversary they released the .Hack GU Recode instead. They only had the source code for the .Hack GU games so they remastered those instead and released them on what would have been the anniversary of the original 4 games release.It's also probably why .hack//Zero is clearly setup to be a reboot of the original 4 games. Whether or not this ends up being good or bad remains to be seen but it is clear that this will be CC2's Rebuild of Evangelion version of the first 4 games.Also the original 4 games were suppose to be 1 game but they couldn't fit it all on one disk so they had to split it up into multiple releases/volumes kind of like DVD/BluRay releases.
Is the drawings new?
>>733298306
>>733298306it only just occurred to me that the people who made the furry game also made the .hack game did furries save .hack?
>>733297265I'm surprised they didn't go with full furry characters again this time around. Even Beyond the World had one of those. I'm happy, though, because I prefer this direction
>>733298306>>733298385>Is the drawings new?Yep.
>>733286819To be fair, he didn't have the wings to begin with. He only got them after Orca and him beat the Original Sin quest iirc. His original character didn't have them.
>>733278958These games are only known for being the first ones that come up when you search "every video game ever" in alphabetical order.
>>733298472Anon...CC2 has always been filled with furfags their very first game was a furry game
Yokotaro made a cameo
>>733278958>come backa shitty reboot is not a come back, its a matrix resurrections
>>733298070>A young girl reminiscent of Aura in her sealed state, who seems to be manipulating kite. Is this the self-form of Aura as she first appeared in .hack//1? In this work, could these two be beings on the side that destroys “The World”?>The more you look at her, the more she resembles Aura. If the ultimate AI of the network world were to fall into the hands of evil… just imagining it makes things particularly intriguing.>Might the girl have been infected by a virus reminiscent of Skeith?WTF? Since when Skeith is a girl?
>>733298385I tried to upscale it a bit. I hope they upload it on their twitter account in better resolution though.
>>733298890>RebootIt's not. It takes place after the original games.
>>733298472You tell me.
>>733298907Ops, read that wrong. So it isn't Aura huh
So it have two Auras now? One good and one bad?
>>733298981It's probably Morganna. Aura = WhiteMorganna = BlackYin/Yang
>>733299170Yeah, It makes sense if Morganna just took her appearence to do the evil.
>>733282414>So why keep the name?They didn't.The novel is called .Hack//ZERO.The reboot(?) is called .Hack/Z.E.R.O, but unironically.
>>733298765>Yokotaro is inWhen he will release a new game, for fucking sake
Not hack related but wtf is this? They are making this at the same time as .hack zero
>>733299427>evil gothic loli gameBASED
>>733299427This was announced back in 2018 lol. It's part of the "Trilogy of Vengeance" as they called it. Tokyo Ogre Gate and Fuga are the other two.
>>733298504Yeah, I prefer the G.U. style furries, would be cool if we got another player race too
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>>733300228And thats enough from me. Nothing else looks remotely interesting.
>>733299427Cecile is alive? What about Tojyo Ogre Gate?
>>733300480Hopefully she is alive and well.
>>733292657They're both correct. "Social game" = mobile game" in Japan. Of course, not all mobile games are gacha, but the point is this game isn't gonna be for phones.
I was hoping there was something about their development time on ff7 but theres nothing on it. They didnt even mention anything about that G Bike game they made. Are they pissed about it?
>>733279338i remember reading this one in a magazine back in early 2000si thought these games are about zombies with the "infection", "mutation", "outbreak" subtitles
>>733300762They're Japanese so they probably do have a grudge but are keeping in wraps so they don't piss off the wrong folk
Cc2 made SILENT FUCKING BOMBER? I played the shit out of this game when i was like 8 or 9
Harada
>>733300762>Are they pissed about it?NDA most likely.
Ok but WHERE can I read the novels?Has Versus been fantranslated?
>>733301027They didnt even have this on their company history of games listed lol.
>>733300861It was their first game, actually, before they changed their name to CC2, when they were just CyberConnect.
>>733301046A lot of it is either on Nyaa or the Internet Archive, and what's not is probably here:>>https://dothacktranslate.wordpress.com/>>https://www.baka-tsuki.org/project/index.php?title=.Hack//ZERO
>>733278958I disliked the trailer within two seconds of seeing the main character design.
>>733299338kino
>>733301746Histrionic moment
>>733301172when will Nintendo make Nintendo2?
>>733298981>>733299112>>733299170>>733299319The entire page is speculation on the part of the author of the article. It's not confirming or denying anything. They're just saying what we all are: it's "Aura" but not the Aura we know and clearly a corrupted form of her.
https://lindz.dothack.org/dothack/reminisce/extras_w.php
>>733281070Hating on Xenosaga isn't fair. They fucking kneecapped that series right out of the gate. They took arguably one of the best JRPGs of the time, fired the entire staff, replaced them with fucking interns, cut the six episode series in half, then when two released to critical panning they realized they fucking shit the bed and tried to bring back as many people that they fired as they could to make 3.
Let me play as a beast race or add sexo catgirls and I'll throw my money at you Japs
>>733279270JJKfags are a special breed of fucking annoying
>>733278958I don't even remember who makes this
>>733304112it's the guys who made the little bronx series Cyber connect 2.
>>733278958so what's the play order for this series since isn't it multimedia where you gotta play a game then an anime then another game then a light novel? I remember hearing something about this I hoped last recode would of been enough
>Sort the CC2 official YouTube channel by most popular>The most popular video which is the teaser already has 3x the views of their 2nd most popular thing which was a Naruto arena fighter from 11 years agoI get they don’t post often and aren’t that well known but damn.
>>733278958Good heavens no...
>>733304283Dot hack sign, 26 episodes, watch at your own paceThen play IMOQ, the original 4 dot hack games.They have a single episode of a DVD movie called Liminality, with each game, watch that as you progress .That's a lot of homework already, see if you like it then decide if you want to continue, but those three are the peak of the series.
>>733299597>>733299427first Melodies of Steel, Cecile and Tokyo Ogre Gate were MEANT to be "Trilogy of Vengeance"instead we got three furry games instead of one,people are confused and TOG is most likely cancelled.
This is the entire page to the cc2 columnhttps://www.imgur.com/a/IkjlhSj
>>733306497https://cubari.moe/read/imgur/IkjlhSj/1/1/
>>733278958>tfw read the Legend Of Twilight manga back in 2004 with my sis>going on adventures and having a house/hideout in-game seemed like the coolest thing ever>anime comes out>first anime we downloaded ever>loved it>later on find out about the rest of the games>watched hack sign>after hack roots and a bit of gu, everything came to a haltnow finally, after a million years, .hack is fucking back. Time to celebrate, brosgotta get myself a "I've been .hacked" sticker
>>733306825what happened to your sister?
>>733307129nothing, she's ok, we've been talking about this new hack game for the past few days. We are hyped!
>>733304283>.Hack// AI BUSTER (for set up)>.Hack//SIGN (up until episode 24)>.Hack//IMOQ - (Each game had a corresponding .Hack//liminality OVA to show the effects of the events IRL)>.Hack//SIGN episodes 25 & 26 to somewhat get a more rounded ending >.Hack//Zero (the light novel came here but it never got translated or more than one volume anyways so give up. The new game is not related to this even though it shares the name)That´s it for the mandatory original project. .Hack//Roots and //G.U were only indirectly related to the original games. Like, some characters are actually characters from the previous series using different avatars. That certainly gives more depth to a lot of things in that game but it´s not something one can´t do without.
>>733305417I will never get over how the main villain looks almost exactly like a furry OC i designed when i was in high school and still use for horrible things to this day.I gotta finish fuga 2 already and start 3.Is beyond the World wortth watching? I like the cat girl.
>>733306497>>733306812>They name dropped Guilty Dragon and New World.I'm surprised.
You should listen to what people have to say!
>>733306825Always happy to see people that loved legend of the twilight
>>733299404They apparently cancelled 3 of his games, so god only knows what they could've been. Still got paid at least.hoping it was just gacha mobile slop and not actual gaems
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>>733308354ilagine all the beta games the japs left behind. there must be some gems in there
>>733308034>Is beyond the World wortth watchingYep, it's main issue is that, despite the story being decent overall, it is incredibly predictable if you are a .hack fan. I like the main character, Sora, and I like her voice a lot. Nanami Sakuraba's naturalistic acting (she isn't a professional seiyuu) imbued the character with so much nuance and realism. The World: Force Era is neat and so ambitious that, even though the movie came out in 2012, I doubt even the new game is going to match its scale and content. Despite being a movie, they went all out and created a backstory for its setting, classes, NPC, etc. The artbook is a treat. >>https://e-hentai.org/g/2227882/7f3079163a/?p=5
.hack//quantum is underappreciatedYou get to see Pi in real life.
>>733281070Xenosaga and .hack where both great in their own way.
>>733290539It's better than bandai would shit outhttps://falions.net/blog/posts/installationThey even did all the spam messages from match viewers
>>733286108It's what nips call gacha games
>changes character from big titty slut to loli who looks like AinaAll the old hag comments got to her lmao
thread theme: https://youtu.be/-B588Yp8uF0?si=vw9NT8Wk6Dghmu4J
>>733310143I've been listening to this for 3 days straight now.Why won't it get old
>>733310193It's your autism
>>733278958>.hack came back from the dead before DQ12 got an actual trailerGoddamn
>>733304328>Storm RevolutionI forgot that existed.Man that was so bad.Like, specially bad.They tried to split the battle system into "types" (a character could have ultimates, OR enter an awakening mode, OR seal the opponent's specials for a while) and there was that tournament mode with the AI that gangs on you in 1v3 matches.The only good thing it did was add cosmetics that you could equip, but even then it lacked basic shit (it was readded and expanded for Storm Connections) and you had to roll a lottery to unlock pieces one by one, or beat offline bots that spawned on the island.It was so ass.It's so ass that they never even updated the PC version to make it run at 60fps, and they never re-released it lmao.
>>733310193the lyrics and some words are dreamy like fanatics, auguries, summer night, Take me back to the landWhere my yearnings were born, etc..very nostalgic song
>>733310143extremely nostalgic tune for me. it conveys a certain mood or atmosphere that I just really like.
the original 4 games had great presentation and story, but they played like absolute ass.
>>733289841>Physical bros, are we winning?You're being facetious, but yes, that would be a win for physicalchads because those who missed the boat could afford them.People who collect games (or any media) as some sort of financial asset are "physical bros", they're gigantic faggot parasites.
>>733310524I grew up playing shit like Timestalkers, Earthbound, Evolution 1+2, Skies of Arcadia, Dark Cloud, Final Fantasy, Seiken Dentetsu 3, secret of mana, evermore, etcetcetc, before playing .Hack, and the movement and active time dungeoneering gameplay alone was entrancing and fun. It seems tedious now but there really is little else like it. People who complain so fervently over it need to play more games.
>>733297265Cute kemo shotas
>>733278958I'm 28 and grew up with .hack since sign and legend of the Twilight bracelet. I've beaten all the games minus link and the fighting game. Don't think I missed much since no one gave a shit about them. I'm too excited for this. .hack bros....we finally won....
>>733308761Will do!
>>733278958I hope this doesn't fall victim to the "modern audience" shit like so many other revivals.I never really got into the .hack Conglomerate stuff, but Project .hack was great.I still own the Twilight Bracelet manga which was the first manga I ever bought.
>>733280069I genuinely feel bad for anyone whose first “MMO anime” was SAO instead of .hack.
>>733281385>>733283645reddit tranime for tranny redditfrogs
>>733293657>>733294798>>733294894holy shit this started to pick up speed from episode 12
>>733312341even log horizon is a better alternative than SAO too bad about the later seasons, the books are still good though
>>733312258>Ivrea.I have the same edition. It's a shame they never re-released them to match the Japanese tankōbon, like they did for Ranma 1/2, which also released with the same '2 volumes to match 1 Japanese volume' format back in the late 90s.
>>733310429Yeah, Storm Revolution was absolute garbage, but honestly I’m kind of glad it’s still around on PC just so people can *experience* how bad it really was. But Storm Generations… that’s the one I genuinely forgot existed. And there’s literally no way to even play it now. Feels bad, man.
Asura's Wrath spiritual successor any day now, bros...
>>733278958I'll believe it when I see it
>>733294480I don't recall any QoL across any of the games. I feel like the easiest one to do would've been to add a way to set skills to some sort of hotkey, like holding L1 and a face button to set 4 skills you're gonna be using a lot, instead of having to menu for them each time. To my memory, they all played exactly the same.
>>733286571>>733287995
made it to quarantine but i kind of want to just watch the cutscenes on youtube and then play G.U. i don't know if i can do another 20 hours of this gameplay
>>733299671>.//NECK
>>733312341Matsuoka kun will be the new voice for Kite. Just you wait.
>>733310725If it makes you feel better I played and beat the games before I realize how rare Quarantine was. I doubt I'll ever actually sell these games and they'll end up in my estate auction. Hope they still work by then.>they have been stored in a dry, cool place that has been air conditioned
Kind of sad that not a single MMO has the character customization and character expression that .hack made me imagine future mmos would have.The closest character customization wise is PSO2.And every rpg suffers from build minmaxing metagaming autism at the very least, so unique character expression is completely out. It's probably not possible and even if it was mmo players would hate the idea of unique classes/skills.
>>733318008The level of character customization in .//hack is otherworldly. No game development studio would have the time to make all that shit. Look at games where 'fashion' is considered end-game and you still end up with same-same and copy-pasta characters. Almost EVERYONE is unique in the .//hack series save for more important characters who serve as the ARCHETYPE.>kite>balmung>bear>mimiru/blackrose>elk/sora
>>733318272>soraTsukasa*
>>733318008>>733318272I could have sworn there were a few winks and nods toward the limitations of character customization with several characters just being recolors of the same base model. And that was part of the explanation of why characters mistook someone for another. Because ultimately there were only a handful of options. Like Bear/Orca and Shion/Atoli etc. Black Rose was a copypaste of her friend as well.
>>733289841Yes. Because I got to play them. And I liked them. So I kept them. I do see that as a win.
Was Cubia a part of Morganna's lackeys?Or he just existed cause the bracelet existed I forgot
>>733318546Bro that cash shop was B A N K I N G
>>733278958The new not!Kite design looks fucking garbage. I miss Haseo already.
>>733318546There's at least one scene in the epilogue ova making a joke of that exact thing.
>>733278958https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vhYd8eqAn9YUsing the same general designs for Kite, Black Rose, and Balmung along with the original sound effects for the Twilight Bracelet makes me think this is some sort of remake.Black Aura though sheds a lot of doubt on that though. Maybe it's a reboot?
>>733310795I've played almost everything you have and I would still say .hack's gameplay sucks total ass, it was bad even for its time and I don't know why people are so afraid of saying they liked the game in spite of it. It's totally fair, everything else the games did make up for it heavily. It's fine to admit the games you like have faults.
>>733304328We fucking won, now hopefully the game is good.
>>733318819I enjoy unique games these days, even if theyre "bad", defining something as "bad" means oops other games did things better so lets never try things ever again, and every game becomes the same slop and variety dies.So no yeah, i'll take IMOQ's gameplay whole heartedly because at the fucking very least it's unique without being outright terrible.
>>733304328>they've escaped the shounen jump adatation minesGood for them. Is it true that JJK cumstains where having a baby a tantrum because they thought they were getting more trash?
>>733318590He just existed.
>new ninja gaiden>new suda51>new diablo 2 expansion>new .hackI'm liking the retrofuture, bros.
>>733296035Based. I checked the Octopath books there too.
So, will it be lazy as fuck like the last ones where they rehash the same quests every game?
Here's what I think is happening.>The World is split into three of four "zones". Each player can pick an aesthetic from each of these zones>Generic high fantasy (BlackRose, Balmung)>Modern-ish (Kite)>Maybe steampunk
>>733320074artboooks are pure kino
some anon in another thread made a website to find people who want to play dead vidya >>733240416maybe we could use it to schedule a fragment session one day
Mac Anu.... home...
What the fuck even is this series it's like it didn't exist until yesterday and now no one is shutting the fuck up about it
>>733278958So this is the game where they get stuck inside an MMO or something right?Like Log Horizon?That's all I know about the franchise what's the story like and which is best to start with?
>>733321832I couldn't believe what a shoebox it is compared to how I remembered playing it 20 years ago where it felt like a slog running around to all of the different shops.
>>733321906Only one character in SIGN is stuck in the game. Certain people get put into a coma due to circumstances.
>>733321906No.It's more like there's an underlying problem in the game which would affect the world at large, but the majority of the players are unaware of the big picture while most everyone can log out.Worst case scenarios are usually people being put into a coma (or being stuck ala Tsukasa and Sora being one of the special cases).The music and art direction mog every other MMO anime for me personally... notsomuch GU's and on's art direction but it's still good.
>>733293518>home consolethe japs don't consider PC a home console
>>733320148>rehash the same quests every gameJust like a real MMO.
>>733321906it's way more than that everything is told in the game but not everything is in the game the small hints of the real world you get through in-game messages really makes the world feel more alive outside of the game
>>733322250>the japs don't consider PC a home consolethey kinda do refer home PCs as consoles, similarly as they refer to gacha phone games as "social games"
>youtube recommends a bunch of reactions to the trailer>it's all women(real) losing their shitWoman franchise
>>733322860Real if true. Imagine the sorry state of (manly men) games. I wouldn't touch them with a 10 foot pole or lower my standards to the nth degree.
>watch anime of this shit>it's just TALK TALK TALK
>>733322860>tfw no Mistral gf
atoli getting bullied irl only to then go online to get bullied by Haseo is actually fucking hilarious
>>733323052>tfw no Gardenia gf
>>733323048>toonamishitter loses their mind trying to watch any media that's above btas/90s spiderman/dragon ball tier nonsense
>Heavy Axe: Phys tank>Heavyblade: Phys DPS>Wavemaster: Magic DPS/Support>Twin Blade: Speedy jack-of-all-trades>Long Arm: Phys-focused jack-of-all-tradesWhat were Blademasters good for again?
Can I play the GU collection before IMOQ? My computer died recently so I can’t emulate
>>733323053 IIRC, when she finally snaps it takes Haseo to say something like >it's not right to resort to violence or something along those lines.
>>733323253Stripper outfits.
>>733323267Yeah, but the only thing is, is that the going from GU to IMOQ is going to suck because it's a big downgrade
>>733323214But wasn't SIGN on Toonami back in the day?
>>733323576Yeah
>>733323576Akshually it was adult swim (yes)although I feel like they only ever aired reruns of like the first 6 episodes all of the time
>>733323576Sign, Legend of Twilight, and Roots were all on Toonami
>>733318008>>733318272I really don't know what you're talking about. every class had like two or three models each for male and female, very limited hairstyles, and maybe a color slider for main clothing color and hair at best. Some supplemental material imply a height slider. This is basically the same setup as the phantasy star games.For example blademaster in R:1 has, as far as I can tell, two female models (mimiru/blackrose and rachel) and maybe 3 male models (bear/orca, sieg, crimson knights/marlo), depending on how you think about everyone in the skull version of the outfit. Wavemaster has oldman and elk/tsukasa for males, and mistral and BT(/helba) for females. so on and so forth.Also keep in mind that kite's orange is a nonstandard color for twin blades, so there might not even be a slider, but a palette selection.
I'm worried a modern .hack won't feel anything like a mmorpg. The originals were such a reflection of the times and the kind of games available at the time. All of the currently popular mmos are already old, .hack's time period is practically ancient in comparison.
>>733323253honestly I don't think there was a tank class. just aggro management between the bulkier classes in a party and wavemaster heals.
>>733323908>>733318546>>733318272You don't need to guess or speculate about Fragment's character creator it's right here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iMj5Tz1iIic
VGH...
>>733325002>You can tell who's a major character and who isn't by the quality of their faces
>>733324514did GU feel like one? never got around to it bc I can't stand arpgs
>>733325983Gotta admit though, for like 2002 while the major characters suffered sausage fingers they were pretty well detailed and animated for a non-main publisher game.
>>733279679LTB has never been CC2's moneymaker, anon. They do it purely for love of the game.
>>733326132GU feels more MMO than IMOQ in a sense that they actually try to do in-game events, actual side quests, while making player trades more valuable and engaging if you catch their name and dialogue referencing from the message boards. The main story and characters are weaker, but the gameplay and MMO feel is an overall improvement.
>>733326235Their improvement within the same generation was impressive. Though they ended up becoming something of a style over substance company.
>>733318816Based on the material provided in Matsuyama's interview:>What I can say is that it doesn't directly connect to the past series.>There's absolutely no need to feel intimidated thinking, “I don't know the .hack series” or “It seems hard to get into because it's part of a series...”>On the surface, it carries the message: “We are restarting ‘.hack’ from zero.” It is a reboot of the franchise in its entirety, filtered through a modern lens of the internet. >Matsuyama: While it was set against the backdrop of the “online dawn era,” today networks—including social media—have become an integral part of daily life. Consequently, our sense of distance from the internet has changed dramatically since then. I believe today's online world harbors more ‘malice’ and “creepiness” than ever before. It's borrowing the familiar aesthetic of the original characters, but "Kite" is currently an unnamed protagonist.
>>733327013Well, when you're stuck working in Bamco's licensed anime fighter mines, style over substance is probably the order of the day.
>>733327128>Restarting .hack from zeroSo long as they don't forget their catgirl gf roots.
>>733278958Another IP doomed to fail for the 'modern audience'.
It's summer 2003. You've just convinced your parents to buy you a new PS2 game from Fry's electronics. You've just come the pool and you can still the your dad grilling and hear the moms chattering. You're going to show your best buddies the coolest game ever and then boot up soul calibur II because it's the only multiplayer game you have. Maybe even watch a james bond flick before everyone goes home.
I'm.about to start dot hack gu Praying I dont get PTSD to when I was an edgelord weeaboo autist and Hasel was my hero. I never got past part 1 and want to play them all.
>>733327128>It is a reboot of the franchise in its entirety, filtered through a modern lensRIP in pieces .hack.It's over, will be all gay shit now.
>>733326846Honestly, some part of me wonders how IMOQ would feel if you basically took GU's gameplay merged with the structure and design of the originals. Sure, probably don't pack in all the improvements and changes, or else The World R1 being too close to R2 is an undeniable weirdness, but they're also not so far removed that they're incompatible in various ways, either.
why did I not know this series existed until this week
>>733305417Fuga should have stopped after the first game
>>733327327Haseo's entire arc is realizing what a little shithead he is and having adults slap some sense into him.
>>733327353Right, because there was never any gay shit in .hack before.
>>733327270Lmao lol lmao fucking anon. Anon. Lmao. Fucking. They sell furry bedsheets on their official site. And spent the last 10 years making 3 furry games which are a spiritual successor to their other 3 furries games. Furry bedsheets with a big tiger man with bara tiddies you can sleep under. I'm not making this up. Mia is definitively in the game in some form. Also we see Skeith's cross so the phases are there in some form probably. Macha is a phase.
So are .hack and LTB set on the same universe?
Black Rosuka or Relk?Or maybe if you're feeling dangerous the 3d shadow of Mia but you have to fuck her shadow because that's the real cat.
>>733327602I noticed and heard about some weird references but I dont know if they're just Easter eggs. Like you hear the tuning fork AAAAAA from dot hack and see a clip from the movie in Fuga. Cyberconnect2 is written on some things in solatorobo
>>733327128This is worrying, I hope they at least keep the Epitaph as the base
>>733303969They're worse than the Narutards during the late-00s. At least Narutards, now known as NaruChads, rejected Boruto and Samurai 7 showing that they have standards. I've seen Naruto senpaitachi be more excited over a new .hack// over a new Boruto game. Though there are a few who are mad over Storm Connections, but most of their anger is directed at Bandai Namco.Meanwhile, JJKfags are angry at CC2 even though CC2 never alluded to JJK outside of Matsuyama saying that he likes it.
>>733327517>and then they did it again
>>733327749The evil Aura has dragon pupils its totally a reference to the Twilight Dragon from the Epitaph. Screenshot this.
>>733290984>>733290439Versus Tokio's design goes hard. I only see him as a hacker man who likes to fight niggas. Makes him infinitely cooler.
>>733321832More like Mac Anus
>>733327327edge is good, embrace it and cast away all cringeyou are the darkness
>>733327602No. There's no indication of Juno-based technology in .hack, which is set around 2010 - after the initial arts and numbers Juno boom which tore the bottom out of the energy market, sparking a terrorist attack on New York City and the American invasion of the UAE. The .hack world is, for the most part, identical to the real world, save for the Pluto Kiss incident that destroyed the original Internet.
>>733327402Beats me, anon, you've have plenty of time to stumble onto it before now.
I miss Sakuyahttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O5x3MWFlbo8
>>733327270>We get to mindbreak Elk so hard he becomes gay all over again
>>733327992>save for the Pluto Kiss incident that destroyed the original InternetThis needs to happen in real life
>>733328178The kid had found himself an honest-to-God catgirl gf, only for her to be forcibly torn away from him multiple times. That'd be enough to break even a grown man.
>>733328078>there are three girls in this image and a pussy
>tfw you realize you'll never get to play an online game based on the schitzoid ramblings of a dead bipolar fujo gameified by the polyglot hyper-simp who just wanted a home for his Princess Maker 7 daughterfu
>>733318590Cubia was an automated security system. He existed to deal with the bracelet's abnormal presence, and when it was broken he had no reason to stick around.
>>733328078Guilty Dragon gave us a bunch of baller redesigns for no fucking reason then disappeared forever.
>>733328221From the sound of it, they're openly addressing how shit the internet's become in the past 20 years.>I believe today's online world harbors more ‘malice’ and “creepiness” than ever before.
>>733328178https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k8llSuqwEnII felt bad during this fight.
>>733327292Back towards the end of 6th grade (May 2004), my two friends kept rambling on and on about "Kite" and "Data Drain" and I got super curious. I knew of the anime, but it went over my head at the time but the games seemed engaging enough based on how they described it. Picked up Infection at Media Play later that week. That entire summer break was me glued to my TV playing through IMOQ. I still think back fondly of those days. >>733327402Because you are underage. We all used to be once. >>733327749>>733327353Egh...I do not find it all too disconcerting, myself. The main issue is we have (justifiably) been programmed to correlate modernization with enshittification. But if we are judging from context -- it is seemingly pointing towards a darker storyline. We see hints of it in the trailer with Not!Kite reaching out for help online for his depression and everyone telling him to stop being a bitch a fuck off (he blocks them.) Then we see a visual of him retreating into The World and he catches Evil Aura's eye. For clearly altruistic and magnanimous purposes, she exploits his vulnerability and gives him the power of a digital school shooter by granting him the Twilight Bracelet. You can see the grooming/manipulation in the on the nose black & white key visual. I, for one, am pretty excited to see where we go from here.
>>733328642I just hope you're right, I'm leaning optimistic because .hack basically gave birth to CC2. Still gonna be cautious.
>https://vsbattles.fandom.com/wiki/Kite_(.hack//)>Attack Potency: Low Multiverse level physically (Defeated several of the Eight Phases, which are each part of Morganna, the underlying system of The World). Likely Multiverse level via Data Drain>Durability: Low Multiverse level (Withstood attacks from several of the Eight Phases, which are each part of Morganna, the underlying system of The World), possibly Multiverse level (Has shown some minor resistance to being Data Drained)>https://vsbattles.fandom.com/wiki/Satoru_Gojo>Attack Potency: Unknown physically, at least Large Town level with Cursed Technique Reversal: Red (Upon learning the mechanics of Reversed Cursed Technique, Gojo awakened and unlocked the reverse of Blue and its attraction force—Red, a repulsive force capable of easily overpowering[11] Toji, sending him flying through just the sheer residual force after it was nullified by the Inverted Spear of Heaven[Statistics Values 1]), far higher with Hollow Technique: Purple>Durability: At least Large Town level.hackers, I kneel...
>>733327128It's probably just AU Kite. I think this is almost certainly a new timeline. A world in which Kite was born over twenty years later than in the original games.
>>733327780I found it endlessly hilarious that action shounentards attach themselves so deeply to a characters such as Gojo. To the point where a shitter like him gets killed off and they have memorials for him. Meanwhile even GayGay himself gets bored of his own generic nonsense and just rushes the rest of series as fast as possible. But I guess they are the same people that think the quality of a series is determined by >dude those fights oh my God they are fighting now
>>733328642Those aren't Kite's tweets. Each initial tweet is by a different OP. Plus one of them's complaining about being a wageslave.
>>733328869Right. Cautious optimism is the best route. I think as long as we go in not expecting to relive our childhoods as the jaded adults many of us have become, we can enjoy it for what it is. >>733329116Cool. Thanks for the correction. >>733328958Functionally, I guess you're right. I mainly said that because Matsuyama makes it clear "Kite" is no longer the character name.
>>733329116Kite was me blocking all the stupid niggers online realizing the entire internet is shit now and nothing like it was in 2003.
>>733328276I heard .hack was based on William Butler Yeats simping for Maude Gonne. Because he gets name dropped in something. Which I just think is neat.
>>733329360Maybe part of his personal plot will be breaking out of a antithapy or nihilism by dealing with other people's issues related to the goings on in za warudo.
>>733328954the feats are all made up and the stats don't matter
>>733328178Fuck GU.
>>733329327I don't think he said that explicitly.
>>733329569Maybe he just data drains all of india and saves the internet.
>>733329779I suppose so, but ->The main visual for the still-unnamed protagonist should also give a distinctly different, challenging impression compared to previous entries in the series.I think he just would have called him "Kite" like everyone else if that were the case.
>>733293518I fucking hope so, otherwise i'm just gonna take my sweet time finishing IMOQ
To be fair, "Kite" was also just kind of a default name for a character you could name whatever you want, and even G.U. held to that; the animes and other materials used the name for sake of ease. So I doubt we'll get another nameless protag we can rename to our discretion again, but I'm not bothered by the idea that the not-Kite is probably not gonna be named Kite.
>>733330094>animes
>>733327128Ah, so that's what happened. It's actually a reboot like I thought it was. I wonder what they're doing with the Black Aura.
Choose
I'm gonna draw/write a fanfiction where Mia escaped the world as data on a "digivice" made for Elk, with a camera so Elk can be with, take care of and show her the "real" world like she showed him The World.
>>733330379Azure Kite is so fucking cool
Honestly? I'd really rather just get a reboot with a cooler MC. Kite never really did it for me and I vastly preferred the G.U. characters and story.Plus Avatar battles were sick as fuck.
>>733287995>?si=-OJ3rlEzOtctVya7>>733310143>?si=vw9NT8Wk6Dghmu4Jglowniggers begone
>>733330731G.U. characters were too autistic.
>>733330846That's what makes them good.
>>733330731bad taste.
>>733330846Nah. They were just the right amount of autistic. Alkaid best girl too.
Last CC2 game I played was the G.U. remake, have they improved in the gameplay department at all since 2006?
I feel like if I would have let the series live as a legend in my mind and didn't play through the entire thing last year, I'd be a lot more hype about this announcement.Said it yesterday and I'll say it again, it's a series of amazing ideas, concepts, ost's, and art direction, but man did they have various degrees of awful execution. The anime trailer and current art direction does not inspire confidence tho. Even something as small as the MC wearing headphones just doesn't fit with what .hack was, but it has had an identity crisis since they moved into GU and it has only gotten worse from there.
>>733330379I love classic Kite, but the aura Azure Kite evokes is outmatched. 13 year old me basedfaced when Haseo got BTFO by him in GU's first trailer. So dark and enigmatic at the time. I must've replayed that scene 30 times.
>>733327292>tfw you will never again get to experience those listless summers where it was fun in the sun all day and then chilling out with the comfort of a box fan at night
>>733321906>which is best to start withi would also like to know thiswatched 10 episodes of SIGN and got filtered
>>733331146As with all things, production order.
>>733330379
>>733278958this trailer was the push I needed to finally quit gacha. God bless cc2.
>>733330917>Alkaid best girl too.My nigga
>14-year-old defeated all eight Phases with just Data Drain (which every Epitaph User has by default), his wits, and giting gud>"lol loser"
>It's another game series makes a prequel with "zero" in the name to signify that it comes before 1why do they do this
I hate GU and the try hard edginess. It's like they pandered to all the retard 12 year old's who genuinely thought Sora was actually cool. And somehow you fags got a sequel series that shits all over The World, tone and aesthetic of the original ps2 series.
>>733331146>>733331225Production order but have the right mentality going in.https://files.catbox.moe/gap3qd.mp3Here's a review I recorded last year after going through the entire series while I was down with covid. It has some useful tips on how to approach dungeons and your equipment/trading, but also let's you know what you're in for.
>>733331492But that's wrong you retarded faggot. Do some fucking research.
>>733331563>got filtered where the very miniscule thing he's complaining about gets addressed through the trilogyAs expected of retards.
>>733331408Congrats on the detransition
>>733299427Im glad Cecile was not cancelled, fuga was awful and did not deserve three games
>>733324929I wouldn't really call this "otherworldly".
>rewatching sign as see thisneat
>>733331686Doesn't change the visual design and overanime-ted scenes of GU. I'm more inclined to play Fragment than GU.
>>733331749Interesting. A timeline where Morgana was successful, perchance?
>>733331790>it's too anime Not a real argument or complaint. Jesus Christ.
>>733331563GU had a more coherent story and better characters than the initial run, but it completely lost the urban legend/creepypasta elements that made the originals so darn interesting. It also massively embraced the more "anime" elements which is an odd complaint to have, but its one none the less as it stopped feeling like an early arg. You could genuinely write an essay on the series, its tone, how it shifted, how neither series ever delivered on what it set out to do, and how all those things were overlooked at the time just because it capitalized on several up and coming fads that would eventually become cultural staples. Moreover, how a new .hack game feels sort of asinine and how difficult it's going to be to deliver what the originals set out to considering mmo's aren't really the cultural phenomenon they once were and how internet culture is so widespread and ugly rather than something that was new and interesting.
>>733331853I can fix her.
>>733331790how is the visual design bad? It’s barely any different from IMOQ and the fuck do you mean by overanime-ted scenes? If you mean overly anime then you’re just a retard
This is the only acceptable answer to correct this new kusogaki aura
>>733331853stop liking evil women
>>733331853I think if the glowniggers hiding from Morganna by using old cars are any indication its Morganna vs the government who already spy on us like Morganns did in the 90s. Government online surveillance definitively has to be theme. It fits to well.
>>733331918>GU had a more coherent story and better characters than the initial run, but it completely lost the urban legend/creepypasta elements that made the originals so darn interesting.If I am reading Matsuyama's statements correctly:>>The entry point for this work is a “digital suspense” that evokes the unsettling atmosphere reminiscent of the original .hack. As the story progresses from there, the structure is designed so that by the end, you feel the unique “language” and “overwhelming intensity” established by CyberConnect2 in .hack//G.U.It's going to start out like IMOQ and gradually become GU.
>>733330379Stop forgetting green kite pls
>>733278958I don’t trust CC2 to make a good game after they spent the last 6 years making garbage furry games.
>>733330379God, Headphones-kun is such a downgrade. I hope he gets some form changes.
This announcement has inspired me to pick up FF11 again. Cheers .hack bros
>>733332289Asura's Wrath wasn't a good game, but it was a good experience.
>>733332087CC2 got better with animation and budget, and "The world" felt less like a game everyone was playing as much as an anime the exact same as the real world, so you don't get this "Liminality" vibe that IMOQ and Sign give off.>If you mean overly anime then you’re just a retardEXTREMELY exaggerated expressions. >Haseo screaming.jpgSign/IMOQ/ and Liminality all lack this, the look and design of IMOQ feels like you're playing a cheap mmo down to the lack of animations and stiffness of it. I have full faith that this was incidental, but the feeling was lost by GU.
Nice this will probably be decentI hope they do something like the inserting a CD for a procedural dungeon shit
>>733332181If so that'll be great. IMOQ had it's own charm but G.U. had the better aesthetics, characters, format, and setting.
>>733332425nah, retarded non issue.
>Cecil got the first screenshotsfucking finally
>>733332425Not listening to a gacha players opinion on anything so thanks for outting yourself.
>>733331869It is though, but you'd need to expound on it. The original series didn't really present itself as your standard anime fare. From Sign, the novels, and the games it was more about how regular people got drawn into the mysteries of various MMO urban legends and had to deal with them. Some of these stories were far too cryptic for their own good and, in the case of IMOQ, there isn't much of a payoff and the way the story is presented is... just, downright bad. It has an amazing hook at the beginning, two games of pointless filler, and an ending that will leave you feeling pretty lost.GU had a more "over the top" nature for better and worse. The story really only suggested you watch the prequel anime, but you'd get it just fine if you didnt. Problem is, it almost completely abandoned the creepier aspects and Haseo and friends felt more like "chosen heroes" rather than regular people with regular lives. There are still really good parts in the story, but it also doesn't really capture the down to earth tone the original series had. (Of course, there were some entries in the original run that were more anime too though. Legend of the Twilight Bracelet being one of them)>>733332181We'll just have to wait and see what they deliver. I like CC2 a lot, but they're fighting an uphill battle with this one. Internet culture sucks now of days and the mystery and mystique around it are completely gone. Same with mmo's. You also have localizers you have to worry about, but other anons last thread said the fuga localizers were solid so hopefully they are okay in that department.They've had a lot of experience since their older titles, so hopefully they can deliver a proper gameplay to go with their story... but like I said, the trailer alone looks kinda generic to me and the headphones on the MC worry me considering it doesnt fit into the high fantasy of the original or the steam punk fantasy of GU. It just looks more generic this go around.
>>733332289Fuga were good games, bro.
>>733332425in fact, Liminality and Sign both being concurrent anime, but the art styles differing so incredibly is the perfect contrast. One is the real world, and the other is the game, so naturally despite being anime they would look different.Somehow by GU this all felt lost or redundant.>>733332530>>733332565I accept your concession GUtards. now post your shitty harem and waifu marriage images.
>>733332648>defaulting to whining about "waifu" imagesYou're about 20+years too late to even think that's a valid counter argument as well. My sides. Wanting to fuck cute Japanese 2D characters is integral to the site.
>>733332747I already accepted your concession anon, you don't have to keep crying at me.
>>733332558I thought they were making this game in 2D, but it looks good regardless. I was waiting forever for a Rozen Maiden video game
>>733332181>Haseo hitting the Noctis poseQuinaux
>>733332815Anon, you were already whining about japanese exagerated full force anime media being "too" anime as if that's a valid complaint. It's like if an anon said 90s superhoes cartoons are too mollified and juvenile. Yeah, of course they are.
The events of the past games would probably still be canon but the characters we play might be entirely different people using a familiar skin. The World shutting down and re-releasing with a new graphical update has been the story in every piece of media they released.I suspect cameos of people from the past games, older and probably even recruitable as a party member as some sort of easter egg. Here comes Piros the XIVth.
What the fuck was his problem?
>>733333101Not based on the quotes that anon keeps posting.
>>733331853>was successfulMorganna went berserk because Aura awakened because the awakening of Aura meant the death of Morganna itself and the cease of its own existence. Since this Aura is awakened and gave the new protag a bracelet, that means Morganna has failed again and the second net crisis is inevitable.
>>733332958>japanese exagerated full force anime media being "too" anime as if that's a valid complaint.I set the precedent in terms of Liminality, Sign, and IMOQ, to which my statements are true. You see Anime as an entire scheme, where these three had already set a standard that GU radically changed from. I'm not speaking of anime as a whole, but what the series i got into was like initially. Why are you ignoring this sentiment?
>>733312258Tremendo. Yo los compré cuando recién salían y el tomo 4 tardó bastante en salir, que recuerdos.I remember watching the anime and loving it too
>>733333164Literally too stupid to hit the power button on the goober goggles.
>>733332110This worldbuilding around glowniggers vs. Morganna could very very Kino if it was an introduction for a Nu-Pluto' Kiss event.
>>733333101Lol, that forum convo string felt so real.And yeah, that's another aspect I just don't really have much hope for. I think they had something slightly interesting with the last bit of GU part 4 and how you were playing a dying game in its final days, or even doing something like Death End Re:Quest would be neat in which a group of people may have found an instance of the original World to play, but barely anyone was playing it. Something to really bring back the unique aspect of the mmo setting but also tackle it in an interesting way.
>>733333164autism
>>733333171Makes more sense. I never finished SIGN and was going off of some other comments of Morganna corrupting Aura in an earlier thread.
>>733332425>horsetranny gachatard opinion discarded
>>733333165>>733333304They're starting fresh with new characters and a story totally unrelated to the past games but the events of the past games will have happened, this is what I think.
>>>/vg/
>>733333304why are you posting trash?
>>733333164>his
>>733334313this isn’t a gacha
>>733334313dot hack is a video game franchise and it's being discussed on /v/I'm not sorry that some cumstian subhuman eceleb or normalfag social media shitpost got bumped from the catalog. Consider eating a tide pod.
>>733332181>It's going to start out like IMOQ and gradually become GU.Would be fun if we get Sora in a reboot and he slowly turns into Haseo
>>733334313>S-stop talking about video games on the video game board!!! Post softcore porn and twitter screencap race bait threads instead!Die in a fire.
>>733278958i wonder if that same lady is doing the soundtrack for this that did the originals and GU, they were fucking fantastic https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yyqjY6rWk4I
>>733330682>>733330998For me, it's Tri-Edge>but butTRI-EDGE
>>733333304This one disappointed me. At first it seemed neat. But the more I played, the more I felt a sense of dread. Little by little, I realized there would be no satisfying payoff. And in the end, I was right. The answer was magic. It was all magic.
>>733312258>>733313265>>733333230Mine was XXXX. Also first manga.RIP Camelot store.
>>733312258I had that manga too.
>DATA DRAINO
>t-too animu…>posts gachaslop and straight up anime kusogewdxmbt?
>>733334583Is that the twink ass Link Cubia on the right cover?
>>733334207Skeiths original cross in the beginning makes me think they aren't abandoning R:1 as much as they did in R:2, but we'll see.>>733334329>>733334537I just meant the setup. I think it would be neat if it revolved around some autists playing an old, obscure, or dying mmo than trying to make R:3 a thing and have it be some wildly popular mmo as a lot of the draw and popularity of mmo's have long since faded.
If she data drains me will she get pregnant ?
>>733334518ok Haseo, go check your emails or something
>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xjgKG6Ri5F0Problem, Haseofags?
>>733332864it looks like it is 2d in the bottom right poc
>>733334754Also, all this new .hack mmo has me terrified as I'm considering playing the only two I haven't yet... Fragment (which one anon said was a little better than IMOQ, so we'll see), and Link which I've heard is the worst of them all... still.. those are the only two pieces of .hack i have not experienced... and the ttrpg, but getting friends together for any ttrpg is tough now of days, so trying to convince them to play some bad one based on an anime just doesn't sound like a good idea, though I'm sure they would if I asked them.
>>733334751Yep. But in taco.
>>733334968Fragment always seemed cool just never had a chance to play it, Link I pretend doesn’t exist
>>733332864Shalltear Bloodfallen?
>>733334583>>733335047More spicy stuff.
>>733334968Fragment's basically barely a game in its own right; a loose story, real time menus since it's meant to be played with other people, but nothing really there to say at length besides getting to play with the whole R1 cast up to that point and fight The One Sin; if you really like screwing around with IMOQ stuff it's an excuse to do more of it but potentially with friends. Link is an average PSP action RPG game with fanservice, but the story is a split between one character having an interesting story, and the rest of it being a glut of gobbledygook nonsense bullshit trying too hard to "modernize" the series with a Digimon flavor. So make of that what you will.
>>733334207I think I'd just prefer a full blown AU reboot.
>>733335189Yeah, seems like people who have finished IMOQ find it fun and best, inoffensive at worst. I remember in highschool being so jelly it was a Japanese exclusive, so I guess it's best to strike the iron while it's hot...Link though... when .hack fans say it's bad, it's gonna be really, really, really bad. Still, CC2 consider it canon and even though I'd give the series as a whole a 4/10... I still have a strange, autistic love for it.
Why did Elk become gay?
>>733335312I learned to enjoy IMOQ combat, so we'll see. By the end of my series playthrough, I VASTLY preferred it to GU's combat.>>733335427Bro lost his cat gf. That'll mess with a man. Endurance is legit weird. He's the kind of person you need to block on every platform irl.
>>733335312Link is barely a game. I have no how that whole garbage even pass'd QC.
>open menu>ding ding ding ding ding>STACCATO>open menu>ding ding ding ding ding>STACCATO>open menu>ding ding ding ding ding>STACCATO
>>733335427Only pussy he ever loved was gone. No other pussy could compare.
>>733335636no idea*
>>733335656Sounds like you played it wrong. Did you get past infection?
>>733335873la puta
>>733335873One of my few favorite moments in IMOQ was finding out she was going to be a mom.
>>733335873mistral chan...
>>733335907Hey, that's my vieja wey.>>733335934Yes, by me.
>>733336105
>that one lady who left the game because she was pregnant but came back for the final battlesoul
>>733336228That doesn't even look remotely the same you ironic ENTuber shitposter
>>733336231If I remember right, she was out of the game for almost all of Outbreak. They stuck to it for a while and legit made you feel like she quit.
Is Kite considered an "official" Descendent of Fiamma? Did Yeats log back into the game and write a new poem to incorporate him? Or did people just start treating him as one because he hung out with Balmung and Orca so much? How come BlackRose didn't get a nickname? Also how did they decided on "Kite of the Azure Flame"? Tri-Edge aside, the original Kite wasn't known for spouting blue fire.
>>733336231>>733336332She didn't actually leave since you can see her gaining levels. She just stopped playing with you specifically because she didn't want to get data drained while pregnant.
>>733335873El Héroe Brazalete...
Quick before this threads diesWhat rom versions do I download?
>>733335934>>733336231>>733336332maybe i should stop checking these threads until i'm done with IMOQ, at least i should be able to finish SIGN tonight
>>733333164>his She will never be a man.
>>733336231>>733336332Also, the fact Kite could still flirt with her after finding out she was pregnant and married was hilarious. Kid had game.
>>733336467Oh you absolutely should. That game is built on character moments and you just spoiled one of the bigger ones. Also, remember to prioritize a variety of elemental attacks on your characters over physical damage. Try and have a good spread of each character having a different element. Bring a TON of whatever heals confuse thank me later.And if you need more advice, listen to >>733331564 as there's some tips in there to help curb frustration.
>>733336448N-Novios?!
>>733336461Base versions should be fine. No need to scour for an undub. They all have the JP voices in already iirc.
>>733336653Oh, and USE THE CORE GUIDE or suffer later. Get as comfortable in the menus as you can as you need to be cuing up not only kites attack, but your party members as well. Trading is broken, abuse it. That's the tldr and I think that covers the most important of the tips I share.
>that OVA had straight up hentaiwe lived in the golden era
One thing I think I realized that actually helped me with the original games was that using Data Drain was actually generally gonna be advantageous. Data Drain everything. If you see a new monster, Data Drain it. You should be Data Draining a few times every dungeon. I found this useful because A) it let me accumulate a healthy supply of Virus Corse, and B) if I didn't get a Virus Core, I'd get an item, and this could also be nice. Sure you got less EXP, but EXP wasn't really a concern in those games.
>>733335636it had some banger tracks thohttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZXDo0Ubfbu0
>>733336338Most of the high level Twin-blade weapons have fire attacks. His clothes might also not be a color players can choose by default since it was changed by the bracelet. If you see someone running around wearing a unique red color and mostly using fire skills, it wouldn't take much for you to associate flame with them.
>>733336338No. It is "officially" reserved for the victors of The One Sin Event, Balmung and Orca. His feats (Saving The World) just granted him the title among players.
>>733336775for the virus cores?
>>733335427>Met an AI catgirl GF online>Said GF gets taken away from him. Twice
>>733337189Eyup. Try doing what >>733337149 said but at the end of each entry look up a core guide online and check to make sure you got the cores you needed as going back later when you're over leveled is a MASSIVE pain. Almost the entire length of Quarantine comes from them expecting you to have not gotten the cores you needed. It's an artificial grind that is miserable if you don't follow the guide.
>>733337409Wait, sorry, what >>733337038 said to do.
>>733335873Does .hack have a fanbase in Spanish speaking countries?
>>733337365It's over.
>>733337585>the average western dating experience
>>733337189You don't need a guide for virus cores, its very simple and is correctly explained in game. They're just annoying to collect since you need a ton of them at certain points, especially in games 3 and 4. Data Draining enemies gives cores, you're more likely to get cores if your infection level is low. What enemy drops what core is based on their level range and the enemy's size. Infection areasSmall - AMedium - BLarge - CMutation areasSmall - DMedium - ELarge - FOutbreak areasSmall - GMedium - HLarge - IQuarantine areasSmall - JMedium - KLarge - LAll other cores are gotten automatically from bosses or through the story. So you never have to worry about x,y,z etc.
>>733336461PAL doesn't have nip voices unlocked by default
>>733337675The guides telling you how many you should have by the end of every entry in preparation for Quarantine. That is something I think you should use a guide for as there are sections of official guides detailing how to not rage quit when grinding for them at the final game as the rng can be rough.
>>733336461>>733336685Also, it's one of those games made in a time where dubs were pretty solid. I actually prefer some of the Eng voices to the Nip.
>>733337543There was a pair of spanish dedicated forums in the 2000'. They died eventually like any other.I made a handful of friends that I still see very often and played MMOs like Ragnarok with them.
The thing that kind of bothers me about Haseo is that he kinda just had everything handed to him. With Kite, it was just like >"Here's a magic bracelet, figure the rest out on your own." With Haseo, it was more like like >"Go here and do this. Now go there and do that." >"Here's a power-up by the way." >"Here, let me just tell you exactly what you need to do. I'll carefully explain everything for you so you don't have to actually put in any effort yourself.">"Also here's a new form, just for you. You earned it." >"In fact, take two. And another power-up."
>>733337809I replayed these games last year and it really wasn't that bad. Obviously I had some foreknowledge, but even without knowing the exact numbers I didn't have to do very much grinding at the end. It was mostly just getting a bunch of J's. As long as you're constantly stealing it shouldn't be too much of a problem.
>>733337585Hack did predict how FFXIV would end up
>>733337985I guess it depends on how much you think you could stomach that aspect after playing through Infection. I for one hated the entire core mechanic, some people can stomach it better. I'd still recommend using the guide though as I'd say a lot of people don't like being artificially locked out of progress to some rng collectibles.
>>733278958EVEN NOW, WE ARE HEROES OF THE WORLD
>>733338024.hack has a lot of 11 in it which in turn makes it similar to 14. 14 did 100% take .hack's boss doors though even if they were based on burning circles.
>>733337964That's the "anime" aspect people are complaining about with GU. Like I said earlier, I think GU tells a tighter story and does a better job with the characters, but it loses a ton of the magic that made R:1 feel special. You weren't just a random character that stumbled upon something way bigger and crazier than himself and drawn into it to save a friend, Haseo was "the chosen one".
za wardo
