.hack//G.U. Collection for PS4 and PC

There was one thread about it but it was just console war shit.

Already had like 3 or 4 maxed out reply threads about it.
Original Trilogy vs G.U every single time.

What about the original quadrilogyy?

>>380291117
There's been a couple threads already. While I wish it was an IMOQ remaster, I never got to play G.U. so I'll be able to give it a chance in 1080p.

How does the G.U. series compare to IMOQ? Is the former more enjoyable?

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Pretty excited desu. Always wanted to play GU. but a) eurocuck and b) never got around to emulating it.

Never played them guess i'll keep an eye out for the PC version.

>>380291990
Gameplay is a lot better in G.U., characters are debatably worse, story is a lot more mucked up in human drama then the ghost in the shell type stuff about what defines human consciousness the first one went for.

There's quite a few more unique areas and some of the new dungeon designs are great but there's less overall variety going on. You'll kill yourself after hearing a certain dungeon theme after so many times.

Overall I like G.U. a lot. I like IMOQ more, but G.U. isn't terrible.

Reminder that Ovan did everything wrong, and deserves to be imprisoned for life

Despite owning the G.U. trilogy, I'm super hype for this. And new content, too. International release when?

Sure I'll buy that, but I'd rather have the originals.

>>380291117
Really chims my spheres

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Best Girl

>>380293459
Speaking of which
>Maximum Chim Spheres and Virus Cores you can possess has increased to 999
Unf.

>>380293690
Not as long as she's using that avatar she isn't

literally nothing wrong with cheating at video games

>>380292350
>REPTH REPTH REPTH REPTH
so true, my kite ended up being a heal bitch for blackrose and balmung

Reminder that the creator of The World was such a massive fuck he built his own AI daughteru based on his imaginary child with his waifu

I've been meaning to emulate these games for years, guess I'll watch Sign again and then go do it.

>>380295084
cuck, rather

>>380294498
Mine too
All I did was heal, buff and de-buff

>>380291117
There was already a thread on it: >>380264471

>>380295084
i wish you could fuck aura

>>380291117
I don't remeber these games but I do remember having ps2 dot hack games can someone fill me in on the time like and the differences? The one I remembered playing had me enter key words to go into randomly generated areas and dungeons.

At least the original 4 emulate nicely.

>>380297109
i should try that

being able to up the speed might make it more tolerable

>>380291651
>original trilogy
>trilogy

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PUrU0gu2mN0

I love the 1st song from Cathedral Hidden Forbidden Holy Ground as well. I hope they do a remaster of the 1st series after the G.U.

Someone link me to roots and sign anime so i can replay these games

>>380291990
IMOQ has better story/writing, but shit gameplay

>>380297890
My bad

Because Xenoblade is a better.

did GU generate any waifus as iconic as BlackRose

>>380291117
I'll take this one. Really want the original one to rerelease somehow.

>>380292350
I see this all the time, can someone explain?

>>380298641
Nope. Faggots will say Alkaid, but she's pretty garbage. Blackrose is the best. //Another birth makes her better.

I still remember a mildly lewd picture of her in it too that showed off her IRL selves spats.

>>380300310
she's a lewd girl with spats IRL? god damn

>>380298641

There's Atoli but Blackrose was and is a million times better than her.

Do the original ps4 games hold up?

I am fucking thrilled.

Though fuck man, they're making EASY mode games even more casual? The fuck?

But I am fucking thrilled that SAO didn't kill dot hack, fuck SAO

>>380300761
>ps4
ps2

>>380291117
I'm hyped. Would like to see the first series, but I liked GU more anyways. Alkaid best girl.

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FUCK I'm hyped
And on PC too goddamn
At the very least it means .hack// isn't dead yet. Maybe they're testing the waters for a new game.

I still think it's a little strange that they're doing the sequel series over the original series, might make it a little weird for newcomers.

>>380301420
all that does it make it weird for me that azure kite still features so prominently in the marketing material. like who they trying to even hook if newcomers don't have that context

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>>380291117
>.hack//G.U. Collection for PS4 and PC
>and PC

fuck

YES

>>380301420
G.U. will probably be a lot easier to port over, since they were developing it once the new gen had already started.

>>380291117
ah, the PS2 era of underappreciated JRPGs

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OGRE BLADE OGRE BLADE OGRE BLADE OGRE BLADE OGRE BLADE OGRE BLADE OGRE BLADE OGRE BLADE OGRE BLADE OGRE BLADE OGRE BLADE OGRE BLADE OGRE BLADE OGRE BLADE OGRE BLADE OGRE BLADE OGRE BLADE OGRE BLADE OGRE BLADE OGRE BLADE OGRE BLADE OGRE BLADE OGRE BLADE OGRE BLADE OGRE BLADE OGRE BLADE OGRE BLADE OGRE BLADE OGRE BLADE OGRE BLADE OGRE BLADE OGRE BLADE OGRE BLADE OGRE BLADE OGRE BLADE OGRE BLADE *moan OGRE BLADE OGRE BLADE OGRE BLADE OGRE BLADE OGRE BLADE OGRE BLADE OGRE BLADE OGRE BLADE OGRE BLADE OGRE BLADE

I rewatched the original .hack anime all the way through (well not the OVA's) and it was so fucking bad. Forgot how bad it was.

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>No compilation of the original quadrilogy

>Went online to check the prices of the original PS2 games, they're absurdly expensive now with some being over $200

I have all 4 but wow that's depressing

>>380302258
I can hear him moaning already

>>380302701

Oh boy here we go again.
Third thread down the drainhole.

This was one of my Longshot dream announcements. I'm kinda floored this wasn't a prank.

Will definitely buy it.

>>380302945
Just buy it from Japan, I got the whole collection for like 20$ few years ago.

>>380302964
Hey I never said it was worse than the other ones, because I can't remember watching the other ones. Maybe it's better. Who knows. But it's just poor as an anime. It's like somebody put a story in a shotgun and blasted it on a wall and went "Yeah that'll do".

>>380302945
If this goes well there's hope for an IMOQ remake (which could help more than a remaster like this one).
And they say they're working on more projects, so it could be one of them too, but this one needs to sell well so those aren't cancelled.

>>380298219
https://nyaa.si/

Play it on my ps2 or emulate? Emulating has save states and not shit loading/saving but ps2 emulation some times has sound issues.

>>380297109
Why bother emulating it when this new collection seems to be better in every way?

Evolution Point 1 – Major Visual Evolution

Full-HD (1080p)
High-definition movies
Supports 60fps
High-definition backgrounds and UI

Evolution Point 2 – Game System Improvements

Added retry function
Cheat Mode (Play with maxed out level and equipment)
Movement speed increased
Item slot number increased to 90
Item menu shortcut and sort functions added
Certain items have consecutive usage function
Made easier to see empty equipment slots
Chim Sphere and Virus Core possession cap at 999
Reduced probability of allies selling off items you give them
Improvements that were made in Vol. 2: Reminisce and Vol. 3: Redemption will be reflected on Vol. 1: Rebirth in the HD Remaster.
Battle tempo increased with a rise in offensive ability and reduction in hitstop.
Weapon skill up rates increased
Increase in experience points gained
Some powerful enemies have been mitigated
Skeith’s shooting speed has been increased
Avatar battles have been rebalanced
In addition to being able to redo the Marriage Events in Vol. 3: Redemption, you’ll get to do it with all characters that become party members

Evolution Point 3 – New Elements Added

All movies from the Terminal Disk that was bundled with the special edition copy of .hack//G.U. Vol. 1: Rebirth will be included.
Haseo with an unfamiliar look appears…

>>380301420
Its self contained for the most part so why would it be weird?
I'm sure making IMOQ remastered could happen but it would be way harder. Most people would probably hate the gameplay of it.

>>380291117
Just had a thread go to bump limit.

>>380303578
Do you mean IMOQ?

>>380303439
A remake of the original four games using GU's gameplay would be pretty amazing.

How is hack link on the psp?

>>380303697
He's talking about IMOQ emulation, not G.U

>>380303697
That's all for GU, which I agree will make PCSX2 obsolete. However the original 4 volumes will probably never see the light of day again, so emulation is the best we have.

>Rewatching Liminality
>OST hits me like was wall of emotional bricks

>>380303697
He said the original 4

>>380303842
Fucking awful, and by the sound of the interview, retconned.

>>380303842
It is fine, but it is basically a fanservice game.

>>380304063
>>380304005
>>380303989
Gomen, gomen.

>>380303790

"Watch Elk bitch and leave your party for ridiculous amounts of time while Mistral is too pregnant to show up, in HD!"

R E N G E K I
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>>380303764
Yea obviously. I'm going to wait for the remaster. IMOQ will never see the light of day again.

>>380304094
>>380304161
I tried a demo of it and the game itself plays really fun, shame its only in jap.

>>380291990
>>380298242

GU doesn't play as rough so it makes sense to remaster.

Hopefully if it does well, we'll get a full blown remake of IMOQ that isn't split into 4 games with expanded content

I really like Lain/GITS type stuff and the concepts they deal with, think this series would appeal to me?

>>380304262
If you own the games, then play them. Otherwise emulate, because the games are super expensive.

>>380304302
There is a version with an english patch.

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>>380299714
That's what the game is like.

>>380304494
Not complete

>>380304412
Probably IMOQ more than G.U. You might enjoy G.U, but G.U is more character and relationship centered. Even if you do love IMOQ, you'll still end up having to deal with the shitty gameplay for it, but if you really REALLLY like GiTS type stuff then I still recommend it. You'll probably get more entertainment out of G.U when you get around to it as well then, since the worldbuilding stuff is mostly hidden in references to the old games in G.U.

>>380304702
But is better than nothing anon.

>>380304783
Not really, if the whole game isnt in english then why play at all.

>>380304242
I shouted this along with them every.
single time.

They better keep the slowdown too.

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>>380291117
Because it's mediocre at best. I have no idea why people ever thought of it highly, except maybe because it's not very well known and you're all giant hipsters. The story is retarded top to bottom, and the characters are some of the most annoying, cliche pieces of shit I've ever seen in a JRPG. Combat was the best part, but it was only alright.

>>380291117
Well... I'd be hyped if it was IMOQ. Never played GU because I'm an Euro but after seeing what the story is like I don't really have any desire to either.

>Double Trigger
JUDGEMENT

>>380304760
IMOQ is amazing when trying to pierce the mystery, finding out what was happening felt like a big thing and it's something that I missed in GU which focuses more on the characters.

>>380304893
At least helps you get more about the story of the game.

>>380304302
The english translation is supposed to be completed this year, although part of the team left a few months ago which slowed things down

>>380304760
Cool, thanks, I've always been interested in this series so this remaster seems like a great opportunity to finally play through it. Is it possible to play through the G.U. series without spoiling the IMOQ series?

>>380303697
Will we finally get a class change system?

>>380304094
Where did it say that? I was gonna play the fan translation when it finished, since I heard the story was important, but if it doesn't matter then I won't bother.

>>380305015
Nice simpsons reference friend, mind if I save that image?

>>380305332
Yes. And don't ever talk to me or my images again.

>>380305165
Which you're not going to see all of so why bother

>>380304464
You do realize you can hack a ps2 right?

>>380305284
What?

>>380305195
Where are you getting this information? Where do you follow this at all actually.

>>380305247
Yes, G.U. is mostly its own thing.
On the other hand some details are explained by the IMOQ series and you may spoil some things from it if you look them up

>>380305620
dothacktranslate(dot)wordpress(dot)com

>>380305603
I thought the part 3 thing at the bottom MIGHT hint at being able to change Haseo's class outside of the main ones.
I'm sick of collecting weapons in this game that exist solely to trade with other losers

>>380305620
On the translator's site: https://dothacktranslate.wordpress.com/
He's also the one that was translating the .Hack//Bullet web novel

>>380305893
>(dot)
What the fuck are you doing
>>380305935
Thanks

>>380305620
dothacktranslate.wordpress.com

Only 50 files left. Maybe this news will invigorate him and speed it up.

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>>380305247
>Is it possible to play through the G.U. series without spoiling the IMOQ series?
Sort of? You won't get directly spoiled on plotpoints I think, but there is alot about the mystic atmosphere in IMOQ that becomes alot less mystic if you've already played G.U.

The remaster isn't going to come out for a while, so I really do recommend just going back and playing IMOQ.

Sign > IMOQ (Play 1 episode of Liminality after each game, they were bundled together with each installment and happen parallell to the plot) > Roots (prequel to G.U but it's really bad in alot of places but still elaborates on certain characters in G.U) > G.U > G.U Returner.

I also recommend not going to these threads much until then, since there is a whole lot of spoilers that can be accidentally dropped that relates to the characters.

>>380291117
YES

YES

YEEEEEEES

TREEEEEAAASUUUURRREEEE

>>380306129
Oh right, just so there's no misunderstanding, Sign is an anime about the first edition of The World.

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>>380306167

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Oops can't delete the post I made. Oh well.

I came.

>>380291117
PC falling ass-first into victory as usual

>>380306079
Hm, I was sure there are boards that think my post spam if I wrote it normally. Maybe I was mistaken.

>>380304760
>IMOQ
>shitty gameplay
I HATE this meme!

IMOQ is tons of fun. Killing shit, getting gear, it's like Path of Exile or something. It's great.

>>380306129
Thanks for that walk through on the series, just realized there's more content available for it than I had known of.

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>>380302258
English version made everything gayer with the male voice.

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>>380304624
>bullying a coma patient who's dad tries to kill, again
>bullying a lesbian coma patient at that

R U D E

>>380306498
it's probably pretty alright. i'll be fucked if i can even actually remember it

>>380306359
>brb, kids crying

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>>380303697
>Still no way to control a party member manually.
Oh well, this is good enough.

i hope the first 4 games get one too i'd love to shove it in my friends face who goes on about how part 4 is worth $200

>>380306885
You don't pay their sub, Butt-Rice.

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No Blackrose no buy

GUYS, GUYS

.hack//frägment HD WHEN?!

>>380306498
I personally love it even more than G.U., but I definitely understand why many people would find it boring.

Btw, was an English release announced?

>>380306129
Does IMOQ emulate well?

CC2 will never learn.
Using GU to reboot the series when GU is what killed the series in the west in the first place.
They stubbornly refuse to recognize what fans liked about SIGN and IMOQ and wonder why nobody wants to play their mobile shit.

>>380306498
>shitty meme
It's so fucking boring. It's an action RPG with menu-based combat, you don't get worse than that. You're constantly breaking up the flow of every single encounter because you have no choice if you want to actually use moves. Not to mention it's braindead as all 7 hells, so it wasn't even for the sake of strategy.

>>380307101
That's a really fucking piety thing to do. Why would you want to do that?

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>>380307121
O-H-M RICE! It's a little ohms symbol, not a butt!

I want to be Blackrose's sub.

>>380307347
Yes

>>380307367
isn't the real money in the naruto ultimate ninja storm games

>>380307367
Fuck that. IMOQ might have been a success in the past, but if you're going to try and claim that G.U doesn't resonate a thousand times better with modern audiences then you're just being wrong. G.U makes the most sense to remaster because of it, especially since IMOQ would need massive fucking changes in terms of the combat to even be acceptable.

>>380307662
they super duper promised they were done this time, so they have to take a break for atleast a year

>>380291117
On one hand, it's just a remake of a game I've played. On the other, it's good that CyberConnect2 got Naruto out of its system and can now hopefully focus on .hack again. I'm a little conflicted.

>>380307308
No, but a PC release was, which usually means that a western release will come sooner or later.

>>380307432
I want an edit of this but :^) instead.

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>>380307182
>any .hack// MMO

>>380308058
CC2 has temporarily purged the naruto, but they seem to be the go-to for pretty anime tie-in games

>>380308283
You could play fragment online on your pc or ps2 for free right now if you wanted to.

>>380294498
Kite did more consistent damage, though, particularly when using skills. Most normal encounters could be finished quickly with elemental skills. The only things that did more skill damage were Wavemasters, but since their A.I.s were retarded, they just tended to die a lot.

For other classes, their attacks are too slow, there are too many pauses between attacks and they had shit for elemental abilities.

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>IMOQfags still acting like the game wasn't the most tedious shit ever
I like the setting. I like how they built everything up from the mysterious aspects of it. However, actually playing the game is taxing and completely unfun. I just go into a fucking trance clicking pause over and over to select the same fucking weakness skill as usual without any goddamn thought because the game doesn't require any of it. It's a grindy game with an unfun combat system, which is the worst possible combination.
Do I regret playing it? Fuck no, but I'm sure as hell not going to call it great as a game. If anything it's something that would've just worked better as an anime, since every single interactive aspect of it was bad except access to the BBS which made the experience surprisingly more enriching.

People like to delude themselves every goddamn thread, but if you're going to unironically claim that the gameplay in IMOQ wouldn't need to be changed from the ground up to be remastered, then I have no idea what to say. The immediate response from anyone who's used to modern games when playing IMOQ is going to be "why the fuck do I have to open the menu every goddamn encounter to select what skills to use over and over"? I won't even go into the grind required to open portals, since that's easy to mitigate by just lowering the amount for each, but that's something that only applies to a remaster. For the original quadrology, that was a massive pacing issue and just made it feel like a slog.

>>380308675
isn't there still like a small community who plays it?

>>380308908
they don't just play it, they mod it

>>380308893
Having better story, characters, designs and atmosphere but bad gameplay is why it would make an IDEAL CANDIDATE FOR A REMAKE instead of GU which plays fine as is.

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>>380308893
That's why the HD remake needs upgrades like G.U. is getting.
Imagine //IMOQ with //G.U's battle system except without a battle fence.

>>380302945
the saving grace here is that IMOQ emulate fine.

>>380302945
>i have all 4
count yourself lucky. i've been trying to get them for ilike 6 years of my life now.

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>>380302258
>this guy was fucking Elk from R1

I remember reading this in a magazine about 12 years ago and having my mind blown

shame EU never got to play it back then

>>380308893
We all know it was tedious retard. Nobody on this planet thinks IMOQ played well, especially by modern standards.

>>380309337
Thats not gonna fucking happen and you're crazy for thinking it.
Maybe in some strange world where .hack remastered sells tons of fucking copies we can see a IMOQ REMAKE

>>380307368
You're not breaking up the flow of it at all, because the rhythmic menuing IS part of the flow. Once you've used a move once it doesn't even take a second to use it again because you can push triangle once and X twice and there your have your move again.

There's also plenty of encounters in the game that can easily end in death without proper preparation and gameplay.

>>380307729
IMOQ doesn't need changes. The modern casual audience is the lowest of the low and the less devs pander to them, the better.

>>380309215
It does not have better characters, and better story is arguable. People really oversell the story when it's just the general worldbuilding that's solid. The actual motivations of characters and the chain of events were really not interesting, and the conclusion of Quarantine was weak at best. I'd say the only reason there's even an argument about IMOQ having a better story is because of Vol.3 of G.U shooting itself in the foot with the dumbass Cubia plot and dragging things out when most things people were invested in ended in Vol.2.

Also, you're completely missing the point. They would need to have to change the gameplay entirely for a remaster, to the point where it's alien from the original to turn it good. At that point, I'd rather they just remaster G.U which both is more modern in terms of its approach to story and characters, and had a flawed combat system that could be fixed with not too major changes.

>>380309729
You would be surprised. Every fucking .hack thread some retard likes to pretend like it's good, there's one guy who went obsessively hard into comparing it to Diablo and pretending it was the same thing.

>>380306498

Hey man. I like IMOQ as much as the next guy. But the gameplay is just bearable. I mean, it already felt dated 15 years ago.

I like it regardless, because it goes really well with all the "MMO simulator" thing. But the gameplay is easily the worst aspect of it.

>>380310072
>more modern in terms of its approach to story and characters
what does that even mean

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>>380309740
They thought I was crazy for clenching my bodacious ass cheeks for a G.U. HD remake as well and not only are we getting that, but it's getting a ton of quality of life improvements.
So there.

>>380307432
Thats how good it can look emulated?

>all these people who don't like SIGN
>all these people who don't like IMOQ

how are you calling yourself .hack fans when you shit on half of the entire franchise

>>380310275
It means the story and characters are shit.

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>>380310358
Yeah man.

Oh shit

Didn't know about this, fucking A

I never finished the third game

>>380310362
because they're weebtrash who picked it up when G.U. came out and was very moderately popular for a little while during the between gen lull.

I want blackrose to sit her spats right on my face after she finishes playing tennis and sits down to play Za Waurdo.

>>380309860
>You're not breaking up the flow of it at all, because the rhythmic menuing IS part of the flow
What complete and utter bullshit. It's tedious and boring as fuck, it breaks the flow of any sort of sense of progression that can be made. Literally the only encounter in all 4 of the games I EVER had to be prepared for was Skeith, the rest I barely gave any thought to at all beyond "use weakness on X". If you really think that IMOQ wouldn't be a massive fucking failure and get shitty reviews + sales if they kept the same shitty combat system, then you're exactly the type of delusional nostalgiafag that I'm referring to.

>>380310275
The characters can generally be tied to popular archtypes, and they're done so in a good way. Whether or not you find a good thing doesn't matter, because it's what actually sells, something that .hack wants to do if they actually want to bring the franchise back. Characters in IMOQ really did not get fleshed out all that much, and most of them were only known at surface level in comparison, and thus would easily be dismissed as bland.

The story is more linear and gives a direct sense of progression, and again, it's more standard. IMOQ was entirely about worldbuilding, meaning the actual plot took a backseat to finding out how different aspects of The World worked. It was interesting, but it's also not nearly as safe of a formula.

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>>380310362
I imagine it's the same crowd who consider Persona 3 the greatest game ever made yet the objectively better Persona 2 total garbage.

Because they started with 3.

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>>380310362
Sign had about 5 or 6 episodes worth of content stretched over 26 episodes.

IMOQ was fine though.

>>380310362
I like IMOQ, even if I dropped off of SIGN due to passing out while watching it on Toonami too much back in the day, but honestly, I kinda wish it was a whole-series collection. It feels like G.U. and beyond get all the love despite Kite nostalgia boners.

Depending on how well this does, we may get original series remakes. But I doubt it. .hack was at the height of its popularity with G.U. Vol.1, but it slowly fell to obscurity.

Honestly, I think the only reason the original series was such a hit was due to the aggressive publicity campaign. Seriously, I don't think any game company put so much effort into selling their shit as these guys.

>>380309729
>We all know it was tedious retard. Nobody on this planet thinks IMOQ played well, especially by modern standards.
and then, right afterwards comes this post >>380309860

Like clockwork.

>>380310362
I adored IMOQ but I think I was too young to appreciate SIGN, so it bored me to tears. I also loved those little OVAs that came with IMOQ. I'd probably like SIGN now if I watched it.

That said, IMOQ-only fans can be a little obnoxious sometimes.

>>380291117
Fuck yeah been waiting to play a .hack game as haseo again. Hopefully we'll get his final manga only form that never made it to the anime.

>>380310362
I love Sign, and I love IMOQ. However, I fucking hate the gameplay in IMOQ. It was not fun at all, and it's absurd to see how many people like to pretend otherwise.

>>380310951
>justifying the incredibly lazy, boring, and safe method of character building G.U. did

With some notable exceptions the cast was like it was out of any seasonal anime trash.

>>380310967
Most persona fans start with 3.
I remember as a kid when P3 came out, my friend was surprised that Persona 1 and 2 existed.

>>380311054
>It feels like G.U. and beyond get all the love
Fucking what? G.U barely gets pushed at all normally compared to IMOQ. Kite clones are everywhere and constantly aknowledged in all later media, whereas G.U was mostly quiet.

>>380311287
>pretend otherwise
Yeah I played an 80 hour JRPG series just to pretend I liked it 15 years later on an image board for anonymous street cred.

>>380306680
Man, Dot hack sign was so good. Holyshit. Easily in my top 5 favorites. If it's not in yours, you're a retard

So let's see what they did
Evolution Point 1 – Major Visual Evolution

Full-HD (1080p)
High-definition movies
Supports 60fps
High-definition backgrounds and UI


Evolution Point 2 – Game System Improvements

Added retry function
Cheat Mode (Play with maxed out level and equipment)
Movement speed increased
Item slot number increased to 90
Item menu shortcut and sort functions added
Certain items have consecutive usage function
Made easier to see empty equipment slots
Chim Sphere and Virus Core possession cap at 999
Reduced probability of allies selling off items you give them
Improvements that were made in Vol. 2: Reminisce and Vol. 3: Redemption will be reflected on Vol. 1: Rebirth in the HD Remaster.
Battle tempo increased with a rise in offensive ability and reduction in hitstop.
Weapon skill up rates increased
Increase in experience points gained
Some powerful enemies have been mitigated
Skeith’s shooting speed has been increased
Avatar battles have been rebalanced
In addition to being able to redo the Marriage Events in Vol. 3: Redemption, you’ll get to do it with all characters that become party members


Evolution Point 3 – New Elements Added

All movies from the Terminal Disk that was bundled with the special edition copy of .hack//G.U. Vol. 1: Rebirth will be included.
Haseo with an unfamiliar look appears…

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>>380307432
>>380310572
Why would you ever remove this goddess from your team?

>>380311573
No, I'm not saying you pretended, I'm saying you're fucking delusional.

>>380291117
>only GU, not the entire series
Still though...I'm really REALLY happy. I wondered why it took them this long, I'd almost lost hope.

>>380311606
And finally, here’s a bit from the interview with Hiroshi Matsuyama of CybcerConnect2 and Bandai Namco’s Daisuke Uchiyama:

2017 is the 15th anniversary since the release of .hack, and 10 years since the conclusion of G.U., and it also happens to be the year G.U. takes place. That said, it was decided that this year must be one for a reboot.

The reason they’re going with a remaster instead of a brand new title is because it’s been a while but more importantly to introduce a younger generation of fans to the .hack series.

While it is a remaster, it feels like they’re mostly remaking everything. All three volumes will be playable. As one of the new elements, players will meet Haseo “for the first time.’

And finally, there are other plans in the works for the .hack series’ 15th anniversary.

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>>380311621
I just grabbed them from google.

>>380311075
Well it helped that not only was .hack a unique series with an interesting premise at the time, but it was the early hayday of the PS2 and people were starving for quality JRPGs. They could use the MMO setup as an excuse for low budget for the actual game even, though I guess not all that low budget given that the games shipped double-disc with anime episode tie-ins.

It stuck out like nothing else at the time. Then the series expanded, and it became super niche to the point that despite knowing a lot of kids with PS2s in middle school, only my best friend at the time and this big black kid knew about .hack anymore. It's how I even played G.U. disc one by borrowing it from the latter.

>>380311580
Why did you reply to me when I never said anything negative about .hack?

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>>380308141

I feel like the characters in G.U. were really bizarre. I mean, they all acted as if the game was real life somehow. It's like they too their role-playing way too seriously. I can understand if a few characters were like this, but nearly all of them?

In the original games, the characters felt more grounded, andx you could count the number of weirdos in two seconds. Apparently, Balmung is just like that by default.

>>380311330
Is it a safe method? Yes, but does that mean it's bad? No, and if you somehow think that's the case, then you really are a retard who hates things solely because they're popular. Character archtypes that are used often are usually done so because they work well. In G.U, they were definitely used well, and all of them have their own personal arcs that make sense and help you get invested in them. IMOQ did something different which is fine, but it's also not something that a franchise that's trying to rebuild itself should do. Also, one big point is that they all actually have clear development. Most of the characters in IMOQ were static as all hell and mostly just served as backdrop to the events taking place.

>>380311606
>Battle tempo increased with a rise in offensive ability and reduction in hitstop.
YES
>Weapon skill up rates increased
FUCKING YEEEEES
>Some powerful enemies have been mitigated
oh.
>Haseo with an unfamiliar look appears…
I hope this means a skin for him with his prototype look. He looked so much better.

I actually liked the look of the prototype way more. It was like the artstyle of IMOQ but in the G.U. setting.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n9uE1h3r2fE

Oh something positive for PC and PS4 amidst Nintendomination! I welcome the .hack universe!

>>380297890
>trilogy
>not one game they split into 4 parts

>>380311987
Could be Sora

REEEEEEEENGEKI
ARMOR PIERCE
GALE BLADE
TWIN MOONS
REAPER'S TOUCH
SPARROW COUNTER

Holy shit I forgot all about the Lost Weapons. I actually hope collecting them nets us a trophy

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>>380311936
I imagine that's because to them, everything feels really real and personal. They likely don't see eachother as game models but people dressed up. Our technology just can't portray that very well.
When you get into hyper-realism it becomes a bit harder to separate yourself from fiction.

>>380291117
Is this for real?

>>380312063
Didn't they basically have all the dungeon, item and enemy data ready from Infection, it's just the cutscene/event data was what really got split up?

>>380311941
God you sound like one of those boring marketing faggots.

>>380311936
All of the characters in G.U are meant to be nutjobs, that's how people become after being influenced by AIDA, and that's usually how those who have had any sort of connection to an Avatar in the past will be. The characters in IMOQ were more grounded, but they also did not stand out nearly as much. The two games have a completely different focus. For IMOQ, it's worldbuilding, for G.U it's characters.

>>380310951
>If you really think that IMOQ wouldn't be a massive fucking failure and get shitty reviews + sales if they kept the same shitty combat system
Of course it would. Anything that's not modern casual shit or in its name gets shit reviews. Not to mention if it's from Japan.
Only FromSoftware gets away with making core games and only if it's called Souls or just looks like it, like Bloodborne.

>>380310362
Loved both and stop playing/watching after both, still have the hack sign le box, have no idea what happened to my IMOQ boxes/disks. I probably traded them into eb games, fuck me.

>>380311404

I did and still like P2 more because i'm patrician as fuck

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>>380311912
Thanks lad!

>>380291117
I only ever played the first four.

Shitty graphics don't bother me so I'm not going to bother buying this if I ever want to play the games unless the PS2 versions are completely unplayable.

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>>380312283
>>380312396
So you have literally no argument? I'm explaining to you why they would go with G.U instead of IMOQ, something you refuse to understand because of your nostalgiaboner for menu-driven action combat. If they want to bring .hack back into the limelight and get you that precious IMOQ remastering, then they're best off starting with G.U. Complaining that I sound like a "marketing faggot" just means that you're telling me that I'm making actual sense in terms of a business decision.

I'm not even against making an IMOQ remaster down the line, so I have no idea why you're upset about me pointing out the obvious.

Why was SIGN's music so damn GOOD?
https://soundcloud.com/samuel-002/hack-sign-ost-1-aura

>>380291117
How many copies do I have to buy to make Cyber Connect create a new .hack// game>

Who else here can't find their IMOQ disks?

>>380311821
Yeah, but I'd say the PR campaign is where most of its stopping power came from. You may not remember this, but these guys were crazy aggressive about selling this game. They made .hack//SIGN in order to raise intrigue and interest before releasing the game, something that only children's series like Pokemon did at the time. They constantly talked about the big name guys attached to the project, like Sadamoto and Ito. They bundled each disk with an OVA. They even made arrangements with G4, and American TV channel. The shit they did to promote these games was unreal.

>>380312640
>I'm not going to bother buying this if I ever want to play the games unless the PS2 versions are completely unplayable.
That's totally fine! But take a look at these

Evolution Point 1 – Major Visual Evolution

Full-HD (1080p)
High-definition movies
Supports 60fps
High-definition backgrounds and UI


Evolution Point 2 – Game System Improvements

Added retry function
Cheat Mode (Play with maxed out level and equipment)
Movement speed increased
Item slot number increased to 90
Item menu shortcut and sort functions added
Certain items have consecutive usage function
Made easier to see empty equipment slots
Chim Sphere and Virus Core possession cap at 999
Reduced probability of allies selling off items you give them
Improvements that were made in Vol. 2: Reminisce and Vol. 3: Redemption will be reflected on Vol. 1: Rebirth in the HD Remaster.
Battle tempo increased with a rise in offensive ability and reduction in hitstop.
Weapon skill up rates increased
Increase in experience points gained
Some powerful enemies have been mitigated
Skeith’s shooting speed has been increased
Avatar battles have been rebalanced
In addition to being able to redo the Marriage Events in Vol. 3: Redemption, you’ll get to do it with all characters that become party members


Evolution Point 3 – New Elements Added

All movies from the Terminal Disk that was bundled with the special edition copy of .hack//G.U. Vol. 1: Rebirth will be included.
Haseo with an unfamiliar look appears…

>>380307432
>butt-rice is still around after all these years
Wow, blast from the past.

>>380311987

I like this outfit too

>>380312721
I'm not arguing with you at all. I don't think IMOQ had good combat, that was my first post at you, you autistic fuck. However, your reasoning for having boring characters is fucking lame and so are you. But your logic, every piece of media should be a homogeneous boring piece of shit that's all the same.

>>380313026
Butt-rice, you stole my post

>>380312310
I dunno. I still love Gardenia and Marlo. Mistral talking about her home life was amazing to me at the time.

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>be a friendly harbringer of destruction
>make emo friend
>die for him
>get better
>grow tits and all
>dress up in BDSM gear, get a good VA and all
>make emo friend
>die for him
>get better
>emo friend get better
>get killed again anyways
>unfurry and become a tiny parasite kitty
>it's okay because your emo friend is back
>he's a turbofaggot but he's there
>oh wait you are accidentally killing him
>die for him
>again
>just so you can wind up becoming a rapier for your faggot friend to smack things with
>at least you didn't wind up as a Kite clone

Being Macha is a rollercoaster.

>>380312278
Yes, I think anyone playing the game today would realise this very quickly. Most people didn't know better back then.

>>380312278
The games did actually introduce updated mechanics when each one came out. But the actual reason is probably cutscenes, videos and voice acting.

>>380312740
I mean, the franchise in general had excellent music, let's be fair.
>>380312973
In hindsight I don't think G.U. got anywhere near as much advertising. Maybe they just blew so much money that as the series went on they got less profit overall. And by the time Link came out, it was for a system dead in the west and an extraordinarily niche fanbase in a market they didn't want to potentially waste money on again.
Not that Link was good apparently,
but hey.

>>380313101
It's been 13 years since I started browsing 4chan, I don't think I'll ever leave. I don't think I *can* leave.
>>380313151
I told you it's OHM rice!!
It's my post now, take that.

So what do you think this unfamiliar haseo is?
Are we gonna have some shit take place outside of the world?
Or is it just gonna be more of that shadow haseo shit?

>>380311912
Emulating the game really fucks up the text boxes.

>>380311768
>WE ARE SORRY THAT WE TRIED TO MAKE .HACK A MOBAGE TWICE IN A ROW, PLS GIB US MONEY, SE TOOK FF7R AWAY FROM US

>>380313395
G.U. was at the height if its popularity with vol1.

>>380313146
>boring characters
I never claimed that they were boring characters, the characters in G.U actually fucking stand out and have emotional moments and development throughout the series.

What you're asking for is an unorthodox method of handling characters, which is fine. However, "unorthodox" is really not something you want to stamp your characters as when selling a game, since that means "more likely to not be liked". Characters in G.U have formulaic aspects to them, but they aren't bad or boring because of it, it just means that they're recognizeable and have an actual audience in place already.

>>380313404
Ditto, but I left /v/ some 6 years ago and rarely return.
I don't vidya like I used to, and it's just gotten too damn shit here too often for me to want to deal with it. No hype action games for a long time either.

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>>380313576
Probably real life Haseo. We only got to see him in the manga, so they might take the oppritunity to show us this way.

I really do hope we get to see Haseo and Kite meet post-game.

>>380312505
np dude

>>380312640
>>380313026
To really understand how big some of these are, I'll point out the big ones

>Movement speed increased
There is a lot of running around
>Item slot number increased to 90
It used to be fucking 30. There is a lot of items, and you'd fill quick.
>Chim Sphere and Virus Core possession cap at 999
I fucking hate this feature anyways but this is a good thing. It was 100 before.
>Battle tempo increased with a rise in offensive ability and reduction in hitstop
Some enemies had a gaurd that would stun your combo, or they wouldn't stun, and a shitload of other things you couldn't do anything about that seriously damaged the flow of combat. This is an excellent change as well.
>Weapon skill up rates increased
This is another pretty big one. Leveling up weapon skills was really, really slow, and poorly paced.

>Increase in experience
This is honestly unnecessary and is probably going to damage the pacing of the games difficulty curve.
>>380312721
jesus christ

>>380312740
>https://soundcloud.com/samuel-002/hack-sign-ost-1-aura

That's really good. Games also hard top tier music. After all the build up Skeith received his theme music really made me shit myself. The fact this fucker was tough as fuck and even data drained me didn't helped.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mRl7frxqZ_M

>>380313693
>>380312283
gb/2 the boardroom

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>>380313869
>they decide to have a friendly PvP
>Haseo cheats the hardest a cheater has ever cheated
It would be hilarious.

>>380312721
I do understand why they'd go with G.U. obviously but I have doubts that it's modern enough to persuade the average modern gamer to play it, let alone like it.
Naturally it'd be worse with IMOQ, but eh.

Is this dude seriously saying we should accept more homogenised and generic games because it's easier for a company to profit on that?

I don't give a fuck about their profits, make a good game or don't make anything at all.

>>380313907
>This is honestly unnecessary and is probably going to damage the pacing of the games difficulty curve.
Agreed. As long as you're consistently getting Rengekis you will never be too low a level and if you explored even one area matching your level you will be over levelled for the story. Increasing that gap is probably a bad idea.

>>380313907
The really important this is those improvements made to combat done by vol 3 will be in vol 1

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>>380313972
>after an entire goddamn game of chasing Skeith around, you finally hunt him down and defeat him after a long, grueling battle from hell
>Kite's suddenly by himself wondering what the fuck just happened in the boss death
>rock hits his head and he looks up
>yfw fucking Cubia

>>380291117
I always saw these games in the stores when I was a kid/teenager, but I never had a PlayStation growing up. Is this worth picking up?

>>380291117
Fucking sweet hope it comes west never played these

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>>380314129
He may be nicer now but I don't think his moral compass is entirely perfectly aligned still.
He's the kind of guy who still teabags.

>>380291117
are these the dozen ps2 games remastered for PC?

>>380314595
Can't really decide for you anon. You should check it out at least, look up what it's about and how it plays and decide

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>>380314454

>>380314418
Sorry, yeah, I meant to include that one, it's very big.
>>380314395
Yeah, it was one of the major gameplay things they addressed from IMOQ from what I recall.

Thinking about it now
>G.U. took place in 2017

>>380315025
It's actually one of the reasons why they decided to do this now, along with .hack's 15th anniversary and G.U.'s 10th.

>>380304624
.hack//Sign was so fucking boring. I watched it not long ago to see what's the deal was with the hack series but all I got was 25 episodes of characters talking about the most boring protagonist in the world.

>>380315025
It seemed very much in the future when I saw that date back then, too.

Time is making a fucking fool of as all.

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>>380314454
Took me 5 tries to kill Skeith as a kid, I was so happy to beat him and then Cubia appeared. I nearly shit myself thinking I had to fight the sky cthulhu too.

Also it seems like we won't be getting single digit FPS during this fight anymore.

>>380309708
Not that lucky, the first game was the only one I managed to get brand new, the other three had to be bought used.

I've been on the edge of buying a modded ps2 with a harddrive for these kinds of old games. I can never get good emulation experiences because of random audio pops even at 100% speeds.

>>380315331
>Skeiths form changing with Haseos
explain this

>>380315568
Haseo is an avatarfag.

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Hey you guys is me: Salvador Aihara, and this is ONLINE JACK!!!

>>380315331
Why was Skeith, in all his forms so much smaller than the other ones? Atoli's Innis dwarfed him pretty bad.

>>380315568
As Haseo grew stronger, so did Skeith. Not that hard to understand.

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>>380314350
I'm saying that if you want the franchise as a whole to succeed, then starting with G.U is the best choice. And again, you're just spinning "using working formula" as bad. There is no need for every game to innovate the fuck out of everything, that's just generally not going to end well. G.U is good, in fact G.U is great, and so are G.U characters. Are they handled the same as IMOQ? No, but they have no reason to be.
I like plenty of things about IMOQ. The BBS was great, and probably the best feature that could ever be implemented in a game like that. The messaging system did make the world feel more real. Every single cutscene in the game is great. The dungeon system was neat and did give you a reason to explore. However, the last part became more tedious than anything because of the gameplay being what it is, and that really is the biggest crutch. The gameplay is not something you could ever sell in a modern game, it'd just be a complete fucking failure because people don't have low enough standards to put up with that. Has nothing to do with casualization, since even the most casual retard can clear IMOQ since it was everything but difficult.

You're missing the point so hard on my argument that the only thing you can even see is me telling you that starting with IMOQ remasters is bad, without any of the reasons behind it. .hack is an interesting franchise, one I want to see succeed, and with the reboot, hopefully continue eventually onto another game of the same quality as IMOQ or G.U, since it is the franchise that handled the whole MMO thing the best. I'm not not a petty shortsighted dumbass who only wants remasters of the first quadrology and then bury the franchise after that like you.

95% of the games I've played on my life have been western and the only turn based RPGs I've ever played to completion are Pokemon and Lord of the Rings the Third Age back when I was like 12.

Can someone explain the appeal of the .hack series?

>>380311404
It was really fucking annoying being that guy who had managed to buy and play the first game, which was rare and expensive even when the PS1 was still relevant, and be called a pleb in Persona discussion

>>380315568
I mean, Haseo's the only character that changed forms over the course of the series, everyone else kinda was stuck the same as they always were.
Comes with the protagonist budget and character development.

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>>380291117
I loved G.U. but its just an HD collection.
I'm better off emulating it at 9 times its resolution on my PC.
Just give me a brand new .hack series already, or at the very least localize the Link game.

>>380315738

I remember me, my friends, and my brother used to make fun of that hispanic japanese guy.

>>380315741
Skeith was the first Avatar created, so he was much more of a "prototype" than the rest. It makes sense for the beginning to be small and then for the end (Corbenik) to be huge.

>>380315863
Its good. That's the appeal. Play it.

>>380315812
stop posting any time

>>380316182
>no argument
As expected

>>380316019
>>380313026
>>380311768
>>380311606

>>380316019
>Just give me a brand new .hack series already

Well then hope that the remaster sell well, because they won't give the green light to a new game from a franchise that has been in hiatus for so long, if they don't see that has a fanbase interested in it.

>>380315863
Interesting story

Loveable characters

I'd be lying to you if I said the combat was great however.

>>380316112

In what way is it good you bitch. Is the gameplay fun and engaging?

>>380316456
Is the rest of the gameplay, or just the game in general, good enough to justify buying it? I've had my eye on IMOQ for a while now and need to round out my PS2 collection. Seems this thread is kind of a mixed bag. Reviews from back then were sort of mixed too, from what I can gather.

>>380315863
>95% of the games I've played on my life have been western
i'm so sorry

>>380316456

Is there any advantage to playing it myself rather then watching the cutscenes/let's play on YouTube?

>>380317087
Its a fucking video game you autistic nigger, you can go play it yourself. You can form your own opinion.

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Post more Blackrose faggots.

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>>380315863
1. Action RPG
2. Addictive combat for G.U.
3. Great story
4. Great characters
5. Unique character designs
6. Story based RPG about an MMORPG that simulates really well (it even has a desktop, movie player, a forum, and of course e-mails).
7. Alkaid

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>>380315812
>people don't have low enough standards to put up with that
Oh yeah people sure have high standards. No wonder Ass Creed and Far Cry, among others, are two of the most popular series today. I trust these people to know which games are good and which aren't.

>>380317301
because only faggots watch letsplays.

>>380315863
Similar boat as you. I grew up seeing .hack anime and games on TV and shops. But I never paid attention to it so never watched or played the series myself. So I've only myself to blame.
Apparently its about an MMO called the World, so it was similar to today's SAO for the past generation. If I'm correct then the games came before the anime, so the games are entry points for the series.
Needless to say this is a good chance to give it a fair assessment by trying out the HD collection.

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>>380317301
Self-respect and dignity.

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>>380317481
>tfw Alkaid was supposed to be the 2nd Heroine

>>380317097
IMOQ doesn't play great, or even decent, but the characters and story is great. You would be better off playing through it though instead of just watching a lets play or something.

>>380317563
Are you going to put IMOQ on the same level as Far Cry or Assassin's Creed in terms of gameplay? I'm saying the general standard in terms of gameplay is higher now than it was back then, which is undeniable. Even the shittiest popular games have better gameplay than IMOQ. If a game came out with that system today then it'd be bashed so fucking hard that it wouldn't see the light of day.

>>380317879
What
Alkaid was a literal who but the director fell in love with her during Vol. 1 and then shoehorned her into the plot of Vol. 2.

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>>380317879
>Haseo was happier to see Alkaid than he was about Shino.
>Even ran up and hugged Alkaid.
Haseo has taste.

>>380317879
Alkaid wasn't planned for anything, but got popular and then pushed to higher status in Vol.2 because of it.

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>>380316445
The only reason its even on hiatus is because they didnt give a shit about keeping it alive to being with.
They didnt localize Link, then theres was like a couple anime and CG movies, then they released a fighting game that also never got localized, and maybe I'm forgetting something else they released that WASNT an actual game.
Then here we go to a collection release.

Seriously its no wonder the series is dead at this point.
In case that they stop bothering because the games didnt sell well then why even bother to release a collection now?
I'm not sure if its related but I'm gonna guess it has something to do with all those Naruto Storm game they released almost every year since the first one.

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I should probably have expected that the comfy-level of the threads would go downhill fast after the first 2.
Who are you most excited to see again? Seeing Sakubo again will be great, hopefully there's dual audio so I can get the japanese voice.

>>380318341
It's because by the end of G.U. he realized that he'd been being cucked by Ovan the entire time.

But Ovan didn't give a shit about Shino either, because I wanted to dick Aina.

>>380318853
You forgot the two times they tried Mobage

>>380319205
The things I would do to his boipussy.

Thank you, thank you for being a good thread on /v/, I was almost about to leave this place forever. You restored my hope that there are actually people here that play and love games.

>>380319205
First two threads aren't what I would have called comfy.

I'm excited to see Atoli again. For the shit she gets, I adore the little sunflower.

>>380319205
Pi was pretty cool, but I really enjoyed those first chill moments with Gaspard and Si...that green guy. Them trying to teach Haseo the basics was pretty fun. I just can't wait to get to Haseo, "I have my Lost Weapon and Dual Guns," the Terror of Death.

I think the game did an excellent jjob making you feel like a threat to other players.

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>>380319685
>BBS has everyone trying to copy your builds and failing miserably

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>G.U cast is full of interesting characters
>The game is all about class diversity
>For some reason the developers decide to give you literally 999999999999 blade brandiers
>Literally 1 Dance Macabre, Raper and Rogue to ever join your party
>Additional Rogue is actually just a Brandier as well
>Reaper and Macabre only join for 1/5th of the last game, and the reaper is just a gimmick OP character a la Helba

>>380319567
Jokes on you, I haven't been here in years, I just couldn't help myself after the reveal.

Who remembers the countdown to the G.U. reveal with the Azure Kite and Haseo silhouettes?

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Do you know Tri-Edge?

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>>380317978
>I'm saying the general standard in terms of gameplay is higher now than it was back then
That's not true at all unless you believe that depth being sacrificed for "polish" is a good thing. Not that games now are even more polished either, being as riddled with technical issues and bugs as they are. The press-button-for-cool-shit design philosopy has been impressing casuals since at least 2007, yes, but anyone with any sort of self-respect knows that standards haven't risen but dropped like a fucking rock.

>>380298641
Nothing GU generate was iconic or memorable

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>>380319861
>>Additional Rogue is actually just a Brandier as well
He's a steam gunner who can equip heavy armour because he refuses to use his fucking heavy sword.
You don't get a single edge punisher the whole game.
I hope they let Matsu switch weapons in the remake.

>>380317975
I'm guessing that's where most of the fanbase comes from, then? Reminds me of Drakengard in that aspect, assuming that's true.
Is the entirety of IMOQ worth playing or just infection? It's sort of expensive on ebay and amazon right now.

give me the low down on the .hack//g.u. games

will I like them if I loved ps2 era SMT games?

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>>380303328
On the bright side there's a better .hack anime down the road on the down side its the oonly good one

>>380320202
Xth form was, considering thy decided to give everyone one

>>380320125
>Instead of just saying no, they curse Haseo's name, giving him more reason to chainsaw sword them to death

>>380320202
Haseo is easily the most memorable character the franchise has to offer by far

>>380320472
The whole thing is worth playing for the story alone but it's very dated.

>>380318853
They should NEVER have deviated from making RPGs with this series and they shouldn't have treated it like a massive media project. Should've stayed with only games and anime. Everything else was a waste of money and terrible to begin with. And they should've kept it intelligent like IMOQ.

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>mfw the only people who care about GU are nostalgiababbies

Did you think Haseo was as cool as Sasuke growing up?

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>>380319310
I didnt even know they release mobile games.
Which I'm guessing failed miserably too.
They seriously dug that .hack grave themselves.

>>380320472
Just emulate it. I wouldn't compare IMOQ to Drakengard, Drakengard is the most offensive thing to be called a video game I've ever played.

>>380320702
No, Kite is. Haseo is typical mid-2000's Japanese edgy anime design. Just bad.

>>380320821
I thought he was overly dramatic and a complete dipshit and I still liked the games.
But then I was used to Kite, a 14-year-old boy who actually had his shit straight.

>>380320821
Sasuke didn't grow up, he just suddenly said "I'm not evil anymore" and called it a day. Haseo went through actual development to get where he is.

>>380315236
>.hack//Sign was so fucking boring.
Most .hack anime are with the exception of Twilight and Roots which are just awful and Quantum which is suprisingly decent.

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R8 my wife :3

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>>380320821
No I thought it was cool how a 10 year old edgy boy could grow into a responsible adult named Haseo.

>>380320125
Tri-Edge?

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>>380320702
Sadamoto is rolling around in his non existent grave from such heinous words. Belts and zippers had nothing on any of his designs.

>>380321032
There's nothing "typical" about his journey as a character. He has clear reasoning behind everything, and is influenced by those around him until he actually lightens up and becomes a more mature person because of it. His design is edgy as fuck, but the entire point of his design was that he was just an edgy brat when he started out. It was considered an actual flaw for him to overcome.

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>>380321051
>But then I was used to Kite, a 14-year-old boy who actually had his shit straight.
He was the only person in all of //IMOQ who had a level head.

>>380321336
Big-Edge?

These games should've been on the PS3 in the first place considering the year they released.

>>380321368
Kite was super fucking bland. His design was cool, but as a character he was really not anything to speak of. The only material that portrayed him otherwise was the 4koma which at least put a comedic spin on the whole thing.

>>380320943
Drakengard isn't a bad game at all, it's just not fun. But it works and is easily playable. Hell you might even enjoy it if you like Musou.

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>when he rengeki's all over you without previous warning

>>380320943
I enjoyed Drakengard more than I did IMOQ, at least there was some actual strategy involved if you were going for the last ending.

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>>380321857
>When the boss attacks the FPS instead of you.

>>380321386
For a series that is full of dysfunctional people and nutjobs, I have to admit that while Kite wasn't exactly a distinct protagonist by any stretch of the imagination, he's refreshing for a protagonist. He's as new to The World as a first-time player is so he's got a reason to be asking about what the hell is going on, and even despite facing the threat of a coma every other day and danger leaking into the real world, he's actually pretty clever and a good team leader, not to mention more than willing to have his light-hearted moments and have his occasional goofing around in things like the email chains. Compared to everyone else overreacting, especially Black Rose, kid conquers his sheer abject terror and just gets shit done.

>>380321721
>Drakengard isn't a bad game
I know the story is great but come on, that thing was absolute trash. Saying that it works doesn't qualify it to be a good game.
Its a fucking slog of LITERALLY mashing the attack button and nothing else.

>>380321386
>tfw Ryoko was mad crazy for his dick but yet Natsume becomes the yandere stalker

>>380319205
If it's Saku, is it gay?

>>380321721
>Drakengard isn't a bad game at all, it's just not fun
I can't be the only one seeing the oxymoron here.

>>380320472
The Drakengard comparison is probably the best one imo

>>380322250
A bit

>>380320125
Don't tell me you believe in those fairy-tales?

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>>380305015
>I have no idea why people ever thought of it highly
They don't. The games never reviewed well and even amongst weebdom they're not praised unless you have nostalgia for them. Nobody remembers the IMOQ because it came during the anime boom so they only care about Sign (which people agree has not aged well at all) GU came at the tail end of the boom hence why you see so many people reminisce fondly over it since they played it as teenagers growing up.

>>380313347
i did or at least i guessed it cause since all the content from infection was accessible in he later parts

>>380314350
What the actual fuck are you going on about?

>>380322209
>>380322292
Oh yeah, I know it's a bit of an oxymoron. But it's really not that bad. It's not even close to being one of the worst videogames. It's just not.

It's also however not fair to compare IMOQ to it, IMOQ is actually fun and good.

>>380320472
Buying all of IMOQ would probably be $200-250. Just pirate it, the games only have used copies around anyway so it's not like you're hurting the publisher.

>>380322984
I was explaining why it was smarter for them to remaster G.U instead of IMOQ to begin with if they want to resurface the franchise and he got very mad about that.

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