.hack Thread

>>381719443
I think I'm out of things to say with all the threads we've had.

Obligatory Alkaid is best girl post.

>>381719443
Am I good with playing just the remakes or do I have to play them from the first hack?

>>381719660
You gotta watch all the animes while playing .hack infection/outbreak/mutation/quarantine then you can play the remaster ok

>>381719660
While it might be a good idea to see SIGN and play the first four games to get some things and see the beginning of the franchise, G.U. can be played without seeing the older series or playing the OG quadrilogy.

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>>381719443
So last night I had a nightmare where the form change was purely cosmetic and the sword Haseo was using was just a stylish new edge punisher weapon and I woke up screaming.

Good afternoon, this is Ohm Rice!

>>381719660
The remakes are made specifically to introduce new people to the franchise

>>381719983
>>381720003
>>381720197
Thanks.

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About fucking time, the .hack games are probably one of the few series that actually needed a collection/ remaster.

And as someone who owned the first set of games but not the g.u. set this is an extremely nice surprise.

Consider this day one for me, you have my thanks op.

>>381720146
Hello buttrice.

>>381721361
Hello BUTTNONYMOUS.
Doesn't feel good does it?
It's Ohm Rice.
>>381720936
I'm glad so many people are getting back into .hack//

>>381719443
out of all the threads we've had, no one brought up something really special this remaster is pushing forward
>Cyber Connect 2
>JRPG
we've come a long way ever since this came out on PS2 and the studio got a ton of experience thanks to the Naruto franchise, Asura's Wrath and whatever else. If they ever get their hands on another project like this, we could have a top tier animu jrpg that will blow the Tales series out of the water

>>381719443
That looks pretty good. It honestly looks better than P5 in some screenshots (particularly the cutscenes).

>>381722010
I wonder if there are new cutscenes. Obviously Haseo will get one showing off his new form like the previous ones, but it'll be surprising to see them compared to their old work, they keep improving their cutscene work a lot.

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Time to bitch!

>Cheat mode.
>Retry every time you die in a fight.
>Attack Power Increased.
>More EXP per fight.
None of those were issues and will make the game far too easy, especially if you're going to grind for the book of 1000 anyway, you'll have to put it off as long as possible to avoid being too strong.
>A stun gauge has been added above the enemy in Avatar Battles.
This only annoys me because I loved how simplistic and UI-free avatar battles were. Adding gauges to it just feels like a nuisance.

The rest are improvements, but the above has me worried the game will be easier. It was already a very easy game.

downloading infection right now, i never got the chance to try these games out back then and the remaster is making me curious about it
wish me luck

The new form is from a KH-esque gameplay tease where you play Haseo beta testing the setting for the next game since R:2 gets shut down a year or so after the events of GU.

>>381723172
Don't be too hard on it. The gameplay and the graphics haven't aged well at all. Also watch Sign first, it really enhances the experience tenfold.

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>>381719443
THIS MAN DID NOTHING WRONG

>>381723561
i actually watched sign on TV as a kid
and i like to think i have a pretty high tolerance when it comes to old games so it should be fine

>>381719443
All these threads made me wanna replay IMOQ (even if dated) and my damned PS2 is dead. Is the ps2 emulation any good?

>>381724140
PCSX2 is pretty damn stable now

>>381724208
Nice, i guess i'm off then, thanks anon.

>Playing //g.u. on hd tv
>Use AV
>Everything is so blurry, can't tell what's going on.
>Use component cable.
>Everything is so pixelated, can't tell what's going on.
>HD remake announced
THANK GOD.

I get that the Azure Knights were a rushjob, but was it really necessary to add all those stitches to their designs? I'm pretty sure Aura would hagve had a little more time to work out the other issues if she weren't so meticulous about something like that. Also, did she just forget what Kite's hat crest looked like? And she sure had enough time to add a bunch of belts where there weren't any before.

I finished Infection over 10 years ago. The only thing I remember is Mistral. Is it worth looking and playing the other three games?

>>381724771
Maybe Aura was really into zombie apocalypse texts at the time.

>>381724952
They're all pretty much just exactly the same game. Though bear in mind that they're all fairly uncommon and quite expensive on eBay these days, and even moreso in PAL territories.

I wonder how much profit Bandai made at the time by separating 1 80-ish hour RPG into 4 20 hour ones.

>>381723643
HE LITERALLY DID EVERYTHING WRONG

>>381725024
>>381724771
Even despite all that, though, you can really tell that Aura put the most amount of care into Kite. Unlike Balmung and Orca, Kite doesn't have black patches that are obviously incomplete graphics. Kite's weapons are also the most meticulously designed, compared to the cheap-looking thornsticks that the other two are using.

It's as if she originally just planned on making Kite, but then decided that it'd be cooler if Kite had a pair of lackeys fighting for him. God forbid she use that slut BlackRose, though.

>>381725294
>God forbid she use that slut BlackRose, though.
She's a jealous goddess.

>>381723472
One can only hope. This is actually shaping up to be a pretty great generation if your into JRPGs. Westaboos BTFO

So i was checking online, are there undub versions of IMOQ or did they have dual audio?

>>381725623
Obsessed too. How many Kites have there been so far? And almost all of them were her doing. Except the one from Link who was technically from the Tower of Akasha, which is basically a record of literally everyone and everything in The World from the moment it first launched.

>>381726727
They had dual audio. The original Japanese version had two audio tracks, the regular Japanese and a parody mode that's unlocked once you beat it. For the English localization, they removed the parody mode and replaced it with an English track.

Why the fuck did they not remake the originals?

>>381723643
>man

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>>381725294
>Blackrose
>Slut
TAKE THAT BACK FUCKER

>>381726923
>They had dual audio. The original Japanese version had two audio tracks, the regular Japanese and a parody mode that's unlocked once you beat it. For the English localization, they removed the parody mode and replaced it with an English track.
I guess i remembered right, time for Infection then.

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Should I watch this to prepare for the upcoming game /v/? Is the game good? Is this anime good?

>>381719443
Why did the kid with the orange hat and teal hair look like he turned evil?

>>381727456
GU movies are shit. Just play the games.

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>>381727456
No, //Trilogy is the G.U. games condensing the 120+ hour plot into 2 hours.
It's pretty to look at because CyberConnect2 does a fantastic job with cutscenes (asura's wrath, naruto games) but unless you want to get all the important parts spoiled don't bother.

The games are good.

The anime suck, with the exception of //Sign which is just very, very slow.

I have been waiting for a new .hack for years and years, but all I get is remastered GU.

I'm disappointed, really. My only wish for the games is that they keep the RENGEKI sound from the first game for the the other two. For some reason it got worse with each installment.

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Who you gunna marry?

>>381727406
>>381726923
They had dual audio in the sense you could play back cutscenes with JP audio, but I don't think you could play through the game actively with it on.

>>381727845
all of them

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>>381727781
dude, if this goes well you know theres a good chance of a new hack right? so be grateful to get something at least.

there are series like breath of fire that only got a fucking mobile thrash and now its gone never to get anything decent forever.

>>381727880
You could. Just go to options and switch to Japanese audio. Poof, complete Japanese voiceovers.

Like I said, the original games always had dual audio, even in Japan. When they brought the game overseas, they simply replaced the second track with English audio.

>>381719641
I'm pretty sure the goal of these threads is to get as many people to replay the old series as possible. Get on it anon.

Is GU still ye olde turn based?

>>381727880
It had full dual audio. I played it with Japanese audio.

>>381727573
He didn't. And neither one of the are the kid himself, just his player character in the game. It's a little too complex for me to explain to you here.

>>381724140
I'm doing it right now. As long as you don't use MSAA it works perfectly

>>381728225
Account hijacking. Explained.

>>381728204
>still

It's always been a bit hack'n'slashy

>>381727845
All of them eventually but Endrance first, as always.

>>381723062
The only problems I had with the three games somehow reaching Ovan really underleveled and those three faggots in your pic using some attack that had the three of them stand in the front of the battlefield and just spam the living shit of some shockwave attack

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>>381728204
No .hack// games are turn based. It's an action RPG.

>>381727661
Someone post Haseo blowing Atoli the fuck out with that wide ass gaped mouth. I liked rage-Haseo pulling out a fuck ton of swords out against TriEdge..

>>381728064
They confirmed that a new .hack is in development (most likely pre-production) but that it all depends on Bamco aka buy Last Recode or .hack is dead for real.

>>381725294
Let's be honest: The real reason Aura fucked off to the Sea of Data is cause Kite stopped playing

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>>381728326
Trilogy was fun if only because of this perfectly adapted scene.

>No IMOQ remake
Fuck it

>>381728384
She tried to make do by giving some random schmuck an identical character model, but it just wasn't the same.

>>381727661
>The anime suck, with the exception of //Sign which is just very, very slow.
Liminality is also good.

>>381728287
It's a little more complex than that when you consider who's behind it all for someone who has no knowledge of the series. To the point where he might as well just play the games if he's that curious.

>>381727103
Because the G.U. games are more readily accessible and just needed a tune up, whereas the og gameplay would not be very well received nowadays. IMOQ would have to be remade from the ground up and Bamco aren't going to flip the bill for something like that. We're still surprised that this is even a thing. We might have a chance if this does well.

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>>381728401

>>381728215
>>381728065
Well son of a bitch, I never noticed.

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>>381728401
Thanks buttrice. Have some Blackrose tiddies.

>>381728401
How were his eyes originally?

>>381727573
It's an AI created by Aura meant to look like Kite.

>>381728215
Why was IMOQ so fucking ahead of it's time?

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>>381728603
Much less dumb looking before I edited them because of an ancient 4chan meme.
>>381728589
y-you too...

Could they port this to switch? I have a ps4 but playing this on the go would be amazing

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We can go even wider

>>381724140
>>381728276

Does raising the elemental stats in Infection do anything besides give resistance?

>>381728903
MY PAIN IS GREATER THAN YOURS

>>381719443
Loved the hell out of the first 4 games in PS2, as well as the G.U. trilogy. Actually sold my copies of the last 2 GU games in ebay during a financial rough spot.

I tried to go back and play these games on ps2 some time ago, but I got kinda bored. Maybe the new versions will revitalize my love for the series. . .

Why is G.U. getting remade before the original quadrilogy? I don't get it.

>>381729207
Required the least work to get out as a remaster. My guess is they are going to wait to release them in HD or Remake the originals altogether.

>>381729207
>>381728502

>>381729207
See >>381728502

>tfw early 2000s
>watch //sign
>get REALLY into .hack
>consume everything including doing a huge deep dive into the lore
>holy shit this is so detailed
>even remember the short story about how Balmung got his wings

Being 13 was a good time.

>>381729340
>>381729370
>>381729379
It's also the anniversary of the end of GU

>>381719443
>broad changes to make it easier

Annoying, still excited though.

Hard Mode please?

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>>381727845
If only

I llike how //legend of the twilight made some pretty big changes but then was never spoken about again

>>381730042
Hands off my daughterfu

>>381730350
Fuck off Harold, your daughter isn't even real

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>>381729616
>Sneaky bitch RPing as Balmung steals the wings from someone doing the One Sin raid event in the Quantum OVA's.

no IMOQ remaster, no sale. I know that if they do it they'll use the GU system though and that's not what I want so eh.

At least it's not //link

>>381727845
>can now marry everyone in one save
This must mean they're increasing the number of cards you can get, which is great since I hated having to choose who to give a specific card to learn more about them

>>381730734
It's thinking like that that'll make IMOQ never see the light of day again

>>381730734
IMOQ plays like shit though
Or have you forgotten being forced to tell your retarded party members every battle to use their skills, and the amount of hopping the game asks for?

>>381730924
Menu hopping, rather

>tfw seeing the liminality openings made me want to replay IMOQ
I hope my crappy PC can emulate them well.

For anons on the fence:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mpQ-npcZZpM

>>381731056
>not available in your country.

I need to move out of burgerland

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Why was Online Jack so fucking good?

They were incredibly short but it was so cool seeing the action from a non-player perspective and seeing them get caught up in the story.

>>381730924
It plays like shit and I still prefer it to GU, sue me.
>>381730839
maybe they shouldn't remaster the second series before the first. Might help.

>>381731157
You'll really like Liminality then.

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>>381728401

>>381731829
not him but can I watch liminality all at once or is it actually meant to be watched along with each game?

>>381732226
One episode after each game.

>>381728401
I almost wish Haseo didn't stop being a very angry autist

>>381732226
If you played the games, there's no harm watching it all at once, you can understand the references being made between each other. If not, you can watch each ep after each part.

Important thing to note is that the show references areas that you can go to and get neat loot at the end of the dungeon.

>>381732669
It also has hidden keywords with unique items at the end of the areas spread throughout the episodes.

Anyone know what episodes actually matter to the story of Roots? Heard there's a lot of useless filler.

>>381732820
I don't remember about filler but i do remember there is some point you should stop or else you get spoilers for the game so be careful.

>>381732820
Basically watch up until Haseo becomes the terror of death, and you will easily understand the intro in GU.

>>381732820
I'd say don't bother with Roots unless you REALLY love .hack// stuff. I personally don't like it at all.

>>381729993
I think they mean more in the sense of "the doppleganger is less bullshit"

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>increased amount of damage you do
>increased amount of exp you get
>decreased stat ailment chance
>made tough enemies easier

>>381732820
What butt rice said, a good chunk of stuff in Roots is either contradicted or explained better in G.U. The only stuff you need to know from Roots is that Haseo, Ovan, and Shino were part of a guild called the Twilight Brigade, Ovan went missing and Shino disbanded the guild before being coma'd, and Haseo got his 3rd form from the Forest of Pain event and killed 100 PKs afterwards.

>>381727845
I want to marry Ovan's sister.

>>381733302
That's a relief at least. I always cheesed him with the Sleipnir creature.

What are the best classes in the World and R:2 and why?

>>381733526
>not Ovan himself

I think I;ll get the PS4 version instead of PC, primarily because having it on PC will tempt me to cheat.

What's the best field in the .hack series and why is it Θ Bitter Fantasy Mirror World?

>>381733741
>primarily because having it on PC will tempt me to cheat.

Real Dot Hacking.

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>All these copyright takedowns/muted videos on Youtube for the soundtracks of SIGN and Roots

Unnecessary and rude.

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>>381728401
Ahh poor Haseo. Had go full douche mode to get it into her head he wanted to be left alone. And she continued to bug him.

>>381733987
If I have the PC version I will cheatengine the fuck out of this game with stat increase items. I have to fight it.

I'll buy this remaster after the IMOQ remaster.

>>381733978
Any sunny field in //g.u. is relaxing and quick.
I try to avoid dungeons as much as I can since fields are faster to complete and far more visually pleasing.

>>381733470
I'm wondering where the .GU trilogy wasn't casual in the first place. Game was already easy. Leveling was only tedious in the 3rd part as was collecting they keys for wepaon unlocks.

Game was casual city from the start.

>>381734197
I liked the dungeons that were just one big spiral with traps everywhere.

>>381734153
You better at least buy this one and not play it because if you don't you'll never see a IMOQ remaster or .hack ever again.

>>381733978
Any of the Lost Grounds for the music, but especially Hulle Granz Cathedral
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CCMkh8MRMNQ

>>381734153

We might not get a IMOQ remaster if this doesn't sell well.

>>381734363
>>381734501
if they made a GU remaster before an IMOQ remaster they know damn fucking well that they're not making one at all. They can deal with the others who will buy it, cause I won't.

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what is the purpose of butt pads?

>>381733470
>made tough enemies easier
This one is likely referring to some enemies that were just outright HP sponges.

>>381734674
hope you enjoy no more .hack then

>>381734897
Protection from sexual predators. I mean, dem hips and thighs...

>>381734674
>Thinking Bamco would flip the bill for them to completely rebuild a game from the ground up in an experiment to see if the series is worth salvaging.
Makes perfect sense.

>>381735012
I dealt with them turning it into a shitty mobile game that failed, this will fail too, they're already producing more anime and mangas, the series won't disappear unless those fail too.

>>381735012
It's fine really

IMOQ was pretty mediocre and judging by their recent track record I highly doubt they'd be able to make any new games that are good

G.U. was the best they had in them, so really a remaster is the equivalent to a greatest hits album for them

>>381734897
How about the neck guard thing? Wouldn't that be extremely uncomfortable to be knocked on your back with?
I, for one, welcome our new form Haseo.

>>381734674
If they had the budget and time I'm sure they would have made IMOQ first. However this is the 15th anniversary of the franchise and the last thing they produced for it was 2 shitty mobile games and a movie. If they want to revive the series this is the safest bet, a game series with a self-contained story that uses a lore that old fans love and new fans will want to know more about. If they went with IMOQ they'd have to completely redo the combat system which might turn off old fans, and the story itself might be harder for new fans to get into.

Better to use the cheaper to adapt G.U. Series to test the waters and then remaster IMOQ if it does well instead of putting all their eggs into a remaster of IMOQ that old fans may not enjoy.

>>381730042
She only has eyes for Kite. She's not interested in that scrub Haseo.

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>>381719443

I am so fucking excited, I hope this sells great so we get a remake of the original series too.

>tfw you will never get to have vr sex with Blackrose

>>381735012
Well we went through 5 years of no .hack already

>>381735130
>they're already producing more anime and mangas
No, they are not.

>>381734897
Haseo went from butt blades, to a butt cape, to a neck tail, and finally butt plates. Must be for the edge.

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>>381735130

They made bank with the two mobile games.

>>381734674

Probably as lot easier to remake the G.U. games instead of the IMOQ ones.

>>381735535
So you think them saying "We're making more media" means "we're making another game that costs millions of dollars" instead of "we hired a mangaka to shit out some $500,000 for a series turd, including publishing fees"?

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tKeORQsr0u8

>>381735249
Yeah. If Kite were the one asking for help, she probably would have come out of retirement completely and wiped out Cubia in an instant. Fundamentally, both the eight Avatars and Cubia are derivative of Morgana's power. Since Aura is on a higher tier than Morgana, she should have been able to deal with the whole thing easily.

But, well. No Kite so who gives a fuck?

>>381735641
Oh god, all those spheres. Also i raise you

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NhYfr-_iLBY

>>381735570
Mobile games? Are they available in the US/android? Are they good?
Please tell me they're good.

>>381735919
Best song incoming
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YUf3ZY9aNfI

>>381735212
It's a game, dog
They don't feel anything

comfiest of ost's

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u2CHlySAR4w

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>>381735641

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u2CHlySAR4w

This is better.

>>381735991

They shut the first down to start the second.

The first was a shitty card game that sucked.

The second is considerably better, but it is super simple the art style kinda sucks.

Oh, and Japan only.

>>381735991
There were two. The first was lasted a good couple of years before they ended it. The one they ended up branding .hack died in a little over a year. Japan only.

is there some sort of retard's guide to the .hack franchise? What should I start with? an anime? the games? a manga? oneo f the books?

>>381735595
Same thing as with the IMOQ remaster, you think that they're going to make more media if this remaster that's heading the revival fails?

>>381736271
>heading
It's not, they've already said they've got more .hack media in the works. This remaster certainly wouldn't hurt things if it went well but by no means is it spearheading anything.

>>381736106
>ywn have hi-res animated versions of those classic Altimit wallpapers
Just kill me already.

>>381736359
>the main medium of the .hack franchise isn't spearheading anything

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>>381736362
Not a big fan of the color scheme, but it's something.

Wait so are we getting a new weapon style?

>>381736709
>main medium
>least money earned over the series lifespan
>least entries

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What they need to do is add Blackrose as a bonus party member for the remaster.

Even if we can't ge the originals remade, at least give us Blackrose

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I want to believe that if the G.U. remaster sells well, they'll do a remake of the original games.

>>381736950
Devs, O hear our plea.
Listening to some of the GU ost, since I only played the first 2 in the original 4. Oh god, it sounds just like sign, it's wonderful.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pef9uSOg9WE\

>>381737056
Hopefully by the 20th anniversary yeah.

I dont like how the remaster has less use of hatching, but otherwise I'm impressed

>tfw can't make my desktop exactly like the altimit theme

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>Going to have to do the goblin races legit now.
>Probably won't be able to do the map glitch to instantly finish the races and get first place every time.
Dammit.

>>381737298
Well it would have to be running on the altimit OS.

>>381737298
Rainmeter is magical, if you're willing to fuck with it enough.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_8znO6ZOd_Q

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>>381737081
GU had amazing music, as did the original games.
Shit almost depresses me though since every time I hear .hack music it just takes me back to being 13 playing the original series and later playing GU and just being engrossed as fuck in the lore and everything.

Fuck I'm glad the remaster is a thing.

>>381735290
Me too. I can't stand playing the first series anymore. I loved the message board stuff but everything else is so archaic.

So nothing on .hack 1-4 eh?

>>381737384
Jesus, muh dick desu.

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>>381736950

Blackrose is shit.

>>381737569
It keeps me from going back to it, but the constant menu navigation for everything didn't really bother me back then. I guess I liked everything else enough I got through it.

GU's gameplay was a big step up, but it always bugged me you fought inside that arena bubble rather than straight up in the actual overworld like the originals.

>>381737569
The only thing for me that makes going back to IMOQ difficult is the virus core grinding required to beat the game.
Now being able to put some shortcut for a few skills and having better party AI would make it a a lot better to play.

>>381737384
That's pretty fucking sick

>>381737747
Was there ever a reason given as to why they are almost exactly the same, except for the fact they're both heavy blades?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=18SQxu-KtSo&index=3&list=RD6k6DEJGmQUA

More dope ost's.

>>381721712
BUTT RICE

>>381737908
You were supposed to Data Drain regularly. Grinding for Virus Cores only when you need them is really inefficient.

Fuck. Why couldn't they port the original games?

How many people actually finished the item completion quest in the originals?\

I loved the games to death but I still could never bring myself to actually collect every weapon and deal with transforming weapons at the springs and shit for it.

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Alright guys this is the part where we post the best of the best girl

>>381738176
I gave up the exact second I realized it didn't catalogue your items from the past three volumes, or any at all up until the point the quest starts. So yeah, I immediately threw in the towel.
>>381738147
I'm not Butt Rice, quit bullying!

>>381738057
>except for the fact they're both heavy blades
That's a good enough reason though. Players of the same class looks almost the same in most MMOs.

>>381738057
I think it's always been a meme on limited character creation options making them happen to be so similar.

>>381738057
This one must've been my favorite song, always used it a BGM on desktop and would just leave the game running so i could listen to it.

>>381738057
Because it's an MMO

>>381738057
It was supposed to be to be a nod, and a reference to the fact MMOs at the time were like 90% "pick a character base, now a hair color, there you go"

>>381719443
>No VR supposrt.

You had one fucking job.

>>381738151
It only became a problem in Quarantine like when I first played the games I remembered it being annoying but when I replayed them recently I didn't really have to much problems until around halfways into the final volume.

>>381719443
>not the original quadrilogy

life is suffering

Okay. I really want to get into this series. I know there's a huge timeline thing i should follow, but is it okay to play IMOQ first and then watch all of the anime and stuff later? I mean, I didnt play the Kingdom Hearts games in order, but playing them in the release order made it fun still because it was like putting puzzle pieces together. and kh is now my favorite series. Is this series like that?

I'm gonna start playing IMOQ but seeing how it's a goddamn quadriology worries me. How long is will it take me? I was gonna start .GU but 2 days later this unexpected news came so i decided to put it on hold and start imoq instead.

Fuck yes! I loved this series and I'm so glad to see it's getting a remaster. Time to go watch it for the nostalgia

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>Vol 1
>The starting level in the no save data transfer mode has been increased.
Well that answers the question of if they're going to make it one big game, or still keep em split up into three

>>381738501
this. being a guy who only got into the series recently and not being able to have physical copies of anything. i will feel dumb only having a physical copy of the 2nd series and not the first one

>>381737663
>>381738153
>>381738501
Fuck off with your samefaggotry.

>>381738057
They used identical templates. It seems that R:1 had a somewhat limited number of templates, so it wasn't completely unusual for there to be similar looking PCs. Mind you, based on how characters reacted to these situations, it doesn't seem to be that common, but it did happen.

>Mimiru & BlackRose
>Orca & Bear
>Sora & Moonstone
>Kaotin, Subaru, Terajima Ryoko
>Sora & Moonstone
>Crim & Usagimaru Nuke
>A-20 & Natsume
>Tsukasa & Elk

Incidentally, in the case of Mireille from .hack//Legend of the Twilight Bracelet, she's actually using the exact same character as Mistral. She just changed the name through an event.

In R:2, there's also the obvious Shino & Atoli. Ender, one of Pi's alternate PCs, is also very similar to Bordeaux.

>>381738437
Do you want to fall into a coma anon?

>>381738542
sign first is heavily recommended. It was the first entry in the series and tonally assists greatly with everything else, and figuring shit out in the games.

Generally though, yeah. If you really want to skip sign it's not required or anything, just, you get a lot more out of the games if you watch sign. As for the other stuff, it's all pretty much watch at your leisure, or not at all.

>>381738673
Not too long, really. They're all pretty short, the longest bits are sidequests, exploring random areas and dungeons, and doing stuff you find on the message board (like time trials and whatnot)

>>381738673
The games are pretty short. Like 10-15 hour each, they split it in 4 because of the keywords gimmick.

>>381738723
Yes.

>>381738542
Sure. I played the original games before watching Sign and was just fine. Sign's cool but not necessary to understand anything in the games.

You mainly just won't care as much if you go to the special area names that let you bump into Sign characters and get rare items.

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>>381738862

then visit north korea

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>>381738437
>Year of Our Lord 2017
>no The World type MMO yet

Hurry the fuck up nips, I'm not getting any younger

>>381738935
>You mainly just won't care as much
You just won't care at all. That's why watching Sign first is important.

>>381739062
the feasibility of an MMO with the number of zones that the world has is ridiculous, even if they're all basically in the same archetypes as one another. Also secret stuff would never be found anymore because datamining is a thing.

>>381739062
At this rate, we'll see one from Koreans first.

>>381739062
>>381739173
>>381739216
http://www.iridiumbased.com/

>>381737498
>Setting your desktop theme to Mac Anu in IMOQ
These fucking games made me wish ALTIMIT was a real thing

>>381739281
it's been going since 2012 and they've made no significant progress. the //fragment pserver is moving more speedily.

>>381739173
I dunno dude, Elite: Dangerous manages to keep a lot of shit mysterious, but I dunno if that's because they just don't add stuff in until it's absolutely necessary or if they're just really good at hiding stuff from dataminers or what.

So wait is the original quadrilogy going to be remastered or are we skipping straight to G.U.?

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I'm so fucking happy. I would never, ever have dared to hope for this.

I love you all.

>>381739626
It's because they don't add shit in early at all. And even then it's still found within hours of it being updated. I don't know what game you're playing, lel.

>>381739701
>images in article are all of GU along with all of the gameplay adjustments made
HMMMM IS THIS ABOUT IMOQ OR GU

>>381739173
The only way it'd work is having dev designed fields appearing randomly on the first visit from a player and then staying the same on subsequent visits from other players.

>>381739730
eat shit bitch

>>381739173
>Also secret stuff would never be found anymore because datamining is a thing.

Its funny, Destiny has been datamined for like a year and a half, and then Bungie got tired of everything coming out as soon as the content update hit the servers, so now they encode items they want to kept secret and data miners couldn't get it.

Data mining explores open or cracked files, its a process like any other, not a magic wand. If the dev doesn't want a game data mined they can prevent it quite easily.

>>381739701
just GU, gotta get edgelordbux

>>381739701
If this shit turn out to be a success we might get "some thing" for the 20th anniversary

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Staccato!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZznTMHQhu4Y

>>381739839
Its just seed based procedural generation.

That's what the keyword system is. The system procedurally generates zones. But it generates the blueprint for the zone from the keyword input. So the same three keywords will always produce the same zone.

You guys are aware this is already how the PS2 games do it, and the zones weren't actually saved on the disc or anything, right?

>>381739851
encryption only works so long as people can't get past it though, tons of games have encryption on their data and it's still decrypted and laid out. Like, you know, every single MMO out there, from WoW to maplestory to runescape.

This thread makes me happy

Happy to see so many others enjoyed the games and are excited to see the series isn't totally dead (Not counting that mobile game in Japan, if that's even still kicking)

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>>381739730
:)
>>381739850
:(

>>381739839
They could make the fields instanced with a couple 100 combinations saved for special events and normal quests like the chalice dungeons and root chalice dungeons in Bloodborne.

>>381739993
c o m f y

>>381739993
ANZU IS CUTE !!!

>>381740081
Yes, I'm talking about putting in special zones without data miners finding them in 5 minutes.

>>381740168
I want to cum on Chie's toned tummy.

>>381739993
Best field music coming through
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WDJlXsXKIh8

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>This shindig looks like the bomb-diggity

Did they ever tell us what he meant by this?

>>381740510
i know where she works if you want to set up a date duder

>>381740510
Best girl is best.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QJwy-Fi1NT8
Jesus fuck I am really digging the GU ost though. Should I emulate it before it's remastered?

how do i get into .hack?

>>381740648
Might as well just wait at this point. There's plenty of other video games to play in the meantime.

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Imagine fighting Corbenik with Wiseman and he has to log out because it's late and he has school in the morning and his mom threatened to ground him and take away his digimon cards

>>381740483
Oh I see.

Well in that case there's still encryption, there are plenty of games out there that prevented dataminers from seeing what's in the files. Just because you can find the file doesn't mean you can read it after all.

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So I'm assuming the new content is the Ovan Redemption arc and you go save him to reunite him with his sister and so Shino can finish cucking you and he can join your party and actually reveal what his lost weapon is

>>381740886
The thing is nobody could log out once the Corbenik fight started. One of the things that made the Phases dangerous was that once they instigated combat your consciousness was basically hooked in and you'd have to smash the head gear/computer to pull someone out.

>>381741060
>So I'm assuming the new content
What new content?

how the fuck do you pronounce the name of this series?

dot HACK Goo?

Period HACK G dot U dot?

>>381741196
Haseo is shown to get a new form and something something probably a post-post game story besides the forest of pain

>>381740635
>that artwork
Why is Sadamoto so based?

>>381741242
dot hack gee you.

>>381741242
dot hack gee you.
I think.
Pretty sure.
Been saying it like that for a decade.

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>>381740681
Start either by watching .Hack//Sign or try emulating .Hack//Infection. If you want more then continue with the game series or read the LNs and manga.

>>381741242
I think the real question is what GU is an acronym for

>>381741242
dot hack jee you

it's always been do hack. The original heroes were CALLED the dothackers

>>381741242
dot hack gee you

>>381741242
dot hack forward slash forward slash G dot U dot

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>>381741353
Why did .hack go to shit at LINK

YOU'RE KITE
HE'S KITE
SHE'S KITE
ARE THERE ANY OTHER KITES I SHOULD KNOW ABOUT?

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>>381741376
Graphics Unbelievable

[spoilers]It's got 13 different acronyms, but the official one is Grow Up[/spoiler]

>>381741497
>Was about 11
>Mother brings me to the store to get a game.
>Asking about the "dot hack slash slash infection" game.
Some embarrassment will never leave.

>>381741242
Dot Hack Gee (You)

I don't see why you have problem understanding this. Dot Hack has always been Dot Hack.

And G.U. has been spoken out lout in both the games and the bonus disc.

Why do people say that Link jumps the shark? What happens?

>>381741707
>Piros is the only Lance Partizan you get
>Zelkova is the only Flick reaper
>Yata is the only Dance Macabre
>You don't get a single actual Edge Punisher
>but here have like 12 Blade Brandiers

>>381741376
Geek's Utopia

>>381741874
>>You don't get a single actual Edge Punisher
And Matsu is the only adept rogue aside from Haseo, but he refuses to use his edge punisher weapon.

>>381741874
>AND NOW YOU'RE A BLADE BRANDIER TOO

>>381741820
Never really played it, but the intro anime scares me.

>>381741931
They say Adept Rogues are really rare due to their split growth but in a realistic setting wouldn't they be pretty common?

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>>381742007

>>381741795
>around 2003
>Mom buys me .hack//outbreak
>can't beat magus
>never get to play it
feels bad man

HARK!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YF88qPf25GM

>>381741874
Just like a real MMO.

>>381742058
It was DEFINITELY an excuse to make you feel special.
Personally I'd be okay with Haseo just being a flick reaper while you're able to manually control other party members like in Tales of Star Ocean games.

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Natsume + Zelkova best team.

>>381741376
GROW UP in reference to Haseo's character arc

>>381742007
>>381742091
Why is Naegi in my .hack?

>>381742058
It's probably the PK issue making matters difficult
>Have to manually save character data to keep progress
>rampant PKs make it hard to level by yourself
>have to wait for a specific quest to open to get your next weapon
>stats level slower than normal classes
>more items you have are more items for a PK to take

>>381741376
http://dothack.wikia.com/wiki/End_of_The_World

Graceless Unison
Geek's Utopia
Guilty Universe
Genesis of Ultima
Guardian Ubiquitos
Gateway to Utopia
Gathering of the Unwilling
Genetics of the Unknown
Genocide of the Unfaithful
Generation of Unity
Guide to an Uprising

>>381742492
Why the fuck did they make PKing so profitable in R:2?

>>381741874
Was Zelkova Helba or not? Only played the games and wasn't sure.

>>381742058
I admit I haven't played a huge number of MMOs, but challenging content in them seems to be about specializing your character to be the very best at one specific role. I feel that Adept Rogue would be popular to casuals and low levels but nobody in deep enough to care about performance would main one, because they can't excel at any single class role. Haseo is only overpowered because he's who the player controls.

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>>381742465
CC2 is doing an online novel based on the original .hack games that expand on Kite and his life in the real would.

So to answer your question, that's irl Kite.

>>381742612
It's really not, you're just griefing other players by making them lose exp as far as we know.

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This is closer to a remake than a remaster.

>>381742724
If I remember right, you canonically gain experience for killing other players (or even steal a level from the player you murder, I can't remember which.) I seem to recall either in the anime or the games some PKs talking about killing some players to make up for what they lost when Haseo killed them.

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>>381742753
The upgrade to the models alone makes it look like a mid-gen PS3 game.

>>381742724
In one of the mangas set in R2 it's shown that PKs can take the gear that's currently equipped from PCs they've PKed.

>>381741820
I've only heard second hand information, and most of it sounds like bullshit, but:

MC gets physically sucked into the game and time travel happens.

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>>381742659
>all these IRL people are conventionally attractive
>Elk became a NEET after Mia was destroyed to make the Macha Avatar
>Never left his room ever and just sits on his ass playing videogames all day
>somehow still thin and attractive like his Endrance PC

>tfw all the .hack//sign ost on YT is gone

FUCK

>>381742642
But I think the only thing Haseo gets that normal Adept Rogues don't (aside from the Avatar and the Xth form and shit, obviously) is that he's able to get the final ability for each weapon when normally that's not accessible to Adept Rogues whatsoever.

>>381742640
Nobody knows who Helba even is so who knows.

We don't know if either are just a singular person, an entire organization, or just AI.

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>>381719443
Shitty Sword Art Online clone. Ignored.

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You are reading this in my voice manually.

>tfw Yuki Kajiura will never score a video game again

why live

>>381743009
I like how in the .hack setting obvious cheating is handwaved to the general public as "rare items" or shit.

oh, Haseo is using a unique job with weapons that no other person in the game is using? Must be a rare item.

>>381742957
The purest waifu.

>>381743039
Ah ok, i thought maybe you learned about that in some other side material.

>>381743009
I think they're also supposed to have generally lower stats to the point of it being noticeable. We don't notice with Haseo because he's the protagonist and the other party members may as well be cheer-leaders.

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>>381743061
>tfw Sword Art Online had beaucoup potential for world building in its setting
>We could see how these characters cope and survive in the world and watch their individual character arcs unfold.
>We could even have an episode per floor or something that'd be cool
>lol nah let's just skip dozens of floors at a time between episodes and also we're only focusing on the main character who is a special snowflake because SKILLZ and not chosen one shit and he can solo raid bosses that were killing dozens of people and all the girls want his dick. All of them. Every single one
>also he still loses to the final boss (who we fought early because i dunno) but doesn't because the heart
>I kidnapped your girlfriend into a korean MMO, Kirito, come find her mwahahah
>Sword Art Online from that point on no longer actually takes place in Sword Art Online.

>>381719641
>alkaid is best girl

Fpbp

>>381743150
I mean, canonically a bunch of special events happen all the time and you can get shit that's totally unique. I mean, if you watched a dude use an attack you'd never seen before in a tournament that is legitimately broadcasted and watched by thousands of people and the admin doesn't come right the fuck down on him for blatant cheating, then it must be legit.

Like, in Legend of the Twilight Ouka legit has a unique class, it's actually not totally unheard of.

Do you think the remaster will sell well on PC?

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>>381743559
But then you have shit like Piros calling out (or pointing out, I guess) that Aina's PC design is not legal

Definitely isn't legal for me.

>>381743559
>if you watched a dude use an attack you'd never seen before in a tournament that is legitimately broadcasted and watched by thousands of people and the admin doesn't come right the fuck down on him for blatant cheating, then it must be legit.
Good point.

>tfw .hack will never have a newer game

What would they even do for high stakes?

>>381743850
Headsets frying brains.

>>381743850
Isekai.

>>381743792
>that Aina's PC design is not legal
Which is weird because R:2 seems to have a staggering amount of freedom in designing your character. I suppose he could simply know that the frilly style of clothing she has is impossible to make or something.

>>381743850
>>381743919
G.U. had the threat of global nuclear reactor meltdowns, not to mention the actual deathtoll from all the transit accidents, hospital failures, and stockholder suicides because of the rebirth.

>>381743850
Someone's girlfriend being kidnapped. Main character is given a month's time limit to complete some task in game or she dies/gets datadicked

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>>381744053
Staggering amounts but apparently limited enough to where lookalike PCs like Shino and Atoli are 'commonplace'

>>381743395
Eat shit. Sword Art Online is the Evangelion of anime.

>>381736950
I approve

We need Edge Punisher for the party

>>381744370
I just figured that while massive customization was possible, not everyone has the patience to do that and just rolls with some variation of a preset.

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If they add any more party members who would you need?

>Matsu character "arc" so he stops being a fag and uses his Edge Punisher job
>Gabi because I'm a faggot

I need edge punishers

>>381738176
I finished the Ryu Books for each volume

I even collected the glitched item "Healing Portion" from vol 1

>>381744586
I want Gabi in the party, too. He's cool.

>>381744651
did they ever elaborate on Gabi's IRL?

I recall him answering questions and jokingly saying he was a woman but probably wasn't really

>>381744710
There was some speculation on the game boards before you log in but they were mostly just saying "maybe he's a kid" because he hates reading more than 2 lines.

>Cold Steel coming to pc soon
>Ao just got translated even though its shitty
>Lacrimosa coming out in 2 months
>Now this

Goodness gracious i need to plan really careful with what i'm going to play. Funny how only weaboo ass jap shit interest me nowadays.

>>381738304
Hah, your name looks like butt to me!

I think with how VR how it is, we'll be close to it.

I can't wait for the news to hear that someone had a heart attack in the game, kept playing anyway, and died.

>>381742891
Already looks better than all PS3 Tales games

>>381744827
There's enough news reports of south koreans having embolisms from sitting 18 hours in pc bangs, it's only a matter of time.

>>381744545
>not everyone has the patience to do that and just rolls with some variation of a preset
Guilty.

>RL MMO PKing is who cares and if you get killed you mostly just get salty that you lost or something, most people who do it are bored

>.hack PKing is seen as sociopathic and everyone who does it must have brain problems and daddy issues and enjoy hurting people and people who get PK'd have PTSD

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>>381744809
How dare you! I can't believe you would liken my name - OHM Rice - to a shapely behind like these.

>>381745104
They take the game too seriously

>>381745104
The series has always been a little vague on exactly how realistic the VR experience is in .hack, so that might be part of it

>>381743061
sword art online appeared literally weeks after //sign began airing. It's provable (and has been proven time and time again) that SAO literally, factually, actually copied the .hack series plot.

>>381745104

It is like picking on carebears in Eve Online.

Shit goes down when you start hunting HS scrubs.

Damn it i'm having trouble of what to play while waitin for this. Dark Cloud 2, IMOQ, Firis or Shadow heart FTNW.
I know FTNW is not that good but i need to finish the trilogy somehow.

>>381745104
I like to think they're just role-playing.

>>381743639
Sure

SAO fans on PC will buy the game and they eventually will be converted into .hack fans

>>381745221
>literally, factually, actually
I never cared much about SAO but this sounds hilarious, would you mind dropping a link?

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>>381745137

There is not enough good .hack//porn

>>381745221
Again. Sword Art Online is the Evangelion of anime. Even IF (and lets be real here, that's a big if) SAO stole ideas from .hack should it even matter since SAO perfected the formula?

>>381745221
How far back does SAO go anyway?

.hack Series Timeline
2002 Jan. 8 RadioB radio broadcast started (until March)
Apr. 3 .hack//SIGN TV anime broadcast started
Apr. 7 .hack//Radio: Ayako and Masumi’s Sumusumi Night radio broadcast started
Jun. 20 .hack//Infection (Part 1) game released (and up to Part 4 after) and with the .hack//Liminality (Part 1) original video animation included
Oct. 1 .hack//A.I. Buster light novel (by Tatsuya Hamazaki) released (and part two after)

>>381744827
that's happened already. Someone was playing RE7 on VR, and dropped dead. He was also 430lb though.

>>381745380
Anon please your bait is stale and bland

>>381745380

>SAO perfected

But it didn't, it was worse in every way.

>>381719443
That stupid fucking dagger. I finally found something worse than pizza cutter sword.

>>381745380
>since SAO perfected the formula
kek

>>381745363
Great! .hack girls are not for lewd!

>>381745427
Not an argument.

>>381745481
For the first half of a season, maybe.