dot Hack games

[Tenko Star]

I got partway into the first game, then gave up. Got tired of having to move the camera in battle to see what I was fighting. More than a few cheap deaths deep-sixed it for me.
Otherwise I didn't think it was a bad game story-wise, but I have a low frustration tolerance for games.

[leena fighter]

[Ikano]

[josiskrazy]

i started a few hours into the 4th game...after a whole week of playing 1-3 i couldnt finish 4...only becuz it got really repetitive...and i hated the fact that the game was broken into 4 parts...yet each new additional parts had no upgrades!!...nothing visual or gameplay wise...maybe sum new weapons and grunties...but this game could have easily been on one disc...

ill finish it one day...i made it this far...ill hate myself for not finishing it.
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[Pilika]

Whell I have decided to finish the game and I have gotten all four parts preatty cheap. Oh and about real MMORPG I do not like the idea of giving my credit card number and I have a slow internet conection, but when I get a better job do you think I should? I did want to play Final Fantasy XI.
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[Rheo]

They really shouldnt break .hack into 4 parts. That is so obviously an attempt to squeeze more money out of this game.

I played RO as a female priest, so I know what you mean. Some guys act like they have never seen a real girl in life, its actually pretty sad...
A while ago I was reading a newspaper article about gender issue in online games. Some guys that play with female characters said that they would often get gifts and offered to help them level up from other guy characters, which is kinda nice (but also can be annoying), but they also got so many flirking and sexual harassment which they found VERY annoying. I just found that article kinda funny.
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[Lunarblade]

I'm stuck near the end of part 1...it's so damn repetitive. The story itself is good, but it drags so much it's as if there is no story at all. Just a string of random dungeons...
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[Elc]

Actually, Gwendal, I wouldn't say the games are based off of the .hack//SIGN anime, rather the .hack story is a multimedia experience, where the backstory of the game is explained during .hack//SIGN, resolutions to the anime occur within the games and the fallout is, more or less, depicted in the .hack//Legend of the Twilight anime. The .hack//LIMINALITY OVAs which accompany the games are essentially events in the real world during the course of the games.

I've also heard about a novel titled .hack//AI BUSTER which is set before any of the anime series or games, but whether or not it'll be translated into English is anyone's guess. It could be the .hack equivalent of Suikogaiden.

I'm currently on the second game, but like so many of my other games, I get sidetracked and can go months before I pick it up again. While it means I end up finishing the game long after many others have, I'll still have stuff to play while waiting for the next big game which catches my attention.
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"You make me smash the clock and feel, I'd rather die behind the wheel.
Time was never on my side, So on I wait my whole lifetime."

[Rheo]

[quote="Elc"]
I've also heard about a novel titled .hack//AI BUSTER which is set before any of the anime series or games, but whether or not it'll be translated into English is anyone's guess. It could be the .hack equivalent of Suikogaiden.
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The order of the series is

AI buster(novel) -> SIGN (anime) -> .hack games and OVAs -> Legend of the Twilight Bracelet (manga)

AI buster doesnt really tie into the games so much though, its more tie in with the manga.
I would say the OVAs are the Suikogaiden, since the OVAs happen at the same time in the real world as the games, so it is the side stories of the games. AI buster is the prequel of the series.
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[luc]

Has eny one heard info on a mmorpg baised on .Hack

spoiler in black.

p.s. At the end you get an e-mail from Aura when you beat he dungeon you get Mai Helba and people from .Hack Sign in you'r group!

[Ranadiel]

Wow I can't believe that I haven't posted in this thread before. The .hack games are some of my faviorite games of all time. I just really enjoyed how the games tied in with the OAVs, anime, manga, and the novel. It created a real sense of cohesiveness. I also really enjoyed the simulation of a pc that they did. It made the game seem more realistic since it had all those news stories, some of which were relevent and others not so much. I also loved being able to customize your desktop. I used Mac Anu theme for the majority of the time and had Kite and Blackrose 2 for the background until Quarentine when I switched to one of Natsume.

Oh anyways, there has been three new ones announced. There hasn't been too much info released on them so far. They will be longer then the four original games though. The general premise, of the first game, is that The World has been overrun by PKers since the time of the Manga(I think a three years time). The main character is a PK Killer called the Terror of Death(Skeith's title) who seems to be a combination of a Twin Blade, HeavyBlade, and a LongArm(is that what a spear user is called, I forgot). Towards the begining of the game he gets data drained by an AI(or at least that is the belief) that looks like an evil Kite. There have been seven other characters that have been referred to as the titles of the other seven phases(Mirage of Death, The Rebirth, ect). The exact connection between them has not been made clear yet though other then the name. So is anyone else interested in these games?

[Jinners]

i never knew there was dot hack thread... Oh well.

I got 3 of the 4 games at the same time (Christmas) in 2003 and i was really excited about it. And i did like it. I mean it was simple...you go to a wooded area 10 or 20 levels higher then your level. And..level up. Easiest leveling up i've ever done. So the game was a breeze. I used that concept with all my characters and bought weapons went through endless dunegons. But by the third game there was no change. And with so many random dungeons and quests you sometimes *have* to do, i honestly lost interest in the story---was there even a story? I cannot for the life of me, remember anything but the beginning.

I stopped on the final game (Got it for my birthday) just grown sick of the repetitive play. I got so messed up with all the servers and the everyday random enemies owning my butt in just about every dungeon i went to--nevermind they were 20 levels below. Then the virus cores made it the most *frustrating* game ever. So yeah...i won't be touching that game for another year or two. It gives me nightmares of boredom. *Especially* the 3rd one.

The game is a dungeon crawler. I disliked it very much. It was boring, bland, crappy voice acting, just gaaaaaaaaah....Where was the story? I watched everything of hack and have the manga but i just didn't see it. I think too many *quests* (HINT) made me miss it.

Give me a Shin megami tensei game anyday. Those were the best RPG's i have ever played in my life.

I did enjoy it, the hack games---but it could have been one game instead of all the random other things thrown into it. I was really *really* looking forward to Sora. Good idea overall---but dulled by weak gameplay with no changes. I get more joy just watching the hack twilight bracelet anime.

[Tendou Souji]

[Keriaku]

I played all 4 of them, though I ddin't finish the last one, every single story dungeon needed me to go out and search for virus cores :x Though I do plan on getting .Hack//GU and I've seen all of .Hack//SIGN, read all of .Hack//LEGEND OF THE TWILLIGHT. Did everyone know that're actually maing an online game of .Hack?
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[Takemura]

I only like the show on tv and the little videos the game came with.. I rented the secound and then gave up.. The video was pretty cool though.
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