.Hack//G.U Last Recode heading westward

zanfire · Jun 21, 2017

I really enjoyed the GU series on PS2 and im glad its getting a remake but i would have loved to see one of the games we never got out here, a new .hack game or the first 4 games re-done (mainly because it needed some changes the most and i never finished it).

Albireo6972 · Jun 22, 2017

J-Machine said:
newb to the series question: Do I need to play the other 4 first?

You don't have to play the first 4, but you would get a better idea on event's that are talked about, as well as some characters. But if you go right into G.U. then I think you should be fine since the story is different.

I would recommend that you start with the first 4 as it would help you to understand certain transformation sequences and why they are important to the game/series.

DS1 · Jun 22, 2017

CallmeBerto said:
I don't understand the love for this series. The combat was shit and the story was meh. I put 15 hours into it and gave up.

It only took me 13 to complete the first game, so I'm not sure what you were doing. At the time it was pretty revolutionary because until that point, dungeon crawlers of the type were relegated to MMOs for the PC. .hack was like a 'meta' game in the sense that it was the world of an MMO, but you played offline. The story was actually pretty cool, sort of a light version of early PC cyber-horror games where the story unraveled in creepy logs.

Gameplay-wise (if we're treating it as its own genre), FFXII surpassed it by quite a bit. Story-wise, you'll can find more interesting stuff in visual novels and you know, actual books, but it's pretty singular as regular video games go.

Zense · Jun 22, 2017

Always wanted to play them since I loved the series when I was younger. Gotta play the original ones though.. When are they making a VR game?

death360 · Jun 22, 2017

Nice looking forward to trying this out on PC.

kromlech06 · Jun 22, 2017

Hell yes. Wanted the original 4, but I'll take what I can get when it comes to this franchise in the west.

DarthDub · Jun 22, 2017

DS1 said:
It only took me 13 to complete the first game, so I'm not sure what you were doing. At the time it was pretty revolutionary because until that point, dungeon crawlers of the type were relegated to MMOs for the PC. .hack was like a 'meta' game in the sense that it was the world of an MMO, but you played offline. The story was actually pretty cool, sort of a light version of early PC cyber-horror games where the story unraveled in creepy logs.

Gameplay-wise (if we're treating it as its own genre), FFXII surpassed it by quite a bit. Story-wise, you'll can find more interesting stuff in visual novels and you know, actual books, but it's pretty singular as regular video games go.

Wait, it's worse than FFXII? Now I'm skeptical of getting this game..

DS1 · Jun 22, 2017

DarthDub said:
Wait, it's worse than FFXII? Now I'm skeptical of getting this game..

I can only speak for the original series, by the time the G.U. games were released, I didn't have time in my life for long RPGs. One of the elements which was sorely missing from the originals was the ability to create your own character, so it has that going for it. As for how it stands to FFXII... hell, let's just say you'd be better off playing the PSO games for PSP. The keyword-driven random dungeon creation was novel back in the day, but I don't know that it's all that hot now.

NORBIN · Jun 22, 2017

Did not see that coming, this has been well deserved for a long time now though good to see the series getting some shine.

Zach9o9 · Jun 22, 2017

DS1 said:
I can only speak for the original series, by the time the G.U. games were released, I didn't have time in my life for long RPGs. One of the elements which was sorely missing from the originals was the ability to create your own character, so it has that going for it. As for how it stands to FFXII... hell, let's just say you'd be better off playing the PSO games for PSP. The keyword-driven random dungeon creation was novel back in the day, but I don't know that it's all that hot now.

IMOQ never let you create a character. You're not mixing up "Project dot. Hack" with the Japan-only "fragment", are you?

DS1 · Jun 22, 2017

Zach9o9 said:
IMOQ never let you create a character. You're not mixing up "Project dot. Hack" with the Japan-only "fragment", are you?

Could very well be, my friend had the game and I saw him play the first half hour or so. I remember you could pick a class, but the gameplay seemed pretty much the same.

Zach9o9 · Jun 22, 2017

Gameplay was similar from what I hear, but "fragment" had the added plus of actually playing with other people. in the original IMOQ, you were stuck as a Twinblade class. The only "Customization" was the name in those games, but the MC was canonically called "Kite."

Kamiyama · Jun 22, 2017

Woot! Day one for PC!

I did finished the first part of the trilogy on PS2 in almost one sitting and then I started the second one until I got a cat. That concludes my one sit gaming sessions...

...and now I have six cats.

Zerousen · Jun 22, 2017

Gee, reminds me of my early days starting out here...

sj33 · Jun 22, 2017

CallmeBerto said:
I don't understand the love for this series. The combat was shit and the story was meh. I put 15 hours into it and gave up.

The GU games have much better gameplay than the original 4 games, in fairness. The original games were 'functional'. I enjoyed them in spite of the battle system.

Onepunchbruh · Jun 22, 2017

Interesting, I have the playstation 2 series of this game. Never played tho.

Hurtz007 · Jun 22, 2017

Squeeeeeeeee.... *Voice box pops*

G0R3Z · Jun 22, 2017

Awesome. One of my old Girlfriends loved these games on PS2 and I used to watch her play. I never actually played them myself. In glorious 60fps, i'll be happy to.

TinchoX · Jun 23, 2017

Yeah, I heard the news, oh I wanted the HD versions of those cinematics for a bit too long now~
Glad they finally decided to relaunch the series in HD! AND EVEN FOR PC!!!

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zanfire said:
I really enjoyed the GU series on PS2 and im glad its getting a remake but i would have loved to see one of the games we never got out here, a new .hack game or the first 4 games re-done (mainly because it needed some changes the most and i never finished it).

Wouldn't it be great to have the rest of the hack series games for PC, IN HD as well?
A man can always dream...

Zach9o9 · Jun 23, 2017

Good news for me! I broke my Vol. 1 disc from using Character Mods too much. Oooh, that'd be a cool addition: after completing a certain point, you can play as other characters, perhaps selectable from the Cheat menu!!

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