A character with a One Sin-themed armor, looks nice.

Nice drawings.

I also wonder if we'll be getting 7 other characters based on the Phases, since the girl with green hair is a new conception of Skeith, basically.
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This is the opposite. Freemium.Kaori wrote:I hope this is one of those "pay once, play free forever games", they tend to be okay.
Wishful thinking on my part is saying its a prologue/introduction of sorts as SIGN/Roots were to be followed up by a console game. It'll have its own tale to tell of course an introduce the new world as the past anime did. Just not be the most major event of the "season".Kuukai wrote:-Where are people getting "Project N.U. is a bigger thing" from? Not seeing that anywhere. Looking for articles, because surprisingly:
-This appears to have been overlooked by Famitsu, although if this is just a drumroll for a bigger game announcement that would kinda make sense.
-Project N.U could be something greater where this is just a minor tie-in, and that would be awesome, but I'm not seeing that stated anywhere. We reserve the right to read into it gleefully, but let's just be aware what we're doing.
What worries me is that the iOS game is labeled "Vol. 1," much like the main line games of any of the seasons.d5t wrote:That's my thought as well. I don't recall Guilty Dragon being under a fancy project name. We could interpret that anime, console games, and manga may be on its way if CC2 is trying to recapture what they did with the original .hack project and GU. Now wouldn't that be something. Commence wild speculation!Falions wrote:It's coming to Android too.Avatar_Crim wrote:i hope not. I don't have an iphone, nor to i have the intention of getting one.
After further research this seems to be part of "Project N.U.," so hopefully this is only the first entry into a larger new chapter of .hack.
I hope there is still a chance that we'll see .hack on PS4.
Go here http://newworld.bn-ent.net/entry/Falions wrote:Also, Kuukai, how do you sign up for the beta?
There was the one data drain scene that had a male character. From a different perspective seeing how some of the clothing aren't sanctity clad (most these characters) this time around, maybe it's their way of acknowledging female gamers and wanting to create characters that are relate-able and role models for female characters. Having a game with a strong male lead character can enforce girls to think they always need a strong man in their life. Though I've always liked .hack's ideas of putting women and sexual preference in the front-lines i.e. Tsukasa actually being a women (much to the effect Samus being a girl) and the fact because Tsukasa and Suburu both being females that it's perfectly natural that they can pursuit a relationship just like a mixed gender relationship.Xu Yuan wrote:While this looks quite interesting and may tempt me to get a smartphone of some sort... has anyone noticed something... missing?
There looks to be next to no male main characters. Every screenshot has shown a party of 4 girls and one screenshot even shows a different party of 4 girls. Now I'm fine with that but... this isn't going to be one of those weird fetish games is it? You see them released on Steam every so often where a big selling point of the game is "girls, girls, and more girls!"
Despite that I am legitimately excited for this. Despite what they're saying of "everything is all new!" not only are monsters reused from G.U. but one of the gals are wielding the basic Chain Broadsword that Haseo had. This is the first real piece of news that we've heard for far too long... but I doubt we'll see it in English, so like //Link I'll have to play through it after that's basically affirmed and ask others here for information.
Neat design for Aura, really dark and unsettling. Even her Infinity brooch is broken, also female Skeith Epitaph User (assuming such anyhow) looks quite stylish and reserved. Very different from the last Skeith Epitaph User.
That is a very good point, none of these ladies look... well like Pi so that's already a plus. CCCorp has always had women in strong roles and that may reflect their gender diverse staff with Miu Kawasaki as a large part of their creative process and the genius Chikayo Fukuda as their music leader. I think having a strong female character in the lead will be a nice change of pace (from the games, two of the three anime have had women (albeit one being fooled into thinking she was a boy) .hack// has always handled matters of romance rather well (except for some bits with Haseo but aside from that every relationship they've established has been believable).Erroneous wrote:
There was the one data drain scene that had a male character. From a different perspective seeing how some of the clothing aren't sanctity clad (most these characters) this time around, maybe it's their way of acknowledging female gamers and wanting to create characters that are relate-able and role models for female characters. Having a game with a strong male lead character can enforce girls to think they always need a strong man in their life. Though I've always liked .hack's ideas of putting women and sexual preference in the front-lines i.e. Tsukasa actually being a women (much to the effect Samus being a girl) and the fact because Tsukasa and Suburu both being females that it's perfectly natural that they can pursuit a relationship just like a mixed gender relationship.
While it's nice and all, I just don't want it to turn into one of those harem fantasies, like in SAO (i.e., the only real male character is the protagonist and all his party members are girls who flock to him like mosquitos on a summer night)Erroneous wrote:There was the one data drain scene that had a male character. From a different perspective seeing how some of the clothing aren't sanctity clad (most these characters) this time around, maybe it's their way of acknowledging female gamers and wanting to create characters that are relate-able and role models for female characters. Having a game with a strong male lead character can enforce girls to think they always need a strong man in their life. Though I've always liked .hack's ideas of putting women and sexual preference in the front-lines i.e. Tsukasa actually being a women (much to the effect Samus being a girl) and the fact because Tsukasa and Suburu both being females that it's perfectly natural that they can pursuit a relationship just like a mixed gender relationship.Xu Yuan wrote:While this looks quite interesting and may tempt me to get a smartphone of some sort... has anyone noticed something... missing?
There looks to be next to no male main characters. Every screenshot has shown a party of 4 girls and one screenshot even shows a different party of 4 girls. Now I'm fine with that but... this isn't going to be one of those weird fetish games is it? You see them released on Steam every so often where a big selling point of the game is "girls, girls, and more girls!"
Despite that I am legitimately excited for this. Despite what they're saying of "everything is all new!" not only are monsters reused from G.U. but one of the gals are wielding the basic Chain Broadsword that Haseo had. This is the first real piece of news that we've heard for far too long... but I doubt we'll see it in English, so like //Link I'll have to play through it after that's basically affirmed and ask others here for information.
Neat design for Aura, really dark and unsettling. Even her Infinity brooch is broken, also female Skeith Epitaph User (assuming such anyhow) looks quite stylish and reserved. Very different from the last Skeith Epitaph User.
We have to stay strong. Another thing that makes me worry is that Skeith girl. Bringing back the phases as women is so unnecessary and just adds to the whole creepy harem feeling.Xu Yuan wrote:That's what I believe Erroneous is saying, that by Always having a strong male lead character in media it could trick girls into thinking that they always need a strong man in their life. Though I think Kite was probably the best of the protagonists due to his strengths and the assertiveness of BlackRose really at times made it seem like she was the main character. Kite was portrayed as quiet but intelligent with a strong drive. BlackRose was portrayed as a bit loud, with a good head on her shoulders (throughout Infection she's the one gathering just as much, if not more information as Kite) but was always shown as the equal to Kite, hence her continual involvement.
G.U... doesn't do this. Atoli is a fine character, very well developed I find and fits with G.U.'s darker themes. Alkaid falls into too much of a stereotype persona I felt (though I did appreciate her favorite book series was Romance of the Three Kingdoms). Pi/Reiko is an incredible character, but she fades in and out of focus and Shino was a bit manipulative from the start (a neat subversion though, I will say). G.U. really lacks that "equal", that Kite had in BlackRose.
//Link actually restores this with Saika being a very strong character, manipulative, but also driven leading around what is essentially a silly kid and for the first part of //Link she seems more like the main character before Tokio develops a bit more.
So the main games have always done interesting things with the gender roles, so I hope it's not as you say Falions. I really hope not.
Not a danger. .hack installments typically have good writing.Falions wrote:While it's nice and all, I just don't want it to turn into one of those harem fantasies, like in SAO
Alkaid wasn't meant to be a main character, it was a major change in plans that there was more to her than Sirius. Atoli actually has a strength that Haseo doesn't have, and vice versa. As the games progress, they rub off on each other and each become much more like the other, finding a happy medium. Power isn't all there is to someone, in fact that's what Haseo had to learn.Xu Yuan wrote:G.U... doesn't do this. Atoli is a fine character, very well developed I find and fits with G.U.'s darker themes. Alkaid falls into too much of a stereotype persona I felt (though I did appreciate her favorite book series was Romance of the Three Kingdoms).