Afterthoughts: .hack//infection.mutation.outbreak.quarentine

///AKUJIKI-E1N54MK317 · Mon Jan 19, 2004 2:51 am

Well, now that the series is over and done with, what did you think of it? Was it all that it was hyped up to be, less or more? Post your final thoughts about the .hack game series here!

beginner · Post by **beginner** » Mon Jan 19, 2004 10:57 am

This is a story that was never told before by anyone else. Very original.

Ardo · Post by **Ardo** » Mon Jan 19, 2004 3:14 pm

Yeah, its originality is what made it great. Even though the games had problems, the story, characters, and originality made it well worth it. I liked it very much, and I do think it was what it was hyped up to be.

Chibisuke · Post by **Chibisuke** » Mon Jan 19, 2004 4:28 pm

it great and all.. but the entire set seemed too short

solarismagnum · Post by **solarismagnum** » Mon Jan 19, 2004 10:41 pm

I loved the games. The characters were fantastic and the plot was novel and interesting. There were some things that irked me, but overall I had a lot of fun.

///AKUJIKI-E1N54MK317 · Mon Jan 19, 2004 11:08 pm

*hides in a corner, wanting nothing to do with anyone*

Yeah, I got the same reaction out of this that I have gotten out of the greatest anime series I have ever seen, which means it F****** PWN3D. So, yeah, I loved the games, their concept, and everything. The only complaint I have is a weakness in the final phase bosses; given I have NEVER had a game over while fighting a phase boss, I thought I was due here at the end. Alas, I wasn't, and found Corbinik 3 a little too easy... but **** happens and then you die. In any case, this is far from begin anything to affect anything, and therefore, I thought this was an excellent game.

Mia · Post by **Mia** » Tue Jan 20, 2004 4:59 pm

Yes..the ending was very good,seeing Kite escaping the grasps of Corbenik was very interesting.
Everyone was there at the final stand,the side characters as well.. except for a certain someone,but you dont find her til several months after that whole event.

Neo_ShadowWing · Post by **Neo_ShadowWing** » Tue Jan 20, 2004 5:55 pm

I oved the whole series start to finish. My only problem is that the games were a bit too easy, especially number four. But, hey I'm not complaining.

chrissii · Post by **chrissii** » Thu Jan 22, 2004 2:01 pm

well, having just beat Quarantine, I can now voice my opinion here...

and let me just say that this was one of the most exciting game series i've ever played. the main plot is incredibly original, and it gets you thinking because who knows? these things may all happen someday in the future. the characters are well-designed, and it's very easy to lose yourself in their stories and feel tied to them. the gameplay itself, i thought it rocked although i know there were many who didn't like it. i've always liked that style of battle system though, it reminds me a bit of Kingdom Hearts.

what else... the ending... left something to be desired, but the events immediately after (reuniting with Orca, getting back the Book of the Twilight~Daybreak, etc.) made up for it, in my opinion.

Oh, another thing I REALLY loved was the tie-ins to SIGN. obviously they were inevitable because it's the same series, but they could've done it and had it not fit in to the whole game properly. but they actually made them flow well with the rest of the game!

anyways, yeah... enough of my long-windedness. we all know these games rocked.

Post by **Helbaworshipper** » Thu Jan 29, 2004 6:52 pm

One of the best RPGs I have ever played.

souless · Post by **souless** » Tue Feb 10, 2004 10:33 pm

i can't say how much i loved it while most of my friends hated it grr it makes me mad wen i think of dem i'm like the only one at my skool who loves the game

maxxddrplayer · Post by **maxxddrplayer** » Mon Feb 16, 2004 2:06 am

.hack is a pretty nice rpg game, but no offense to people that loves this game, it's the worst rpg game i've ever played. The graphics are very disappointing and the worst thing of all is the battle system. It's good to have free movement and not turn based but when you use a skill or item, the menu pops up and everything freeze. They should make it like kingdom hearts where the enemies doesn't wait for you to use a skill or items.

Telos · Post by **Telos** » Fri Feb 20, 2004 2:02 am

I find myself torn over whether I loved .hack or hated it. You see, I'm a very great fan of anime/games that make me think, which .hack no doubt does. The tie ins between .hack//SIGN, Liminality, and the game are countless and intriguing, yet at the same time it leaves me wanting for more. Things were never quite explained to the extent which I would have liked. I understand everything that happened, don't get me wrong, but the ending didn't quite sit right with me. Everyone just suddenly comes out of the coma? Aura is just suddenly born and yet sacrifices herself at the same time? And somehow she continues to live on? And what EXACTLY is the benefit of giving birth to Aura? The series has little to no closure.

Don't get me wrong, I loved the game and the anime. It was very original and quite brilliant in execution. Things just never clicked quite like I expected in the end. I was expecting some grand realization, much to the degree of some of the ones I had while playing the game/watching the anime. When I finally figured out the whole deal with Harald and Emma, and what, exactly, Aura was, I said to myself "OMG THAT'S SO FECKIN COOL!" I was expecting a similar epiphany at the end of the game, but never got it.

On another note, I couldn't STAND the inconsistancy between the end of the .hack//QUARANTINE and .hack//SIGN. If you're going to bring Tsukasa and Subara back into the series, do it consistantly with the anime. They just woke up in Net Slum? Come on now. You can do better than that, Bandai.

In addition, I was slightly dissapointed that Omega server was still Net Slum after I beat the game. I was almost CERTAIN that when I received the email saying I could play the world in it's "intended form," I would get to play in the REAL Lia Fail. But alas, I was not.

Which brings me to one last area of dissapointment: the whole Macha/Mia/Maha thing. [/spoiler What exactly were they trying to insinuate with that? Were Maha and Mia the same character all along? Is there a real player playing Mia somewhere? And does that mean that there's a real player playing Maha somewhere? Or was Maha the thing that was trying to prevent the rebirth of Mia, much like Maha was trying to prevent the birth of Aura in the first place? That bit was just a bit too vague in my opinion.

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Beowulf · Post by **Beowulf** » Fri Feb 20, 2004 8:25 pm

Over all I thought that the series was excellent. While it did have some flaws(I won't go into them, the've already been discussed.) It's unique story line and over all game play more than made up for it. It had a great flow with between the series, Liminality and the game. It all connected very well and really helped to get in depth into what was happening in the game story and the series. The entire background info for the history of the viruses and about how ALTIMIT came to be was at once futuristic but also eerily possible in the very near future. Over all a job well done by the creators. Kudos to them.

twilight grunty · Post by **twilight grunty** » Sat Feb 21, 2004 4:33 pm

the story was great but part three had like way to many data bugs or monsters with immunitys that made me vary mad but they where my favoret rpgs in a long time

Aph · Post by **Aph** » Sun Feb 22, 2004 12:13 am

Telos wrote: was still Net Slum after I beat the game. I was almost CERTAIN that when I received the email saying I could play the world in it's "intended form," I would get to play in the REAL Lia Fail.

It was destroyed in the beginning. They would have to recreate the entire server.

Overall in the games, I really wish that they had Beetrain do the cutscenes.[/spoiler]

Telos · Post by **Telos** » Sun Feb 22, 2004 5:04 am

It was never destroyed, as far as I understood. You DID log in to it at one point, and Helba just said that it was unstable.

///AKUJIKI-E1N54MK317 · Sun Feb 22, 2004 9:55 am

Hey, uh guys? YOU DONT NEED TO USE SPOILERS IN HERE!!!!
Seriously, only people who have completed the games will be in here, and spoilers are a given for those who dont.

Just a note to self.

Aph · Post by **Aph** » Sun Feb 22, 2004 9:05 pm

///AKUJIKI-E1N54MK317 wrote:Hey, uh guys? YOU DONT NEED TO USE SPOILERS IN HERE!!!!
Seriously, only people who have completed the games will be in here, and spoilers are a given for those who dont.

Just a note to self.

Too late I suppose.

$ke!th_2004 · Post by **$ke!th_2004** » Tue Mar 02, 2004 1:25 pm

the place is not destroyed

(but if you check one of the mails from cc"corp)(i think it vas the first) it says that carmina gadelica destroyed it,anyway,helba created an mirror serwer of the serwer

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