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[Lindsay]

Low Res only for the moment - http://www.dothack.com/Trailers/e3trailer_150.wmv

They actually show some gameplay in this one! Looks much improved presentation wise. No bottom 4th of the screen taken up by character portraits & health status. Combat looks ta be much more fun as well! Can anyone translate the titles of the three volumes?

 

[Bebpo]

Holy shit. PS2 is going to go down as the best system ever as far as rpgs are concerned.

Wow, the art + graphics are amazing. Story seems interesting too. I just hope they didn't spoil the ENTIRE VOL.1 with the end of that trailer

 

[the year 20XX]

So this is being serialized similarly to the other .hack?

 

[Dead]

So this is being serialized similarly to the other .hack?

I believe so, and vol. 1 is supposedly as big as all 4 vol. of the first .hacks put together If I recall correctly

 

[Shogun]

For some reason I really enjoy the whole Dot Hack phenomena.

On that point Viral Robot Kite? Huh?

 

[ManDudeChild]

I believe so, and vol. 1 is supposedly as big as all 4 vol. of the first .hacks put together If I recall correctly

Was anyone able to complete that final area in .hack?

Spoiler

The one you have to go to after you beat the game. Where Mia's a kitten. Also is there a reward for completing the Item event?

 

[Lindsay]

http://www.hack.channel.or.jp/gu/main.html

The official sites been updated. Character bios, larger screens then the trailer shows of gameplay & story scenes too. I believe they also have a higher-res trailer but the server is "busy" (dead) and I can't seem ta download either atm.

Was anyone able to complete that final area in .hack?

Spoiler

The one you have to go to after you beat the game. Where Mia's a kitten. Also is there a reward for completing the Item event?

Oh oh ask me! I beat each game twice!

For completing Hidden Darkside Holyground ya get

Spoiler

Mia back for one! And you also see the Epilogue credits too.

For finishing the Item Event you unlock a buncha in-game videos from when you met the SIGN characters in various portions of each game along with the SIGN OP song for use on your desktop!

 

[Lindsay]

Bump for higher resolution!

Ya can now stream it from the JP site or...

http://rapidshare.de/files/5183119/ps2hackgu_tgs2005_1m_IVi7AHRA.wmv.html

http://s37.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=2D11NH60ONISD36KEVOPSHF33O

40.4mb but well worth it!

 

[the year 20XX]

Was anyone able to complete that final area in .hack?

Spoiler

The one you have to go to after you beat the game. Where Mia's a kitten. Also is there a reward for completing the Item event?

No, I wasn't able to pass the level where you buy three more games.

 

[Andvary]

wow, looks pretty cool.

 

[ferricide]

.hack//G.U TGS roundtable on gamespy. only a few journalists were present so i doubt you'll see this anywhere else. lots of info.

 

[Tarazet]

EBgames.com has this as a preorder... at $59.99. And it's listed as a PS2 game. Anything to this?

 

[ferricide]

EBgames.com has this as a preorder... at $59.99. And it's listed as a PS2 game. Anything to this?

given that it doesn't even have a release date in japan yet, it's a bit premature.

 

[Lindsay]

Waaaaahhh super good find Ferricide!

Lots of good quotes there like .hack started as a boring action game (although some people would still call it that), G.U. started as its own series, different gameplay mechanics from volume to volume and a possible Black Rose action game? Yikes!

 

[Zen]

Me for the win.

Better quality.

http://www.yukihime.com/board/dothackgu.wmv

 

[JackFrost2012]

Me for the win.
http://www.yukihime.com/board/dothackgu.wmv

Since I captured that and it's hosted on my server which I pay for, I am claiming partial credit for "your" win.

Also ferr didn't "find" that interview so much as "conduct" it (I was there too )

 

[ferricide]

yep, it was me, vestal, and milky from 1up. good stuff. i <3 .hack

 

[Lindsay]

*dies*

Okay having a lamo fansites got nothing on you guys! :lol

Job well done! Wish I coulda asked some questions to!

By the way Fragment was playable at TGS right? I haven't seen anything about it here though I've yet to really search deep.

 

[ferricide]

yeah, it was. i only played it briefly. it was entirely based on the engine for the first games, no improvements that i saw. i took a sora-alike character through mac anu and then into a field map... and died. i was joined by an AI player character randomly when i entered the field map (though there were 2 demo stations, i dunno if they were actually networked in any way.)

since the game seems like it might not be coming out here, i didn't spend a lot of time with it. there was seemingly not much interest in it from the gamers on the show floor either... i just walked up and played it at an empty kiosk on the first public day.

 

[..pakbeka..]

I hope there is some kind of flashback telling the story of the other .hack games

I never beated the 1st one, let's hope they're more fun this time

 

[Slurpy]

Holy shit.

What the hell is this? Thats crazy style! Is that realtime on PS2? Impressive.

 

[Lindsay]

since the game seems like it might not be coming out here, i didn't spend a lot of time with it. there was seemingly not much interest in it from the gamers on the show floor either... i just walked up and played it at an empty kiosk on the first public day.

Nooooooo!! ;_; Don't say that! Gah now I'm just totally gonna die again. It's not like it has dedicated servers and a fee. It's user-based for the most part so it wouldn't take much on their part to bring it here!

And on another note~any idea on if we're gonna get OVA's with the G.U. games? I need some shining ray of light!

 

[ferricide]

well, the bandai USA people said they "hadn't decided" on fragment, and since they have decided on G.U. i am not going to hold out hope. honestly, i think i'll live. they said in that roundtable that fragment doesn't tie into G.U. i am not terribly excited about it.

as for anime, in the roundtable they said they won't be doing OAV discs with the games but "something else". but he also seemed to imply that there is anime coming. dunno. i'm sure more will be revealed when that .hack magazine hits stores in november.