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Emerje
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 Posted: Tue Aug 22, 2017 8:11 pm
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So the new content is an entirely new 4th volume? That's pretty great! Being released on a Friday is a little strange, but oh well, I'm on a long vacation starting the next day.
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Zaig
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Location: Iowa, USA
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Posted: Tue Aug 22, 2017 8:23 pm
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At long last the release date is official! I will be supporting this by purchasing the limited edition Japanese version, and English PS4 plus PC releases. May this be the signal of a brighter future lying ahead for the .hack franchise.
| Emerje wrote: | | So the new content is an entirely new 4th volume? That's pretty great! Being released on a Friday is a little strange, but oh well, I'm on a long vacation starting the next day.
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While the vacation seems coincidental for you, now that the release date is known, I will be requesting to use a week or two of my PTO in order to play this. .hack//GU quite literally is my favorite game series - just a few months ago I replayed all of the games near the lowest level possible.
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Shar Aznabull
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Posted: Tue Aug 22, 2017 8:47 pm
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I've been meaning to play these games for a long time, but the high price on the secondhand market always out me off and I never got around to using "other methods". .hack fans, will this be a good place to jump in?
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Zaig
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Posted: Tue Aug 22, 2017 8:54 pm
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| Shar Aznabull wrote: | | I've been meaning to play these games for a long time, but the high price on the secondhand market always out me off and I never got around to using "other methods". .hack fans, will this be a good place to jump in? |
It would be the ideal place to jump in considering there are only two series available in English: the original 4 games (Infection, Mutation, Outbreak, Quarantine) that are part of a series, and GU which is this remastered release with more content. While I love the original series, I don't think it's aged well because the battle system mostly comes down to pressing x or selecting skills with repeated dungeon and monster designs, as well as multiple frustrating item fetch quests that are required to advance in the story that only serve to bloat the gameplay time a bit. GU either doesn't suffer from any of this at all, or it's at least nowhere near as bad, with improvements in basically every area, so yeah - it's indeed a great place, arguably the best place, to jump in. The two series are also loosely related, thus you won't be missing out by solely playing GU.
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hikura
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Posted: Tue Aug 22, 2017 10:18 pm
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That is cool they added extra material.I was on the fence on buying it initially.But Now i am going to get for the extra material.
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Yuki_Kun45
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Posted: Tue Aug 22, 2017 10:48 pm
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Oh my I heard December 31 but this is so much sooner than I anticipated. I was kind of hoping for the end of December. Happy it's earlier but now I really gotta get to saving for my PS4 and hurry and replay the originals. I'm eager to compare and contrast what will be the same and what might be changed. Exciting to see some extra content.
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TsukasaElkKite
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Posted: Wed Aug 23, 2017 6:06 am
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Yesssss the hype is real!
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Flare-kun
Joined: 26 Jun 2010
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Posted: Wed Aug 23, 2017 6:48 am
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Such an unexpected treat. I never finished the third game, so I'm really looking forward to diving back in. This Fall has some amazing releases. Stoked!
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Amiantos
Joined: 30 Jan 2008
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Posted: Wed Aug 23, 2017 7:45 am
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| Yuki_Kun45 wrote: | | Oh my I heard December 31 but this is so much sooner than I anticipated. I was kind of hoping for the end of December. Happy it's earlier but now I really gotta get to saving for my PS4 and hurry and replay the originals. I'm eager to compare and contrast what will be the same and what might be changed. Exciting to see some extra content. |
Usually when a game has a Dec. 31 release date that's just a place holder until they release a actual date.
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TsukasaElkKite
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Posted: Wed Aug 23, 2017 12:49 pm
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| Flare-kun wrote: | | Such an unexpected treat. I never finished the third game, so I'm really looking forward to diving back in. This Fall has some amazing releases. Stoked! |
The final quest the Forest of Pain is worth it. Be ready for it!
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Ambimunch
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Posted: Wed Aug 23, 2017 1:47 pm
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I am getting the local PS4 game and the Japanese LE too. GU is my favorite series from .hack and I wanna support it in hopes of more future .hack projects. I also really like how they are going beyond simply porting this to the PS4/PC.
| Emerje wrote: | | So the new content is an entirely new 4th volume? That's pretty great! |
Yes and no. We are indeed getting a new scenario that is called Vol. 4: Reconnection - but it is more like an epilogue, not a full 40h game.
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belvadeer
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Posted: Wed Aug 23, 2017 7:15 pm
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After barely getting to know Haseo through Roots, and him appearing in Project X Zone 2, I guess this is as good a time as any for me to snatch this remaster up.
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Catsplay
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Posted: Wed Aug 23, 2017 7:42 pm
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| Ambimunch wrote: | I am getting the local PS4 game and the Japanese LE too. GU is my favorite series from .hack and I wanna support it in hopes of more future .hack projects. I also really like how they are going beyond simply porting this to the PS4/PC.
| Emerje wrote: | | So the new content is an entirely new 4th volume? That's pretty great! |
Yes and no. We are indeed getting a new scenario that is called Vol. 4: Reconnection - but it is more like an epilogue, not a full 40h game. |
I don't know, they've made it sound like this is a full fledged sequel on top of the original three volumes. They're even giving Haseo a new form for volume 4 as is tradition for the GU games, which would be kinda pointless if it was some small scenario.
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TsukasaElkKite
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Posted: Thu Aug 24, 2017 7:52 am
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| Ambimunch wrote: | | I am getting the local PS4 game and the Japanese LE too. |
Me too! I decided to spring for the LE because I want the extras (dat OST and Returner OVA  )
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population_tire
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Posted: Sun Aug 27, 2017 11:42 am
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I hope it does well enough to get the first 4 games remade too. Over 200 bucks on ebay for them is not going to happen and I've always wanted to play them.
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