.hack

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.hack
Logo dotHack.svg
Franchise logo
genre Science fiction , fantasy
Country of production Japan
original language Japanese
Adaptations
► .hack // Sign (2002)
► .hack // Legend of the Twilight (2002)
► .hack // Roots (2006)
► .hack // Sekai no Mukō ni (2012)
Cosplayer who embodies a character from the fictional MMORPG The World

.hack [ dɔt Haek ] is one of Bandai developed franchise of anime , manga and video games .

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The series deals with a future in which the Internet collapsed in December 2005 following the attack of a computer virus called "Pluto's Kiss". According to this, ALTIMIT OS is the only system used in the world because of its stability and security. The system was developed by CyberConnect Corporation (CC Corporation). At the center of .hack is The World , a well-known MMORPG that already has more than a million users. In The World , there was the Twilight incident that left several players in a coma.

Components of the series

The .hack series includes (sorted by chronological order of the story):

2002
  • .hack // AI Buster ; Novel and prologue of the entire series
  • .hack // Sign ; TV series, 26 episodes
  • the four video games .hack // Infection , .hack // Mutation , .hack // Outbreak and .hack // Quarantine
  • .hack // Liminality ; four-part OVA that comes with the games; plays parallel to the games, but in the real world
  • .hack // Legend of the Twilight (also called .hack // DUSK ); Manga and TV series, 12 episodes
2003
  • .hack // ZERO , series of novels that act as an interlude to SIGN and the first game
  • .hack // Quarantine ; fourth video game in the series
  • .hack // GIFT ; OVA and additional sequence to .hack // Sign, available in .hack // Quarantine
  • .hack // Enemy ; Trading card game
2005
  • .hack // Another Birth ; Series of novels that illuminate the events from the games from the perspective of the character “BlackRose”.
  • .hack // fragment ; Video game, first online version of "The World", only released in Japan
  • .hack // Cell ; Novel series
2006
  • .hack // AI Buster 2 ; Continuation of AI Buster
  • .hack // Roots ; 26-part television series, introduction to .hack // GU
  • .hack // GU ; Three-part video game series set seven years after the original games, consisting of Rebirth , Reminisce and Redemption
  • .hack // Online Jack ; Three-part anime embedded in the GU games that depicts events from the real world
  • .hack // GU-Trilogy ; OVA on the three-part GU game series.
  • .hack // GU + ; Manga series, which continues the story from // Roots, is published in German by Carlsen
  • .hack // XXXX ; Manga
2007
  • .hack // 4koma ; Yonkoma series
  • .hack // Link ; Manga and video game
2011
  • .hack // Quantum ; OVA
2012
2017
  • .hack // GU Last Recode , new edition of the three-part video game series from 2006, expands it with the fourth part Reconnection (remaster for the PS4 game console)

Video games

The four-part .hack game series (.hack // Infection, .hack // Mutation, .hack // Outbreak, .hack // Quarantine) is a PlayStation 2 game series developed by Bandai from 2002. It is part of the .hack universe and continues the story of the .hack // SIGN anime series. Each of these games contained an episode of the .hack // Liminality OVA series.

The game itself is a single player role-playing game, but the action takes place in the huge MMORPG "The World". The player receives emails and can communicate with other "players" without having internet access himself .

On November 23, 2005, .hack // Fragment , an online game for .hack, was released in Japan , albeit not an MMORPG. A release outside of Japan is not yet open.

On May 18, 2006, the first part of the second .hack game series for the PlayStation 2 , called .hack // GU , was released in Japan , and on October 24, 2006 it was also released in North America.

The story of these games is based on the events of .hack // Roots. Similar to how .hack // SIGN was a prologue to the first game series, .hack // Roots also serves as a prologue to the .hack // GU series. In this game series, the story revolves around Haseo, a Playerkiller (PKK) killer who searches for the infamous Playerkiller (PK) Tri-Edge, whose victims are no longer able to log into The World after they die . A good friend of Haseo's, Shino, even fell into a coma six months prior to the game's plot, following an attack by the Tri-Edge. On his search, Haseo then comes across Azure Kite, which he thinks is the Tri-Edge because of its extravagant weapons. In the fight, however, he is hopelessly inferior and is defeated by Azure Kite, who then sets a data drain on him. As a result of this incident, Haseo's player level is lowered from 133 to 1, he loses all of his rare items and his contact list is also reset. This is exactly where the game begins, and the player takes control of Haseo to accompany him on his puzzling search for answers.

On September 24, 2017, an HD trilogy of the .hack // GU trilogy was announced as part of the Tokyo Game Show. This was published on November 1, 2017 under the title .hack // GU Last Recode in Japan and on November 3, 2017 in North America and Europe and contains the already known three parts Vol. 1 // Rebirth , Vol. 2 // Reminisce and Vol. 3 // Redempetion the previously unpublished part Vol. 4 // Reconnection . With .hack // GU Last Recode , a game from the // GU series was published in Europe for the first time.

Web links

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