Logging on to The World in an alternate 2010. Dot Hack's runaway popularity did actually spawn a genuine online game in Japan, .hack//fragment, that ran for a couple of years. The PAL version took almost two years to arrive, March 2004, so it's always felt like a late mid-lifeish PS2 title to me. - ThreadSky

sharkabytes.bsky.social • 139 days ago

Logging on to The World in an alternate 2010.

Dot Hack's runaway popularity did actually spawn a genuine online game in Japan, .hack//fragment, that ran for a couple of years.

The PAL version took almost two years to arrive, March 2004, so it's always felt like a late mid-lifeish PS2 title to me.

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freykin.bsky.social•139 days ago

.Hack is one of my favorite franchises. I’d love to see more get done with it, and I credit it with my enjoyment of VRMMO stuff nowadays 😁

folansstuff.bsky.social•136 days ago

I adore the vibe of these games so much. Young me swore this was what playing MMOs were like

libby.bsky.social•115 days ago

I loved reading the fake message boards

cptreigan.bsky.social•75 days ago

I NEED bamco to let cc2 do a new game or a remaster/remake of the imoq games or something, the vibes of the series are immaculate and probably my favorite of its kind

silencingtrees.bsky.social•139 days ago

I never played the games but I was absolutely enamored with the universe because of .hack//sign. Even read some spinoff light novels

mattcaulder.com•139 days ago

Man those games were so cool. The “game within a game” stuff was just amazing

grayalgor.bsky.social•115 days ago

That was one of my favorite part of GU, though the anime with in the game wasn't as good as the first game the lore was still nice to have.

sharkabytes.bsky.social•139 days ago

Yeah! Always dug that kind of in-world stuff, browsing the internet of the future in Front Mission 3 too.

arcimpulse.bsky.social•139 days ago

Mhm, 100% agreed. Front Mission 3 spoiled me as a kid for having that kind of side information easily accessible for if you wanted to dive into it, not to mention having it presented from within the context of the setting itself.

tekkamanmeijin.bsky.social•139 days ago

"Welcome to..Za Warudo"

nostalgiavictim.bsky.social•115 days ago

Fragment has an English translation and an active community that still plays online!

rlyehsurfclub.bsky.social•74 days ago

I found the actual .hack\\sign show a little dull, but I regret not trying the games when they were out

sharkabytes.bsky.social•74 days ago

Yeah, sign was a slow burn and the desaturated palette didn't help much either.

stressedlocal.bsky.social•75 days ago

My other half loved the .hack games 👍🏻😎

buttermonster.bsky.social•139 days ago

This game was responsible for my fondness of the "you die in the video game, you die in real life" trope. The PS2 era graphics, weird music, and the monster design make it feel like a strange dream. Great stuff. I hope Cyberconnect revisits it again some day.

leadpaintshed.bsky.social•138 days ago

#Spoiler I played .hack//Infection, Mutation, Outbreak, Quarantine to darn near 100% I think there was potentially one optional post game quest I didn't do, but I did finally get Mia back. That was HARD. Maybe I did complete it. I remember grinding to level 99, but data drain delevels you. IIRC.

mmoverlord.bsky.social•115 days ago

Blows my mind that Bamco and C2 never really did much with this series.

I mean, we *did* get Last Recode, but I feel like there's still so much untapped potential.

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