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GREAT GAME (Played the Japanese version)

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 17 / 25
Date: November 21, 2003
Author: Amazon User

I played the japanese version at a friends house for couple of days finally beating it. It's awesome game with "slightly" better graphics. The japanese version isnt that different form the english version so I can state they are about the same. The game is probably the longest in the 4 game collection lasting me about 40 hours. Well I hope my input helped...

Excellent RPG

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 5 / 10
Date: December 31, 2003
Author: Amazon User

I've loved this game ever since the first installment (Infection) and I've been collecting the TV Show and Comic as well. This game has a long re-playability, indepth story, a wonderful amount of options and so forth. I can hardly wait for this one to come out.

For those who complain about the fact that the game doesn't change much between the four volumn are probably the same that complained that "Fellowship of the Rings" was a clifthanger--it's a standard 4-part series! A *story* in the normal tradition like 2001, Tolkien and the rest. That alone means that they got the whole idea of an RPG right! A true RPG is one that is a story that gives you a chance to play along. I recommend this game to anyone.

dot hack is the best

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 7
Date: January 07, 2004
Author: Amazon User

This game is absolutely one of the best I have played on the PS2. The whole series has been great and the replayability of this game is great. I have played it three times and gone back several times just to get new items etc. It is a lot of fun and you can play it hours on end and still want to get back into the game just after you have turned it off. Totally addictive!!

This is the way The World ends?

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 4 / 22
Date: January 14, 2004
Author: Amazon User

...not with a bang, but with a whimper. That's exactly how I felt after finishing this final chapter of .hack. A series that began full of promise has done little except disappoint me.
You all know about the series, so I'll forego the plot summary. A lot of people have played apologist for this series, answering the valid complaint of, "Why are ALL the games the same?" with a variety of sophistries, but the fact is, this game has little invention in it.
I was disappointed in part two because of the ridiculous length of the game (it took me about nine hours). Part three answered this problem, and also had some nice bonuses (such as searching for ghosts of the series characters and finding items for trading), and I was eagerly anticipating part four.
So what's the problem here? Not length; this game may be the longest of the bunch (although, it still only clocked in at about 23 hours; I like a little more meat on my RPG's). The gameplay is the same, but hey, that's what we've come to expect. No, the problem here is story, in that this game has little. Most of the questions you might have asked, most of the theories you might have postulated concerning The World won't be answered here. The end of the game (which, though I thought about it, I will not spoil here) is quite unsatisfactory (ho-hum is the best word I can use to describe it), and in the end, this whole series (which, if you purchased new, will run you around two hundred bucks) left me feeling like I was cheated out of one hundred and fifty dollars. Yeah, I confess; there is enough material here for one game, maybe one and a half, but Bandai has cheated us out of a lot of money, in my honest opinion. Still, I can look forward to Xenosaga 2.

One of the best RPG's available

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 13
Date: January 14, 2004
Author: Amazon User

I just got done with Infection, and I didn't know that this was a series of games! Has that ever happened before? I don't mean like the Final Fantasy series, this is like a continued movie game. I love the idea and I can't wait to get the other three. Graphics, realism, plot, all some of the greatest. I would suggest this for any RPG game player without hesitation.

.hack

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 4
Date: January 23, 2004
Author: Amazon User

This game continous the story of the other 3 games, based on a TV show .Hack//Sign. Asume game only if you like Anime watched the TV show and played the other games(must play the other games). It's an RPG that simulated an On-line RPG. Your basic goal is to save the "The World" from the Wave.IT also comes with a DVD a sort of Mini TV Show. The best video game that was ever based on a TV show.Other video games based on TV shows and Movies suck but when you play this game you feel like your in the TV show.You play a charecter named Kite,who on his first day of playing had his friend Orca Date Drained(Special Attack). You A invisible Braclet(lets you Data Drain) From Aura she also gets Data Drained. Basicly you go arounf in Dungion defeating Bosses who are called Data Bugs, Geting item in Gott Staes of treasure chest,find segments of Aura,going to secret rooms where Harald a person who created to game is, and recruiting people to your party. The People you recruit are mostly in the 1&2 games. You can also transfer Data from the other games into your next game in the series. Their are also grunties you can race the in Root Towns and ride the in Fields(The uper levels of Dungens). The game is based on the EPITH OF TWILIGHT can't tell you what that is because IT WOULD RUIN THE EXPERINCE OF LEARNING IT YOU SELF.Another feture of the bracklet is gate hacking you have to use virus cores you get from enamies this sounds easy but it is incredibly hard because to Data Drain you have to weeken enamies.A down side of Data Drain is that you weeken the enamy so when you kill it you get almost no exp. also you get infected with the virus if you do thay to much you will die. To keep trach of your data you get the RYU BOOK their are ten volumes with diferent data. to get the books you have to Data Drian.I hope this review will help you

Why A toy company shouldn't make video games...

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 2 / 35
Date: January 27, 2004
Author: Amazon User

I know I am now known for disliking thoes Cushy RPGs, such as Final Fantasy 10 and X-2, and Xenosaga, but now when Bandai, a well-known toy company, makes a really bad video game, someone's got to say something. All of the games from this series that was made were poor, as I have played all but the second one. The show, I'll admit, is okay, but the game is just...junk. Not wise to buy this game. The only thing I liked about the game was that the graphics, while nothing special, were okay, and the music wasn't too poor. The overall gameplay and storyline is messed up. I may suggest, if your an RPG fan: Suikoden 3, Sword of Mana, Fire Emblem, or either of the Golden Sun series.

The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: January 28, 2004
Author: Amazon User

This review isn't just specificallyabout Vol4, but about the whole series...
I have enjoyed the Hack series of games quite a bit, and though I think the cost should have better reflected the fact that there were 4 short games rather than 1 (or 2) longer games, that the overall experience was ok.
I would recommend picking up the series (preferably used to help with the cost) for the experience of playing the whole series, and hope that a true Multiplayer sequel is in the works, as that would be an interesting game as well.

An awsome game for people who like very deep games.

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 4 / 13
Date: February 04, 2004
Author: Amazon User

If you've played the first 3 (and I recamend that you do because if you don't u won't stand a chance)you'll love this one. An intense game for all you .hack lovers, seen the TV show or not. . No offense. The .Hack games are for people who get like totaly into a game and try to figure out everything. It's just a game that can't be taken lightly at all. If you wanna stand a chance at all you must be really into the game just like I am and u have to have played the other 3 games. In this game u can have adventures in dungeons and form a party, but don't expect to have the same characters all the time, they aren't on all the time. You can have fun just exploring the dungeons for fun, or you can get items to trade. It is a very fun game for all those gamers out there.I hope that you like this game as much as I do. It is one of the best RPG games that there'll ever be.

ITS IN THE MIDDLE

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 3 / 24
Date: February 28, 2004
Author: Amazon User

this game is goood and bad .it is bad because you have ta face imortal monster.they take a long time to beat unless yiu got good swords and magic.the good part is that you can log off anytime without losing any data and look at a email.oh did i mantioin email. you do missions and you can also read the news. not reall news. the team mebers are from hack part 3 i ont got this game but i know all the thuing s like data drain.they are GARDENIA BLACKROSE BALMUNG MOONSTONE TERIJIMA RYOKO PIROS MIA

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