AbstractSet in the year 2010, .HACK is an offline action or RPG that takes place within The World, a fictitious online game played by millions of cool cats around the world. The World suddenly falls out of whack one day, though, with powerful monsters spawning and killing players. Now you have to stop it and the only burning question is can you???
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Mature Sexual Themes, Mild Animated Violence, Mild |
Full descriptionFirst in a four-part series, .hack//INFECTION is set in a near future when society has come to rely heavily on advanced network technology. Recently, a ban against online gaming has been lifted and millions upon millions of people have flocked to a new virtual reality known as "The World." Two teenage boys are among the participants, taking the roles of Kite and Orca in The World. When they are attacked and Orca's player falls comatose in the real world, Kite must continue in the virtual reality of the game on a quest to save his friend.
While the story element of "will to power" in an artificial reality may share basic concepts with 1999's The Matrix, many of the presentational aspects of .hack are created with the sense of an epic anime film. The plotline is crucial to gameplay and an included DVD features original animation that may reveal important secrets to observant viewers. Characters in the game were designed by Yoshiyuki Sadamoto (Evangelion). The story was written by Kazunori Ito (Ghost in the Shell).
Dot Hack, Bandai?s newest PlayStation 2 game, is one of the more highly anticipated titles for the system. A fourteen year old boy named Kite is invited by his schoolmate, Orca, to play the online game The World. While playing the game both Kite and his friend are attacked by an unknown monster. As a result, Orca becomes comatose in the real world. Despite his friend's condition, Kite continues to play The World believing he'll find a way to revive Orca. While playing, Kite accepts Book of Twilight from a mysterious girl in white. Kite is transformed into an outlaw player within the game wielding the very same power responsible for Orca's condition.
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AmazonA 14-year-old boy named Kite is invited by his schoolmate Orca to play the online game
The World. While playing the game, both Kite and his friend are attacked by an unknown monster. As a result, Orca becomes comatose in the real world. Despite his friend's condition, Kite continues to play, believing he’ll find a way to revive Orca. While playing
The World, Kite accepts the Twilight from Aura, a mysterious girl in white. Kite is transformed into an Outlaw player within the game, wielding the very same power responsible for Orca’s condition.
. hack is volume 1 of a 4 part series; An original totally entrancing, action or RPG game; Character design by Yoshiyuki Sadamoto, famous character designer of Evangelion; An engaging and immersive storyline scripted by Kazunori Ito, acclaimed writer of "Ghost on the Shell" and "Patrabor"; Includes original DVD animation. Watch it for clues on how to solve the game's mystery; are you playing a movie, or watching a game.
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