Description

Abstract

Set 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???

Full description

The first in a four-part serial RPG that simulates an online RPG experience, .hack//INFECTION follows the story of a young player named Kite as he traverses the online environment known as "The World" in an effort to uncover the secret of his best friend's game-induced coma.

Imaginative storyline from Kazunori Ito, writer of the popular anime features "Ghost in the Shell", and "Patlabor". Further anime influences include character designs by Yoshiyuki Sadamoto, famous for his "Evangelion" character designs.

As an added bonus, INFECTION ships with a special 45-minute Anime DVD that ties in directly with the story (.hack//Liminality Vol. 1: In the case of Mai Minase).

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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.