REVIEW | .Hack//GU Last Recode

[@gluedtogames]

I am constantly tripping over your reviews. I'm a 33-year old gamer, but you keep reviewing games I grew up playing.

[@basedmek]

Saaaaammmee. 28 years here

[@fernandoblengio]

What?

[@TrvisXXIII]

Lol how old is she?

[@MK-kw5eo]

@@TrvisXXIII She mentions being 7 in 1998 so probably 29 or 30

[@lufasumafalu5069]

stop suckimg up with nonsensical praise , try to point her positive and negativres

[@redspiritmask]

the .hack//sign anime still has some of the best songs in anime in my opinion.

[@PelvicGaming]

I 100% agree. The music is fire.

[@Chromelium]

This just came out on the switch and this review's convinced me to add it to my ever expanding backlog.

[@eduardoserpa1682]

Absolutely loved the review and the fact that you're reviewing this as a loong-time fan. This is pretty much THE game of my formative teen years, so, yeah, thank you.

[@PelvicGaming]

Thank you for watching! And yes this was my teen game as well!!

[@LazyVocalist]

"Sword Art Online sucks" But finally we've said it

[@redspiritmask]

Indeed that anime is trash.

[@FromBeyondTheGrave1]

@@redspiritmask not just the anime most of the games are bad.

[@Educatedunhousedperson]

@Jonathan Soko No, it's an objective fact.

[@sauzarouge7450]

Sword art online wishes it was .hack. lol

[@chaosstorm8307]

Idk... Because if it didn't exist Sao abridged wouldn't exist... And honestly that redeems it somewhat

[@sokumotanaka9271]

Haseo in comander shepard's voice: I should go -check my email or something-

[@Blyxx66]

i wasn't sure about if i would even complete this game, but by the time i was in the middle of the collection i found myself completely hooked and wanting more, much more! this game made me laugh, cry and everything in between, i love every volume and i have you to thank for even picking it up, so, thank you!

[@PelvicGaming]

I am SO HAPPY to hear that!! I'm doing my best to make more. hack fans out of people! LOL. Thank you for letting me know.♡

[@Blyxx66]

@@PelvicGaming you're welcome but volume 4 was very bitter sweet...

[@MotherKojiro]

I actually picked this up for Steam because of you, and I'm really enjoying it, so thanks; I'd say that I'm closing in on the end of Volume 2. I don't really know anything about .hack beyond the game, but I'm having a lot of fun just going on adventures in random fields; the different weather is really enjoyable to me, even though like you said, it's pretty basic bro. Pi is probably my favorite so far, but Endrance never fails to make me smile; he's like the old "friendship is magic" trope cranked up past 11 until the dial falls off.

[@PelvicGaming]

I'm so happy to hear that! This is one of my favorite games of all time because it's one of my favorite anime series. Thank you for coming back and sharing this with me. ♡

[@elenorejones30]

Best item to invest in? Fairy orbs; make dungeons a BREEZE especially during story quests/missions

[@Ytinasniiable]

I actually like the meta stuff like checking emails and forums, very persona like, would definitely like to see a full remake with more refinements to it as well as the combat

[@kippie6035]

Oh my gosh I never thought I'd see someone talking dot hack on here?? I was a DEVOTED fan up until //LINK (time travel was just. too far. I cannot) and every now and then I STILL go back and rewatch SIGN or replay //I.M.O.Q. (I have not been tempted to sell even if seeing the price climb for a full set has been entertaining over the years). Each entry into the series has some chunkiness and a few problems but it's so near and dear to my heart and it really formulated my fandom experience... because of how much .hack//SIGN took itself seriously and was mysterious, I finally started watching anime with more critical thought (I was a teenager when it was first airing). I've been soooo meaning to get Last Recode bc I miss my BOIS Endrance and Silabus and my GURL Alkaid so much. It's kind of amazing to see someone taking the time to make a video on it?? Shit. I'm just excited.

[@PelvicGaming]

OMG I LOVE .HACK. I AM ALSO DEVOTED. I admit I haven't dabbled into //LINK. [EXPOSED; I'mma fake fan] But I fucking love SIGN. I even got a poster of it! The series is absolutely flawed by I love it anyways! I'm seriously fan girling out because someone loves this series as much as me omg omg omg.

[@kippie6035]

@@PelvicGaming DON'T WORRY .HACK//LINK LITERALLY MADE ME DROP THE WHOLE FRANCHISE AND CLING TO THE GOOD OL' DAYS YOU AREN'T MISSING ANYTHING lmao. I'm there too!!! Love love love my wonderful .hack!! My old poster is long destroyed (younger siblings that were actively assholes, etc) but I still have my Macha SIGN plushie and keychain, some pencil boards for LoT, a SUPER old and faded Balmung shirt that doesn't fit me bc I'm not 13 anymore, etc. ANYWAY YES CLASPS MY HANDS IN YOURS IT'S SO COOL TO SEE ANOTHER GAL LOVE THIS SERIES

[@PelvicGaming]

@@kippie6035 ....I wanna Macha plush.../jealous. BUT I'M SO HAPPY WE CAN BOND OVER THIS. IF THEY EVER REMAKE THE ORIGINAL .HACK GAME I. WILL. BE. ON. IT. SIS.

[@kippie6035]

@@PelvicGaming OH MY GOSH SUPER HARD SAME?? I want them to ACTUALLY remake IMOQ like guuuuys quit shoving Kite in everything and just GIVE US ACTUAL KITE AGAIN. The story is SOOOO GOOOOOOOD but it suffers from REALLY BAD GAMEPLAY lmao. God. It's so bad. It's so bad and I play through it every single time ANYWAYS. I love Kite, and Blackrose, and Mia, and every single little sassy side character like Gardenia or Moonstone. They're all dumbasses?? I love it?? Just a bunch of nerds goofing off playing video games and I adore every single one of them.

[@katzenjammer626]

This is a great review. As a big fan of the G.U trilogy it's nice to see someone who has the same love of the games as I do but also acknowledges the game's flaws and outdated game design choices. Reused background NPC models and claw hands/painted faces don't bother me that much because it's still a 2006 game we're talking about here. What I think that really kills the game is, as you said, the pacing and the use of log outs as a way to convey passage of time, and the lack of variety in levels. Walking arround a sunny field with that relaxing music playing it's one my most treasured gaming memories, but doing the same thing in the same 5 areas for 3 games kinda kills it for me now. Huge lost opportunity with Lost Grounds, the most interesting areas of the game, not being actual levels.

[@PeskyBOI43]

Omgg that protagonist is voiced by Yuri Lowenthal, I need to hurry and push thru this backlog

[@PeskyBOI43]

I haven’t looked very much at this game, I just knew that I needed to get it. I’m definitely excited for when I’ll get to play it

[@LIONREV7]

@@PeskyBOI43 the whole english voice cast of this game is amazing

[@michaelcoffey1991]

This was a game we (wife and I) had no knowledge of we got due to friends of ours saying to get the remaster on PS4 and this game was so fun and so well done. Was a fun to see you do your own take on the game. Very well done :)

[@PelvicGaming]

Thank you so much!!

[@michaelcoffey1991]

@@PelvicGaming Your very welcome. Merry Christmas to you and yours Madam :)

[@buttertoast1146]

Is there post game content?

[@insanylum13]

I beat vol 2 and since then I haven't really had the itching to go back to vol 3, because as you said, they start you off with the same chimchim quests and even thought I greatly enjoyed the plot and the twist at the end of vol 2 was really good, it started grating on me the repetitive nature of the game, and also the things that it wants you to do for the Plat/the wallpapers was just too much for me like finding PKers by walking around in areas randomly or kicking 150 animals, that just seems like even more padding, even if I do enjoy the base systems of the game. Another minor nitpick I had was the small inventory that made you have to throw things away or sell them when you had a certain amount over the limit. Still playing the first two volumes of this made me really love it, and I especially like Haseo's character arc and some of the sidecharacters like Ovan, Alkaid, Endrance and Tri-Edge. Also reading the forums is super fun, especially looking at all the little interactions like with Butt Rice and the other guy, and also the news reporter in the news section who has mysterious things happen to him parallel to the plot of the game. It's little touches like that which make me really appreciate this trilogy. By the way, you said this game is easy, but what did you think of the secret bosses and dopplegangers? Great review, even though I'd probably give it a higher score even without nostalgia, probably just because I like edgelords and action combat systems. Also yeah, ROOTS is probably the most slow and repetitive thing ever and it's really a disappointment for being a prequel to these games.

[@elle_na619]

It was so hard for me to defeat the doppelgänger. I think it took me luck to finally beat it.

[@Ryo_Hakuron]

Honestly, my favorite part of the game is the worldbuilding with the forums and the news. The whole desktop menu was so cool that I didn't mind Haseo constantly wanting to check his emails. And even tho the generic NPCs maybe didn't look unique, I loved that they had unique writing styles on the forums. Love me some Butt-RICE.

[@kangeraga]

man this review takes a crap ton of work to make. good on you and i appreciate the content!

[@PelvicGaming]

Thank you so much. :-)

[@R3GARnator]

Your reviews are the least biased in the little JRPG corner of youtube. Really good for knowing if something will be to ones individual tastes.

[@PelvicGaming]

You're spoiling me with these comments. :-) thank you very much I really appreciate it!

[@RoxxSmash]

WHATS👏UP👏GAMERS👏 😂😂 awesome personality and review as always

[@danhughesartist]

You have the absolute best voice for narration. I love it!

[@michaeljijus980]

My gosh. Been watching this review 3 times. And reading comments 2 hours!!! You and your people forced me to buy this game now!!! Insane world!!! And subscribing!! Good work, young lady!!! 😋😂👍👍👍

[@geminidrake]

Happy belated birthday!!!🎉🎈🎊🎁🎂 I loved GU. My brother and I never got a chance to finish it though. He may have now. I should grab this at some point when I’m not drowning in Kingdom Hearts. Excellent review, milady~

[@thewholephil2913]

There’s another black person that likes this franchise!? Instant sub.

[@nonathepomeranians7396]

Your style of review is absolutely amazing! Thank you! Keep up the good work! You spent ALOT of time making this review, I truly hope it reaches out to more people! Thank you again~

[@PelvicGaming]

Thank you kindly. ♡♡♡

[@FragginCap]

THATS what it’s called!!! “Isukai?” I have loved this genre since literally .hack 1

[@kasikasivendjinn5345]

Isekai, Japanese for "different world"

[@vaevictus4637]

.hack// is arguable as to whether it's an Isekai genre franchise. To be fair, it's more Sci-Fi/Fantasy more similar to Accel World than it is to Sword Art Online. Isekai implies that the main character travels to a different world. In .hack//, the characters remain in the same style of Earth as our own. The differences in timeline to the real world are mostly due to the stories taking place in the future (in relation to when the anime/manga/games/novels came out).

[@blazesalamancer8767]

If you like the mother series, or fist of the north star, then you would really like LISA: The Painful. It is a great indie game made by a single dude, Austin Jorgenson. It was inspired by Mother, but it really stands on its own. It has a great story, unique gameplay, and awesome music. It has a lot of death, lost limbs, and broken men. I don't want to spoil it though, it is best to experience it yourself. It is an underrated gem that really inspires me as an aspiring author/game developer. (Sorry for the ramble, but I love this game, and your channel. I've never commented here before, but nobody will read this anyway, so whatever.)

[@GrandAngel8000]

As a fellow huge dot hack fan, this is a very fair review.

[@PelvicGaming]

I really appreciate that, thank you. I had to set my biases aside. ♡

[@GrandAngel8000]

@@PelvicGaming True. But let us not forget one undeniably powerful fact ... Endrance is best bae for Haseo.

[@PelvicGaming]

@@GrandAngel8000 you speak the truth. :-)

[@juliac7745]

PlayStation store had this series on sale for there 15th anniversary like $13 just beat volume 1 🤓 great series 😁

[@PelvicGaming]

It's one of my favorites! I hope you continue to enjoy :-)

[@Omn1Slash]

Great review! Missed this series back in the day but you’ve pretty much sold me.

[@PelvicGaming]

Thank you!! Yes you must give it a go!

[@Omn1Slash]

@@PelvicGaming I will definitely. Really enjoy your reviews, look forward to the next one!

[@PelvicGaming]

Thank you so much! ♡

[@DanielSantosAnalysis]

I feel the same as you, I LOVED .hack//G.U. in high school, waiting for each volume was so agonizing and when I finally got to play them it was so euphoric. Playing the HD version now thought?................ ehhhh? It's not bad, but it's nowhere near as amazing as I used to think it was. Oh, and yeah, Sword Art Online is fucking GARBO.

[@basedmek]

Oh shit...an identical experience as mine. In high school I used to watch the trailers almost everyday waiting for the games to come out...but I'm 27 now and replaying them all...not the same experience 😅 still enjoyable

[@DanielSantosAnalysis]

@ya boi slump Hey, glad you liked the video!

[@agipson101]

@@basedmek I'm 27 now and I use to do the same thing

[@hypedrifter1715]

The painted on faces reminds me of Kingdom Hearts so it doesn't bother me much. I'm used to Ps2 / Gamecube games.

[@huhhhh963]

Yo i love the honesty even tho its a game you love and wanna be biased on and want to be a 10. Keep up the awesome content!

[@jakejameslugo]

Great job on the review. It came out real good. Those joke cutscenes can definitely bring out the laughs, lol.

[@neorat77]

Literally no one: .hack//roots: here's a freeze frame of Shino for 30 seconds

[@urbanscholar]

Hey Pelvic. Thanks for the review. Look forward to seeing your videos. Thanks PS that shade at Sword Art Online at the very end? *chef kiss*

[@captawesome42]

checking your email is one of my favorite parts about the .hack games.

[@ludmilopez6982]

Omg finally someone else who loves this saga :D I loved your review, and I share your opinion about the games

[@PelvicGaming]

I appreciate it! Thank you for watchin!

[@sarahcash5852]

May 14th was my birthday! Happy belated! And I share a lot of the same views you do about the remaster... it sucked leveling up so fast. You couldn't really enjoy the game as much.

[@PelvicGaming]

Happy belated to you as well! Yeah...it was a bummer but I still enjoyed reliving my time in The World. :)

[@theharlequin7280]

A few minutes into the plot summary and this already exceedes my threshold for animeness... ^^°

[@zano_korellio]

The original trilogy is what gets me through my depressing middle school lol

[@anzahanifathallah]

i can't believe they did a Parody Mode of THAT scene. that's amazing. now i'll never get the image of Ovan shidding in his pants out of my head.

[@tenshi890]

Of all the things they could've changed I wish we had the option to keep his pkk attire.

[@tmwilligar]

Heard you on DYKG and came immediately here. Your energy is so frigging infectious. Going on a front to back backlog binge. Wish me luck.

[@PelvicGaming]

Thank you! And best of luck to ya!

[@AS-qr9vh]

I never beat them or got around to playing GU, but I loved the original .hack series! I also never beat all of the original games. I think I got through the 3rd one, but I couldn't find 4, and then by the time I found it, I wanted to start the whole series over again so I'd know what's going on, and I didn't have the first 3 anymore. I've got one of them somewhere now, but it's, like, just the 3rd one or something. And they are SUPER expensive to just buy on their own now. I'm so excited that they remastered GU for the PS4, gonna have to give it a go! Thanks!

[@PelvicGaming]

I was shocked to see how expensive they are! Hehe I got lucky and have one set I bought as they came out. The other time... I FOUND THEM AT GOOD WILL FOR $3 BUCKS A POP. I freaking lost it and bought it immediately!

[@elle_na619]

I wish they make a new Hack game with more diverse NPC and more option/new design of dungeons, that’ll be cool

[@PelvicGaming]

Preach!!! Let em know!!

[@Mojoanimeo]

Just wanted to say, I just found you through Tarks and you are amazing!! Love your reviews, they totally line up with my likes and loves of jrpgs. Also thank you for all the random nods to lgbt stuff in games. As a gay man it just warms my heart seeing the love for any story that helps my fellow lgbt+ community feel the love. Now I am off to binge all your great reviews! Keep it up you fantastic lady!!

[@PelvicGaming]

Thank you so much!! ♡♡♡ That means a lot. Hope you enjoy what you find! ^.^

[@Mojoanimeo]

@@PelvicGaming Your very welcome! And I am loving all your vids. Keep em coming!

[@Arrowdodger]

I have never played a .hack game, but gotta say, you may have sold me on it. That parody mode in particular, I wish that was a more common feature in games, it's always fun when a game doesn't take itself TOO seriously.

[@PelvicGaming]

I agree. I also like the fact the parody mode isn't the game. It's a separate tab per se where certain cutscenes are made into a parody.

[@Arrowdodger]

@@PelvicGaming yup. I always like when humor's done in a game in a way that doesn't undermine the tone, so that's the best way to handle this particular mode

[@nc1901]

Played and own all the games and watched allll the anime. Everything. Grew up with all this. No idea why im looking up .Hack stuff but sometimes i just go on a nostalgia trip

[@kingofbel6499]

Alright, so...you say the email thing was just to make the game feel longer. I don't understand, did you forget that .hack//GU is about people playing a mmorpg? Haseo is the CHARACTER of a teenager playing a mmorpg. So obviously he is gonna stop playing sometimes to check email, the forum, news, etc and of course other players will chat with him online through emails as well. It's part of the story and the world building. One of the best things about the .hack series is that they managed to simulate a mmorpg environment in a single player jrpg. All those features were what made the trilogy so unique to being with. You can say the games are short and you wouldnt be wrong about that, but the CRAZY amount of side content and world building really shows how much work and thought the devs put in the universe of the .hack// series.

[@PelvicGaming]

No, I didn't forget cause...being in an morpg is the entire game? And it's stupid when in the game you can literally recieve SHORT MAIL. I'm not ANTI-EMAIL but when it's literally an email telling you to go here. It's stupid. Checking forums, news etc fine. Checking your email after ever story related thing is stupid. And even if that would be the real life case that doesn't mean it's a good idea in game. In that case, why not make it more realistic and make him stop playing the game to eat, drink, piss etc. Some things are better on paper. I give credit to the world building, yes, I even say I appreciate this games ambitious scope. It is the use of emails. In any case, even if we disagree, thank you for watching.

[@meloncornets3034]

As another OG fan, this game always makes me hype. Edit: Parody mode? I'm shocked. Can't wait.

[@thepaper888]

6:16 Gollum Smegol

[@fugamantew]

Your reviews have no rival. Best.

[@PelvicGaming]

You honor me ♡

[@davidcruzbaez6136]

Love your content this is my first video! Keep it up! ❤️

[@PelvicGaming]

Thank you so much!!

[@davidcruzbaez6136]

You should try the new persona when it comes out and make a video! I feel like you would be great for that.

[@blaze45ful]

I really like this series as well! I still need to see the manga, love the review.

[@ghosttowntomato]

Check out 'Legend of the Twilight' manga. Sooo good. Much better than anime counterpart.

[@Kaninchenbau]

It is late to say this but HAPPY BIRTHDAY! 🎉🎉🎉

[@PelvicGaming]

THANK YOUUUU

[@Chelaxim]

I don't think we'll ever get a renaster of the original saga, because this video has 1/8 the views of how many copies this collection sold... worldwide. The physical PS4 copy is probably going to be the new .Hack//Quarantine, because not all of the 300K copies this game sold were physical.

[@PiLipOppa]

@7:36 Loved that Rengeki Montague so much!

[@hollow168]

You just got a new sub, girl! I'm a sucker for this series and loved your review. I'll definitely gonna watch other reviews from you later. ;)

[@PelvicGaming]

Thank you so much!! ♡

[@nitronoob1000]

I love .hack gu my character favorite is haseo and pi and my phase favorite is skeith and macha.

[@PelvicGaming]

OMG YESSSSS. ALTHOUGH I am Haseo and Endrance. But we have the same avatars/phases!

[@nitronoob1000]

@@PelvicGaming yes but no it all avatar haseo have scythe, blast and macha have claws and a shield of bloom with that haseo avatardont have

[@MidniteMagus]

Great review! I've been considering picking this up because I have the original four games and never managed to finish them before my PS2 died on me. Hopefully one day Sony or someone will give us a device that can play our original PS2 disks so I can finally play through to the end.

[@PelvicGaming]

If they gave us the original I'd die happy. The original has a better story imo but //GU absolutely had better gameplay if memory serves me right.

[@mercutiolavantine5584]

I'm looking for a game that plays kinda like Ys or Trials of Mana and this game is currently on sales. Would you recommand it?

[@samuelbarrios7749]

those VA sasuke,sakura and spike thanks for the vid had this game for a while been putting it on hold

[@Solid--Snake]

just discovered your channel through did you know gaming and oh god so much good content. you deserve many more subs. ps: i just fuckin love ovan and greetings from brazil

[@ArtieStrongManMusic]

you make informative, good ass reviews

[@PelvicGaming]

Thank you. :-)

[@JDashKAS]

I’m bout to buy this it’s on sale on psn 4.99 with plus. Great review. Very informative.

[@justsumCrumbs]

.hack was my shit. The series may be dead but the music lives on in my head. What an amazing soundtrack.

[@decusq]

Haseo and Endrance can be a couple?.... I'm replying this game again!!

[@PelvicGaming]

Um...YES. In the remake you actually get 24 promise cards so you can marry the entire cast! Unlike the original on PlayStation 2 you only get one. Granted, I married Endrance and only Endrance both times lol. ♡

[@decusq]

@@PelvicGaming I never knew you could marry in the original!

[@Jack-nj9pi]

@@decusq me either im running to the game now lol

[@supahmariostyle]

Okay..I see you out here! I'm feeling these reviews.

[@PelvicGaming]

Ayeeeee thank ya!

[@squidracerX]

Okay -- I guess I need help here -- I played 1 or 2 of the .Hack games back on PS2 in the day and enjoyed them. But I thought I looked like the "villain" in this one? (Red beret hat?). Was that "original" .Hack? And this is called G.U? This main character doesn't look familiar at all. If thats the case is there a collection on PS4 for the originals? Or just these G.U ones? I'm slightly confused! :)

[@PelvicGaming]

The original is infection, mutation etc. Tri edge is the data of Kite the original protag

[@sygos]

//Sign and IMQO were the best, I loved legend of the twilight too. Everyone besides Haseo in roots was at least kinda interesting. The problem was Haseo.

[@joeyxl3456]

You're so pretty and now I might have to play this game that has been sitting on my PS5 library for ages.

[@hemangchauhan2864]

.//hack love is POURING!

[@damion5910]

Congratulations on your collaboration with didyouknowgaming 👌

[@PelvicGaming]

Thank you so much!

[@robertmcdonald1245]

An Endurance stan?! Unacceptable! xD

[@jurisenpai]

Fab review and that lipstick choice is A+++!

[@matthewbrunell413]

It's one thing to have the player automatically lose to a boss. It's another thing to lose in a cutscene. It's another thing to do it twice in a row. But to do it twice in the same cutscene?

[@solblackguy]

Really makes me wish we could get the original .hack trilogy remastered.

[@PelvicGaming]

Dude me and you both...

[@solblackguy]

@@PelvicGaming Last I heard, the devs were like "Ask Namco!" Which usually means it's not going to happen. So sad when companies don't want money and just hold IPs hostage to do nothing with.

[@TomtilLetsplays1987]

Awesome review! Loved watching it! Never played any of the dot hack games. Definitley looks interesting. Love how the game looks. Gonna have to give it a go! :)

[@paanazmi8062]

BTW, have you played any legend of heroes series?it got good characters, story line and some good twist..there's three series so far, trails in the sky, ao no kiseki and cold steel;each with new set of characters..whats great about this series is that all three series happened in the same world, but different continent with their own political conflicts..what'd more, they were connected to one another and make the world building more amzing

[@JudgeDredd35]

Good review! I definitely want to give this game a try down the line!

[@LightyGab]

Idk if you will see this cause it's an old review but, I was wondering if the game gets a little tougher. Same as you, Hack G.U. is one of my favorite sagas from the PS2 and I LOVED playing it back in the day. However, I don't know if I was really bad back then or I just don't remember it really well, but in this remaster (I'm on Reminisce atm) the game is SO easy which makes it a little boring to play, even though of course I'd like to play that 4th chapter they added and simply relieve these games that I loved back then but man... the games are not making it any easier =/.

[@PelvicGaming]

Nope. No it does not. It was. Breeze and and a joke all the way through if you over leveled.

[@LightyGab]

@@PelvicGaming Damn... That's unfortunate.

[@akillen77]

Nice was wondering if this is worth getting

[@PelvicGaming]

Super flawed, super easy, but super awesome.. I am also super biased. xD

[@akillen77]

@@PelvicGaming based on your review it seems like something to buy at a deep discount in the future. I thought packaging all the games together would be a bit tedious and your review sort of confirmed that

[@paanazmi8062]

@@akillen77 this game make you feels like playing MMO, but without actually deals with real online player..it had good storyline..but the downside is you tend to be overleveled when fighting boss fight..however, you can set random map and go through the dungeon with high level monster for side exploring

[@akillen77]

@@paanazmi8062 lol thats nice so you don't have to deal with toxicity of actual mmo gameplay. I'd rather be over leveled than have to waste hours grinding, but when it makes bosses trivial that sucks.

[@toyotam.7100]

I always wanted to see how these games played. 👍

[@hypedrifter1715]

The "Sword Art Online sucks !" killed me 🤣🤣🤣. And I like SAO

[@shelterfromcold8620]

"I had an accident, it was brown".

[@PelvicGaming]

I was not prepared...

[@AwsmNix]

Holy shit as soon as you mentioned marriage I assumed they were straight locked but holy shit this game had gay marriage before the US did

[@bottlecapster9586]

I remember being a kid when .hack//sign started airing and being so enamoured with the premise, despite how awkward it ended up being for me to try and keep up to date on it. That said I do still feel like there's still that little bit of kid me that still wants to give this series another shot. I remember trying to get back into Sign, but that didn't pan out so well, (Though I will fight anyone who disses .hack//sign's OST). Weirdly enough I think I've tried all of the anime series, but never had the resources to finish like....any of them for some reason. As far as this game goes, I think the concept of integrating in-game life and IRL activities like checking email is actually really cool in concept, and could work out great in more of a Persona style context where there's better emphasis on dividing and involving both sides with each other. As lame as Checking email sounds in game, the idea that you're encouraged to look over forum posts really seems genius as a way to build on a fundamental aspect of MMO games, which is the social aspects of it. Lurking on boards, discussing strange occurrences with fellow players is such an exciting thing and really brings me back to my earlier days playing MMOs myself. Honestly after this I'm kind of wondering what the state of the franchise is, because this really was a series that was quite ahead of its time, and I feel like given the modern standards of gaming, attempting something else like this, a sort of single-player game set in an MMO could be fleshed out really well nowadays. Either way, great review as always Pel! All this talk of .hack really does get the child in me raring to go, and I might even try to revisit the series for a 3rd or 4th opinion lol.

[@PelvicGaming]

I love that you write me books.

[@vaevictus4637]

.hack//G.U. is a series that does an excellent job of giving the player the freedom and atmosphere needed to truly get into the role and head of its main character. It's one of the ONLY video games I have ever played that actually encouraged me to "gamify" it without feeling like I, the player, was abusing the game system. Instead, it gives you the cushion of a virtual "real world" between Haseo the Player Character and yourself the real life player because ultimately you are playing as Ryou Misaki whom is a teenager in Japan known online as Haseo (in the G.U. series). It's a fascinating approach to the alternate timeline/futurescape, anime game genre.

[@kmartdamien89]

I've been trying to venture in to more of these JRPG types I love a deep story arc! This kimda reminds me of Sword Arc Online Anime were you battle through levels I'll keep an eye out for this one! Liked and Subscribed!

[@TitusKingdom]

I watched 2 minutes in & had to stop watching bc I'm sold. I wanna play this completely blind 😂

[@PelvicGaming]

Haha I'm glad!! I hope you enjoy!!

[@jasonwilson1332]

Awesome review 👍👍👍👍Thanks

[@SadVIad]

GU was way better than IMOQ. The pacing was so much worse in the original games. And the combat system was so much slower. I liked the mailing system. It really immersed me into the story, and gave me emotional attachment to the characters, making them feel real. I was excited to browse new emails, forums, and news. It felt like my reward for some of the repetitive missions. But IMOQ needs a glorified remaster, and to change the combat system to GUs. And they need to include all four Liminality chapters.

[@morriganrenfield8240]

You sold me on it. Games 10 bucks on psn again. Wasn't sure on the story but it sounds pretty great

[@PelvicGaming]

Yaaaay!!! I hope you love it!!

[@kaleidocosmo]

saw your room, iinstantly subscribed

[@_Onny.]

I think the game it’s better than a 6/10 I played the originals back in the ps2 era and I finally get to own the collection on ps4 and im loving everything about it. Sure it have some annoying animations but we already knew that because this is a remastered collection not a remake. In my heart it’s a 8/10 if you really like old school JRPG like Persona 3 & 4.

[@PelvicGaming]

It's more than the animations. The pacing is absolutely awful. Don't get me wrong as I said I love this game today but an 8 out of 10 is too high for me personally. Thanks for watching. :-)

[@djukor]

I acualy used speed hack for this game on PC just too speed up the game a but be it repetitive dungeons or slow unskipable dialoged that wont let you skip text despite reading it fast enough. I read fast and dont understand enough Japanese for me to have to listen to evry line of dialogue being spoken seeing as i can read it. Surprisingly enough speed hack has no negative effects on the game its the equivalent of the turbo button on older emulators only for windows games only you can set the limit to how fast it goes it may break some games but as stated it worked fine in this one.

[@WickedSickness]

I'm probably wrong but this series in niche isn't it? I Don't ever see anyone talking about it. Named my palico kite in monster hunter and one person got the reference.

[@paanazmi8062]

i never knew there's 4th volume

[@PelvicGaming]

There is! But its only apart of Last Recode!

[@paanazmi8062]

@@PelvicGaming watching this review made me really want to play this series again..i enjoy heck out of it in ps2..sadly, not many rpg in ps4 like this

[@PelvicGaming]

Honestly, that makes me happy to hear! It's so worth replaying. :-)

[@BinaryDood]

I rememebr really hating the Hack Sign. But the games always looked interesting. Nice review, I will check GU out!

[@sawsix1823]

Great review. Ima get it.

[@JamJim]

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