I think it would be awesome if we could get a .hack//GU cross-over event eventually, especially with the remake and NEW episode coming out! For those who are not aware, you can checkout the announcement:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XweyKPF4P50
Just imagine how edgy you can make your DRKs with some of that armor glam ;)
dotHack//G.U. Event?
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08-31-2017, 08:02 AMKerrikdotHack//G.U. Event?
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08-31-2017, 08:15 AMVahlnir
If it were for the original dot hack games I'd be all for it, but I was disappointed when they said GU was getting a remake and the old ones are not. GU just wasn't anywhere near as good imo
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08-31-2017, 08:18 AMrjspencer4
I would love a .hack// crossover but I doubt we will get it, usually the ones we ask for are not the ones we receive.
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08-31-2017, 08:39 AMKerrikHey, if they were doing a remake of the first series, I would be all for it, but it was all really good in my opinion. This seems to be a really obvious opportunity, but what do I know, I'm in the US just paying a sub. lolQuote:
Originally Posted by Vahlnir
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08-31-2017, 08:40 AMVahlnirTo each their own! I just didn't like the GU games. I tried to really hard though. Crossover events are usually fun either way so I support them for the most part...unless they're a straight up fate grind like the Yokai one was. Neat stuff to collect is nice, and if they did one for GU then I would indeed collect the items.Quote:
Originally Posted by Kerrik
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08-31-2017, 08:47 AMDark-SaviourSIGN was amazing, the original games were pretty good (as was Liminality). The books and Twilight Bracelet were... alright...Quote:
Originally Posted by Vahlnir
Roots/G.U. and everything beyond were... well, let's just say I kind of started hating the series after those came out.
Technically, a remake could fix G.U., but it'd have to basically just take a few core plot points and start over with everything else (No more focus on the Arena, for the love of all that is good. Tell your story and form the gameplay around that; do not form your story around the gameplay you want to show off to the players).
Retconning everything from Roots forward would be the better solution to me, but eh... -
08-31-2017, 08:53 AMKerrik
The remake is a graphics update+ a new game to continue the story
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08-31-2017, 09:05 AMThe_Last_Dragoon
If they're able to pull it off then it would be cool, but the only non-SE crossover we've had was Yokai Watch and that was only because friends with the producer of the game. Honestly I think the chances are pretty slim that we'll get another crossover with a non-SE game, especially since there were some players that hated it because the event "broke their immersion."
If we do get a crossover though it would be pretty weird and it probably wouldn't be anything deeper than the Lightning Returns event where Haseo finds himself magically inserted into the world of FFXIV and gameplay with him would be tied to FATEs where you would fight bugged enemies. Rewards would also probably be just Weapon Skins (Epitaph Weapon Skins, XD) along with more iconic skins such as the Chainsaw Sword and Haseo's starting daggers. -
08-31-2017, 09:20 AMDark-SaviourI think the FFXIV side of the PSO2 collaboration is still on the table, but it's been long enough that they may just hope the people that actually wanted that will forget. >_>Quote:
Originally Posted by The_Last_Dragoon
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08-31-2017, 09:24 AMNestama
If this were able to happen even by a slim chance, it would only be for glamour items and probably make near to no mention of the series/franchise whatsoever (can't even have characters from the games appear, since that would imply FFXIV's world itself is just a game to a completely different franchise).
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08-31-2017, 09:33 AMBlackcanary
I've just noticed was the English translation always that bad also the English voice overs are so cringe worthy
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08-31-2017, 09:39 AMNestama
In my opinion, the dub is fine.
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08-31-2017, 10:05 AMHasratOh good. My thoughts were already articulated (except, I'd rather not remember Twilight Bracelet exists). I mean, to be fair, lore-wise, G.U. being meh kinda fits, what with the whole R2 deal, it effectively wasn't even the same game to begin with. But beyond that, the connections to the lore weren't up to the quality I had come to expect from the franchise. (and holy shit, agreed on the arena part. Just, why, why would you make every single game entirely about just getting stronger for your next arena fight?)Quote:
Originally Posted by Dark-Saviour
As for the topic, y'know, I can agree that the glamour potential would be nice. Mostly for weapons, though. As I recall, armor was never a visible thing in any of the games. The characters always looked the way they were designed, since the faux-MMO story-driven content encouraged having consistently identifiable characters. -
08-31-2017, 03:38 PMKageTokage
I can't help but wonder how many other collabs they already have on the backburner when they still don't have plans for a PSO2 collab after nearly a year.
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08-31-2017, 05:37 PMFallenArisen0990It's a bit more than that. They are adding many QoLs to the games and making the changes, that each game brought, the same across all 3 + 1.Quote:
Originally Posted by Kerrik
I'm still salty about PSO2 so I'm ok with the no Collab with them....Quote:
Originally Posted by KageTokage
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08-31-2017, 09:24 PMLaerune
Wish they remaked the first 4 games, the story was good, but I did not like the battle system.
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08-31-2017, 09:43 PMZhaneX
I really love Dark Knight Haseo's design for the new episode.
Imagine getting that as a glamour for FFXIV DRKs. -
08-31-2017, 09:54 PMRemus
I remember playing the GU trilogy. I really enjoyed that game and I can't wait for the remaster and the new 4th volume. I wouldn't mind a GU event.
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08-31-2017, 10:29 PMXlantaa
We don't have even SE cross play like NieR, FFXV, or even Tactics (well, we can count the Return to Ivalice I guess), I don't think we will have from other devs (aside Yo-kai).
And I think we will don't have any cross event soon. I really want a event like those on Gatcha type games (Mobius FF or Exvius FF for example), where we have trials or dungeons based on that event. (THe fight with Engels on Exvius for example).
But, seeing at the Garo event, which takes them 1 year to do.... well, I guess every event will be few level 15 sidequest or FATE grinding. Also, gatcha games core are this events, MMO is not. -
08-31-2017, 11:02 PMraela
As much as I love .hack, I doubt we'll see a crossover, and definitely not anytime soon - I'd expect something with FFXV before that.
I'm super excited for this release, though. I enjoyed the story of both games, but I feel G.U. really improved on some of the core mechanics of IMOQ. The original 4 games felt really repetitive to me, and I got discouraged when I spent an hour going through a dungeon in Q, just to die to the boss.. really didn't feel like rerunning the dungeon right then. G.U. had more variable dungeons, at least. -
09-01-2017, 02:49 AMNew_Game_PlusI definitely agree with ya there. Is there a link to where they said wouldn't remake IMOQ?Quote:
Originally Posted by Vahlnir
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09-01-2017, 05:30 AMKerrikI loved the story for the original games, but the dungeons and combat were painful to me. I liked how fluid the class change system was in GUQuote:
Originally Posted by raela
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09-01-2017, 06:33 AMDark-SaviourMy biggest beefs with G.U. were all tied into the fact that... It was a game, and it felt very much designed to showcase the game elements if that makes any sense.Quote:
Originally Posted by Kerrik
With the original game, the combat wasn't especially good, but it was just a tool to get you through things. With G.U., they improved the combat, but it seemed they really, REALLY wanted to make sure you focused on their shiny new combat, so they introduced the traditional RPG encounter thing where engaging an enemy locks you into a separate mode/view, gives you an intro/dialogue, and you have to use an item if you want to escape. Rather than enemies feeling like MOBs in an MMO that you could kill or kite, it felt like the game was just screaming 'COMBAT MODE!' every chance it could.
Then there are the spots where you trudged through a 'dungeon' that just felt like filler to allow them to throw in another AIDA encounter because, hey, you just gotta get some mileage out of that Avatar battle system, right? Not to mention how samey the dungeons felt. IMOQ had this issue as well, but at least the aesthetic variance and the pacing helped there. The fields and dungeons in G.U. honestly felt like a step back in some respects.
And then of course, there is the big one... THE ARENA!
Almost every conflict in the game gets reduced to, "We'll settle this in the arena!" PKers that should have no reason to want a fair fight? ARENA! Plot-important dude that offends you slightly? ARENA (and massive character derailment)!
Look, Cyberconnect... I get it; you created a mock-PVP system for your mock-MMO. Stop trying to put a spotlight on it.
Like I said before. It really felt like they created a bunch of... 'nifty'... gameplay systems and wanted you to focus on those, so they formed the story in such a way that they would be the focus. And that just made the whole thing unpalatable to me.
Especially after the bad taste Roots left (26 episodes of "Ovan... He's so... mysterious.") -
09-01-2017, 06:33 AMLaeruneBoth the orignal 4 and the GU series had boring dungeons that once you enter all looked the same.Quote:
Originally Posted by Kerrik
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09-01-2017, 06:36 AMVahlnirI don't know if they are or not, actually. It would be nice though. One would have thought that they would have started with the originals first. Why they went with GU is beyond me. If there's plans for IMOQ in the future, then I would gladly wait. For now though I don't think anyone really knows, but it's disheartening at the very least to see what their priority apparently was.Quote:
Originally Posted by New_Game_Plus
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09-01-2017, 06:44 AMLaeruneI think they are checking out the market, looking if people are interested in the .hack series. Depending on the responses from the players and sales, CyberConnect2 might create a new .hack game for the PS4 and PC. Since they are done with the Naruto games and SE has taken over the remake of FF7 (CyberConnects2 was supposed to make the remake of FF7), I think they will focus on orignal IP again and create a new .hack game.Quote:
Originally Posted by Vahlnir
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09-01-2017, 06:56 AMNew_Game_PlusIn that case, even though I dislike GU, I hope the game does well.Quote:
Originally Posted by Laerune
I didn't quite mind the original battle system, but it did get painful toward the later games. I enjoyed IMOQ's story very much. I read the novels too. They made Kite seem like a different person compared to his video game counterpart. Granted the story was told from BlackRose's POV. GU's battle system was definitely a step up from IMOQ, but the story was blehhh. I really dislike Haseo as a character.Quote:
Originally Posted by Kerrik
Agreed!Quote:
Originally Posted by Vahlnir
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09-01-2017, 07:08 AMNolLacnala
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09-01-2017, 07:18 AMraelaMy memory of IMOQ was : run around a huge field map (perhaps with grinding), then through a huge dungeon.. for every mapQuote:
Originally Posted by Laerune
Of G.U. : either field or dungeon grind, but not both
That alone helped mix it up a bit for me.
...realllly considering rewatching anime and replaying IMOQ now to prepare.. Sucks that the PS2 looks so crappy on my HD TV, but I still do have a small CRT.. -
09-01-2017, 08:55 AMhynaku
Hope they have a cross over event it be fun and might get new glamour's.