Not FMA... WTF!

[velvet_mace]

So .hack//G.U. -- despite having absolutely no experience whatsoever with anything in the franchise, the game is still a hell of a lot of fun to watch my hubby play, though the backstory is so damn thick, it took me a while to stop my head from spinning. It's not every game that needs a back up disk of just backstory to give you grounding in the

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[magical_poof]

-isn't supposed to be on lj because her parents viciously blocked it, but they have no control over my school computer- :3 Sorry I practically never comment... Anyway

[velvet_mace]

It's okay if you don't comment! Don't worry about it. Don't get yourself in trouble.

[scico]

have you watched the earlier .hack// games? Those are awesome, too. :3

You should try giving them a whirl, yourself! :D

[velvet_mace]

Sadly it's a time issue for me -- I simply don't have access to the PS2 long enough to play my own games. I accept that it's mostly my hubby's toy -- and even when he plays, I'm doing other things -- (supposedly) folding laundry, getting the kids stuff, (supposedly) cleaning up. I gave up the right to having dedicated blocks of uninterrupted me time when I had kids.

We haven't played any of the earlier .hack games -- are they for the PS2? That's the only format we could play them. I haven't been able to watch any of the anime or anything else either -- so yeah we are jumping into the middle -- but it works.

[scico]

Ah, I guess so. D:

Yes, the earlier .hack games are for the ps2 as well. In order, they are: Infection, Mutation, Outbreak, Quarantine. Really good to play first before GU. :D

[cryogenia]

Yeah, they're PS2 and fun :)

[ipitydaf00l]

I'm basically going from memory, but I want to say there are four .Hack// games for the PS2 before this one. Then again, I always watched Tim play .Hack// while I jealously wanted to snatch the game and take it home to play myself, but I was a good younger sister and left his games alone. (That, and while I have several games that I should be playing of my own, I tend to find other things to do instead. But my (supposedly) stuff actually happens. -_-;;)

I used to be addicted to my playstation, but lately I haven't had the time...okay so that's a lie. I haven't been able to sit myself in front of the tv to play it, yet have no qualms over sitting nearby the laptop in order to piddle around online. (Although, this will soon change.)

So, I haven't personally played any of them, but I like the idea and what I've seen while hanging out with Tim.

[velvet_mace]

Yeah there is a huge amount of backstory for this-- but luckily you don't need most of it to be able to play the game.

[velvet_mace]

I've heard the quality on the anime and manga really varies. I have limited time and resources. I might pick up the better stuff, but I don't feel like being completionist about this.

[cryogenia]

I can loan you all of the first .hack anime on dvd. I would be able to loan the games, but otherbrother stole them and pawned them at one point :((

[velvet_mace]

:( That's too bad.

Are you coming down for Kumoricon this year?

[l_hanabishi_l]

*raises hand* I totli care about .hack//GU ^^ It's my more recent no. 1 unhealthy obsession~ I even cosplay from it XDDD

Though it's not an OMG!PERFECT game like alot of people are saying, I think it's wonderful; the GU series is the best out there so far ^^ At least, that's what I think. Haseo is such a little bitch, but that makes it better; more original character personalities, rather than the I'm-going-to-save-the-day-even-if-I'm-raped attitude.

[velvet_mace]

I like that Haseo has basically the same attitude I have about the history and the pretty world -- WTF it's a game! yeah, nice to know this, but, ahem, reality? Not the same as computer game.

Except in this one, maybe it is. O ____ O

[l_hanabishi_l]

Haha, yeah maybe except this one XDDD

I don't know, I think you have to see all the way to the very end of the third game to fully appreciate it all. The plot gets so much thicker with each volume ^^