. Hack / / INFECTION
Platform: PlayStation 2
Genre: RPG
Publisher / Developer: Bandai
What lies behind the terrible word "trash". Hack "? Maybe there is a virus or some program-cracker? I assure you, nothing to fear because ". Hack" - it's completely safe design company Bandai. Moreover, it is - the whole epic, narrating the adventures of gamers in a virtual world network RPG! This thread is dedicated not only to series of games (this year will see three sequels!), But a couple of anime series (TV and OVA). Plot ". Hack" has a long and tedious history, so outlines. On December 24 of 2005, virtually all the Internet has become a victim of a monstrous virus Pluto's Kiss. Information life of the planet Earth Stood for 77 minutes, withstood a computer equipped with unswerving operating system ALTIMIT (but what about our favorite Windows?). Soon this became the most popular OS in the world, and later develop it corporation CyberConnect fashioned networking rolevushku under the modest name of The World. Everything went well, but gradually began to appear rumors that users whose characters die in the virtual space, fall into a coma. That is what happened to the other main character. You get a role of 14-year old boy who explores The World, trying to get to the truth. The game (I mean ". Hack") comes with a DVD-drive on which recorded 45 minutes of the show ". Hack / / Liminality". Animation film describes the events that take place in the world of the protagonist, while he was surf on The World.
Thus, ". Hack" - it's completely off-line game that simulates the network RPG. Although the plot of rolevushka The World published in 2007, the year it is little different from our contemporary representatives of the genre such as EverQuest. Fantasy world consists of the settlements and the dangerous labyrinths, which are generated randomly. By controlling the character named Kite (Kite), you move along the rails of the linear plot, augmented by all sorts of optional quests. An important aspect of the gameplay is communication. If you look in any town, you will find there a lot of people employed idle chatter. Replicas are quite diverse (meet and swearing), so listen to them is interesting. But even more interesting to join the conversation, because that is make new friends. Why do it? First, a friendly individual can change things, and secondly, a character can become part of your team. Some friends are needed on the subject, others - no. But note that ally - is no longer a slave, he will not follow you closely. If you want to go with him in any maze (with a possible take a maximum of two companions), we need to pre-arrange a meeting. For this purpose, there is e-mail and forum. In other words, you are free to leave Wednesday, The World and retire with his computer, but rather with the operating system ALTIMIT. You can change your desktop wallpaper, screen saver watch the game, read news and check your e-mail.But back to our network rolevushke.
Battles take place not in the step mode, and in real time. While other team members act independently on the basis of those instructions that you gave them in advance. Equipment, magic, experience points - it's all here to eat. But this is not the point. Administrators The World, apparently, went into a deep heavy drinking, as in the virtual world is vast Bacchanalia: at every step caught viruses and malicious hackers. Kite, let alone admit, and did not take away cheat'ami. Moreover, without this move on the plot is simply impossible. In some battles have to use the technique of Data Drain, which overwrites the program code of the enemy, greatly undermining his health. Sometimes the prizes you get a virus. They can cripple or even cool to kill your character, but there are also useful viruses, able to crack some of the locked zone of The World.
Now let's go through an external merits ". Hack". In general, special paint nothing, because the schedule - a match for most network RPG. Backgrounds is very unpretentious, but the screen fit the crowd of actors. Character Design in charge of a recognized master of Yoshiyuki Sadamoto (Yoshiyuki Sadamoto), was involved in the design of such anime as Neon Genesis Evangelion. And while earlier Sadamoto not worked with three-dimensional graphics, characters, invented by him for ". Hack", have a bright appearance and interesting habits. Narrative scenes really nice to watch, because they are filled with some immediacy.
Understandably, in these users' online RPG dialogues presented in the form of silent text, but here all the key episodes are very well voiced. You can choose an English dub and original Japanese voice acting with English subtitles.
There is nothing surprising in the fact that the gameplay ". Hack" somewhat monotonous and boring in places. The developers admit that they tried to make the kind of "online" RPG, which could play without being connected to the network. Of course, a lot of pre-programmed dialogues never replace contact with real people. In addition, an intriguing plot that pervades the universe ". Hack", disclosed in a game is very superficial. In fact ". Hack / / INFECTION" - it is a short prelude to the events that await us in future episodes. RPG from Bandai what passes for some 20 hours, but the characteristics of his character can be saved and used in the sequel, which will appear in the United States in May.
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