.hack//G.U. Vol. 1//Rebirth
About the Game
1: Rebirth takes place three years after .hack//QUARANTINE ended. One year after "The Twilight Incident", a huge fire started in CC Corp destroying most of the original "The World" servers and forcing them to shut the game down soon after. A new version of "The World", called "The World R:2", was created one year after the fire. You play as Haseo, a PKK (Player Killer Killer) searching for Tri-Edge, players killer who Data Drained his friend into a coma.
Gameplay & Core Systems
players meets reliable friends in Gaspard, Silabus, Atoli, Kuhn and many others later in game. The battle system is still real-time but with mostly hack and slash action. Also, when players lands a certain number of combos on an enemy and they glow blue and yellow you can perform special Rengeki moves. Rengeki moves get more powerful as you progress through the game. players also has a morale gauge in the top right corner of the screen.
Standout Features
- When the gauge is full, players can perform an Awakening attack with help from their party members.
- New features added are guilds, arena battles and weapon customization.
- players can join at least two in this game.
- Weapon customization can be done with items players gets on travels or buys in shops to add elements or status effects to their weapons.
- There are two types of Awakening attacks, Demon and Beast Awakening.
- Skill Points: The Demon Awakening lets you unleash powerful magic attacks without using SP (Skill Points).
- The Beast Awakening makes players invulnerable to physical attacks for a set period of time while enhancing their physical abilities.