Random Thoughts.....What Are You Thinking?

I'm glad I don't get hyped up over E3 anymore. We've all gone through the cycle of unwarranted hype, over-embellished promises, and absolute disappointment when what is delivered is but a mere fraction of what you saw.

But aside from a small handful of games Sony presented, this is what I got out of it:

>The title is being made as part of the .hack series’ 15th anniversary. Daisuke Uchiyama who was the producer of the .hack and .hack//G.U. games and now a corporate executive officer of Bandai Namco talks more about the game in an interview with CyberConnect2 CEO Hiroshi Matsuyama, who is currently working on the HD remaster.

>While no further details were shared about the new title, they say that it won’t be a simple HD remaster but a newly reborn .hack//G.U. with enhanced graphics, systems, and elements that’ll make it feel like a new game.

.hack//G.U. Last Recode remaster details: 1080p/60FPS, cheat mode, game system enhanced, development 80% complete.

.hack//G.U. Last Recode will run in Full HD (1080p) and 60 frames per second. The movie scenes as well as the UI are also being remade in high definition. It will also include movies from the Terminal Disc packaged in the original .hack//G.U. Vol.1: Rebirth, as well a brand-new look for Haseo that is assumed to be when he just started entering the game.

Having included all 3 volumes in one package, features that were added in Vol.3 Redemption will be also applied to Vol.2 Reminisce and Vol.1 Rebirth. Last Recode will also have many more upgrades to the gameplay system, which you can check in the list below:

Added a Retry feature when your party gets wiped out
Added an optional Cheat Mode that lets the player start the game with max level and strongest equipments
Increased movement speed
Increased amount of carryable items to 90, also new feature to repeatedly use a same item
Item menu will now have Shortcut & Sort features
Limit of carryable Chim Spheres & Virus Cores are increased to 999 each
Added a new healing feature "Idle Rest" on platforms
Raised battle tempo by reducing pauses when attacking or raising attack power
Raised the increase rate of weapon proficiency
Increased experience gain
Added feature to skip Awakening scenes
Reduced the difficulty of some strong enemies
Rebalanced the Avatar Battle system
Increased Skeith's normal shot speed
Added feature to pause Avatar Battles in VR
Reduced probability of friends selling gifted items
Can now specify to choose between Saku and Bo when calling Sakubo
Can now get all character endings in Vol.3 Redemption instead of just one per save data

2017 is the 15th anniversary since the release of .hack and the 10th anniversary since the release of G.U., as well as the year G.U. is set. In order to commemorate that, we thought to reboot the series.
This is a remaster rather than a new work because we want introduce the younger generation to .hack since it has been so long.
As for the new elements, you will be able to meet a “Haseo” you “don’t know.”
Since it’s the 15th anniversary of .hack, there are also other projects moving along.

Leon did they ever do anything for the original series?

No, GU is the first up. Probably because it's gameplay was already relatively solid and they'd have hi-res models lying around from the movie and all that. IMOQ is likely going to need a fair bit more work if it gets a remaster.

True but ya know...
At least remember...
No man sky was a thing... <_<

ya'll are getting way more enjoyment outta e3 than ya should.

i feel like ya'll are getting way more enjoyment outta e3 than ya should. Most things here was shown last year.

I don't get it. Then again I still don't get the whole twitch thing, so...