So, this is my review of .Hack G.U (No, G.U does not stand for G. Unit) the simulation MMORPG. Not to be mistaken with a real MMORPG. You basically play a game inside of a game. The MMORPG that your character commits the entirety of his life to is called “The World”. No, it’s not clever or catchy but it does make for some great catch phrases such as; “That is how things are in “The World”, “This too is part of “The world”, "Death and life bring balance to “The World”.



You take the role of a player named Haseo (Ha-say-yo) who is new to the world. Sadly he gets PKed (player killed) his first time logging in. Yeah, that’s right you suck from the very beginning, makes you want to keep playing right? Well, hold your breath it gets better! The cut scene where you got PKed continues eight months into the future where you watch as a group of PKs pwn a small party. After the party is crushed you swoop in and kill the whole lot of PKs. Yes that is right you are now a great PKK (PlayerKiller Killer) known as “The Terror of Death” again not clever or catchy but it works. So does your e-penis feel better? Good!



Haseo is in search of a “almightyl” PK known as Tri-Edge. This rumor based PK attacked Haseo's friend Shino and put her into a coma. Haseo swore he would find Tri-edge and kill him and find a cure for his friend. Shortly after the above paragraph you find Tri-edge and try to take him on yourself and guess what…you got P W N E D!!! Instead of putting you into a coma you get beat like a red headed step-child and all your character data is erased. So now the mighty “Terror of Death” is level one!!!11!!!! This is where you get to start playing the game....well if you want to after all that e-penis removal...



From there you start lvling up and meeting your partymembers for the game. You have to run a few quests and area jobs to advance the story but only when you see fit. So you will have time to lvl up to ensure you do not get beat like previously mentioned Cut scenes.

There is a lot of optional reading in the beginning of the game and throughout its entirety. Starting with Community News and Community Forums as well as emails you will receive from other players. Once you log into “The World” you have the “Official Forum” and the “Official Site” to read through. By reading through the forums you can gain things from Wallpapers to Area words. “Area Words” consist of three words that create a field or dungeon for you to play it.



I am not going to sit tell you how the whole game played out because that would just be a waste of my personal and important time. So now I will just list the pros and cons of the game.



Pros-

Decent Character development

Interesting story line

Decent battle system and leveling system

Controls are easy

There are extra things you can do outside of the story line

You can FINALLY be a class other than “Twin Blade” but you have to earn it!! But it beats not having it at all.





Cons-

The game does get a bit repetitive feel when you try to “Lvlar up”

You play jerk of a character so you have to put up with watching “you” say mean things to the other players.

Certain boss fights take long not because they are hard but because they have a massive amount of HP!!