All the .hack games for the PS2 are all offline, they're made to simulate an online RPG but it all again remains offline. However, I can't answer for the 5th one which a save from all games is required to play, I don't know the name of it so I refrenced it as 5th.
End of a Shadow wrote:the 5th one which a save from all games is required to play
I think End of a Shadow is referring to the bonus DVD that requires all 4 data flags to view. I don't have many details on this, however. I think Rhyste said that japanese gamers bought it by mail-order.
I think that i heard about that to they will be a fifth one online but the needing of all the data i do not know about i mean why would they do that what if someone buys it and does not see that little lable(which happened to me when i bought EverQuest Online and had no way to play it)which is why i dont think so
well its called marketing. To get the whole story and understand the 'flashbacks', you must see //sign. To understand why the kite and blackrose skins are "legendary", you must play //I.M.O.Q(Infection, Mutation, Outbreak, Quarentine) To get .hack//gift, you must complete .hack//I.M.O.Q on the same save file. To see the complete story of .hack//dusk,you must buy the manga and anime. So0 that come out to about $470.00, i think.
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