Outbreak

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.hack//Outbreak (.hack//侵食汚染 Vol.3, Hepburn: .hack//Shinshoku Osen, lit. "Erosion Pollution") is the third entry in the set of games released on the PlayStation 2. The games are set in the "first season" of the .hack series, taking place after SIGN and ZERO. The collection of games are sometimes referred to as a Tetralogy by official sources, a Quadrilogy or by the abbreviation "IMOQ" by fans, taking the first letter in each consecutive game's western title in order (Infection, Mutation, Outbreak, Quarantine). Each game comes with a bonus DVD of the anime .hack//Liminality, which shows events occurring simultaneously offline. The games take part within the fictitious MMO of 「The World」.

Synopsis

ゆっくりと、しかし確実に死に向かうネット世界…… これが「The World」の意思なのか。

異変から端を発するウイルスの侵食は、ついに憩いの街「ルートタウン」にまでも汚染の色を広げてゆく。楽しく遊べるバーチャル世界のはずであった「The World」の崩壊を目の前に、プレイヤーたち１人１人は、自らの無力さに直面する。しかし、いやだからこそ、打開しなければならない共通の目的を目の前に、プレイヤーたちは「力」を合わせることを誓い合う。

Liminality

Main articles: In the Case of Kyoko Tohno

Setting

Main articles: OutbreakSetting

Desktop

Mailer

Main articles: Outbreak Mailer

News

Main articles: Outbreak News

The World

BBS

Main articles: Outbreak BBS

Servers

 Δ Server, Aqua Capital Mac Anu
 ϴ Server, Highland City Dun Loireag
 Λ Server, Cultural City Carmina Gadelica
 Σ Server, Aerial City Fort Ouph

Chaos Gate

Main articles: Outbreak Chaos Gate

Fields

Main articles: Outbreak Fields

Creatures and Monsters

Main articles: Outbreak Monsters

Items

Main articles: Outbreak Items

Characters

Main articles: Outbreak Characters

Production

Staff

Main articles: IMOQ Credits

Merchandise

Release

2002年12月12日 https://wiki.pcsx2.net/.hack//Outbreak_Part_3

.hack//侵食汚染 vol.3 (SLPS-25158), .hack//침식오염 Vol.3 (SLKA-25145)

Region NTSC-U: Serial numbers: SLUS-20563 SLUS-29065 (Demo) Release date: September 9, 2003 CRCs: 0001171A

Region PAL: Serial numbers: SLES-52469 Release date: September 10, 2004

Region NTSC-J/C/K: Serial numbers: SLPS-25158 SLKA-25145 SCAJ-20004 Release date: December 12, 2002 April 20, 2004 (Korea) March 2, 2006 (PlayStation 2 the Best)