There are two games I either can't wait to play, or simply cannot due to outdated stuff. One of which being .hack//G.U. Volume 2//Reminisce (PS2) and the other is Command & Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars for PC and XBox 360. But CC3 is one I can't play due to my computer being unable to handle the graphics (and me being cheap and not wanting to buy an expensive graphics card and god knows what else to make it work) and I haven't gotten around to getting a Xbox 360. Yet.
Moving on!
To be honest, I had absolutely zero interest in the previous four games in the .hack series. To me, they looked pretty dull and generally uninteresting. Right or wrong, I don't know but even while I do enjoy this second set of games, I still really don't have any interest in playing the previous story.
So why then am I playing the G.U. series? Good question, one which even I cannot actually answer at this point. Then again, maybe I will try...
Dungeons and monsters are horrible to me, I mean they (being the monsters) follow each other in a circle and don't roam at all. I think it would make for a better challenge to try and sneak attack a roaming monster, rather then one that is slumping around behind it's buddies in a circle all day.
What I thought was a interesting concept was the ability to be able to put together words that would generate dungeons. It has so much potential to keep game play interesting and could seriously boost replayability. But ultimately, it lacked in variety and before you know it, you've already seen and played through all that the game can throw at you.
Another area I wanted to get further involved, but could not, was the arena battles. I don't know why, but I wanted to jump up in the rankings and become number 1. But you can't. You can only take part in 1 tournament and a few fights and that is it. To move on, you have to play part 2.
Lame.
So far, nothing good to really say huh? Such a terrible game, why play it? Well in all honesty, it isn't a terrible game. For me personally, I think this game's saving grace is it's story, game play was secondary. Now I know for a fact that that is the reason behind my enjoyment, because I am actually hyped up about Volume 2 which will be out in a matter of days!
And after Volume 1's cliffhanger ending, I can't wait to see how the story continues. What happened to Atoil? Is Tri-Edge gone? What about G.U.? And for the sake of my sanity, what is that bastard Sakaki planning!??
Besides that, there will be more party members (Piros and Gaspard are 2 of the most useless characters in the game! Or at least that is my own opinion anyway.), upgradeable steam bike, Haseo's third form (pictured above) and hopefully better dungeons (yeah right). Still, I am hyped! Ok, maybe not hyped like a kid in a candy store, but damn near close!
