Thread: .Hack series.

Originally Posted by JustLoseIt

:] Nice. As far as .hack//sign though, I've only seen like 7 episodes. It's really sad. I loved it though, it was a sweet show.

The show was really delving into human emotions which I really love and the whole online gaming realm that back then wasn't really tapped into yet. And by God if anyone now mentions World of Warcraft be prepared for a Twitchy RAGE!

:] Not a fan of WoW eh? Never tried it. Never want to. Wish it would explode into a million pieces and die.

But anyhow, yeah I wish I coulda seen more of it.

The .Hack series is a good one because it's based on an online game like e.g. World of warcraft and Guild wars. some people like it and some love it like myself. It's god a good story line too.

It's an ok show, it was more like a series that was made to promote the game then the anime, just like the others in the same series.

Originally Posted by Franco

It's an ok show, it was more like a series that was made to promote the game then the anime, just like the others in the same series.

To you its just a marketing device. None of the games were based off of .hack//sign if you haven't noticed. I can agree that the other .hack series were probably marketing devices to sell the game. But never say that about my .hack//sign.

Originally Posted by Twitchy

To you its just a marketing device. None of the games were based off of .hack//sign if you haven't noticed. I can agree that the other .hack series were probably marketing devices to sell the game. But never say that about my .hack//sign.

If that was the case then why

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did the ending of .hack//sign leave off to the beginning of the first game Outbreak in the series? that is an marketing device, no matter how you want to see it that is what happened, I own the anime and the first game series, so I know

is it that each series leaves off like their is more story that needs to be told to the audience. it's cool that you like this show, I like it too, otherwise I would not own the series, but you got to look at the big picture and see that it was selling it self to the audience otherwise their would not be an video game series based on the anime (but with different characters, same universe). I can give you another series that did the same, Zoids, it was made to sell the toy line, I liked the series but like I said, it was a marketing device to sell you the toys. Every toy has a marketing device like Naruto (headbands), and so on and so on, I understand that you feel like you have to defend your show but like I said, just because it was used to sell something doesn't mean that it was bad, otherwise I would not own the show.

Originally Posted by Franco

If that was the case then why

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did the ending of .hack//sign leave off to the beginning of the first game Outbreak in the series? that is an marketing device, no matter how you want to see it that is what happened, I own the anime and the first game series, so I know

is it that each series leaves off like their is more story that needs to be told to the audience. it's cool that you like this show, I like it too, otherwise I would not own the series, but you got to look at the big picture and see that it was selling it self to the audience otherwise their would not be an video game series based on the anime (but with different characters, same universe). I can give you another series that did the same, Zoids, it was made to sell the toy line, I liked the series but like I said, it was a marketing device to sell you the toys. Every toy has a marketing device like Naruto (headbands), and so on and so on, I understand that you feel like you have to defend your show but like I said, just because it was used to sell something doesn't mean that it was bad, otherwise I would not own the show.

I have played the games up to Outbreak and I must say that I did not see anything that had a big deal to do with .hack//sign. All I could see is maybe having the characters being introduced but I dont see how that makes .hack//sign a marketing device to sell the games. I do see however that the .hack games were using the success of .hack//sign.

What I'm trying to say is that .hack//sign was not originally intended to be a marketing device.