.Hack//Infection
.Hack//Infection is the first of a series of four games, titled .hack//Infection, .hack//Mutation, .hack//Outbreak, and .hack//Quarantine, features a "game within a game"; a fictional massively multiplayer…
.Hack//Infection is a hack and slash/beat 'em up developed by CyberConnect2, released 20 June 2002 on PlayStation 2.
What .Hack//Infection is
.Hack//Infection is a hack and slash/beat 'em up game developed by CyberConnect2 and released in 2002. It was published by Bandai. It is available on PlayStation 2 only.
The premise, in the publisher's words
The game opens with an excerpt from Emma Wielant's Epitaph of Twilight and is followed by a name input screen. This is where the user name and the character name are entered. For consistency's sake, the main character will be referred to as Kite, the default name for the character. Kite has been invited by his friend, Yasuhiko, to play The World. While Yasuhiko, known as the legendary player Orca, shows Kite the ropes, the two encounter Aura. Just as Aura is about to entrust Orca with the Book of Twilight, Skeith attacks. Orca tries to defend himself and Kite but is no match for Skeith and ends up being Data Drained. Just as Skeith is about to do the same to Kite, someone distracts Skeith…
How it plays
It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are action and science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
Where it sits in the .Hack series
.Hack//Infection is the first of 18 entries we hold in the .Hack series. The next entry was .Hack//Mutation in 2002.
What it launched against
.Hack//Infection launched on 20 June 2002, within three weeks of Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos, Warcraft 3: Reign of Chaos, SoulCalibur II and Eternal Darkness: Sanity's Requiem.
Released around the same time: Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos, Warcraft 3: Reign of Chaos, SoulCalibur II, Eternal Darkness: Sanity's Requiem.
Official trailer
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