.hack//Link -The Final Twilight- Director's Cut Edition

.hack//Link -Final Game- The Director's Cut edition is a expansion downloadable content and updated version of the original game in order to commemorate 1st anniversary since the game release along with the game reaches 2.5 million sells copies, which demands are fulfilled with this game announcement, available on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X, Nintendo Switch 2, Microsoft Windows (Steam) and Microsoft Windows (Epic Game Store).

Director's Cut will features additional cut-contents for scenario, gameplay, and more, including returning characters, Yasuke Matsunari which his last appearance since The Final Twilight which he was originally to be added on the game, but cut from the final product, however, his character has been revitalized and majorly incorporated to the main plot story, along with cut-contents scenario which was cut from the game, including a cut-combat abilities for Akira and Zero, the gameplay in Director's Cut will be enhanced and improved experience from the original.

There will be few brand-new downloadable contents, as the directors and producer decides to open the access for DLC which exclusive for the Final Game which featured a new additional story episodes, challenges, equipments and more which had been added to the game.

General

 * Additional brand-new trophies support which exclusively for Director's Cut Edition, including some modification toward description and new adjustment has been made.

Audio

 * Additional music soundtracks, exclusively for Director's Cut Edition.
 * All seiyuu characters from Final Game are reprising their roles to voices for Director's Cut Edition content, including new lines and incorporation of Yasuke Matsunari to the main story, including his VA reprise role for voicing Yasuke.

Story

 * Yusuke Matsunari will now finally to appear in the Final Game -The Director's Cut Edition- which is the character that were cut from the game, and his story has been re-established on a new scenario for his returning major debut in additional new scenario, The Legendary Fighter.
 * Not just that, his character will now be able to incorporated as the main story forward which he involved in main plot stories surrounding Akira on it, while his character being reimagined from cut version in order to improved while carrying the spirit of the original vision to the character.
 * While it doesn't mean it could ruin the main story experience which was already phenomenal in the original version, however, his involvement has expand it's broaden of the story that brings another meaning of the main story and Akira's journey to redemption, which is how it's important for Yasuke as character in the Final Game.
 * He's also considered a major character in the story as well, and a partner to Akira Kuryuu which is now being blend to the existing main story very well along with additional new cutscenes focuses about him, as well his interaction with other.
 * For those who already finished all the endings, can be replayed again on New Game+ in order to re-experience game with director's cut edition content.
 * The story qualities and narratives goes underwent improvements from the original game and made a few adjustment to make it better understand toward narratives story, dialogues, interaction, environments, and themes, also adds a new layer that explore a new side of those plot environment and world-building.
 * Adds new sequence exclusive for Miller and Administrator World of Network
 * Toki-Runty and CC will getting more roles in the scenario story, and adding new character developments layer for them to get closer them, which gives how fitting to their character and background which relevant to the story.
 * More additional dialogue moments in the outside cutscenes, which means more new brief and fresh interaction between playable, parties, and their drone support unit, also mentioned NPC and more according to their wide situation during story progression.
 * Interestingly that those interaction also adds more easter eggs and 4th breaking wall dialogues.
 * New layer adds toward the variety to the existing cutscenes, which intentionally delves deeper development for Akira and Zero story development through combination of depth expression, dialogues, interaction, emotional and representation themes that fitting to their character more satisfying way, which would be presented in their story development.
 * Additional cutscenes which intentionally to fill something that were missing or left unexplained their fate from the plot which is now can be shown in the new cutscenes.
 * Several cutscenes, dialogues, and interaction which got cut from the final product has been re-established into a new and better version, while capturing the essence of the original vision.
 * Cut-Content scenario which now been added to the game through re-established story direction, such as:
 * The Old World Data
 * Mother of Earth
 * Little Friend of Adventure
 * Additional 25 side-quest, and five of the side-quest will featuring the connection and easter eggs from the past title of .hack, along with another refresher sub stories which allows you to nostalgia about the past events that two playable characters had experienced.
 * It also adds another new uniques challenges and different weird dialogues which that has a humor and also has another new things that make you cry the most.
 * Additional areas added to the game for main story, sub-stories and side-story content, which exclusive for cut-content, such as:
 * Japan, Tokyo (Expanded Areas)
 * Eternal City of Mac Anu
 * Akashic Records (Ancient Ruins)
 * Akashic Line
 * Coite-Bodher Battlefield
 * Infinity Twilight High School (Ruins)

Gameplay

 * New Game Plus features added to the game, which you restart again from beginning with something that will be carried over and something that are not carried over.
 * Carried Over:
 * Characters Level which includes all Status Level for Akira and Zero.
 * All Non-Quest or Consumable Items.
 * Gil obtained.
 * Not Carried Over:
 * Key Items
 * All Equipments, which includes Weapon, Armor, and Accessories.
 * All Toki-Runty & CC Drone Data Verse.
 * All Quest.
 * Few of Multi-Weapon Choice, which Scythe, Magician, Joker, and Dual Blades will not be carried over.
 * Game Time.
 * All data logs information.
 * E-Mails and ALTIMIT System features added to the game.
 * Returning combat ability mechanics, exclusively for Akira from ChaosWort which was known as Devil of Chrono Gear & God of Calamity is a combination between Destroyer abilities as Schwarz from ChaosWort and The God of Chrono abilities from his Ultimate form in RISING GEAR, which players can activate the new trigger form which allows you to increased all status of strength, speed, defense and varied combos and magic in limited uses.
 * All weapons, including Dark Slayer, Anti-Spear, and Card Magician will also has ultimate new varieties and powerful combat attack during in Trigger form which allows more attacks in increasing speed.
 * New combat ability mechanics, exclusively for Zero which known as The Soul of AIDA which allows you strike against the enemies in brutal ways or using them to defeat their allies without limitation, which is like controlling the enemies mind. You can feel free to let them kill each other, or just destroy them all, but it would cost you a lot damages to your Health, while it can gained your combo attacks faster than before.
 * Another new combat ability mechanics known as Berserk Activation Program which allows you to use it as finisher against the enemies in a lot brutal ways, which you can activate it during in a low HP. While it can increased your strength immensely that allows you to break through toward enemies without mercy, while commencing the brutal finisher toward them in full satisfying way and faster than before.
 * The drones abilities received a new abilities and performance improvements, such as Hamer Blast, Sword Clash. Explosion Blast, Mega Flare, and Judgement Blades which can be used during support attack.
 * While now that drones can freely attacking or blasting against the enemies without your command, however, you can still commanding them in order to make combat more flows to it's attack by using Shortcut Quick Command system.
 * Players can now riding a Motorbike, but it's not just an ordinary bikes, it allows you to rides through on any obstacles objects in your way which you can freely do without fighting against the enemies, or you can use it against them. But you need to complete an important side-quest in order to win a motorcycle.
 * A new mini-games added to the game. Melee fighting combat mini-game added to the game, which allows you to challenge the enemies on specific rules to follow.
 * Additional new side-quest which

Miscellaneous

 * New loading screen added to the game, including improves load times.
 * All aspects of the heads-up display may now be disabled; previously limited to the mini-map, text log, enemy health bars, and combo counter only. Camera controls may now also be finetuned.
 * Some sound-effects had made an improvement from the original.
 * Custom soundtracks is now been added to the game, exclusive for PC Version.
 * Some side-quest objectives description has been rewritten to make it more easy to understand the objectives.
 * New rules added in some places area.
 * Aim Mode has been updated.
 * The status ailment UI textures has made an improvement.
 * E-Mail symbols is now been added to the game.
 * New lines between the Akira/Zero and Toki-Runty/CC whenever the former drowns in bodies of water or quicksand.
 * Weapons status aliment has made an improvement from the original.
 * Slow motion sequence during combat has been increased a little bit to match the exact wisely timing for the surprise attack.
 * More new downloadable contents now are open to access.
 * Attacking combo sequence has been made an update and adjustment from the original.
 * Text localization and more had been adjusted.
 * Harvest points now cast a faint glow on the ground beneath them, and no longer pause the game while they display items hidden in each of them when interacted with.
 * A bobber is now attached to the end of the rod while fishing, replacing the visual cue from the original where the rod itself would bend sharply.
 * Adds a watering pot to the player's hand while gardening.
 * Flashback mania sequence has been made visual look clearer than the original one.

Scenario

 * Pi's Episode "The Calling"
 * Davis's Episode "Project .hack"
 * Black CoDE's Episode "The Day After the War of the Twilight"
 * Akiroda's Episode "The Other Choices"
 * #@*@^*"S Episode "072081311"

Challenges

 * Server Network Tournament

Equipments

 * Royal Pack
 * Blue Moon Pack
 * Red Dead Pack
 * God Pack
 * Raven Pack
 * Legend Pack
 * AI Pack
 * Epitaph of Twilight Pack

Costumes

 * Schwarz, The God of Destroyer, Legendary PKK and Hacker outfits. (Exclusive for Akira)
 * Princess Knight Outfits. (Exclusive for Zero/AIKA)
 * 9 (Tokio Kuryuu) Outfits (Exclusive for Akira)
 * Leader of Watch Dogs Outfits (Exclusive for Zero/AIKA)
 * and More.,,

Other

 * Secret Audio Files #1 - #3 Code Serial Number: 8131107200508030312775

The Final Version
.hack//Link -Final Game- Ver. 3.100735821919111..... is an updated version of the original, which celebrating for the game in commemoration of 5th anniversary since the game been released and had reached 5 Million Sells of Copies which is exclusive for PlayStation 6.

According to the directors and producer that Final Game Ver. 3.100735821919111..... is not just considered as updated version of the game, but also as a major complex sequel to the Final Game, the story, gameplays, and the feels will be different experience from the original game, but the climax of first act and second act is a biggest and major changer from the original game, that goes on different direction, but also expanded from the original one.

The story will finally and directly open the connection with CODE: 81311 and CODE: .hack which that brings a major impact to the main plots and as well as the character.

Trivia

 * Director stated, that the Director's Cut edition was originally planned as an new version update for The Final Game which is a Ver. 1.4.2.