.hack//Link -RIVES- RE: CONNECT

.hack//Link -RIVES- RE: CONNECT is a remake version and game adaptation to the first chapter of the story, also an anime series .hack//Link -RIVES- as the story would be covering from the first to fourth/final season along with OVA Series and Three Movie series which is also now been adapted into the game.

It is available for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X, and PC, which is not just covering all stories of the anime, but also featuring an additional contents, like a new story arcs which were never even adapted into the anime series along with new experience and feels to enjoy for adventures in The World R:X and also a brand-new characters will appear as the story progress, along with brand-new Akira's story and his perspective which now fully re-emerge in RE: CONNECT story.

As the downloadable story mode content will includes a brand-new scenarios, .hack//Link -RIVES- RE: CONNECT 'The Lost Saga' as it is a prequel stories to Davis and set after the Third Network Crisis, but prior to the end service of The World R:2 and released of the new version The World R:X.

It is very recommended to play this game first before in order to understand the major spoilers that were told in .hack//Link -Chrono Link- and it also leads up to the upcoming titles sequel, .hack//Link -RISING GEAR-.

Synopsis
In the year of 2020 A.D. the most worldwide popular companies known as CyberConnect Corporation or known as CC Corp has released the next version of the biggest and massive popular MMORPG, The World R:X which began more trends worldwide, gained most recognition, and reached copies sells over 500.000, which aimed for younger to older audience as well which brought a new wide reach popularity reputation to the company.

The Tasogare Mugen's high school junior student, Tokio Kuryuu become known as Gaming Freak for his love hobbies for Games and the former No.1 Star Players of Blue Flame Devil Basketball and the high school junior student Akira Kuryuu who began to immersed their beginning adventure into The World R:X to fufilled their childhood's promise, something that could get away from real-life problem.

Journey starts as they begin their first experience as Newbie and going through their first trial by accepting The Night of the Glorious Treasure Quest, but sudden things happens with a mysterious PC with a mask known as ENTIES the hackers and PKK, brought the great distortion and terrible horrors in the online game which steers their enjoyment adventures, turn into a bloody hell, resulting people's mind not become coma, but actually died in the real world.

Along their journeys as they met with people along the way, together fighting ENTIES to prevent the massacre against players, while uncover the secret identity of ENTIES and learn unexpected phenomenon that happens between Online Game and Real World due to his existence."And thus, the journey of the boy name Tokio Kuryuu, begins!!"

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 * See Characters from .hack//Link -RIVES-.

Brand-new characters

 * Noct
 * Kanae
 * Falco
 * Elza
 * Elexa

Returning Legacy Characters

 * B.T.
 * Bear
 * Albeiro
 * Yata
 * Sieg (Female)
 * Saburou

Chrono Link Characters

 * Klarinette/Kumarinette
 * Flugel
 * Cello (Cameo)
 * Metronome (Cameo)
 * Orgel (Cameo)
 * Posaune (Cameo)
 * Trommel (Cameo)
 * Ninjato

Gameplay
RE: CONNECT will allows you to play a two characters Tokio and Akira which they had a different jobs, different playstyles and different perspectives during the main story.

The game system will be used based on the gameplays from The World R:X with an improvements balance and elements for free-roam town server, substories, exploration and combats, also the smartphone, from .hack//Link -Chrono Link- although it excluding the LINK Ability, Jikanet Shop, features, since it would be used a ordinary PC not an hacked or doubleware PC, which those experience will be used based major improvements from .hack//G.U. Last Recode.

There are brand-new features and implementation of the gameplay element system for The World R:X, such as:

Double Skill Trigger Connector
The Double Skill Trigger connecter can be used when you continuously attacking and strike against the enemies, which Tokio can landing the damages and pressing the Triangle Button to excecute the Double Skill Trigger Connector system, it so allows to brings a lands for a perfect hit strike with double time damages as it lead the enemies straggering through by the damages.

However, the skill trigger connector needs for set skills in an higher performance as how the combo styles of the skill needs to be fit for it's Double Skill Trigger uses. Player can upgraded and accessing the new abilities by levelling up it's Weapon Skills, although unlike in .hack//G.U. as how weapon levels and character levels are being standalone, as you need to use skill trigger continuously in order to levelling up Weapon levels, now the Weapon Level can now be gained through Experiences as well which depends on how EXP that you had gained.

Ultimate Rengeki
Ultimate Rengeki is a reworked version of the awakening system which allows party to combining their most powerful special attacks together, which delivering the massive damages against the enemies, and with a Quick-Time Sequence allows you to perfecting it's excecution for the Rengeki attack which completely with more damages that will delivered toward the enemies.

There are three types of the Ultimate Rengeki which can be used during the combat, such as Xros (which had 2 parties), Trinity (which had 3 parties), and Ultimate (which had 5 parties) as each of those three rengeki has very unique abilities and attacks in order to performing and excecuting the Rengeki system, and not just that, it also has a different heal abilities which also very useful toward the party during a combat and even the boss fight.

Five Party Members
Five Party Members is a brand-new features which exclusively added in The World R:X which allows you to add more than just three party for the exploration and combat, also allows you to granting more freedoms like Trading, Live-Talk Conversation, and Teamworks. Not just that, it also has a benefits for the exploration system like Search Party which you can scattering your parties for investigation through the areas, allows you to find a hidden room, treasures, and another unexplored areas.

It also benefitted use for the combat system, with an enemies growing in a big numbers allows you to defeat in easy ways with five-party members, the performance of the combat will be more increased in colossal ways, or maybe in smartest ways to do. Increasing the teamworks level will allows you to further strengthened the performance and Unison Bonds between Tokio with a Party Members.

Mecha Knuckle Grunties
The World R:X will also includes a brand-new powerful challenges during the exploration and combats with adds of Mecha Knuckle Grunties. As you exploring the areas and dungeons, you will unexpectedly or expectedly find a many types of Mecha Knuckle Grunties during areas exploration progress, and it would attacking you in many directions as you entering the combat mode.

The Metal Knuckle Grunties is the strong opponents, as much as like a boss fight which has an strongest metals, dynamics AI, and speed movements during combats that causing the confusion to look for it's weakness. Although there's a way to defeating them, by making an surprise attack or luring them so that party members can attack them behind for the weak spot as longs the tacticals goes very well.

Stealth System Abilities
Several new features which allows you to make more freedoms before the combat, by making surprise attack or just hiding by using Stealth System Abilities allows you to sneak within the enemies territory with a lot more choices in order to making a perfect performance and timing for the surprise attack or just escaping them without their notices in order to prevent any battles or risk being injured.

But it needs to be more careful within the steps because enemies are very sharp when it comes noticing or sensing their enemies around the areas, they can hear your steps and find out where those steps come from. It is best to be careful and take a few distances in order to prevent the enemies noticing you.

There are also a bunch a new strategies to come up before preparing for a combat or to escaping, like luring the enemies from the parties to their traps or just luring it when they almost get noticed, which allows more extended times to sneaking their enemies, but you need to find him again, but party can appear again as you proceed through the ares.

Warp Area Emergency
If some unknown phenomenons occurs or the enemies getting too strong, or even being surrounded, Warp Area Emergency allows Tokio and his party to escape immediately without need for time cost for escaping by pressing and hold R3+L3 which you will return to the teleport chaos point or even in a check point, but it cannot be used during boss fight or some story situation occurs.

It can also healing you and your party within 50% of it's recovery rates and you can be free to return exploring the areas or return to the server town. However, it can only be used in certain situation or in three times in row, so it needs to be more carefully to using those emergency in order to not ruin the experience and challenges during exploration.

Depth-Field & Dungeon Exploration
The exploration can go much deeper as you exploring the big areas and dungeons in so much different whole levels and discovering a whole new areas which never even seen before, in looks for thematical as according to the keyword area. But deeper you explored, more discovery that you can find and the possibilities that allows you to find a new hidden areas, anonymous areas and the lost grounds.

However, the deeper that you had explored brought a chance for the new types and strong monster to appear which you will entering the combat mode against them in the process, but it's actually depend on how level areas you had gone through or much easier or harder levels you had reached. But it also makes more benefitted for the brand-new experience for the exploration and a lot new discovery which only in The World R:X

Real World
Tokio can now exploring the real-world environment, but only in linear paths which makes you unable to go anywehere you want as you pleased. However, it adds more depths toward the areas and real-time discovery, as you can explore and talk around with the people and gaining information, or so you can eavesdropping their conversation at the same time.

There are a few mini-games to enjoy in Nakita's Arcade Shop which includes the exclusive contents like fighting 2D game, racing, and more as it is an old retro or new modern which can be playable only you can use the coins or cards. This real-world experience is benefitted for the story in Real World with Shoko Adashino.

You can also use your smartphone during in the real-world as well, as you can use Tweeter, HelloChat, Rediscord Forums, and Media.

Downloadable Content Bonuses

 * Downloadable Story Mode Content
 * .hack//Link -RIVES- RE:CONNECT "The Lost Saga"
 * Bonuses DLC

.hack//Link -RIVES- RE: CONNECT Premium Edition BOX

 * Contents
 * .hack//Link -RIVES- RE: CONNECT (Base Game)
 * .hack//Link -RIVES- RE: CONNECT "Lost Saga" (DLC Story Mode)
 * Premium Edition Bonus
 * Music CD "RE: CONNECT Original Sountracks (Disc 1 & 2) + Archive Soundtracks + Best Songs of Link -RIVES- Anime"
 * Anime OAD ".hack//Link -RIVES- Davis Unknown Legacy" & ".hack//Link -RIVES- Legion Unity".
 * CD Drama ".hack//Link -RIVES- Secret Meetings".
 * Premium Booklet
 * .hack//Link -RIVES- RE: CONNECT Archives
 * Character information, design proposal, weapon design, and color variation from RE: CONNECT and The Lost Saga.
 * World view setting, Terminology, and Illustration of The World R:X.
 * Platform introduction and The World R:X Setting information detail.
 * Interview and Message Letter from Hiroshi Matsuyama, VAs, Kazunari Ito, Hiroto Niizoto, Megane Kikuya, and Seiichiro Hasokawa.
 * Original Story Novelization "The Origin of the Akira Kuryuu"
 * Focus on the backstories of Akira Kuryuu where he was created, and how he had suffered due to the Fire at CC Corp, until he met Tokio and being adopted into Kuryuu's Family.
 * There's some story connection that shed secret lights between .hack//G.U. Terminal Disc and .hack//Link -Chrono Link-.
 * It is tied up to .hack//Link -RISING GEAR- story.
 * Bonus Illustration
 * Poster key visuals of .hack//Link -RIVES- RE: CONNECT and .hack//Link -RIVES- RE: CONNECT "Lost Saga" drawn by Seiichiro Hasokawa.
 * Illustration key card for Tokio Kuryuu and Akira Kuryuu drawn by Megane Kikuya.

Sequel/Continuation
"See .hack//Link -Chrono Link-""See .hack//Link -RISING GEAR-"