.hack//Link -Chrono Link-

'We are slave for something, seeking to protect, for desires, for something else, to save someone? What do you think, Saika? Is someone you want to save was really there beyond the top? if he's not there, how much things that you had to sacrifice for someone that wasn't even there? is everything really has another hope or pointless? - Akira'

.hack//Link -Chrono Link- is a direct-continuation to the anime series .hack//Link -RIVES- also the rebooted and fully remade version from the original .hack//Link, featured a truly remade visual powered by Unreal Engine 5, available on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X, Microsoft Windows (Steam), and Microsoft Windows (Epic Games Store).

Chrono Link is a brand-new innovation changing from all previous .hack titles, featuring an Open-World Action RPG developed by CyberConnect 2, Bandai Namco Studio and Epic Games Production with it's game published by Bandai Namco Entertainment. Reimagined story of .hack//Link in fresh and totally new experience while brings a different direction from the original, focuses on Tokio Kuryuu who had finally woke from his coma and return to his normal life until a mysterious beauty transfer student girl, Saika Amagi had once again changing his course of life for another adventure.

While the game would not just continue Tokio's Story from .hack//Link -RIVES-, but also bringing back the older characters from the past title of .hack as allowing fans to nostalgic for their return since their last appearance in the previous one, while their characters will also been incorporated to main plots of the Chrono Link in a new fresh and totally different experience.

.hack//Link -Chrono Link- The Dark Slayer would be featured as a downloadable story scenario content, along with a brand-new features of downloadable content, includes a brand-new DLC episode, new costumes, and more will be available in the Season Pass DLC of .hack//Link -Chrono Link-.

Graphical Engine
.hack//Link -Chrono Link- is a brand-new evolution game changer to the franchise with the graphical visual will be powered by Unreal Engine 5 which intentionally to bring more immersive power of visual graphics and fresh environments which something that were never even seen before as the game reimagining the world of .hack//Link for the first time in the real-time experience, while also utilize the combination between game and anime aesthetics which makes it not too realistic while bringing a colorful charms, expression and fresh to the world-building, story, characters, themes, environments, objects, and more that will presented there.

As the game will be fully supported in higher levels of resolution for Full-HD, QHD, and 4K Resolution with an higher-frame rates per-second, ray-tracing support, shortest loading times, next-gen spec enhancement and basic controllers which Chrono Link has brings more to exceed fans expectation toward qualities, charms, and expressive visual powers with anime x game cinematic combination qualities bringing game to utilize it's own identities and given fresh dynamic presentation toward storyline and characters that will appeared in this game.

Unreal Engine 5 capables to evolving the everlasting graphics of .hack games in creating a dynamics visual and gimmicks elements toward gameplay experience in the Open-World Action RPG which allows players to have more freedom to enjoy The World R:X through exploration and combat, while it is not neccessary for area words and root town to be more open-world, but the areas is bigger 2-3 times depending the designation and how it uses fit toward exploration and discovery which given a new sense for players to free-roam the areas to explore a new things. While the combat will be more evolve that the previous titles of .hack which is more open for fast-paced action in real-time without any direct enter sequence for combat mode like .hack//G.U. or even before as you can freely attacking the enemies or just walk aways is a significant freedom choices that based on Kingdom Hearts III, in the sense the combat experience is totally different and new for players and fans to enjoy while still retained the MMO elements which also been incorporated to the fast-pace action combat as well.

Power of the graphical using the Unreal Engine 5 is not just meant to be more too realistic, but it combines power of the enhanced visual between Anime and Game in cinematic ways or in comicalize or cartoonish ways, but it adds more complex and freedom to expresses a colorful and fresh development graphical harnesses power to reached a full potential through it's combination visual presentation while delves to be more improvements based on CODE VEIN and Scarlet Nexus.

Main
The story continues to proceed few months after the 4th Network Crisis and The Massacre Players Tragedy has come to an ended, with notable that The World R:X still on the operation, however, CC Corp the developers of the massive MMORPG has received a numerous complaint and harsh critics regarding about the tragedy that were happens in the online game affecting the players in the real-world in day by day with non-stop, but currently there are no answer from the companies whosever.

But as soon as possible, the users login has been decreased for over a month due to negative response from the company for the tragedy happens to all players who played their product and lot pressures happen toward CC Corp's public relation as this issues continues spread around the world through words of public as caused a negative and toxic feedbacks toward them, in no other choice to continue hold off the public's pressures, they made announcement to shut down Mac Anu server operations for temporary until the issues has been resolved. However, due to these as a sudden shut down from the companies this impacted to the other server as well in much worsened condition, lot cases has happened around the world with the news came with Mind Image Alteration Syndrome happens with activation of the Akashic Records tower during the shut down and over 20% population in japan has disappeared.

While this is a major panic to all world that no one see this coming after the announcement of temporal shut down causing arise of more questions from journalist, publics, and more toward the company, it is much unknown whether the mastermind behind Massacre of the Players or the appearance of the virus or something else that entirely unrecorded in the history is something that become a major cases, but the companies has no words regarding those questions, while they stated that the team programmers had working on it to resolve the issues, but few months and there's still no words came from them, arise more public's suspicion toward companies more.

Features
.hack//Link -Chrono Link- once again brought back Eternal City of Mac Anu from RIVES as the atmosphere has changed in dark and gloom now becoming a terrifying places to visit which now they called it the Oblivion City of Mac Anu and a brand-new dungeon area, Akashic Records become a main settings and key importance to the story as it focuses on Tokio Kuryuu and Saika Koshizumi travelled to the past era of the world in the alternate timeline log data in order to obtained the main system core unit to the tower, Chrono Core, in order to reached to the top at the final floor of Akashic Records.

Both of them using Akashic Records to travelled through times, setting their destination to the two past eras of The World, which is the era of R:1 (2008-2014) and the era of R:2 (2015-2018) returned as a explorable areas along with the area worlds for field and dungeons, however, Akashic Records is like labyrinth of the time that contains all the log data from players through all history of The World and since Schicksal had messed around the log data timeline causing the interference that leads toward the alternate possibility of the events occur in the past timeline which they called, The Alternate Records which is specifically that entered in the different sequence and events from the past log data which been altered, while can be said the original events from the past still happen, but only it went toward a very different direction than before and thus those interference with the log past data of the timeline causing messed toward all possibility of the time data, creating a never-existing events, characters who don't supposedly exist or even involved and objects that never even occur before.

The consequences for messing up the log data from the past has also affecting to the real world, causing the altered data programs system, coding, times, traffic, and anything which are very impacted to the network and internet, causing the existence of a never-seen information which was never even happened and lastly it caused all players been inflicted toward Mind Image Alteration Syndrome and even Mac Anu has been shut down due to Akashic Records, the syndrome has already spread through all server and thus changing the player's memories vision with altering their codes of their memories causing their behavior, personality, expression, and emotions begin to change drastically in accordance to his memories and experience, it somehow causing them to feel Deja Vu. And while over 20% entire population of japan has gone missing is also due to the Akashic Records as well, they're now trapping in the different alternate timeline data without their PCs to use or even worse causing possible death is imminent toward their actual bodies if they been attacked by the monsters or being PK-ed.

Highlighting an iconic places, root towns, field, dungeons, and Lost Ground from the past titles of .hack is now returned and been fully remade it's visual which are now powered by Unreal Engine 5 to maintains a powerful immersive environment visual which makes look more beautiful from the past titles and including a brand-new areas which are never ever been discovered or being explored has given a new fresh immersive experience for players to explore about them and brings expectation interest for newcomers and old fans of the series who also enjoying the powerful masterpieces stories and gameplay of .hack//Link -Chrono Link-.

Synopsis
Few months following the Massacre of the Players Tragedy, at long last Tokio Kuryuu has finally woken up from his day of coma, missing his summer vacation day, and unaware the world has changing around them ever since that day.

''Everything has already returned to normal, but thus left him unsettling and feeling gloom with all of his friends has gone missing few months during his coma and ever since the end of Unofficial Battle Royal orchestrated by Geist seems left everything change to him personally feeling unease with the current world's state after the tragedy. But now... no sign of Geist or even ENTIES for few months and he only has his brother, Akira Kuryuu on his side for a months during Tokio's coma.''

He and his brother, return to their old and boring life they had so much wanted to escape, even thought the world has changed but the class feels same as before they even login for their first adventure to The World, everything went back to just normal and simple for the boy like Tokio Kuryuu, who loves and enjoy his dedication of hobbies toward Video Game, but even so, all the tragedies, nightmare, and everything still snucked in his head, even though everything went as how it supposed to, the tragedy is beyond comprehension for him.

Unless, there's one unexpected turns come to his life once more...

The beautiful student, Saika Koshizumi, transferring to Tokio's classroom and once again the life begin turn tables, she approached him with looks of the beauty that she gives to him, with a sincere smiles amaze Tokio's eyes that collectively caused his eye attention on her due to his similar appearance with the princess, goes by day she become popular in his school, until one day, everything is just what he thought, she called him to the rooftop, brought The Black Copy Disc and transferred him into The World R:X once again...

'As the time that he knew something would happen again after he entered into online game, and his adventures has just continue... Or should that really continue in unexpected twist?... What was she planning behind her Smile?... The story of Tokio Kuryuu has just back into a square one...'

Story Chapters

 * Prologue -The Journey's Continue-
 * First Act -Return of the Knight Hero- (The World R:1)
 * Chapter 1: Akashic Records
 * Chapter 2: The Shadow Evil of the Crimson
 * Chapter 3: Seeking for You
 * Chapter 4: The Guardian of Recorder
 * Chapter 5: Shadowy of the Death
 * Chapter 6: Living Legend
 * Chapter 7: Operation Break Water
 * Chapter 8: Sadness and Vengeance
 * Chapter 9: Bansyoya
 * Chapter 10: Pain and Betrayal
 * Second Act -One Hope, One Key (The World R:2)
 * Chapter 11: The Key of the Twilight
 * Chapter 12: Agony
 * Chapter 13: Bonds of Family
 * Chapter 14: Bloody Demon Palace Tournament
 * Chapter 15: I'm Right Here
 * Chapter 16: Rebirth of the New System
 * Chapter 17: Ovan
 * Final Act -Beyond Lies of Truth- (The World R:X)
 * Chapter 18: Chrono Link vs Schicksal
 * Chapter 19: Twisted Truth
 * Chapter 20: Desires
 * Final Chapter: Footsteps
 * Epilogue: Pain

Chrono Guild

 * Tokio Kuryuu
 * Saika Koshizumi
 * Akira Kuryuu
 * AIKA
 * Alibaba
 * Kyushu
 * Kruger
 * Sol
 * Nishijima81
 * Seventy-Seven
 * Miki-Seven
 * Ninjato
 * Neil
 * Toki-Runty

Schicksal

 * Fluegel
 * Metronom
 * Cello
 * Klarinette
 * Trommel
 * Orgel
 * Posaune

New Characters

 * Forze
 * Rachel
 * Hauz
 * Chrome
 * Mellow
 * Natsu
 * Juon
 * Raid21

Returning Characters

 * Mereleona
 * Missy-White
 * HanShi
 * Allen
 * Kuroda
 * John77

Twilight Knights
2009


 * Tsukasa
 * Subaru
 * Mimiru
 * Bear
 * BT
 * Crim
 * Sora
 * Silver Knight
 * Carl
 * Alph
 * Sieg

2010


 * Kite
 * BlackRose
 * Mistral
 * Balmung
 * Orca
 * Elk
 * Mia
 * Helba
 * Lios
 * Wiseman
 * Piros
 * Gardenia
 * Kazu
 * Marlo
 * Moonstone
 * Morganna
 * Natsume
 * Nuke Usagimaru
 * Rachel
 * Sanjuro Sunaarashi
 * Tartarga
 * Terajima Ryoko

2014


 * Shugo
 * Rena

2016


 * Haseo
 * Shino
 * Tabby
 * Phyllo
 * Saburou
 * Sakisaka
 * Tawaraya
 * B-set
 * Tohta
 * Naobi
 * Ender
 * Gord
 * Hideyo
 * Nasubi
 * Midori

2017


 * Atoli
 * Ovan
 * Aina
 * Alkaid
 * Endrance
 * Kuhn
 * Pi
 * Sakubo (Saku)
 * Sakubo (Bo)
 * Yata
 * Zelkova
 * Kaede
 * Silabus
 * Gaspard


 * Gabi
 * Bordeaux
 * Grein
 * Negimaru
 * Antares
 * Asta
 * Hiiragi
 * IYOTEN
 * Matsu
 * Nala
 * Piros the 3rd
 * Sakaki
 * Seraphora
 * Sirius


 * Taihaku

Others

 * Neil
 * Helos-Pierce
 * Slayer
 * Hojo Itadori
 * Dr. Octa Asgrodia
 * Piros of the 4th
 * Jun Bansyoya
 * Takiyoda Kuroda
 * Davis
 * Yun-EL
 * Sophora
 * Salvador Aihara
 * ENTIES
 * Ju21
 * Jikanet
 * Genius
 * Shoko Adashino
 * Gemomaki
 * Kyon

Difficulty Mode
A brand-new system features which doesn't even presented in the past of the main titles game and players are now allowed to selecting the difficulty modes before starting a new game. Difficulty mode has a different variations and different difficulties from other action role-playing game has and it requires a special condition in certain unique ways to alter the course of your experience during exploration and combat through increasing or decreasing difficulty of areas level, boss damages, EXP and more potential balance difficulties system which impacted on your journey and characters challenge which depending on what difficulties which players had choosing for it.

There are 5 difficulty modes which has a different variations, balances, and more that would impacted your gameplay experience, such as:


 * Relax - An evolution in similar design from Cheat Mode difficulties which was originally exclusive for .hack//G.U. Last Recode for players who only just wanted to experience the storyline-only, receiving a bonus items with maximum gil, higher-leveled equipments that Tokio and his party can use, in additionally allows to delivering damages toward the enemies in instant with only for 1-Hit.
 * Easy - This mode was optimized for easy gaming experience which can get pass through the playthrough very easily with adding hints, help and clues during a puzzles and delivering a normal damages toward the enemies, but less receiving damages from the enemies, in addition that allows player to earn a special bonus items which are same from Relax Mode.
 * Normal - Balancing the gaming experience in a normal ways without any impacted during exploration and even for combat.
 * Hard - This mode was been optimized for a challenging gaming experience for the less-pro players with no hints, help, and more as the puzzles would be less unpredictable while they need to search a clues for that and delivering a less damages toward the enemies, but receiving more damages from the enemies while retains some of the elements from Normal Mode, however, been modified in order to fit it's challenging hard experience. But there's a least 49% chance item drop rates from the enemies.
 * Critical - The strongest difficulties mode of all and been optimized for ultimate challenging gaming experience for real pro-players with no hints, help, and more for the puzzles while also clues has been removed as well which this game is exclusively for players who already more experienced, while the damages that party were receiving by the enemies are 3x times than Hard Mode, possibly that players could had chance for their HP to drop faster as they received a damages, unless you levelling up and mastered all strategy to defeating enemies, even for lows or higher level areas which fit for the players level character. *Level 80, Pro-Players, & New Game+ are recommended*

Akashic Records
Akashic Records is the main areas settings to .hack//Link -Chrono Link- as a key to travelling through the past eras of the timeline which can be accessed through The Sea of Memories, although it does not guarantee to changing time that could impacted in the real world, but only in the virtual world, however, it does greatly impacted to the network system, technology, information, and more that could caused a possible network problems. As you travelled through Alternate Records of the past timeline which is the origin caused of the Time Paradox data leads to altering the codes of the players through impacted through system in their PC causing Mind Image Alteration Syndrome to happens.

At the start however, it all needs to progresses to travel through past time data for free as travelling through perspective time log data which cannot be freely to entered, unless Tokio needs to unlocked the key to entered to the gate of new Alternate Records of the timeline by using The Key of the Memories to unlocked the sub-timelines events that could allows to travel through places and times. During the main story, Tokio can explore the area dungeons which located inside the Akashic Records known as Akashic Realm which is the path line network and submarine data which becoming the dimension time of network, thus they can free-roam and explores the dungeons, trials challenges, trials, and more things could happen inside in order to proceed to the Sea of the Memories.

Akashic Records is also filled with the enemies that came from the different timelines due to corrupted server log time data that causing the monster from first and second revision of The World to appeared, however, their behavior is very different from their original timeline as how it much familiar with them being infected by the bug virus as the enemies or even the same enemies has a random weakness and status which how the monster that appears now is different from the same monster you had encountered previously due to their randomize status which is possibility worked like a Bug.

Trials challenges includes a new puzzles, combat trials requirements, quiz, and hidden clues finding which has a different definition that is accordance toward theme and unique adaptation of what later stories could might represent as it progress, but not all variations of puzzles can be included in one level, except when they reached toward the final level stage of the tower. Although the consequences would be severe if you fail to finish on solving and might drain your GP if you fail doing steps for mini-games, but there's a hint and clues that might help you to complete trials, but depends what difficulty modes you've had taken. Those who had finished the trials challenges allows you to go forward toward the next areas and earn a new bonuses items and equipments, while also increased Tokio and party members status attributes for the upcoming battle.

You will fighting against The Guardian Recorders as a main boss fight and you need to defeat them in order to reach of destination for Sea of Memories.

Dark Time Records
The other selfs of the main tower of Akashic Records, lays on the deep underground of the Central City and the dark side of time log, The Dark Time Records. It's a freely explorable areas which are introduced in .hack//Link -Chrono Link and players can start accessing those dungeon during the accident and error happened toward the system in Akashic Line following Alternate Records Timeline of SIGN leads you toward unexplorable dark places that hidden beneath underground of network or so called the Dark Web as the places where it contains every hidden memories that shares a corruption to those who witnessed it, allowing to viewing the events that never even told before or been secret from all this time, also an habitat to all monsters who corrupted by the strongest bug and distortion.

It purposely not just as a place for levelling up your characters and your parties before next story progression, as you continue proceed through it's darkest mystery and exploration in the Dark Time Records, you find as how it is also important to the game and players to explore the dungeons even more to discovered as the places contains all records of the memories that were never existed or stay hidden in the deepest mind of Aura and it also very interesting places to go further in order to unlocked the secret and it's mystery that never even discovered before that also become relevant to fans as how later in the Chapter 20 and Final Chapter. Also you can find the mysterious key items known as Blood of Memories which allows you to unlocked the Hidden Records of the Memories that allows you to transporting Tokio and his party to the unknown and out of boundaries areas which has secret connection and untold stories that never even told in the franchise which is they key, there are more hidden records of memories you can travelled using the Blood of Memories to explored the unknown places.

You will found a new and weirdness types of the treasures as you proceed through exploration, The Distorted Treasures contains amounts of Virus Core and hidden materials known as .hack//BOX as you bring those and decrypted those data to Jikanet which allows you to upgrading Tokio's weapon like Gear Blade, Chrono Edge and other rare equipments which can also be used for your party members, but it also has requirements for you to open the treasure by needs help for hacking the treasures from Saika using the Virus Core or fighting against the monsters who guarded the treasures, The Bug Spiral which is a harder to defeat than other monster in Akashic Records.

Exploring the dungeon floors deeper to the lowest underground level contains '''Phase LV. Floor as the floor levels has different definition and themes which picked by the dark myths and dark lores, while contains new challenges as you progress and in order to go move on the next lower floor is to defeat the Guardian of the Unrecorder, the strongest and forbidden enemies, it has an unique resemblance with Cursed Wave from IMOQ where their HP is infinity or being bug which is same as the other Guardian of the Recorder''', but their attack skills is totally different and strategies you need to defeat them is also different from what you had expected. Defeating them allows you to proceed toward the next lower floor, including earned the CC Corp Secret Files contains classified information that give insight behind scene of the previous titles of the game with new lores connected to each other, also connected with the Hidden Records of the Memories that they had experience it.

However, the Dark Time records contains a side effects for Tokio and his friend for exploring this areas, as you failed defeating the Guardian Unrecorder caused your player characters unable to travel through Akashic Records and even corrupting your Doubleware PCs which could also impacted your equipments (except Gear Blade and Chrono Edge) and items that become unusable, in order to recover parties PC from data corruption, you need to go to Toki-Runty for self-maintenance to recovered the bug that inflicted to the players and you might had no choice but to buy a new equipments, unless you could upgrade the self-maintenance to complete restore corruption which allows your equipments and items to be more usable again.

The best course action to prevent the consequences for failing defeating Guardian of the Unrecorder, you need to follow the level requirements in order to proceed toward next lower floor phase which can be unlocked as the story progresses and following completion of traveling alternate records timeline. To get an easy access to the Dark Time Recorder without waiting for few minutes to get fall to lead you there, you can accessed it on the Center of Plaza in Oblivion City of Mac Anu as you go through Monument Plaza which transporting you that forbidden dungeon.

The gate to the Dark Time Recorders are in a Center of Plaza, in Oblivion City of Mac Anu as you can accessing it on a Monument Plaza, at through underground which transporting you to the forbidden dungeon.

Root Town
Root Town or should be called as a Server Town is a non-combat area where all players usually to go buy particular items, equipments, materials, upgrading weapons and more that fitted or usable for their level characters in order to prepared themselves to exploring the areas or even accepting the quest from the shop, while they can also enjoy doing a mini-games or slacking off to watch the sunset or even doing a trading items like Crimson VS which filled with all popular and legendary characters from R:1 and R:2.

As for Tokio who now travelling the timeline to the past era of The World now been fully remade using Unreal Engine and each of server town in a different eras of timeline can now allowed to free-roam to explore and discover a new things happens freely and anything players can do freely without limitation since it has been redesign and remade into fully open areas where it has lot new variations, activities, new faces, gathering rumor information and more, even players can trading their items for exchange which faithfully iconic features in the server town as you meet players around the server, players can also witnessed few activities through animations along with silliness thing happens as you continue watching them.

Each of the server town from different timelines between R:1 and R:2 has a different structure as it is not just purposely to bring back old elements and memories for the old players who had played the previous main title games, but also enjoyed a new experience and new features like Exploration, sub-quest, brand-new server town facilities feature, and more crowded in a new dynamic animations which are not even presented in the past titles thanks to the power of Unreal Engine 5, allowing new and old fans to enjoy a new refreshing experience while nostalgia of how you used to explore this areas in the past titles, the server can also can be use for combat areas only during storyline progression.

The World R:1
Grunty growth system returned from IMOQ and it allows you to riding a Grunty during the exploration, but another uses how allow you to prevent any necessary making contact enemies that lead toward a combat mode, however, you need to feed them with any foods that really exclusive for grunties in order to keep going, but it can't allow Grunty to enter the temples or specific buildings, but you can have them wait outside or transporting them back to the real world. It also has a major improvements and features from Re: Login toward a root town server, but in the Chrono Link has added a free-roam exploration, new faces, side-quest, and even riding canoe as you be able to ride through the river in Mac Anu, it allows to explore a certain different places and even for the hidden place that can now be accessed.

Grunty Growth can now be used in the second half in the Grand Whale which you can feed them and use it as a exploration in R:2 as well which is good incorporation toward R:1 elements to the The World R:2.

The World R:2
Server town features in The World R:2 still retains the elements from the previous game, but it's has been fully remade with Unreal Engine 5 which all features from G.U. has been redone and reworked in a new visual power, also it adds an improvements toward the features system, free-roam elements, open areas, sub-story mission implementation, brand-new shops and new areas that Tokio can now explored using the Canoe to accessed through another town which never even seen in the previous title of G.U. while you can also be able explore the alley or even the secret hidden passage that allows you enter the secret areas to find more treasures, new faces, hidden easter eggs behind.

Sub-story mission can also be accessed through Quest Shop and even through people, which now players can re-experienced The World R:2 quest elements that features Chim-Chim Quest, Monster Hunt, Bikeman Quest and more which it has been redone in new visual given you combination to re-experience the things that fans love about G.U. while adds an unique challenges, experience, and several new puzzles which allows you to feel an open areas as you doing your quest which is part of the evolution gaming experience from the past titles that allows you enjoy an old and new ways to experience the quest.

Anchor Shop allows you to buy or selling your items and equipments, including exchanging with a brand-new rare high-level equipments which how it can be used for exploration and combat to be ready, however, you need to wait for at least three times in row in order to buy it once again or you can just buy an regular high items and equipment which can be used as well.

Trade System
Trade system features is an iconic game elements which was always used starting from .hack//Infection through .hack//G.U. where players can exchange their own items and even equipments altogether but also needs to see percentage of other player's interest to exchange the items with new one, and those system has made an reworked and improvement from the original which now been optimize to brings a new experience and elements that never presented in the past, including a new features, Trade Menu as Tokio can now use it to prepared the items and equipments you want to exchange with other people while can also predicting the player's interest toward the items, but it can be hit or misses, although it's a best elements that players can do in order to perform the trade system very fun and friendly.

While you trading your rarest equipments and items to the other players, they can giving you some of their rarest items and high-level items which Tokio and his party member can use, there's also a new features, Send Gift to... which can be used as a trading gifts to another person for another player's friend which is likely happen as players might can ask you their favor for items or equipments allows the opportunity for Player's interest gauge to made higher than before as how it's part gratitude to help people who needs help, and you can found them stay on the area, instead walk or run, but they will as you already given them items that they ask a favor to you, also you will be given a new rewards from the other players that you help them in a favor as they are gathered in the Chaos Gate to wait you to give you reward.4

Trading system can also be used in a field and dungeons area as you found players there who currently doing an expedition or even exploration and you can trade same as how you do it in the server town. Interesting new things during trades that you can recommend the other player and their parties for strategy advise for defeating monster which you need to select the best or recommended strategy you advice them, if those strategy works allows you to received amount of rewards from them, but failed strategy will caused them to fight you or even taken your items away if you lose the battle against them, either players can choose to help or ignoring seeking advice in order to avoid any necessary consequences, just in case if the strategy won't work or maybe you can't find a right strategy tactics to advice them.

In similar ways from how .hack//G.U. did, players can also exchanging their items, equipments, and materials same as how the other players did, including sending gift to party members, while customizing the tactics or strategy that really works for defeating enemies, however, you might not getting a punishment or reward for yours strategy work or failed since they are your party members, but you can exchange your fighting playstyle to your players as well in a temporal states which allows to using party members playstyles as a part of exchange which can only worked in one battle in row.

Shop
Shop is always what other RPG games elements do, buying equipments that really suit their current level and items as a support recovery or can also used for the attacks, The World online game has that too, equipments and items can buy or even can upgraded their weapons to increased their attributes status and even buying magic skills that also can be used during the combat system which is all what players really need to go to the root town server, either slacking or enjoying chat with other players, buying equipments and items is also a part of preparation for players for the exploration and combat, but they also mustn't forget to save their data at the Save Shop.

While the equipments, accessories, and elements can be replaced by the party members with a suitable fit to their current level one, Gear Blade as a Tokio's main weapon cannot be replaced with the new one which is essentially considered as the special weapons has control over distortion time data from Akashic Records and Alternate Records Timeline even though he can buy an armor, accessories and even elements, but his main weapon is a different stories, however, Tokio can buy weapon for his left hand or so called Second Weapon which you buy it to increased the buff status and more damages in much accordance toward between upgraded main weapons and secondary weapons which can increased it's attack power and status elements during exploration and combat.

The elements which are retains from .hack//G.U. are Fire, Ice, Winds, Lightning, Light and Dark as it become a major elements for attributes magic for your weapons that either can be used for infliction, resistance, or nullified, while players can also ask the shop to upgrading weapons and modifying it's techniques skills and magic elements buff that allows you to delivered the damages toward the enemies, depends on their resistance, weakness, nullified or even in critical attack, this can goes same for his Gear Blade, however, as you can't replaced those weapon and all you need to do is an upgrade it's strength and materials in Jikanet Shop, but as for Chrono Edge can be replaced or keep it by upgrading those as well, however, you need to buy a new weapon that exclusively for Tokio in Xth Form in the same shop as well.

Chim-Chim Shop is a new shop features which exclusively allows you to buy an exclusive present items, unique items, magic key and more which is not even listed in the regular shops, however, you can buy it using your money, but using the Chim-Chim's point that allows you to buy those items at the shop, and for unique present items that you can give to your party members or other players or even non-party members as well.

Same as how in .hack//G.U. as you earn Chim-Chim, you can also use them for something values way like trading it to the Chim's shop to exchange it with vulnerable presents items that you can give it to the party members as you like.

Jikanet Shop
There's a rumor from the time Tokio and Akira in The World R:X, about the legendary irregular shopkeeper which known as Jikanet as he had travelled through inhabitant or even habitant areas, can be everywhere depends how he want to be there and even in the alternate records time travel, but he appear toward the areas can be randomize as you can accidently meet him in certain areas everywhere to provide selling his items, equipments and even upgrading your and your party members equipment, but you can always find him at the entrance of Akashic Records, while he can also appear in the main areas as the story progresses prior against the boss battle and he can give you and your party members a special support treatment to boosting your parties status and even healing through HP and SP as part preparation to fight the boss battle.

He can also upgrading your and your party members equipments using a different forms of upgradation in higher-advance design which known it's features as Weapon Core Upgrade as your equipments can be upgrade and modified through increased by Jikanet himself, it can also allows you to increased the damage rates change for the critical attack for during Skill Trigger and even Co-Op Skill that could delivered it's damage against the enemies depends on their weakness or none, however, it can also upgrading a specialize items that would be useful for distracting the enemies.

However, he's didn't just selling equipments and ability to upgrading your equipments, you can also upgrading the Natural Upgrade in Jikanet Shop which are very useful for travelling toward Akashic Realm and Dark Time Records as how it contains a new ways to upgrade the boost earning experience and money, including the drop rate item chance and changing the structure of the condition areas in temporal ways, but you need a Chrono Lux which is the special grinding just like Money or even Chim-Chim points that can be earn as you travelled through and even defeating the monster in the Dark Time Records or even selling the bug virus items which only came from Dark Time Recorder.

Nikon Gift is a special and unique coupon items which are very exclusive to use in Jikanet Shop, and selling those coupon to him allows you to buy the equipments and items in a discount rates percentage to decreased the prize values. However, the coupon can only be found through the rare treasures or even during defeating the enemies or as a rewards from the Sub-Story Mission and Quest Shop.

Chaos Gate
Chaos Gate is main iconic to all players transporting themselves along with a party members which is a gate away to access for destination to the Field Areas or Dungeon depending on the are words you choose freely that might really suit for levels as a training, exploration or as part request from the quest shop, not just that, Chaos Gate can also become another gate away access to transporting them into another server town or even a lost ground and you can received an access of Area Words for field, dungeon, lost ground and even other server town through email, forums, and during certain event as the story progress.

Chrono Link has introduced a brand-new features exclusively for Chaos Gate known as The Rank Types Area System allows player to choose the kind of the type keywords that you want to explored in each different variations type with it's own unique content deep inside of those area for field and dungeons, also has new benefitted experience a new exploration and new challenges inside a depth of areas which is more open areas than the past titles, while also includes the puzzles, traps, easter eggs, and enemies depending on the rank types area that you choose. There are many level rank types of the areas for players to choose, such as:


 * D-Rank Type - Contains an enemies appearance only which are very recommended for beginners to choose for exploring and train in the combat.
 * C-Rank Type - Contains an enemies appearance with adds a different types of puzzles, but mostly is very much can be recommended for casual or average players who wants a normal challenges through exploring and combat as well.
 * B-Rank Type - Contains an enemies appearance with a different types of puzzles and several traps that has been implemented to the several parts of the areas, this somehow can be a good hard challenges for the players to get through, while it also contains a bosses as they will appeared in middle or at the end of the areas or can be both depends on it's number.
 * A-Rank Type - Contains the strong enemies appearance with a different types of puzzles and more traps been implemented in all areas along with the hard and rough bosses in which are recommended for players who ready for the harder challenge, but it can rewarded you with amount bonuses items, rare equipments, experience gain boost, and other rewards that is very benefitted to you and your party members.
 * S-Rank Type - This is very exclusive for the main story progression and all enemies appearance, puzzles, traps, and how strong the bosses is eventually depending what kind the area words that you've been received through the emails or certain events story progression.
 * X-Rank Type - Contains all types of difficulties that can includes strongest enemies, bosses, several types of traps, and puzzles which are combined in one rank types of the area and it is very recommended for Pro-Players to try the hardest challenges that you can find with this rank types of the areas. *You can unlock this when you choose a Critical Mode in a New Game+*

Another brand-new features, Area Level Design allows player to creating their own designation of areas with adds of challenges, ranks, and more depending on the areas you had created through accordance of your vision, it purposely given players more freedom to creating something through their perception of wanting to creating something easier or harder and by choosing the rank type of the areas that were fit for the player characters level along with party members, it can be available as Downloadable Content of Season Pass.

Field Exploration
Field Exploration is now been reworked from the past title with an implementation of open-areas which are now in a bigger size with depth and density than how it was in the previous game. There are two types of field exploration such as Field Area and Dungeon as the players can explores either has different structures and even the contents it's used there depends on you choose the area words and rank-type as it features a enemies, traps, puzzles, and more intentionally to given a brand-new experience for players which can only be found in Chrono Link however, the several elements from .hack//Games and .hack//G.U. has been retains and which has been reworked to enhance the experience through visual, features and new challengeable system to give players a new things that players didn't even explored in the past main game titles.

However, two different version of The World has a different exploration field and dungeons structures from each other how in the past timeline alternate records would let players to explores the field and dungeons that depends on it's version includes the features like Golden Eggs, Grunty, Chim-Chim, Lucky Animals and Chim Robot, however, Chrono Link adds a new implementation to enhanced the nostalgia experience combining with a brand-new experience since it has open-areas exploration which now has new shortcut skills that allows you be able to control your party through commanding them, hearing music or even ask for assist, but it still faithful toward to each two version structure of the exploration including all features that retains from the past game.

But in creating areas design levels which available as a downloadable content later is also means that allows player to combine the features from The World R:1 and The World R:2 in additional implementation features from The World R:X that would combining it together, while also adds a new monsters from two version of the World as well, allows fans of two main games to nostalgia about how cool exploration that can intentionally for nostalgia and also for new experience that old and fans can enjoy together.

There will be a new dialogue moments outside of the cutscenes which can be presented during exploration and even combat along with a more things which also been implemented as during the story progression or sub-story progression in a real-time experience.

Field Area
Field areas is now more open-areas as the size of the maps is much bigger and has a new density than how it was presented in the previous titles as it gained a lot new features system that could possibly allows you to enjoy a new experience during exploring and discovered many secret things as you progress through the areas, while you can fight monsters and bosses in a real-time. While depending on the Rank Type Level Areas you choose featuring a puzzles, traps, and more that could adds a new challenges toward the exploration, however, since the traps and puzzles used to appeared only for dungeon in the past titles.

Now the field areas has it's own unique varieties of puzzle and traps as it unique design that will made more difference from the dungeons as it can be covered in illusions, enemies traps, hole traps and more which is assembly presented natural trap in a field through game progression. While a new area design is not just about field land, but also featured a wild forest as well as a new free-roam exploration and features like Lucky Animals, Chim-Chim, Golden Egg, Grunty Riding and more is also can be implemented toward those areas depending on the version areas you are.

Dungeon
Dungeon has now a bigger areas and density from the past titles as it also features a traps, puzzles and more depending on the Rank Type Level Areas, however, there's a new element implementation in the dungeons as you can find a new situation at the bigger dungeons, which can be darker, lighter or even different beyond that which is how depending on the area words which brings a different varieties from the past title. Players can also find a secret hidden passage that allows you directly toward the areas, missing players, and even obtaining the rare treasure or even trap treasures there, but how much bigger areas in dungeons gives a new opportunity to explores a new discovery and glimpse of easter eggs from the previous past titles and The World online game.

Lucky Animals
Lucky Animals is a typical cute animals, but there's more than just catching the cute animals, you can pet a different types of Lucky Animals if you unharmed them and can also join Tokio and party members into the battle as not just giving you a booster status buff during combats, but also helping you to battling against the boss fight as well that is very helpful. However, you need to make sure petting the animals in the right ways or not letting them to be defeated, because the consequences is that you won't be able to get a support from him in the next upcoming battle so you need to taking care your animals better.

Tokio can petting them, given them a food, cuddle them, and playing around with him which is the first thing to do when it comes a petting the animals that could increased they're interest toward you and help you during the exploration and combat which most likely that he will join you during main story progression which is how excited would be if the animal are appeared in the story cutscenes, but although you need to finish the requirements in need in order to do that and it's recommended to petting and taking care the animals with love.

Combat
Chrono Link combat system is very different experience from past titles and even for the original .hack//Link from PlayStation Portable version as the game would be a fast-paced action RPG combining with an MMO aspect and real-time experience, it doesn't need to enter the sequence for combat mode as now Tokio and his party had more freedom to taking out the enemies or letting it be which seems based on Kingdom Hearts III and Nier Automata, however the aspect is different from them since the combat mode is more incorporated between Action RPG, Hack & Slash, MMO Aspect and Real-Time experience.

It's gameplay itself is a major evolution and greatly improvements from .hack//Games and .hack//G.U. along with adding the hack & slash into the game given a new action RPG experience in fast-paced combat while keeping tradition gameplay features elements from past main titles in the different direction as they travelling through times toward two eras of The World and the system features in the combat would be different to each other, however, attacking, skills and more are very different from two past title games as how it eventually focus on fast-paced action RPG.

General
As it is mentioned above that you can have a freedom to directly attacking enemies to enter the combat or just ignoring it in the real time as many times as you encountered them directly without using a transition sequence from .hack//G.U. and while it also given you a chance to strike them directly using a surprise attack from behind in a different freedom experience from the past game, but players had freedom to choose whether you can do when the enemies is in front of your eyes.

Tokio now has ability to dodging the enemies using dodge roll or guarding from the enemies attack and perform the counterattack against them as the combat progress, but more interestingly that now Tokio can now allowed to attack the enemies in a mid-air or in the air without using Skill Trigger as you unleashing air attacks toward the enemies and using the attack combo with skill trigger simultaneously allows you delivering a fantastic performance damages toward the enemies more as you can staggered them, using skills magic in the air is also possible against the enemies as well which could be able to weakened the enemies in a new performance as much smoothly than how they usually do in the past titles since this game is incorporation elements based on Kingdom Hearts III Gameplay.

Rengeki and Co-Op Rengeki
Rengeki originally featured in .hack//G.U. as it worked through the uses of skill trigger that allows to delivering major critical hit damage against the enemies and this features is also received a major evolution from the original as now Tokio can perform attacks and skill trigger simultaneously without adds another transition which allows players to have more freedom to having more engaging combat experience in fast-paced action, while rengeki is also has a new potential co-op teamwork, Cross Rengeki, Trinity Rengeki and Ultimate Rengeki exclusive for work team for him and his party members during a combat.

As it is a part of the major evolution from Cross Rengeki now being reincorporated into a brand-new system features for three co-op teamwork such as Cross, Trinity and Ultimate Rengeki which took the inspiration from Technique from Final Fantasy XV as part of the teamwork that Tokio and his friend can now working together not just performing their skills together in new style to land more hit damages against the enemies, but also can be fully support boost for the combat and even restoring parties HP. By pressing L1 allows you to choose different techniques depends on teamwork rengeki types you use with your party members as it consumes RG or known as Rengeki Gauge on shortcut or even in command menu.

In order to obtain those teamwork rengeki techniques you need to levelling up your Bond of Unison with your one of your party members by increasing the affection bond points on each characters in your party members allows you to unlocked those skills and able enhanced the critical chance rates against the enemies, but in order to accessed the abilities, you need to activate it on LINK Abilities in order to obtained and use it during a combat.

Few gameplay features from the original version is Cross Rengeki which now being reincorporated in new version based inspiration on Technique (From FFXV) as performing skill together with your party and not just landed a hit damages toward the enemies, but also can healing your parties or boosting their status. by Pressing L1 to choose techniques with your party members as it consumes the CR Guage on shortcut or command menu. You need to levelling up your Bond of Unisons with your party by increasing a bonding points with your teammates or Cross Rengeki skills in order to obtained a new techniques. You access it on LINK Abilities to obtained and use it for the combat.

Cross Link
Cross Link is basically a brand-new features that were inspired from Link Strike features from Final Fantasy XV gameplay that allows your party lending a hands for automatically cooperation as it leading it's attack together against the enemies when they reached staggered, weak points and even can do continuously landing a critical hit against the enemies instant or in one blows. For enemies, is the same, but the difference as the boss enemy got staggered which allows you to cooperate with your allies on your parties together performing their skill triggers together which landing a critical hit against them as well.

Temporary Party Member
Temporary party member or in more specifically can also be called as a Guest Party which exclusive for those who are not officially on your list as a party members due to how it needs a member address in order to add them, and this features is for characters who can join in for only during story progression parts and left when it's already over which they really important for their parts role in the story, but what most interestingly that they can land a hand for party members for attack, defends, skills, aids, boosting status support and restoring their health which seems very useful for a combat or even during the exploration.

Although you can't optimize or even setting up the guest party and not even players could able to changing their equipments as it is very automatically only during the story progression, but you might can't trade with them too since they are a guest party, however, it's very possible to given them an items, equipments or even a coupon as a gift, that is also allows guest to boosting their status during a combat and there's might even a slightest chance for this can be triggered during a story events.

Command Mode
in .hack//Games, there's a features system that can be used during exploration and combat known as the computer-controlled characters with guidelines and issue direct commands which are exclusive to commanding your allies in a guidelines or even issues direct command that allies can use during a combat which are very helpful tips for another teamwork system. This features is now completely upgraded and evolve into a brand-new system features, Command Mode which is inspired from the two feature system from .hack//Games which are same helpful commanding the allies through the combat and even exploration, but this has a several new changes and features would be presented in .hack//Link -Chrono Link-.

A new system features, Command Mode can be useful in much freedom ways for strategy component through uses for combat mode that not just commanding Tokio himself or even issues direct-command on him to choose skill and items that can be used, it also helps players to direct-commanding Tokio's party to use what available such as skill, magic or items that not just to help Tokio, but also for his party members as well and it helps increased the performance of strategy for player who wants more challenging and smart ways. It could replace the ability to open menu and choosing the skills and items during combat in the past two main titles because the transition can gave your more time in slow motion sequence, which allows you to choose whatever shortcuts and commands you will issues to direct toward your allies to use and even controlling parties with guidelines for first aid, attack, magic and more.

Shortcut
Command mode also featured a Shortcut system which allows you to use skills and even skill trigger for free through using a buttons which also can be used simultaneously during a combat battle as it allows you to use those repeatedly without choosing what kind skills that you can use against them as it needs for you to customize it from menu to choose items, magic and skill trigger that you can choose, but this actually exclusive Tokio as a playable characters while you hack and slash against the enemies in real-time while using a shortcut to use it repeatedly, however, for magic and skill trigger can also cost you an SP as you repeatedly using them.

Skill Trigger
Skill trigger originally came from .hack//G.U. now has been evolved to had a brand-new mechanics which can be incorporated between attacking the enemies and even using the skill simultaneously without putting using a sequence to show-off your skill trigger name because now you can perform it in real-time experience and continuously can be used to delivered a damage against the enemies in a double time, there are types of skill trigger like Bonus Trigger and Double Trigger which can be accessed through Link Ability as you levelling up Tokio's character to use growth development of skill triggers that can be used for combat.

It also allows you to customize Tokio's skill trigger through Shortcut system features, there can one or two skills in the shortcut depending how you customize it which allows you continuously using those only with buttons that allows you to execute the skill against them, but somehow your skill can be cancelled as you dodge or even attacked by enemies, but you can always try that again until you got a chance and opportunity to strike and delivering the damages against the enemies.

Awakening
Awakening system return from .hack//G.U which also has a massively improvements from the past titles which now as a new implementation features for command mode which can be unlocked when you entered the second half of the storyline, which can be fully accessible as player maximize the awakening gauge which can be filled through Command Mode bar in which can be use during full or even half as it is enough to performing these techniques that eventually delivering the critical hit damages against the enemies, and it thus placed in a special treatments than all types of co-op rengeki techniques.

Three awakening that are retains from past titles are Beast Awakening, Demon Awakening and Divine Awakening which now has accessed a brand-new sequence without using cinematic background which was presented in G.U. and now can use it freely with new sequence and different techniques that Tokio could performed with their parties in a different styles from Haseo to unleashed the damages against the enemies. Two Awakenings technique been implemented to the command mode which listed are Speed Awakening and Rengeki Awakening


 * Speed Awakening - Allows you to unleash the powerful speed movements during attacking against the enemies, however, the attacks are still normal than how it used for Demon Awakening, but it relies on players and party to attacking the enemies very faster and much solid than the Beast awakening along with a faster counterattack with a many instant strikes can be delivered a damages in increased combo toward the enemies.
 * Rengeki Awakening - Allows you to use those techniques in cooperation with your party members which instantly allows them to increased the damages and the critical rate chance toward the enemies in three times bigger than before in performing combination between all the awakening styles in different phases and act that Tokio and his party can use simultaneously, next sequence is how they use a Rengeki Awakening techniques together in a cinematic sequence by commencing a quick time button or rapid smash button.

Link Abilities
Link Abilities is a brand-new features which was introduced in .hack//Link -Chrono Link- and by spending Link Point or in short as LP by levelling up Tokio and his party members, freeing Twilight Knights and completing a sub-stories for LP rewards, allows you to unlocked a brand-new abilities, skills, growth, quality of life improvements, enhance status boost, resistance and nullified boost, and more which not just uses to improves your performance quality for combat, but also can be used to improved the abilities for Tokio can uses for the exploration and survival experience through the open-areas environment, while as you earn the new abilities wouldn't just impacted on him, but it can also impacted toward his allies and party members as well, but there's also a new ability that allows to increased the earning of LP.

All the abilities of skill triggers and awakenings technique can be also accessed through Link Ability, including all skills for co-op rengeki technique that could only unlocked by continuously establishing the Bond of Unison which can be spending more using the LP, but this also allows to unlocked and earn the various skills, quality life improvements, magic support, new combo attacks and combat ability through Tokio's job as a Dual Edge that could enhance his attack combo, skill triggers, and enhance his attack timing performance while using the skill or magic simultaneously.

While for quality-of life improvements that can be learned it's ability, it can also allows you to accessing a brand-new abilities which are exclusive to improved the performance, enhance instinct, and more, exclusively for trade system, grunties growth, grunty riding, lucky animals, treasures, hidden passage, grand-whale, and even more capabilities that can be learned to improved the gaming experience through exploration, combat and many more activities that can be choose to improved our stabilize progression of the game.

Twilight Knights characters can grants you for new access Link abilities as a part of the rewards for freeing them from the Time Stone which allows you learn a brand-new combat abilities that is uniquely allow Tokio to mimic their combat abilities, but this also can grant Tokio a new abilities each of progression that came from Bond of Unison system that allows you earned a special abilities that you can uses in many types experience in needs.

Bond of Unison
Bond of Unison is a new mechanics features system which are introduce in .hack//Link -Chrono Link- which purposely allows Tokio to developed bonds with a party members, including the twilight knights as you can invite them to the most various places or for mini-games depends on what your Bond of Unison would really like to go for spending time together, while it can also further they're affection chance by using different types of co-op rengeki techniques that increased their affection and chance to developed their bonds and it also even possible to explore more about their backgrounds, their unique personality, hobbies, their silliness activities, and more as you can spend time with them.

Further the developments of their bond of unison can allows you to obtaining a brand-new co-op rengeki techniques, skills, abilities for exploration, boosting the status, and synchronize your attack and skills with your partner of Bond of Unison as well during combat. But as the Bond of Unison had been progressed through allows you to unlocked a brand-new sub-scenarios, events, sub-story mission, and more that could allow Tokio to enhance their affection through dialogue choices that can use during conversation and as you choose the right answers or impactful answers resulting the increased of affection, each of the characters has their own Bond of Unison moments depending their characteristic, background, personality, twist, surprise, and more as players have more freedom to explore their unique characters.

You can unlocked their bond of unison as the story progress or even through the emails, and they will be at the different places with their own paces as Tokio can invite them to commence the progresses of the Bond of Unison, some characters development through bond of unison can also be impacted through the story progress as you notice something changes in them that could allows you to unlocked a brand-new story cutscenes as you complete some of the characters bond of unison.

New Game+
A brand-new features which didn't even existed in the past main titles of .hack which can now be unlocked following players beating the game from their first playthrough and you have a freedom choice whether you want to do a post-game contents or just restarting the game from the beginning for a second playthrough with your current levels that would carry over, while can also allows player to change their difficulty mode once again which depends on your current level, however, there's a lot contents that will be carry and not carry over in the New Game+ such as:

The features that are carry over:


 * Levels and experience
 * Gil
 * Equipments and Items

The features that are not carry over:


 * Capture Photo Gallery
 * Chrono Lux and Blood of the Memories
 * Key of the Memories
 * Grand-Whale Customization
 * All recorded music, photos, videos and more.
 * Completed sub-story mission.
 * Area keywords.
 * Arena Palace Tournament trophies
 * Chats, News, forums, and Media Social Articles.
 * Map information and Map Points
 * Trade Items, present and more.

The bonus features in New Game+ are:


 * Additional new secret story content
 * HP and SP increased.
 * Additional rare equipments and outfits
 * Grand Whale Customization Bonuses
 * New costume unlocked
 * Bonuses Items
 * Brand-new secret bosses
 * Additional secret reports.
 * Booster Cheat unlocked

Online Multiplayers
Online multiplayers features can now allow players to be more connected with other players through online internet access and also can be one who can supporting you during the combat mode, as your internet are connected and you can find your friends are online and you can invited them through Multiplayer Access Internet Shop on Grand Whale which allows you to connect with them together and starting the online mission and quest for adventure or even join together to defeating a bosses that leads you toward a new rewards, but it's also interestingly that you can invite your online friends to try the area level design that you had been creating to explore for trial and test or as a training playground as well.

You can fight your player online through access of administrator tournament for internet connection that allows you enjoy a new challenges to defeat your online friends with their parties as your opponent which was never even presented even for two main titles of the game like .hack//Games and .hack//G.U. The online access multiplayer can be available as a Free-DLC from Season Pass which would be released in one month, following the game's released.

Season Pass DLC

 * Downloadable Story Mode Content
 * .hack//Link -Chrono Link- The Rise of the Dark Slayer
 * .hack//Link -Chrono Link- The Twilight Knights
 * Episode DLC
 * Akira's Episode "Returner"
 * Kruger's Episode "Vengeance and Anger"
 * Kyushu's Episode "For one things to protect"
 * Sol's Episode "Theory"
 * Geist's Episode "The Wish"
 * Season Pass DLC
 * Spring Season
 * Summer Season
 * Fall Season
 * Winter Season
 * Legacy Outfits
 * .hack//
 * .hack//SIGN
 * .hack//XXXX
 * .hack//G.U. + ROOTS
 * .hack//Link -The Twilight Knights-

.hack//Link -Chrono Link- PREMIUM EDITION BOX

 * Contents
 * .hack//Link -Chrono Link- (Base Game)
 * .hack//Link -Chrono Link- Season Pass (Downloadable Content)
 * Premium Edition Bonus
 * Music CD "CHRONO LINK Original Soundtrack (Disc 1-4) + Special Character Songs CD"
 * Drama CD "Fluegel's Laziest Day" & "The Day for the Sleeping Boy"
 * Anime OAD "Ninjato's Ultimate Guidance to The World" & "Saika's Routine Days"
 * Premium Booklet
 * .hack//Link -Chrono Link- Archive Files
 * Character information, concept art design, design proposal, weapon design, color variations, and the world-view settings for Chrono Link. Alternate R:1, & Alternate R:2.
 * Mechanics design proposal, platform console design, lores, area words, easter eggs, terminology, and illustration.
 * Chrono Link Special Files: .hack//Series Timeline Chronological.
 * Includes all the timeline events chronological records from .hack//Project titles and .hack//Conglomerate project titles.
 * RIVES events such as Massacre of the Players Tragedy added to the chronological timelines, including the timeline records event of .hack//G.U. Vol.4 Reconnection and .hack//IMOQ Re: Login.
 * Chrono Link Special Files 2: Akashic Records development project reports
 * Contains all development reports regarding about Akashic Records including a new information about it's function, impacted, development phases, coding, history, people who aware, and more, along with strange hints and easter eggs which are boundly indirect connected with .hack//Link -Chrono Gear-.
 * Message letters from developers staff from CyberConnect 2, Epic Studio Production, and Bandai Namco Entertainment, along with notable main developers are Hiroshi Matsuyama, Hiroto Niizoto, Kikuya Megane, Kazunari Ito, and more, along with composers like Chikayo Fukuda and Yuki Kajiura.
 * Including a special clip message letter from the Voice Acting characters such as Tokio, Akira, Saika, AIKA, Geist, and all Chrono Guild Members of voice acting.
 * Original story novelization "The Day I had Met You Once Again"
 * The novelization story focuses on Saika Amagi.
 * Bonus Illustration
 * 3 brand-new illustration poster key-visual and alternate key-visual of .hack//Link -Chrono Link- drawn by Seiichiro Hosokawa and Kikuya Megane.
 * Three key illustration post-card by Megane Kikuya, Seiichiro Hosokawa, and Yoshiyuki Sadamoto

.hack//Link -Chrono Link- Definitive Edition
See .hack//Link -Chrono Link- Definitive Edition

Sequel
See .hack//Link -RISING GEAR-

Prequel
See .hack//Link -RIVES- RE: CONNECT

Trivia

 * Chrono Link titles representing the terminology important object lores about Chrono Core and Chrono Link Core as a main key importance factor object to the storyline.
 * .hack//Link -Chrono Link- is the first hack series who would be a powered visual Unreal Engine 5, while also was the first time for the game to be available on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X, Microsoft Windows (Steam), and Microsoft Windows (Epic Games Store).
 * RIVES and Chrono Link setting could be possibly or impossibility in 2020 A.D. since the game was a rebooted version from the original which set divergence from 3rd Season of .hack
 * The story of Chrono Link will start from the beginning of the story from the original through progression until following Tokio and his friend found Geist and Jyotaro Amagi in the secondary effect state, Outer Dependency Syndrome.
 * Last portion from the original which features return of Kite, and battle against Queen of Demise, Aura which been moved to the upcoming game of RISING GEAR storyline.
 * Last name for Saika as Koshizumi is a paying homage to the last name of the voice actressed, Ami Koshimizu which the different is a spelling at the final line name words between Mizu and Zumi.
 * Smartphone system features contains apps which are inspired based from the real-life apps, such as:
 * Hello Chat is based on Whatsapp along with incorporated elements such as Emails which is also based on Gmail.
 * Tweeter is based on Twitter.
 * Rediscord Forums is based on combining of the two apps such as Reddit and Discord.
 * COVID-19 Outbreak didn't exist in .hack timeline which it thus set in the alternate timeline from our timeline which has no precedented records about the virus, but instead those might had something which inspired through the setting of Chrono Link and RISING GEAR.