.hack//Link -RISING GEAR- Ver. 2.01821208.....

.hack//Link -RISING GEAR- Ultimate "Chrono" Edition is a massively superior, expanded, enhanced and updated version to the base game, while also considered as a complete version available on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X, Microsoft Windows (Steam) and Microsoft Windows (Epic Games Store).

RISING GEAR -Ultimate "Chrono" Edition- is a massively expanded from the original, considered by director as superior version and a true intended experience to the game which intentionally to exceed the expectation for the fans who had played the previous game and this game is life changing also the ultimate plot twist of itself which is truly what vision being intended to the game. It will features a new spec enhancement visual improvements, controller console support, 8K resolution support, HDR support. and boost higher-frame rates per-second, it also features a brand-new story elements, including improves life-story experience quality, new areas, new challenges, new system and more.

It is also featured a highest anticipated true version of the Final Sea of the Memories which considered by directors as the Biggest Major Plot Twist of All Times, brings the ultimate question why certain characters from the trilogies appeared in the canon-titles, including the strange direction emails which spotted in Old Message #3 in .hack//Link -Chrono Gear- Special Edition along with Saika's last message which has a lot intended question behind of it.

A new bonuses original video animation which was titled as .hack//Link -Subject No.0001- which can be unlockable after players made an 100% completion of it's content to unlocked the secret OVA story which is very ultimately classified for the players and directly connected to .hack//Link -The War of the Twilight- anime series and several new entries of .hack titles, including hidden teased direct-leads to the .hack//Link -RISING- and .hack//Link -ChaosWort-.

Development
The developers is planning to re-released the two definitive edition for RIVES RE: CONNECT and Chrono Link in half year following the released of .hack//ReCODE: The Infinity World of the God as intentionally for players to re-experience the trilogy while a new anime project, The War of the Twilight is still on the development.

.hack//Link -RISING GEAR- would be received a massively special treatments due to a major popular demands along with positive response from fans, since this game is a AAA-Level of the game, contains with darker atmosphere, bigger plot twist, ambitious crossover, game changer, turning points, and connected to all lores of the franchise that which makes this game even more important which teased something and left us with a bigger major cliffhanger that leads to the next entries, for conclusion RISING GEAR is a different, completely new direction and experience from RIVES and Chrono Link.

This also where this game is the truly main importance for their development of new entries of anime and brand-new title game which RISING GEAR is the key how the main plots of dothack will move forward through all titles been recently released, due to how the RISING GEAR is a massive important to the plots and connected to the canon-universe through it's plot twist at the final arc which left them more opening toward what comes next to the next entry, and since the trilogy saga story has slowly been build to open through from .hack//Link 2 to .hack//ReCODE: The Infinity World of the God which how developers wanting to re-released this masterpiece for what had come for us so far as the key that leads to the War of the Twilight and Final Twilight

RISING GEAR -Ultimate "CHRONO" Edition- purposely to surpassing the base game qualities and exceed many fans expectation, while also as a different and new experience, with bringing more impactful stories, quality-life of story increased & improvements, re-attachment of the cut-story content, ever-expanding the storyline, and even wider-aspect improvements toward gameplay through exploration and combat which increased the quality of life fast-paced and tactical combat in smartest way. While director also stated that this version will also exceeded fans expectation toward darker & gray stories in a new approachment, more plot-twist, and bringing a smartest decision toward darker side of the light of world bringing a smartest decision how this game is a gray one.

The game will surpassing and evolved the faithful lores of the franchise identities with out of boundaries and 4th Breaking Wall lines implementation to add some realistic approach toward the world and gamers itself which means connecting through the world between many things in categorize, including as a gamers.

General

 * The trophies and achievement support has been reworked along with brand-new ones which exclusively for .hack//Link -RISING GEAR- Ultimate "CHRONO" Edition on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X, Microsoft Windows (Steam), and Microsoft Windows (Epic Games Store).
 * All downloadable season pass content which includes the story scenario, episodes, equipments, accessories, costumes & outfits, seasonal pack, challenges, and more can now be able to accessed in default.
 * Including a several sets of Free-DLC equipments and items is also can be accessed in default as well.
 * .hack//Link -Founding Saga- and Epilogue Episode can be accessed separately on the title screen which each of them can start a new game and choose a difficulty mode to start the game.
 * However, the Epilogue Episode doesn't contains a difficulty modes to start the game which can only start directly since the game has a unique difficulty which doesn't need for modes to setting up the challenge against the enemies that were affected by difficulty you choose.
 * Two episodes is placed on Classified Episode on title screen which players needs to beat the game in order to unlocked the two episode, but there's also a different requirements for each two episodes which can be unlocked.
 * New benefitted transfer data access for .hack//Link -RISING GEAR-, .hack//Link -Chrono Gear- Special Edition, .hack//Link -Chrono Gear- RE: ENTER, .hack//ReCODE -Beyond the World-, .hack//ReCODE -The Dragon Sin and Eight Curses-, .hack//Versus -Integrity Code-, .hack//Link 2, and .hack//ReCODE -The Infinity World of the God which allows you to earned more new bonuses, including new cutscenes, new emails, new items, new video bonuses, and few more can be obtainable in the main game.
 * UI Texture has been redone into more higher-quality, detailed and clearer than the original one, which allows players to understand better.
 * Quick Save features has been added to the game.
 * Minimize loading support for the game consoles and PC.
 * Photo Mode features has been upgraded from the original, can be used to improved a new scenery, shadowing, FOV, blurs and more. It also features a new elements, options, style modes, customization and more to allow expanding your beautiful memories with the photos you had taken in the best quality experience which could be everlasting for players to keep those memories alive.

Visual

 * Higher quality textures, lighting, volumetric fog and background details, supported in both of the images high-quality, 8K Resolution, boost-higher frame-rates per seconds display up to 185 FPS, and refresh rates improvements up to 240Hz been optimized for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X, Microsoft Windows (Steam), and Microsoft Windows (Epic Games Store).
 * Unreal Engine 5 graphical visual overwent improvements with most of textures has been redone toward character models, environment, background and more.
 * Updated visual density, FOV, HBAO, SRGB, Anti-Aliasing, and more, including updated Ray-Tracing 3.0 support.
 * 8K-HDR graphical support has been added to the game.
 * User-Interface textures has made a few overhaul and adjustment from the original.
 * Basic Controller improvements which makes it easier for players to play the game with compatible controls supported to use.

Audio

 * The sound quality enhancement and improvements with using the 9.1 HD Dolby Surround Support and Nihimic Sound support.
 * Voice acting cast will reprised their role for re-recorded all the cutscenes in the game, including, a new cutscenes, dialogue lines, un-voiced lines, new endings, and cut-content cutscenes which never presented in the original, including a brand-new episodes and other dialogue lines moments for the additional contents.
 * Some major voice acting cast received re-recording their character roles in purposely to improvise their lines from previous version in accordance to the story within their characters, themes, and more, while also bringing more representation toward their characters intention through their expression and gestures that brings their true potential toward their acting performance in their best quality than how they previously had been.
 * 3D Audio and 3D Spatial Audio will be supported for PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X.
 * Several new sound effects has been implemented to the game, including updated sound in best quality which adds some new various improvements.

Music

 * Few song tracks has been remastered from the original, including over 42 additional song track which been composed by Chikayo Fukuda and Hiroyuki Sawano along with returning soundtrack composer, Yuki Kajiura to participating as well for some of his new song tracks.
 * 8 song tracks which been composed by Chikayo Fukuda and Yuki Kajiura will goes to .hack//Link -RISING GEAR- Founding Saga.
 * 7 song tracks which been composed by Chikayo Fukuda and Hiroyuki Sawano will goes to Epilogue Episode and other 3 song tracks for Secret Episode.
 * While for the rest of the soundtracks will goes to for additional cutscenes, cut-content scenes, new dialogue lines, and more contents which is exclusively for .hack//Link -RISING GEAR- Ultimate "CHRONO" Edition.
 * Several soundtracks from previous .hack titles has been re-arrange by Chikayo Fukuda and Hiroyuki Sawano is also would be added to the game.
 * New themes songs for opening, ending and insert has been made implementation to the game.
 * Mini 8-Bit soundtracks could also been presented in the game as well, while several soundtrack from all trilogies has been re-arranged into 8-Bit which available as a bonus.

Storyline
See Storyline features in .hack//Link -RISING GEAR- Ultimate "CHRONO" Edition

Gameplay

 * A brand-new combat system, Hyper Rengeki which can be activated through a situation uses or during the enemies or bosses being staggered that could be uses for opportunity to strike against them, as much how it is also the improvement performance from Skill Triggers with an high-level damages delivery along with speed flows of the combat allows to boosting the damages against the enemies or as a finisher which could delivered an instant blow.

Areas

 * Returning server town, The Legion Imperial City a massive popular main server town which was originally completely linear explorable for Chrono Link and RISING GEAR compared to it's fully explorable in RE: CONNECT as now later return to be fully explorable in RISING GEAR -The Ultimate "CHRONO" Edition- exclusively for a brand-new story arc known as The War in Imperial City Arc along with additional sub-story mission, free-roams exploration and more unseen areas which never even presented in the RE: CONNECT given how immersive of a new areas given new expression, exploration, new PCs, new shops and more.
 * A brand-new lost ground areas, Hidden Forbidden Labyrinth Creators which is an undiscovered places by any players of The WORLD, including NAB themselves. The place that located between the Virtual Network Web Stream and The World R:X, considered to be completely new lost ground in .hack series which exclusive for new story arc, The Akashic World, includes a brand-new story cutscene and indirectly twist connection with .hack//Link -CHRONO GEAR-.
 * This areas has something to do that connected to the canon-universe of .hack which has something to do later to be a main important in the true version of the final arc, The Final Sea of Memories.
 * Several areas, root town server, and lost grounds from .hack//Link -RIVES- and .hack//Link -RIVES- RE: CONNECT can now be revisit in the RISING GEAR -Ultimate "CHRONO" Edition- allow player to refreshing their memories while remembering the events during their experience in The World R:X as the ordinary players which includes additional cutscenes with implementation of Flashback Mania allows player to experience a nostalgia of it's iconic story that took place in this places while also can be enjoying with Photo Mode as well.
 * If you invite Saika Amagi to the revisit places, at the start might be rough to go back due to those place brings a painful memories, although it has to in order to face her past and overcome it while she too has new moments of nostalgia of how beautiful and also tragic about the place they've been revisit. There's also a new dialogues line about Saika explaining her assassination mission which took in a place they've been revisit also answered certain question that left cliffhangers in the RIVES Story, while there's also few biggest mystery that's too impossible to answer those which can be left those question to be answered in the future or remain in dark (until .hack//Link -Final Game- Ver. 3.3.100735821919111....).
 * Brought AIKA is also even good choice as well, as how she could visit the places for the first time and enjoying the moments in the areas that Tokio, Akira and Saika had been revisit, while AIKA was amused, but three of them had been in gloom due to how this brings them a bad memories due to event of Massacre of the Players Tragedy in RIVES and RIVES -RE:CONNECT-.

LINK Ability

 * Over 20 additional abilities which had been implemented to the LINK Ability which offers a combat and exploration quality improvements from the original, while also adds a new combo attacks and abilities for Tokio as well.
 * Another adds abilities which also used to improved the performance of the quality-of life for the playable characters and party members with a different and new style of the game experience from the base game bringing more elements challenges for both elements, while also offering different experience and set attachment abilities for the game experience would be different from the base game.
 * Hyper Rengeki abilities is also been implemented into the LINK Ability as well, along with new enhancement skills, buff, and new skill elements which allows to evolved and improved the performance of the ability without missed chance accuracy.
 * Exploration now has it's own brand-new abilities to give a feel different gameplay experience of exploration, discovery, and more uniques elements that can be implemented to the game, including new tech skills to allows players to easily helping them during their exploration and grinding activities.
 * Combat system now been made in a different experience as well with the implementation of the new LINK Ability, allows to offers a different paces, feels and fast-pace combat that could also been incorporated with tactical elements to perform the combat much easier than the original also adds elements where attacks and skill triggers can do simultaneously against the enemies without worrying about entering sequence to perform strikes.

Grand Whale

 * A brand-new upgradable system for weaponize, battle ships, design, interiors and more that would brings more freedom to choose how to evolving and designing the submarine ship as they see fit without a limitation.
 * Grand-Whale combat system has made a major improvements from the original, allows player to accessed more weapons, choices, and even more position for players during invasion against Grand Whale in combat, while other playable characters can also took in charge to strike against the enemies in few parts which allows them to enter the combat mode without relying Grand Whale, but they still can help them during a fight.
 * VR-Training has made a new adjustment and reworked from the original which is gonna be wider than the original while adds more challenges, designing monster and difficulty levels, selecting difficulty modes, and brand-new tutorial that allows player to learn more about their technique during a combat session, along with new simulation which allows players to experience training for the exploration toward field areas and dungeon in a first basic training way, while also helping you to accommodate your skills improvement during a combat mode.
 * Grand-Whale can now be used as a Chaos Gate that allows players to select areas that want to explored or event selecting the root town and lost ground they want to visit.

.hack//Link -RISING GEAR- Ultimate "CHRONO" Edition BLACK BOX

 * Contents
 * .hack//Link -RISING GEAR- Ultimate "CHRONO" Edition (Base Game)
 * Ultimate Edition Bonus
 * Music CD "CHRONO Original Soundtrack (Disc 1-3) + Best Opening & Ending Songs collection of CHRONO RISING Trilogy saga) + 8-Bit version Original Soundtrack".
 * Drama CD "Subject Doubleware Important Report: Subject No.0001 and Saika Amagi" and "Subject Doubleware Secret Report: The Original Doubleware"
 * Anime OAD ".hack//Link -Reapers Shadow Datamined Report-" and "The After Years of the Final Network Crisis"
 * Ultimate Booklet
 * .hack//Link -RISING GEAR- Ultimate "CHRONO" Edition Archive Files
 * Character files information, design proposal, weapon design, and the world-view settings for RISING GEAR- Ultimate "CHRONO" Edition, The Founding Saga, Epilogue Episode, Secret Episode, and the New Ending parts for Ending E.
 * There will be a brand-new information regarding about a new connected lores, terminology and more which ties with the true version of the RISING GEAR final arc, The Final Sea of the Memories, while contains a lot new secrets, twist and easter eggs that brought fans attention and the imminent surprise.
 * Mechanics design proposal, terminology, illustration, and RISING GEAR -Ultimate "CHRONO" Edition- Special Files: ULTIMATE SECRET REPORTS -Project Code: 03042010-
 * The Ultimate Secret Reports -Project Code: 03042010- is secret document reports files which contains all information that has greatly ties at the behind scene of CHRONO RiSING Trilogy Saga story, feature Akashic World Project, Subject No.0001, S-Type Virus, Origin, Original Doubleware, and the connection with the events of The Network Disaster Tragedy.
 * While it also contains the origin history of Akashic World project, Immortal Dusk, MAMA contribution, SS-RANK of Doubleware Subject, Saika Amagi, AI Creation, Jyotaro Amagi and lastly about the Real Digitalization phase project.
 * Original story novelization written by Masayuki Sano and illustrated by Kikuya Megane which titled as Unbreakable Promise even After Years.
 * 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, Takuya Nakano, and more, along with composers like Chikayo Fukuda, Hiroyuki Sawano, and Yuki Kajiura.
 * Including a new interviews and thoughts from VAs Seiyuu characters toward characters they are voicing in RISING GEAR -Ultimate "CHRONO" Edition-.
 * Art Bonuses
 * 3 brand-new illustration poster key-visual and alternate key-visual of .hack//Link -RISING GEAR- Ultimate "CHRONO" Edition drawn by Seiichiro Hosokawa and Takuya Nakano.
 * Three key illustration post-card by Megane Kikuya, Seiichiro Hosokawa, and Takuya Nakano.

Trivia
      
 * The Ultimate "CHRONO" Edition is a new marker name for the re-released version which could outmost different from Definitive Edition, Special Edition or even Director's Cut although this is based on the Ultimate Edition, while adding the words of "CHRONO" which adds a new meanings to the game since this game will be a completely new version from the base game and different new experience gameplay.
 * RISING GEAR -Ultimate "CHRONO" Edition- storyline is much evolving and superior from the original, also true to the intended vision which how the game is also became a preparation for not just .hack//Link -The War of the Twilight- anime series and even .hack//Link -The Final Twilight-, this game is also leads to the brand-new titles and new entries also a continuation from RISING GEAR which titled, .hack//Link -ChaosWort-.
 * According to the producer and directors that the completely new version of RISING GEAR will be different and brand-new experience from the original, also it is part of the evolution life-changing development and superior features and gameplay that could exceed fans expectation with more surprises come along as the game progresses.
 * The game will be released in six month prior to the broadcast of .hack//Link -The War of the Twilight- on the NETFLIX along with several months prior to the broadcast of .hack//BLACK CODE which also licensed on NETFLIX as well.
 * Founding Saga Episode will be the first .hack series titles for the episodes to be continue after several years left unanswered and cliffhanger, but according to the directors, the plot progression could be a biggest spoilers for all the later entries which includes .hack//Link 2 and .hack//ReCODE -The Infinity World of the God- in order to understand behind the context to continue.
 * While the game episodes will not just connected altogether that could lead up to the upcoming titles of The War of the Twilight anime series and new main game titles, The Final Twilight, but it is also open up another possibility behind the scene of the story events.
 * This might open straight connection with CODE: 81311 and the possibility for .hack//Link -The Final Game-.