.hack//Link -RISING GEAR-

.hack//Link -RISING GEAR- is the third trilogy of IMMORTAL DUSK Saga, sequel stories to the CHRONO Story, original new story of .hack, but also remade version of last portion story of LINK (PSP), which is available on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X, Nintendo Switch 2, Steam, and Windows 10.

RISING GEAR Game is considered as the biggest game that ever been developed by the company. As the Open-World still retains as you once again travel through The World R:X, it included all-new unique features, including a new silly-ness and great humors within the World-Building and substories, although this game will be the first time receiving R-Rated games. According to the developers, The story will be entering darker level of the developments where you will enter in a Gray Area (Story direction) during the progression.

As it faithfully lead up to the last portion LINK (PSP) where you save Kite and Fight against Aura, the queen of demise, a brand-new original stories which is a never-seen before story with new settings, new directions, new higher stakes, and more, which has to be a lot unexpected things to happen as you progressing the game.

As it mixed together, with all-brand new content story bringing a biggest expansion toward the story progression and its element concept as it's faithfully expand something that they never ever make it since the PSP version released.

The story will bring new and old characters of .hack together and solve the untold stories surrounding previous .hack titles, while continuing the stories of Tokio after the events of CHRONO.

Setting
"Major Spoilers from Chrono Link Story!!"The story of RISING GEAR took a place a year following the starts of IMMORTAL DUSK events which means the process of the Real Digitalization has already begin and each of peoples around the world began to disappeared one by one for each days without stopping, all the cases has around corners with the governments had no ideas to further handling the case files for people's disappearance. Even though they suspecting CyberConnect Corporation, they had no evidence regarding their involvements with a disappearance.

Further after Geist was presumed "Dead" and the collapse of Dark Time Records which was truly known as Akashic Unrecords the side dark of the Akashic Records. With Jyotaro Amagi was also presumed dead due to the effect of the Outer Dependency Syndrome causing his body cannot be found anywhere. The cause of this began cause turmoil along with ENTIES's true identity to be Saika Koshizumi, who also be known of her real name as Saika Amagi, the one who responsible for The Massacre of the Players events in The World R:X, which was now that she began to disappeared soon after she disbanded Chrono Hunter Guild and her location was partially unknown.

The events that transpires after IMMORTAL DUSK begins, will known as The Disappearance of 35% Populations and now it begins to increasing in any months or days without stopping as it is continues even in 2021 A.D. along with many violence since 2020 A.D. has happened around the world in this massive outbreaks, turn against the authorities. This was seen more disaster than it was ever since the events of Massacree of Players events, but turn out to be much worst as possible as soon they've begin to disappear after.

As for now today, however, The World R:X still continue to operating, however, people already made calls to the company and request to shut down immediately in a lights of the recent events, including Massacre of Players, but no response they can get from CC Corp, instead using the highest authorities if people oppose their decision will given a sentences much harder in order to avoid the chaos to occur in their company. As while the Twilight Knights player return to the real world, however, Kazumi Ito is still in a coma and has no signed for the recovery, and Flugel along with the members of Schicksal began to resign from CC Corp since their contract has been exterminated, although Akira Yoshinori's condition right now is in a coma state.

At this situation of The World begans roams in chaos at much times, and people starting to outcry for government to make an action resolved, but nothings came forward as much as it progress, every worlds turn into chaos, and the same time, slowly they began to be non-existence from the face of the earth.

Synopsis
"The consenquences for not pay heed for great dangers arrival, as the world, turn into a madness and disaster...""Ever since the Chrono Hunters disbandment and each of them gone into their seperated ways one and another, to keep continue livings to survive following the beginning of IMMORTAL DUSK events as it planned by Geist himself, but since his gone, there's no way to stop it.""In a worst, the gate between Real and Online World has closed, and they unable to find Black Copy Disc ever since Saika Amagi's disappearance, and Tokio, without his brother at his side ever since he fall into a coma, has brought regrets and guilt for his responsibility for what happens to Aura and to The World, felt nothing to do except return to his normal life, dealing with different issues of his personal life and wait for another turns for chance to save Kite once more.""...""A year has passed, and the summer vacation once again came unto a new, but, the world has changes, soon everyone he knew had disappeared without any trace, every networks approaches many issues to deals by the company, affecting the traffic system network around the world impacting all technologies slowly after.""Tokio Kuryuu, who is now a 15-years old boy who now soon become a man, has come in great major changes within him, after suffering with his responsibility and trapped by guilt, he begin to questioning about his Hero's ideals about saving the world, only means to had a consenquences for destroying it after what happens. Everything's change within Tokio's eyes soon left in nothingness and only despair, unable to do anything after recent condition of his life gets upside down.""Except for AIKA, inviting Tokio to the rooftop and once again offering him, for another adventure, for another chance, to retrieved something that he had lost, to reclaim something that he had lost himself, and the memories of the Tragedy days that he had lost.""And thus, Tokio's story continues... yet, he begin to realize the story will be never be over... it's always continues in through cycles time like a gear moving itselfs repeatedly... but, will he be able to make a chance for himself to break those repeated cycles that he had made over and over again..,"

Chrono Hunters

 * Tokio Kuryuu
 * AIKA
 * Flugel
 * Kara
 * Exa/Miyuki Kuryuu
 * Seventy-Seven
 * Alibaba
 * Neil
 * Kyushu
 * Nishijima81
 * Sol
 * Miki-Seven
 * Toki-Runty
 * Ninjato

Former Schicksal

 * Cello
 * Orgel
 * Klarinette
 * Trommel

CyberConnect Corporation & Conspirators

 * Durga Fiida Sharma/Genius
 * Takiyoda Kuroda
 * Judi Shwarman
 * Noel Outbruns
 * Jingweon Han
 * Xiao Shu
 * Ahmad Herdian
 * Kazumi
 * Hyukimaru
 * Kite01
 * Dr.Octa Asgrodia

Exterminator

 * Saburou (The Leader)
 * Elexa
 * Posaune
 * Sora
 * Lorenzo
 * Helos-Pierce
 * Lot 9 Hunters
 * Inlid
 * Hyokawa1
 * Mia
 * No.9
 * John77

Devil Shadow

 * Saika Amagi/ENTIES
 * Slayer
 * Missy-White
 * The F
 * Merelonia
 * The Raid001

Legion Unity

 * Han Shi
 * Shion
 * Elgo
 * Kuroda
 * Allen

AIDA

 * Yoshida
 * Nanai
 * Kusabira
 * H21
 * Ole99
 * W11
 * WO-OW

Twilight Knights/Alliance Characters

 * Kite
 * Haseo
 * Tsukasa
 * Ovan
 * BlackRose
 * Lios
 * Yata
 * Tohta
 * Chimney
 * Pi
 * Gord
 * Atoli
 * Carl
 * Balmung
 * Orca
 * Kuhn
 * Shugo
 * Yasuo Nagai
 * Zelkova
 * Mimiru
 * Subaru
 * Aina
 * Silabus
 * Gaspard
 * Sakisaka
 * Endrance
 * Saku
 * Bo
 * Midori
 * Shino
 * Alkaid
 * Albeiro
 * Antares
 * Sieg (Female)
 * J-4 (Junichiro Takuoka)

Others

 * Aura, The Queen of Demise
 * Akira Yoshinori
 * Metronome
 * Jyotaro Amagi
 * Geist
 * Davis
 * Yuna
 * David01
 * Crow
 * Relena Northstein
 * Shinra Takeshima
 * Aida Asumi
 * Gondo/Tanaka Kakeru
 * Balder/Okano Tomohiko
 * Licht
 * Hermit
 * Kusame/David Steinberg
 * Eleanor
 * Dominique Minerabau
 * Veronica Bain

.hack//Link -RIVES- Re:Connect

 * Additional 15-20 story cutscenes and dialogues along with an Easter Egg which those were fully ties to RE: CONNECT stories.
 * Optional E-Mails from CC Corp, Anonymous, and several E-mails from Davis, Geist, Akira, Ju21, Yukio, Kruger, Kyushu, Sol, Neil, and Shoko Adashino.
 * Bonus Items and Equipments, such as:
 * Restore Drink 10x, Emperor Soul 10x, Resurrection Soul 5x, Smoke Screen 3x, and Fairy Orb.
 * Additional bonuses Equipments and Costume Packs.
 * Key Items: The Reborn of Dragon Chrono Gear and The Bringer of Calamity.
 * Video Bonus Footage, such as:
 * 2 Bonus Video Footages of .hack//Link -Parody Mode.
 * 2 Bonus Video Footages of .hack//4Koma -Reborn-
 * 1 Bonus Footage about Saika's CC Corp Job Interview.
 * Over 12 additional sub-story mission that were ties up to .hack//Link -RIVES- RE:CONNECT and three movies of .hack//Link -RIVES-.
 * A brand new 15-minutes video documentary about insider developers of the .hack//Link -RIVES- (by A-1 Pictures) and .hack//LINK -RIVES- RE: CONNECT.

.hack//Link -Chrono Link-

 * Additional 15 story cutscenes which includes story dialogues and special easter eggs which were fully ties with Chrono Link.
 * Featuring JYOTARO AMAGI's Secret Files Folder which contains a lot connection regarding about Akashic Line, R.A. Plan, Doubleware, Chronic Mind Virus, and more, which contains lot valuable information that were tied up with RIVES and the 3rd Season of .hack title project, while it also lead up to some surprising development.
 * Optional E-Mails from CC Corp, Anonymous and several E-Mails from several character's perspective message from Flugel, Cello, Klarinette, Geist, Saika, AIKA, Kite, Haseo, Tsukasa, Helba, Lios, Miyuki, and more.
 * Additional E-Mail message from Jyotaro Amagi which was originally sent to Saika Amagi as how the real message was delivered to his little sister.
 * Bonus Items and Equipments, such as:
 * Restore Health Drink 10x, Emperor Soul 10x, Resurrection Soul 4x, Smoke Screen 3x, and Fairy Orb.
 * Additional Equipments and costume pack.
 * Key Items: The Path of the Stairway Time and Joker Card.
 * Bonus video footage, such as:
 * 3 Bonus Videos of .hack//4Koma Reborn
 * 2 Bonus Videos of .hack//Link -Parody Mode-
 * 1 Bonus Video Footage of Akashic Line Beta Test.


 * Optional Bonus Footage regarding .hack//Link -Chrono Link- and .hack//Link -RISING GEAR- behind the scene, including Insider developers comment regarding future plans after the development.

.hack//Link -RISING GEAR- ULTIMATE EDITION

 * Contents
 * .hack//Link -RISING GEAR- (Base Game)
 * .hack//Link -RISING GEAR- Season Pass (DLC Game)
 * Premium Edition Bonus
 * Music CD "Original Soundtrack (Disc 1,2 & 3) + Character Song CD.
 * Drama CD "The Day inflicted in Chaos" & "Miyuki's First Login".
 * Anime OAD ".hack//Link -RISING GEAR- Interlude-
 * Premium Booklet
 * .hack//Link -Chrono Link- Archive Files.
 * Character information, Design Proposal, Weapon Design, and The World View setting for Chrono Link and The World R:X -2021-.
 * Mechanics design proposal, Terminology, Illustration, and RISING GEAR Special: SECRET FILE.
 * Original Story Novelization "The Girl who had Suffer from Anything"
 * Message Letter from Developer staffs, includes Hiroshi Matsuyama, Kikuya Megane, and Kazunari Ito.
 * Including Message Letters from Seiyuu Characters which includes from Tokio, Akira, Saika/AIKA, Miyuki, Flugel and all Chrono Guild members Seiyuu.
 * Also from Kite, Tsukasa, Haseo, and other older reprise Voice Actor characters.
 * Art Bonus
 * Poster Key Visual of .hack//Link -RISING GEAR- along with 4 Alternate Key Visual which drawn by Seiichiro Hasokawa, Megane Kikuya, and Yoshiyuki Sadamoto.
 * Three Key Illustration card by Megane Kikuya and Seiichiro Hasokawa.

PC
.hack//Link -Chrono Link- will be also availabe on PC version, however, unlike from base game, it has a new features which allows to experience more live true earnest of dothack series and amazing adventure with Power of Unreal Engine 5. Available on Steam Store and the downloadable contents formats is still same from PS5 version.


 * Full-HD Resolution preset with 4K and 8K resolution support.
 * 60FPS Support with Widescreen 16:10.
 * Dolby Atmos Sound Technology support.
 * Greatly enhance the background User-Interface.
 * Nvidia Gameworks Support.
 * Virtual Reality Support.
 * Customize Keyboard & Mouse for Windows Edition.
 * Auto-save featured.
 * Steam and Windows 10 Achievement support.
 * Greatly enhance graphical and numerous new effects surrounding the environment.
 * The graphical visual in PC will have improvements and also been polished than PlayStation do.
 * Additional new details toward the environment, character models, FX, UI, and more.
 * Psychic is also been improved to make look little realistic for the PC version.
 * Graphical Setting added the game.
 * A few scenes have been uncensored.
 * Gallery Mode added, includes an all-music soundtrack of RISING GEAR Music soundtracks.
 * Several wallpapers for .hack//LINK -RISING GEAR added the gallery mode.
 * It also features a cinematic movie gallery, which you can reply to one of them or all movies as you like.
 * Photo Mode added the game, it includes a sharing system or saves to he local documents, also added a filter to editing pictures as according to player's vision.
 * Supported graphical options with Anti-Aliasing, Anisotropic, Post-Draw Anti-Aliasing, Environmental, Particle Effects, HBAO, and TXAA.
 * Psychic is also been improved to make look little realistic for the PC version.
 * Choose a dual-voice language, English or Japanese.
 * Language subtitles will include English, Japanese, Korean, France, Europe, Spanish, Italy, and Indonesia.
 * A new system features Cloud Transfer which able to transfering save clear data exclusively for Steam and Windows 10.

Minimum

 * OS: Windows 10
 * CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 or AMD Ryzen 5 1300
 * GPU: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 or NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 or AMD Radeon 290X
 * VRAM: 4 GB
 * RAM: 8 GB (Dual-Channel setup)
 * Stroage: 50 GB

Recommended

 * OS: Windows 10
 * CPU: Intel Core i7-4790 or AMD Ryzen 5 1700
 * GPU: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 or NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Super or AMD Radeon RX 490
 * VRAM: 6GB
 * RAM: 8 GB (Dual-Channel Setup)
 * Stroage: 50 GB

Recommended (For Ray-Tracing)

 * OS: Windows 10
 * CPU: Intel i5-7700 or AMD Ryzen 5 2600
 * GPU: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060
 * VRAM: 6 GB
 * RAM: 16 GB (Dual-Channel Setup)
 * Stroage: 50 B

Trivia

 * The story of RISING GEAR is a combination stories between Original Stories and Remake Stories to last portion of PSP Version games which expand as a brand-new stories in chronological .hack series.
 * For the last portion of .hack//Link stories which covers Rescuing Kite and VS Aura, The Queen of Demise.
 * Crossovers elements in RISING GEAR is heavily inspired by the movies from Marvel Cinematic Universe, including Captain America Civil War, Avengers, Avengers Age of Ultron, Avengers Infinity War, and Avengers End Game. Although the tone story direction will be different from those films.
 * This will be a first game which received Premium Adventure feature, which inspires by Yakuza series, including Yakuza Like a Dragon. Although the way how it handles will be difference since this is an .hack//Games.
 * It is also the first game to received a new features based from Nier and Nier Automata like Multiple Endings Story features.
 * The RISING GEAR Game's scales will be 3x times bigger than Chrono Link and RIVES, and considered as The bigger innovative experience and higher intensity story of .hack titles, also teased a richer stories in several each background of characters.
 * Since it set 2021 A.D. as it could fill a holes within the timelines, but it also given a major contradiction for 3rd Season .hack titles project.
 * This setting might could possibly majorly contradicts MAMA's involvements on .hack//ARCHIVE 05 Beyond The World + Versus SECRET FILE's Timeline which involving the events regardings about MAMA, but the IMMORTAL DUSK Saga could actually transpired directly connected to the MAMA in a new ways, but also fit how it connected to .hack//Quantum and Beyond The World's as well.
 * As for Thanatos Reports, remains unknown, although as it mentioned in previous Trivia of Chrono Link the story might not set in 2020 or 2021, but could be possible or impossible to tell, but actually 2021 might suits better.