.hack//Link 2

'''Attention: This .hack//Link 2 will follow the knowledges I know from 3rd Season Project, but this is a sequel to .hack//Link, also the story that I made idea for concluding MAMA's organization as well for AIKA's bigger role in this story. Although as much I want to say, this titles story is also follows the END of .hack project, however, for the time being, it is still unknown how they manage to end .hack with their own version, so I created this according to my own perceptions. There will be major changes to this page if the conclusion from those project has been made.'''

Disclaimer: I do not own .hack series, the franchise IP was owned by Bandai Namco Entertainment and CyberConnect 2.

.hack//Link 2 is the direct-sequel to .hack//Link or .hack//Link -Chrono Gear- as well as the direct-continuation from .hack//ReCODE: The Dragon Sin and Eight Curses, .hack//Versus -Integrity Code- and Thanatos Report which continuing the story of Tokio Kuryuu in his younger adult days and as the popular hacker known as 9 is goes on mission to put a stop MAMA's grand plan in a motion, while continue his search for his long-lost friends AIKA after 5 years.

The sequel will be available on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X, and Microsoft Windows (Steam). It is set in the new version of THE WORLD: FORCE ERA and new open-world areas which you now be able to explores a brand-new things that never even seen in ReCODE: Beyond the World, also an improvements system from ReCODE and additional improves elements from .hack//Link -Chrono Gear- which allows you to experience the powerful stories that brought from the first one also a brand-new mechanics system which surpassing the limitation from the last-gen and fully use of PlayStation 5 features.

The DLC expansion, .hack//Link 2 -The Gear of the Twilight- will features a brand-new scenarios, DLC episodes and several additional features which expand the game experience along with a brand-new original video animation, .hack//Link 2 -Secret Phantom- which set prior to the game story.

It will followed by .hack//Link -The War of the Twilight- and later followed by .hack//Link -The Final Twilight- which is the bigger and massive, also the true final chapter to the .hack series.

Synopsis
''Five years ago, the world facing the unknown phenomenon incident involving several population around the world being transferred into The WORLD with the function of P-COM, and that event was known as Immortal Dusk. Aura who became a Queen of Demise has triggered her power that causing those events begin all over the world and the online game itself. But one girl, a Princess, AIKA sacrficing herself to stop and restore Aura and the world has finally come into a normal. But they still conciouss and know that she still alive somewhere, and that’s what he believed even now.''

''Now, Tokio Kuryuu is now working as hacker under Flugel along with his former partner, Saika Amagi working together to battling against the pure organization MAMA who doing behind the scene, and now he under his alias player name as 9 along with Flugel become highest cybercriminal hacker who seems to be part of the path Flugel choose for trying to exposing the crime that president of CC Corp, Veronica Bain had committed. Even so, there are many members executives of MAMA somewhere out there trying to make war against them, and that is why, together with Tokio and Saika begin to strike against them.''

''But one day, Tokio receiving a mysterious emails contains a pictures of the person that he knew so much, the look like a princess and begin to see it was AIKA, asleep in mysterious place. Another message came to him and say:''

“Dear Hero of Knight, come to the Labyrinth of the End, and You’ll see her again… if you can save her...”.

Hackers (Ryuji's Side)

 * Tokio Kuryuu - 9
 * Saika Amagi
 * Ryuji Sogabe - Fluegel
 * Nolan
 * Hera
 * Klarinette
 * FFS32
 * Raidou
 * Urania

NABOS (Network Analysis Bareau Online Specialist)

 * Sora Yuuki - Kite
 * Tanaka Kakeru - Gondo
 * Okano Tomohiko - Balder
 * Ichitori Akashi - Vein
 * Sayuki Kiyotaka - Nioh

Players of The World: FORCE ERA

 * Tokura Chieko - Dasha
 * Kaho Hasabe - Masaru Seven
 * Takefumi Yuuki - Take!
 * Kamachi Yuuka - K-Kei
 * Blademoon
 * Michi
 * Jimmy
 * Ventus
 * Glade
 * Kurogiri
 * Judo
 * Yuuta Nakamori - Licht
 * Lisa
 * Miyuki Kuryuu - Exa
 * Arthur
 * Chimney
 * Asumi Aida - Sakuya
 * Iori Ikuta - Tobias
 * Eri Etou - Mary
 * Touha Tanagami -Hermit
 * Travis Bond

Real World

 * Yasuhiko Tanagami
 * Emma Housweld
 * Akira Hayami
 * Ryoko Koshizumi
 * Hikki Sashiyama
 * Naki Korishima
 * Narai Tsushima
 * Naomi Yuki
 * Chigusa Kusaka
 * Jyotaro Amagi

NAB (Network Analysis Bareau)

 * Relena Northstein (President)
 * Yoshimura Sanada
 * Naoki Hanjimura
 * Elaine Foster
 * Kuro Hatsushi
 * Krufelt Geralt
 * Ryou Misaki - Haseo

Hacker (Helba's Side)

 * Helba
 * Zelkova
 * Takumi Hino - Yata
 * Kouji Tsuchiya - Lios
 * Yuuji Nakamura
 * Geist

CyberConnect Corporation/MAMA

 * Veronica Bain
 * Hams Hemsword
 * Kazumi Ito - Kite
 * Vannesa Cali
 * William Marli
 * Matsumoto Shioda
 * Nakashi Saejima
 * Octa Asgrodia
 * Noru Balder
 * Lucas Hoerwick
 * Neilia Frostwide

ALGOS Corporation

 * Katasuke Shimura
 * Naegi Shinichi
 * Gibson Tyler
 * Giovanni Shield
 * Atta Junji
 * Bolder Forest
 * Alexander "Akira" Christopher

Others

 * AIKA
 * ENTIES
 * Emma Wielant - Hex
 * Harald Hoerwick
 * Reiko Saeki
 * Aura
 * Dominique de Mirabeau
 * Emilia de Mirabeau
 * Eleanor
 * Durga Fiida Sharma
 * Powder
 * Morganna Mode Gone
 * Ayaka Amagi
 * Lilie Weiss - Cello
 * Ninomiya Takeshi
 * Jun Bansyoya
 * Yuuji Shigemura
 * Yuki Shion
 * Nao Yagami
 * Edward Brook
 * Yuri Kaczynski Seto
 * Kiyoteru Yadogawa
 * Akira Kuryuu

.hack//Link -Chrono Gear-

 * Additional 16 new story cutscenes and dialogues including increased the story qualities which connected to the past Tokio's adventure in The World R:X during the search for Chrono Core, along with an Easter Egg's quality added that were fully ties to the Chrono Gear.
 * Optional emails from CC Corp, anonymous, and several emails, from Flugel, Genius, Geist, Saika, AIKA and Kite.
 * Bonus Items and Equipments, such as:
 * Restore Drink 5x, Fairy Drop 4x, Resurrection Soul 2x, Smoke Screen 3x, and Fairy Orb 2x.
 * Additional bonuses Equipments and Costume Packs.
 * Key Items: The Gear Connection
 * Over 10 additional new sub-story mission that were ties to the Chrono Gear and somehow with possible easter eggs from .hack//Link -Twilight Knights-.

.hack//ReCODE -Beyond the World-

 * Majorly added a brand-new story cutscenes and major scenarios in Kite (Sora)'s perspective which expand the larger of her point of views during the story progression, including 3 new story arc added to the game, given a directly ties with .hack//Quantum, .hack//ReCODE -Beyond The World- and .hack//Versus -Integrity Code-
 * Optional Emails from CC Corp and anonymous, along with an E-mails from several characters like, Masaru-Seven, Dasha, Licht, Balder, Gondo, Vein, Nioh, L.L and Kusame.
 * Bonus Items and Equipment, such as:
 * Restore Drink 5x, Fairy Drop 4x, Resurrection Soul 2x, Smoke Screen 3x, and Fairy Orb 2x.
 * Additional bonuses Equipment and Costume Packs.
 * Key Items: The ReCoDE of Twilight
 * Over 10 additional new sub-story mission that were ties to the ReCODE -Beyond the World- and Quantum

.hack//Versus -Integrity Code-

 * Additional new story cutscenes and some major additional scenarios which featuring the time Tokio Kuryuu hacking to VS The World to investigating MAMA's foul plan for the Real Digitalization, somehow found something that he never even aware of its existence about.
 * Additional new story cutscenes and dialogues which includes easter eggs from .hack//Versus -Integrity Code- in Tanaka Kakeru 's perspective.
 * Optional Emails from CC Corp and anonymous, along with an E-mails from several characters like, Kite (Sora), Gondo, Balder, Saika Amagi, Fluegel, and Kusame.
 * Receiving a new key items named The World Versus which can be earned by transfering the save clear data from .hack//Versus -Integrity Code-.

Downloadable Content "The Gear of the Twilight"
.hack//Link 2 -The Gear of the Twilight is an updated purchases downlodable content, which featured a three types of DLC such as Regular, Hacker, Ultimate which will had a different contents and different costings for each of those version. It is also considered as a Definitive Edition which will also includes a updated graphics, Unreal Engine 5's improvements, gameplay adjustment, and more, which will not be as a simple DLC contents, which based inspiration from Mafia III Definitive Edition.

Version 1.1.0

 * Two new Tokio's Weapon which straightly return from .hack//Link
 * Gear Blade
 * Chrono Edge
 * Several main story cutscenes has been reworked and improves with added extended story elements for the existing cutscenes.
 * New Abilities.
 * New Skill Trigger.

Regular

 * The Gear of the Twilight scenario.
 * David Steinberg DLC Story - Thanatos Report.
 * New Difficulty Mode - Cheat Mode
 * Photo Mode
 * New Story Cutscenes added.
 * New Areas.

Hacker

 * The Gear of the Twilight scenario.
 * Additional 2 new DLC Episodes
 * David Steinberg DLC Story - Thanatos Report
 * Kazumi Ito DLC Story - The Fallen Hero
 * New Difficulty Mode
 * Cheat Mode
 * Professional Mode
 * New Story Cutscenes added.
 * Photo Mode feature.
 * New Hacking Abilities feature.
 * New Area feature.
 * New Hacker Costumes feature.
 * Anonymous Arena Tournament feature.

Ultimate

 * The Gear of the Twilight scenario.
 * Additional 4 new DLC Episodes
 * David Steinberg DLC Story - Thanatos Report
 * Kazumi Ito DLC Story - The Fallen Hero
 * Saika Amagi DLC Story - The Ways
 * #^#$(@!(& Secret DLC Story - 000001EN-TI-ES2025 (ENTIES)
 * New Difficulty Mode
 * Cheat Mode
 * Professional Mode
 * Ultimate Mode
 * New Story Cutscenes added along with a brand-new extended story cutscenes for existing cutscene, including a new story features that were ties with CHRONO RiSING Trilogy.
 * Photo Mode feature.
 * New Hacking Abilities feature.
 * Several New Area feature.
 * New Hacker Costumes feature.
 * Anonymous Arena Tournament feature.
 * Ultimate Free Arena Tournament feature.
 * Limitcut Episode with eight additional bosses with one super bosses.
 * Premium Theatre Show feature.
 * Over several illustrations feature, drawn by a different artist added in Library.
 * New OVA feature, .hack//Link 2 -The Secret Phantom- which set prior to the event of this game.

Windows Edition
.hack//Link 2 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 with refresh rates 144Hz to 300 Hz support.
 * Higher-frame rate Support with Widescreen 16:10.
 * Dolby Atmos Sound Technology support.
 * Ray Tracing NVIDIA and Gameworks 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 .hack//Link 2 Music soundtracks.
 * Several wallpapers for .hack//LINK 2 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 the 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 7 1600
 * GPU: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 or AMD Radeon 590X
 * VRAM: 4 GB
 * RAM: 8 GB (Dual-Channel setup)
 * Stroage: 60 GB

Recommended

 * OS: Windows 10
 * CPU: Intel Core i7-4790 or AMD Ryzen 5 1700
 * GPU: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 Super or AMD Radeon RX 5800
 * VRAM: 8GB
 * RAM: 16 GB (Dual-Channel Setup)
 * Stroage: 60 GB

Recommended (For Ray-Tracing)

 * OS: Windows 10
 * CPU: Intel i5-7700 or AMD Ryzen 5 2600
 * GPU: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060
 * VRAM: 12 GB
 * RAM: 32 GB (Dual-Channel Setup)
 * Stroage: 60 GB

.hack//Link 2 Premium Edition

 * Contents
 * .hack//Link 2 (Base Game)
 * .hack//Link 2 -The Gear of the Twilight- Ultimate (DLC)
 * Premium Bonuses
 * Premium Disc Set
 * Music CD ".hack//Link 2 Original Soundtrack (Disc 1-4 & BONUS) + Character Songs.
 * Audio Drama "The Disastrous Day of Fluegel"
 * Anime AOD ".hack//Link -Noir-"
 * Premium Booklet
 * .hack//Link 2 -Akashic Archive Recorder- Archive Files
 * Character information, Design Proposal, Weapon Design, and The World View setting for .hack//Link 2.
 * Mechanics design proposal, Terminology, Illustration, and SECRET FILES: MAMA's Secret Archive Recorder.
 * New story novelization: The Day that I Missed You (Saika's story)
 * Message letters from the developer staffs, including Hiroshi Matsuyama, Tatsuya Sano, Kazunari Ito, and more...
 * Including the messages letters from the seiyuu characters who works on voicing the characters of .hack//Link 2, including their reactions toward a powerful scenes.


 * Art Bonus
 * Key Illustration visual poster of .hack//Link 2 illustrated by Seiichiro Hasokawa, along with several new alternative key visuals drawn by a different illustrators.
 * Several Key Visual Card Bonuses illustrated by Kikuya Megane, Seiichiro Hasokawa, Yoshiyuki Sadamoto and other illustrators.

Trivia

 * This would be the first time that .hack//Link will have it's own sequel focusing on the same protagonist from the first, Tokio Kuryuu.
 * Although it's a fourth time that the sequel title will have a same protagonist to continuing their story. Although the CHRONO RiSING Saga is a different and standalone projects, also a direct-sequel to .hack//Link.
 * It is considered as the final fall to the organization of MAMA which brings a grand-new pictures and depth story in .hack//Link 2.