.hack//Link -RISING GEAR- Countdown

For the original version, see .hack//Link -RISING GEAR-

.hack//Link -RISING GEAR- Countdown is an enhanced and updated re-released of the original base game, considered as a complete edition of the game features all downloadable content season pass and additional new elements implemented to the game, available on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X, Microsoft Windows (Steam), and Microsoft Windows (Epic Games Store).

General

 * Additional brand new trophies and achievement support which are implemented to the game, exclusively for a brand-new contents of RISING GEAR -Countdown-.
 * Includes all downloadable season pass content and features which also includes .hack//Link -RISING GEAR- The Calamity of the White Flower- along with additional DLC episode, as player can now accessed in default without ever purchased the game.
 * A new expansion story mode, .hack//Link -RISING GEAR- The Hollow Fate can be accessed in default exclusively for .hack//Link -RISING GEAR- Countdown which are separated and standalone from the main storyline of the game.
 * Chapters of the main stories progression is now been reorganized with adds of the Lost Chapters.
 * Players can be able to converting the data transferred from .hack//Link -Chrono Link- and .hack//Link -RIVES- RE: CONNECT with a same bonuses implemented to the game.

The Lost Chapters
Lost Chapters is brand-new storyline features exclusively for .hack//Link -RISING GEAR- Countdown features a missing link of the cutscenes which haven't even told in the base game and even in the downloadable season pass content which how the story will also made connection and ties with all downloadable contents from Chrono Link and RISING GEAR, given a new fleshed out brand-new perspective toward characters development, new layers of point-of views, new side points of the story cutscenes, and more allows to adds new-depth toward characters and incorporated to the main story, while given us a new surprising development to happen as the story progressed.


 * Lost Chapter 1: Responsibility for Who Remains
 * Lost Chapter 2: War in the Imperial City
 * Lost Chapter 3: Choice
 * Lost Chapter 4: One Step to Recover
 * Lost Chapter 5: Answer
 * Lost Chapter 6: AIKA

Main Storyline

 * Over 25-50 additional story cutscenes, includes with over 100 new dialogues lines which now made an implementation for the main story and sub-story as it continuously progressed, with an updated visual, textures models, and effects toward the story cutscenes which made it to follow the original vision that couldn't even make it in the final product.
 * Narrative storyline telling has made more improvements to adds new-depth complex characterization, deep storyline narrative directions, visual approach story, and answered a missing parts of the story plots that couldn't even make it in the original.
 * Increased the tone of storyline, including for expression, dramatic, convoluted, complex, darker tone, intense, and heartwarming has received a several polishment and major improvements to make it more better for players and fans to understand the direction that RISING GEAR had taken, basically brings new impact toward fanbase and players.
 * Some story direction has made changed to follow the original vision from the directors and storytellers.
 * All downloadable expansion scenarios and story episode has made a referenced, callbacks, foreshadowing and more, including the lost episodes is also been addressed in the main storyline.
 * Representation of R-Rated story has been increased for whole new level intensity of the story cutscenes which are aims for long-time fans and newcomers who aims between 15-17 years old or above,
 * Blood and Gore visual implemented to the cutscene of the game, which removed the censored.
 * Fan-service presentation of the cutscenes toward characters has been implemented to the story as the character models been majorly improved with adds of psych quality graphical animation to match the implementation of fan-service elements.
 * Panties shot are now being represented, only for necessary right timing for cutscenes to be presented, but doesn't mean it would be shown in every story cutscenes for female characters.
 * Additional secret ending has been made implementation to the game.

Additional Characters Appearance

 * Gord
 * Sakisaka
 * Chimney
 * B-Set
 * Ju21
 * Nozel
 * Jungkook
 * StarLord77
 * Zefie
 * Lycoris

Playable Characters

 * Fluegel
 * Kite
 * Seventy-Seven
 * AIKA
 * Miki-Seven
 * Haseo
 * Tsukasa
 * Kyushu
 * Sol
 * Neil
 * Kruger

Party Members

 * Gord
 * Sakisaka
 * Chimney
 * Shion
 * Missy-White
 * Allen
 * The Raid0001
 * Slayer (Guest)
 * Jikanet

Features

 * The level cap has been increased from Lv.100-150.
 * Over 55 additional sub-stories mission has been added to the game, featuring a new and returning characters that would made presents in a new sub-story mission.
 * Brand-new mini-games has been implemented in the brand-new server town and Grand-Whale.
 * New difficulty mode, Legend has been added to the game.
 * Featuring an increased difficulty challenges toward the enemies which are now even stronger than before, and only pro-players who can beat the game using the legend mode.
 * It requires a powerful strategies, patience and right-timings in order to commence the powerful challenges through combat and exploration.
 * Additional Link Abilities added to the game, such as:
 * Sub-Mission Detect Boost.
 * Multi-Extra Combo
 * Combo Plus and Air Combo Plus Lv.5
 * Mini-Games Score Boost
 * Auto-Guard
 * Reversal Counter
 * Reversal Strikes
 * Reversal Magic
 * Slow Motion Counter Dodging
 * Time-Haste
 * Haste Combo Boost
 * Invisible Mode
 * Critical Co-Op Technique Hit Boost.
 * Dodge Counter Critical
 * Heat Boost
 * And many more...
 * New battle system mechanics implementation, such as:
 * Original Doubleware System
 * Extreme Finisher
 * Melee Combat
 * Additional superboss added to the game, such as:
 * Remnants of Geist
 * Guardian of Recorders Data Battle (includes with Chrono -The King of Recorders)
 * Link "The Founder of the Recorder System"
 * The Lost Legion Unity Data
 * Legendary Heroes Battle Data
 * Tokio Kuryuu (Canon-Verse of .hack)

.hack//Link -RISING GEAR- The Hollow Fate
See .hack//Link -RISING GEAR- The Hollow Fate

The True Version of the RISING GEAR
See .hack//Link -RISING GEAR- Ver. 2.0182108.....

Trivia

 * .hack//Link -RISING GEAR- Countdown titles means something relation that deep parts to the story themes, and considered as a complete edition to the RISING GEAR, before moving on to the next one.