.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 a direct-sequel to .hack//Link or .hack//Link -Chrono Gear- and .hack//Link -Chrono Gear- RE: ENTER while also as a direct-continuation from .hack//ReCODE: The Dragon Sin and Eight Curses, and .hack//Versus -Integrity Code- continuously follows the story of Tokio Kuryuu available on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X, Microsoft Windows (Steam), and Microsoft Windows (Epic Games Store).

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Information
Completely new sequel stories of .hack//Link -Chrono Gear- and it's expansion story mode, .hack//Link -Chrono Gear- RE: ENTER which set up completely new direction and new settings while in the new version of The World: Force Era, however, setting up to explores beyond the cores of the network and web which how Tokio now as a hacker known as 9 unravels the outside legal places and settings in completely different ways to brought a brand-new experience that allows you to see new atmosphere that didn't done in previous titles which can only do as an hackers, it's about how players can experience between The World online game and the other side world of web that stays hidden within networks that connected to the online game.

The sequel would be completely new told stories that players and old fans didn't experienced it before and goes up for the first mature stories following the success of the CHRONO RiSING Trilogies and brought a gray experience within deeper between light and dark atmosphere that something that has a lot different perspectives, sides, opinions, ideals and what comes their goals to believe, dark atmosphere is uses something could bring whole net together in the very thicker places and lot twist could happen as the story progresses, while the stories will brought back the spirit of the original Link and the promise between Tokio and AIKA, but don't forget there's a lot unexpected twist could happen without warning.

.hack//Link 2 will continue follows the story of Tokio Kuryuu as 9 in completely new story between conflicts of MAMA's reign against the hackers, while put at end the crimes and conspiracy that took places hidden beneath shadows at ALTIMIT Corp and CC Corp that put strings toward every incident for a whole years through network crisis, while he searching the location that could lead him to AIKA with help from his old partner and friends, Saika Amagi.

Synopsis
Five years ago......

The world has face an unknown phenomenons incident that cost population around the world, transferred themselves into the virtual online game, The World R:X using functional transferred system from P-COM and leads the events as what people knew, and what CC Corp thought as another network crisis, they called it IMMORTAL DUSK events.

''Aura, the once we knew as The Goddess Twilight of The WORLD became a nightmares to what people cannot see or witness it, The Queen of Demise that brought ruins and balance between two worlds, triggered her power that caused the origin of the events that we knew until now, and thus people who were transferred into The World with their real bodies trembled by fear and death, without equipments or anything, the only thing they can witness is the death. Those event are pure chaos that brought into this world and errors what they truly saw and thinking if this is really network crisis or something that beyond their comprehensions, no one could ever know the horror they could imagine.''

All ends by one girl....

''A princess, AIKA, sacrificing herself for her realization of her purpose drawn forward toward Aura and using her powers to stop and restore Aura toward it's former states, and that could put at end to the events, even it cost her life to it. However... In the end, that events was just purely another network crisis by CC Corp, and worst, no one would ever know that she the one who sacrifice herself to save the world, but what it's all it needed either they can witnessed it or not, nothing's could change the perception of the publics of what happened after.''

But the boy witnesses, he will never forget what he saw, what she had sacrificed for to save the world, the adventures that become part deep into his heart, move forward like Gear, and time is moving forward like wind and ticking without stop, and they knew she could be alive somewhere in The World, the boy spent five years never forget the promises and the face of her smiles that he would always remembered.

That until now......

''Tokio Kuryuu, 19-20 years old now he was known as 9 the hackers who worked with hackers under Fluegel and his former partner, Saika Amagi battling against the true mastermind behind CC Corp's conspiracy toward network crisis, MAMA who brings desires for another IMMORTAL DUSK. They would trying to expose their crimes that they had committed and what Veronica did committed, but all this chance put something that could lead toward finding her once more, he would never stop until the promise can be fulfilled once more.''

"The Hero of Gear returned, a new journey awaits... and promise soon would be fulfilled at last... or at least..."

Story Chapters

 * Prologue -Dream-
 * Act 1: My Name is 9
 * Act 2: The Eyes of the Killer
 * Act 3: Dark Web System
 * Act 4: Conspiracy
 * Act 5: The Fall of the MAMA
 * Act 6: Secret Wars
 * Act 7: Promises
 * Final Act: One Cards, One Life, and One Battle
 * Epilogue: Another Dream

Hackers (Ryuji's Side)

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

NABOS (Network Analysis Bareau Online Specialist)

 * Kite - Sora Yuuki
 * Vein - Ichitori Akashi
 * Nioh - Sayuki Kiyotaka

Players of The World: FORCE ERA

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

Real World

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

NAB (Network Analysis Bareau)

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

Hacker (Helba's Side)

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

CyberConnect Corporation - MAMA

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

ALGOS Corporation

 * Katasuke Shimura (CEO President)
 * Naegi Shinichi
 * Gibson Tyler
 * Giovanni Shield
 * Atta Junji
 * Bolder Forest
 * Alexander Christopher

Others

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

Gameplay
.hack//Link 2 has a major improvements gameplay system from .hack//Link -RISING GEAR- and .hack//ReCODE: Beyond the World while the features Beyond the World which listed are Trade System, Server Town, Exploration, and Combat now returned to be featured in the direct-sequel of .hack//Link -Chrono Gear- and .hack//Link -Chrono Gear- RE: ENTER, however, since the stories would not be about the MMORPG storyline styles which would focused on the outside legals of the online game structures and rules bringing a new freedom and new rules that compared to the Beyond the World gameplay systen, such as:

Downloadable Content "The Gear of the Twilight"
See .hack//Link 2 -The Gear of the Twilight-

Windows Edition
As the .hack//Link 2 would be released on PC version for Steam and Epic Games Store, although unlike the graphical performance from the base game which in PC version would be more increased than before with more powers of GPU and CPU along with AMD and NVIDIA supported could highly lived up the improvements toward graphical quality into the maximize performance and create the best true lives adventure with an immersive experience with the power combination between Unreal Engine 5 and PC GPU graphical performance. The downloadable contents of Season Pass would be follow the same format from the PS5 version.

Features

 * Full-HD, QHD, and 4K resolution support, including an higher-performance graphical quality improvements which supported for NVIDIA and AMD.
 * Greatly enhanced the graphical quality of Unreal Engine 5 and additional new special effects surrounding the environment with the power of the two component GPU support.
 * Polished graphical improvements and qualities than PlayStation 5 or just little more than Xbox Series X.
 * Additional new details toward environment, character models, FX, and more which is part of the impact of graphical quality improvements.
 * Psychic has made a major improvements to make it little bit realistic, exclusively for PC which worked in the higher-frame rate per-second.
 * Higher-frame rate per-second along with a Widescreen supported in 16:9 and 16:10.
 * DLSS NVIDIA Support with Ray-Tracing 3.0. Support for NVIDIA RTX 3060 to 3080.
 * AMD Fidelity-FX Super Resolution supported for AMD PC GPU supported.
 * Dolby Atmos Sound Technology and Nihimic Sound Support.
 * Greatly enhance and increased the quality textures of User-Interface for all parts in the game, including the UI background.
 * NVIDIA Gameworks and Virtual Reality support.
 * Customize keyboard and mouse supported, and Xbox Controller supported for the PC version.
 * Quick-Save features added to the game.
 * Steam and Epic Games Store achievement support.
 * Graphical Setting added to the game.
 * Supported graphical options with Anti-Aliasing, Anisotropic, Far of View, Post-Draw Anti-Aliasing, Particle Effects, HBAO, and TXAA.
 * Several cutscenes has been uncensored in this game, exclusively for PC version.
 * All photos from galleries, including wallpapers, videos and music can now be downloaded and save it to your documents to play.
 * Custom Soundtrack has been added to the game, allows you to listen your favorite music from your library during exploration and combat.
 * Dual-Voice Language which allows you to choose English or Japanese.
 * Language Subtitles added, includes English, Japanese, Chinese, Korean, France, Europe, Spanish, Italy, England, and Indonesia.

.hack//Link 2 Premium Edition Blu-Ray Box

 * Contents
 * .hack//Link 2 (Base Game)
 * Premium Bonuses
 * Premium Disc Set
 * Music CD ".hack//Link 2 Original Soundtrack (Disc 1-4 & BONUS) + Character Songs Edition.
 * Audio Drama "The Disastrous Day of Fluegel" and "Saika's Diary Document"
 * Premium Booklet
 * .hack//Link 2 -Akashic Archive Recorder- Archive Files
 * Character information, concept art design, design proposal, weapon design, color variations, and the world-view settings for .hack//Link 2.
 * Mechanics design proposal, platform console design, lores, area words, easter eggs, terminology, and illustration.
 * .hack//Link 2 SECRET FILES: MAMA's Secret Archive Recorder
 * Contains every secret timelines, events, information and something that were more untold in .hack//ARCHIVE 05 that brings us a new hint toward lores of the connection also several things that came untold that gives us a glimpse new truth about MAMA organization and other conspiracies, along with first introduced of New World Order Organization and Matsunaiga Family.
 * Contains every detailed important about existing lores of .hack series, including new lores that leads us to know more soon in the future and secret that would be left to explain later in future entries, with surprising ties connection with CHRONO RiSING Trilogy Saga lores, along when it comes to Schwarz.
 * 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, along with seiyuu characters who participate on giving a message to fans.
 * Original story novelization "The Day that I Missed You"
 * Story would be focuses on Saika Amagi.
 * It is set two years prior the events of .hack//Link 2, however, the setting would be following the events of .hack//Link -Chrono Gear- RE: ENTER.
 * Novelization would contains at least 8-Chapters, including several new brand-new illustration drawn by Kikuya Megane.
 * Original Novel storyline was written by Masayuki Sano.
 * The story continues struggling to move on her own feets without AIKA in her side and conflicted with her personal problems that she had to deal to clear his brother name, while pictured of her trauma about the day that become her source of her Deja Vu Syndrome in the Christmas Day 2021 ever since she met that "Man" which become her reason to cooperate with hackers, while working with CC Corp to find information about MAMA organization and AIKA's location.
 * Illustration Bonuses
 * Key visual illustration of .hack//Link 2 drawn by Seiichiro Hosokawa along with an alternate visual poster as it drawn by a different illustrators.
 * Several key visual postcard illustration bonuses drawn by Kikuya Megane, Seiichiro Hosokawa, Takaya Nakano and other different artist.

.hack//Link 2 -Complete Edition-
See .hack//Link 2 -Complete Edition-

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.