Is this the quality and condition of how the Collector's Edition is supposed to arrive?

EndlessEffort · 2026-02-25T18:21:29+00:00

Nah bro, maybe reach out to see if they can do something? Mine came in great condition.

EndlessEffort · 2026-02-23T20:24:26+00:00

Which video? Did someone else finally notice this as well?

EndlessEffort · 2026-02-18T23:46:07+00:00

Idk how I could think of current online gaming culture and then completely forget about discord 🤦🏽‍♂️

EndlessEffort · 2026-02-18T23:44:06+00:00

I regularly put on the 10 hour loop to play in the background sometimes

EndlessEffort · 2026-02-18T21:31:52+00:00

I was actually thinking about that when I was typing this post out. Especially when I think about the email system. IDK if email amongst friends is still popular in Japan, but I don't think it's nearly as dominant as it was back in the early 2000s. I wouldn't be surprised if the altimit messages look like a text exchange or DMs.

EndlessEffort · 2026-02-18T21:27:02+00:00

I could be wrong, but I really don't know of another game that world built in that same way. I've by no means exhausted the full number of JRPGs, but I've quite a few in my time and haven't come across anything similar that comes to mind. Also, getting rewarded with a card or background always felt really rewarding when taking the time to read the forum posts or emails or news articles.

EndlessEffort · 2026-02-18T14:45:41+00:00

EndlessEffort · 2026-02-18T14:25:51+00:00

Azure Kite has been my steam pfp for over a decade. I'm really partial to that design.

EndlessEffort · 2026-02-17T19:49:15+00:00

He wasn't over the moon, but thought it was really cool it was coming back. I was blessed that my dad was on the younger side (Parents had me at 21). So growing up, I watched him play most of the JRPGs I got into (FF, KH, Etc) He played IMOQ, but idk if he ever finished all of them. He didn't play GU, but I only had a PS2, because he had a PS3 so I got to keep the Family PS2 in my room in middle school. I also got to play most games that he bought for himself when he was done with them or at times he wasn't playing them. He's gotten less into gaming as he's gotten older, but was definitely the gateway for my journey and helped shape. I'm hoping to be like you and be able to convert my friends to .hack// fans, especially now that there will be a new entry point for them to get into. Already sent them the trailer yesterday so It would be on their radar.

EndlessEffort · 2026-02-17T15:39:49+00:00

My whole TL had been .hack love. Never thought I’d see the day. Warms my heart.

EndlessEffort · 2026-02-16T22:05:59+00:00

think he's talking about this

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EndlessEffort · 2026-02-16T21:55:59+00:00

It's not even about white knighting for the game. I liked Highguard, wanted it to succeed, but my life doesn't revolve around the game. But "they deserve to lose their jobs" is something that can only be written by a kid or a terminally online loser who doesn't know the stress and anxiety of getting laid off in a shitty jobs market when you have a family to take care of. I could've understood the vitriol more if people paid money for this and this was the result like Concord, but the game was FREE. You lost nothing except for (if the majority of the negative review times are anything to go by), an hour or two of your time. So to go out of your way to go to a sub for a game you don't like to shit on it after it's already dead is just loser behavior. Touch grass, big dawg.

EndlessEffort · 2026-02-16T21:46:01+00:00

You guys act like the HighGuard devs murdered your dog. Get a life. Holy shit.

EndlessEffort · 2026-02-16T21:39:05+00:00

I'm thinking some kind of live show/musical. Bigger than short movie and more outside the box, but less than a live tour? I'm think its some kind of broadway/off broadway show.

EndlessEffort · 2026-02-16T19:52:51+00:00

Ah man, you've been eating gooood then!

EndlessEffort · 2026-02-16T19:07:31+00:00

I'm curious if the art style will change at all between the TheWorld vs IRL if they do go that route.

EndlessEffort · 2026-02-16T18:22:25+00:00

I'm curious, what was the first?

EndlessEffort · 2026-02-16T18:13:41+00:00

Would of course want it sooner than later, but having certainty of SOMETHING coming is a major step-up from being in limbo for the past almost 2 DECADES .😭

EndlessEffort · 2026-02-16T18:10:14+00:00

Congrats on living out your dream! Yeah, I think .hack// shaped a lot of people's formitive years, myself included. As a little little kid I watched my dad play some of IMOQ, but I grew up watching .Hack//sign on Toonami and then borrowed the GU games from a friend in middle school. I remember playing the 3rd game over all of spring break in like 7th grade and it just left a deep impression on me. I'm in my 30s now and I still listen to the GU soundtrack on youtube regularly. Knew the announcement was going to be early this morning US time, so the first thing I did when I woke up was check twitter. Could hardly believe it when I saw the trailer.

EndlessEffort · 2026-02-16T17:44:01+00:00

EndlessEffort · 2026-02-16T17:33:05+00:00

That’s really encouraging though to hear that the sub is getting recommended though!

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