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Drama Anime Reviews: .hack//SIGN
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Posted by:
GodLikeMouse on Dec 14, 2005
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.hack//SIGN.hack//SIGN is an anime brought to life by director Kouichi Mashimo (Noir, Irresponsible Captain Tyler), and character designer Yoshiyuki Sadamoto (Neon Genesis Evangelion, Nadia), revolving around characters in a virtual online world who are swept up in the mystery of Tsukasa, a player with unusual abilities who can do things no one else can. As the mystery deepens the players discover connections to the outside and realize there is much more to "The World" than they had realized.
The World" is a popular massive multiplayer online role playing game (MMORPG) set in a fantastic universe of strange lands, monsters, treasure, and adventure. Players access the game by donning virtual reality headsets and connecting through the internet, assuming new identities as player characters (PCs) in "The World". Players have a choice of different "classes," or types of characters, each with their own abilities that determine how they appear to others and what items they can use in the game. Once inside this virtual universe, players are free to pursue their own goals, either adventuring by themselves or joining with others in parties. The most common place to visit is the dungeon, a set of subterranean caverns containing portals that reveal fierce creatures to be fought and treasures to be collected. As a player defeats these monsters, he/she gains experience and collects items in an effort to become more powerful, explore more dangerous areas and experience more of the game world. The system administrators also arrange periodic 'events' where players can participate in adventures not available in the regular game. Players can contact each other through email to arrange group excursions or simply chat and interact within "The World" in real time.
Released in December 2007 after the regulation of the internet, "The World" is the first online game released since "Pluto's Kiss," an event at the height of an internet hacking maelstrom that led to millions of computers across the globe shutting down. Running under ALTIMIT, a secure network operating system, "The World" has grown rapidly in popularity with millions having downloaded the game in the first month alone, and more than 20 million players by 2010, the time of the .hack//SIGN story. "The World", which is administered by the CyberConnect (CC) Corporation, began as a prototype game called "the Fragment" which gradually developed into the current version of the game. Programmers from the ALTIMIT development team left the company to work on "The World", forming the CC Corporation, and now act as the game's system administrators.
This anime title series is fantastic, full of plot twists, great characters and beautiful animation. The soundtrack and voiceovers are also quite good. I highly recommend this anime all.
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