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PS2
.hack // fragment online - offline
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NCS Synopsis
©NCS:
Log in to a virtual world and lead a party of three
warriors who explore the land and battle enemy grunts in real
time action. Players who have no intention of going
online may play the game offline although the full
experience of .hack // fragment is gained through
the online mode which only requires a broadband
connection. The year is 2017 and the MMORPG known as
The World has been overrun by hackers and
malcontents who roam the virtual world simply to
destroy legitimate players. With the structure of
The World breaking down, a hero is called upon to
quell the chaos and bring about a new order.
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NCS Game Notes™
* The game may be played offline or online
and the selections are available once the title
screen appears. There's also an option to visit the
Area Server to add/edit/delete network settings and
test an internet or network connection. The
add/edit/delete potion of the options menu is
entirely in English which should help our stateside
customers get up and running quickly. Internet
service provider settings are saved directly to
memory card in either slot, which is selectable by
the player.
* In the Offline game mode, the game starts off in a
Mailer program but one may also exit to The World or
view Web News. In The World, players may select a
class of character from six available types and then
choose the look, color, height, and width of the
newly created hero. If you select the widest width,
your character will look like he's carrying a turkey
underneath his shirt. After allocating attribute
points and naming the character, it's off to the
races and the game starts.
* The World screen appears and the following options
are available:
LOG IN: Enter the game world
GUILD: Visit the guild for information
[Online function only]
BBS: Check the latest postings online
RANKING: Online function only
QUIT: Quit the game and return to the
Mail/Web News screen.
* Log in and your character will appear in a
dungeon-like chamber with a blue-colored warrior in
the background and a rotating blue disc in the
center of the room. A blonde girl materializes and
introduces the player to the controls and functions
in the game. After inviting the blue-colored warrior
to join your party, the blonde girl named BT will
also join your merry band. Once the trio enters
the game world, they'll materialize on a green/brown
field with a stone monument in front of them. A
number of yellow-colored rotating disks sparkles
around them. At this point, the game instructs you
to rotate the camera around
by using the L-analog pad and focus in on the
characters by using the R-analog. You'll also have
to press down on L3 in order to center the camera
again. These steps must be performed or you'll just
stand there since the game won't proceed otherwise.
* During the introductory sequence, the party will
rush forward and encounter a blue orc. Press the O
button to slash it down in real-time. More tutorials
follow but endure them since you'll soon be playing
the game proper.
* Once control is handed over to the player, visit
each of the three yellow disks to kill the little
blue orc that resides near it. Between the player
and the autonomous NPC blue warrior, the orcs are
killed with a few strokes. Whenever the hero runs,
the other two will follow obediently and they sound
like they're running upon crispy leaves. Once the
three orcs are destroyed, head over to the dungeon
on the right side of the screen where the red arrow
is pointing and descend into a dungeon where strange
blue sigils mark the walls and our heroes' footfalls
now sound like the tap-tap-tapping of iambic
pentameter.
* The dungeon features more yellow disks which
manifest orcs and various doorways to go through.
Treasure chests may be opened to reveal items and
another creature that may be encountered as one
ventures deeper into the dungeon is a massive moths
with colorful wings. To keep track of your location,
a map of the area is shown on the upper right
quadrant of the screen. There's a room in the first
dungeon where a huge statue of a warrior holding a
sword is floating above a pit. When you open the
treasure chest in front of it, it will descend
downwards into the pit.
* Once the first dungeon is fully explored, exit and
head to the left of the map where a blue teardrop is
depicted on the map. Stand there and summon a
creature that looks like a Blue Slime from the
Dragon Quest games. The blue
creature has full facial features however -
eyebrows, eyes, a bulbous nose, and a full-lipped
grin with visible teeth. We're confident that
Bandai's take on Blue Slime won't win any toy plush
or merchandising deals.
* Players may freely explore
the surface area and they'll occasionally encounter
green-humanoid plant creatures that may be collected
by targeting them until a yellow cursor appears and
then pressing the "O" button to "pop" them from
their growing areas. You may exit out of the virtual
world at any time and return to the main screen to
save your progress or explore other parts of the
game.
* In the town square, one may visit four merchants
to stock up on potions, weapons, and other needful
things. The town square is surrounded by green water
and one may hear the rushing liquid as it empties
somewhere close by. Assorted denizens may also be
spoken to in order to obtain information. Buildings
in the town are marked with similar sigils as those
seen inside the dungeon except they're painted with
orange color instead of blue.
* If you leave your character be for about a minute,
he will hop twice in place, perhaps in an effort to
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This document is ©NCSX 2005. All rights reserved. No
reproduction in whole or in part of this document
may be made without express written consent of
National Console Support, Inc.
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