• Publisher: Bandai
  • Release Date: Sep 9, 2003
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Mixed or average reviews - based on 23 Critics What's this?

User Score

Universal acclaim- based on 16 Ratings

  • Summary: In the 3rd chapter of the .hack saga, "The World" continues to deteriorate as the virus spreads out of control. As the outlaw player, Kite, you must choose your strategy wisely. Not only is the OUTBREAK affecting "The World" in the game, but now repercussions are being felt in the real world too. Is there a way to stop this outbreak? Where does the answer to the mystery lie? Fight through contaminated cyberspace as you take on and eliminate enemies, and unlock codes to gate hack to even more environments. Will you ever find out who or what is behind this nightmare and wake Orca from his coma? [Bandai] Expand
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 9 out of 23
  2. Negative: 0 out of 23
  1. The absorbing plot and compelling gameplay held my interest the whole time. But, please remember, this rating is based on playing the game with a character that completed "Mutation."
  2. 84
    For those of us who have accepted the collection for what it is, however, and have allowed ourselves to be drawn into its phony online world, .hack//OUTBREAK can provide plenty of thrills and spills for 20 to 25 hours.
  3. Features an essentially unchanged game system and makes no allowances for introducing newcomers to the halfway-complete adventure. [Oct 2003, p.66]
  4. Though the basic premise and gameplay are still solid, the cut and paste approach for each installment is spreading a bit thin three games in. [Oct 2003, p.30]

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 7 out of 8
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 8
  3. Negative: 1 out of 8
  1. JustinB.
    10
    Dude this game rocks!!!
  2. [Anonymous]
    10
    This is by far the best RPG I've ever played.
  3. AaronC.
    10
    If u do not like this game... go eat ASFAULT!!! but this game still rules. 8)
  4. FrankR.
    0
    This game was a complete disappointment.

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