Most folks who have played G.U. agree that it's better than IMOQ. The gameplay is more action-based, and the characters and plot have more complexity to them. And since it takes place not in the original "The World" but in its sequel, all the returning characters have different in-game player characters, so there's also a lot of fun to be had in figuring out who was there the first time around, and who they were at the time.Dreiko said:
You should definitely give Roots a watch before playing G.U.Dreiko said:
I still have my DVDs of Sign and Roots from back in the day, but I mentioned Crunchyroll because it's an easy option for people who don't have the DVDs (that said, the Funimation reprints from a few years ago are really common and dirt-cheap now).Dreiko said:
Possibly...? We actually don't know for sure yet. The weird sticking point there is that Haseo is getting a new form in Vol.4, but Returner has him in the Xth Form, which could cause some weird continuity quibbles unless he loses the new form at some point.Diablo2000 said:
I would like to see a remaster of the original works, myself.Saelune said:I'd prefer the first game series myself. Though I do like GU's connection to //sign. But uh, spoilers
Prolly cause it's easier to add a new fourth chapter to GU than to retcon GU and add a fifth game to the originals. Though that being said I haven't played GU so I can't judge how much sense a fourth part makes story wise.Marik2 said:
They don't necessarely need to add another chapter. And the same thing could be said about G.U's new volume retconning //Link. (Although I suspect that since it's a Japanese PSP exclusive title, there's a good probability they don't care)*Dreiko said:
I'd say so. These games are like a long anime saga. You are gonna miss out on a lot of stuff if you don't start at the beginning.Lufia Erim said:
Sign is in the same world as the game's but the story is about different chars and in general it's own animal. In the original games, you play as Kite who has a friend that he starts to play this VR game with but due to some events his friend goes into a coma and he is not the only one either. The story revolves around finding out the mystery behind why players fell into a coma and you pair with a other players in similar circumstances as you explore the game world finding clues and trying to not stand out while doing it. It has a feel of playing an MMO because unlike with Sign, Kite can log out, which then puts you in a chat program of sorts where Kite communicates with his party members from the real world. It basically mimics what it's like to play an mmo. The core theme I would say is transhumanism in a sense, wether living as a virtual version of yourself in the game world or even living on as an AI copy of yourself after you die is true "life", that kinda stuff. Any more and we're entering spoiler territory.Marik2 said:
