The original four .hack// games

[[[- Midori -]]]

Hmm.. what do you think? Are they harder than the .hack//G.U. games?
I've completed .hack//G.U. volumn 1 & 2 ... needless to say, they were pretty easy. I never died in G.U.
Yet, ever since I recently bought .hack//INFECTION, I've been dying... dying ALOT.
The original four games are harder compared to G.U. Does anyone else agree?

Also... feel free to say anything else on your mind related to them. 3nodding  

[Jack2634]

Yes, I suppose the first ones were harder, its been a while since I've played them, so I think I'd just be bad at them anyway...But, I think the beginning was easier, to me anyway. Infection was easier to me then Rebirth was.  

[Midori of the Azure Land]

i think so. i did find it harder to do some levels that i had to do alone. GU seemed to easy but fun biggrin  

[Destry]

I agree. The first four were much more difficult. It's all about preparation in those games, though. And the weapons had elements... the monsters had barriers... it was harder. G.U. lacks that kind of challenging charm. Otherwise, it's a blast.

That's why I take Haseo on solo adventures! And 1 on 1 Doppelganger fun! He still hasn't died, though. XD  

[[[- Midori -]]]

Destry

I agree. The first four were much more difficult. It's all about preparation in those games, though. And the weapons had elements... the monsters had barriers... it was harder. G.U. lacks that kind of challenging charm. Otherwise, it's a blast.

That's why I take Haseo on solo adventures! And 1 on 1 Doppelganger fun! He still hasn't died, though. XD

yeah... and if your weapon happens to have an element that the monster has tolerance for ... you can't really expect to do that much damage with that one skill.
You have to love G.U.'s story line though. ^^ ... and I've never tried fighting the doppleganger 1 on 1. I should try that sometime. Usually I just take Pi and Piro's the 3rd along, get alot of combos, and then kill it with the divine awakening.  

[vengeful retribution]

[[- Midori -]]

Hmm.. what do you think? Are they harder than the .hack//G.U. games?
I've completed .hack//G.U. volumn 1 & 2 ... needless to say, they were pretty easy. I never died in G.U.
Yet, ever since I recently bought .hack//INFECTION, I've been dying... dying ALOT.
The original four games are harder compared to G.U. Does anyone else agree?

Also... feel free to say anything else on your mind related to them. 3nodding

I agree, .Hack/IMOQ is MUCH harder then G.U.

G.U. is just more interactive  

[[[- Midori -]]]

The Avenger Tarvos

[[- Midori -]]

Hmm.. what do you think? Are they harder than the .hack//G.U. games?
I've completed .hack//G.U. volumn 1 & 2 ... needless to say, they were pretty easy. I never died in G.U.
Yet, ever since I recently bought .hack//INFECTION, I've been dying... dying ALOT.
The original four games are harder compared to G.U. Does anyone else agree?

Also... feel free to say anything else on your mind related to them. 3nodding

I agree, .Hack/IMOQ is MUCH harder then G.U.

G.U. is just more interactive

...and finding the virus cores in .hack//IMOQ is a pain. stressed  

[vengeful retribution]

[[- Midori -]]

The Avenger Tarvos

[[- Midori -]]

Hmm.. what do you think? Are they harder than the .hack//G.U. games?
I've completed .hack//G.U. volumn 1 & 2 ... needless to say, they were pretty easy. I never died in G.U.
Yet, ever since I recently bought .hack//INFECTION, I've been dying... dying ALOT.
The original four games are harder compared to G.U. Does anyone else agree?

Also... feel free to say anything else on your mind related to them. 3nodding

I agree, .Hack/IMOQ is MUCH harder then G.U.

G.U. is just more interactive

...and finding the virus cores in .hack//IMOQ is a pain. stressed

Yeah, I always had to go back and read Helba's E-Mails about how to get the certain Virus Cores scream scream scream  

[DayDreamerr]

I love the irony in this because isn't the 2nd version of the world soppuse to harder XD  

[Jack2634]

Personally, I thought the first series was harder, as well as longer, though that might just be because I threw hour after hour into the game to unlock all the stuff in the Ryu books.  

[Avakar]

The first games WERE harder, you had to WORK to beat the games. When you finished each disk, you really felt like you had accomplished something. Hunting the virus cores down, leveling, thinking around tolerances and planning ahead, yeah it was a pain, but a good time was had! The G.U. series is more involved with the in-game fighting and the interpersonal relationshipes are deeper, but that is to be expected as a franchise ages. Now all we can do is wait to see how .hack// continues to grow.  

[Kraeven]

[[- Midori -]]

The original four games are harder compared to G.U. Does anyone else agree?

They only seem that way until you get used to them. I remember having a hard time like that too, but once you get used to effectively commanding your party and making proper use of skills... You'll probably breeze through it. That's what happened to me.

The only things hard about it would be
A) SKIETH!!!
B) the VERY last Dungeon/Side Quest in //Quarantine
C) The stupid Goblin pieces of trash... They just get so annoying!

The virus cores were easy for me. I just Data Drained until Danger status...ALWAYS. Leveled down a few times from it, but easily made it back up.
 

[Kraeven]

In retrospect, all of it is easy. Except for "Hidden Darkside Holy Ground".

G.U. just took me longer to get through, for some reason. I guess it's all those cut-scenes and whatnot.
 

[[[- Midori -]]]

Kraeven

[[- Midori -]]

The original four games are harder compared to G.U. Does anyone else agree?

They only seem that way until you get used to them. I remember having a hard time like that too, but once you get used to effectively commanding your party and making proper use of skills... You'll probably breeze through it. That's what happened to me.

The only things hard about it would be
A) SKIETH!!!
B) the VERY last Dungeon/Side Quest in //Quarantine
C) The stupid Goblin pieces of trash... They just get so annoying!

The virus cores were easy for me. I just Data Drained until Danger status...ALWAYS. Leveled down a few times from it, but easily made it back up.

Haha... I guess I'll have something to look forward to when I fight Skeith then. T T