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Fantasy Violence: GamerDad attacked enemies and monsters with swords and magic spells Mild Language: There's an occasional 'damn' or 'hell' in the text. Suggestive Themes: Typical anime stuff. Just some cartoon female characters with somewhat skimpy outfits. .hack ("dot hack") is a popular Japanese manga comic book and anime cartoon. It's about a massive multiplayer online role playing computer video game that mysteriously gets a virus that causes people to die in the real world. This series is supplemented with a vast catalog of real life video games that let you in on the story, and the latest one is .hack//G.U. vol. 3: Redemption for the PlayStation 2. Like any typical RPG, you gather clues and items in towns, then delve into dungeons to battle monsters and gain experience to become more powerful. Rather than being turn-based, the battles are more action oriented, as you can move around and attack in real time. Since .hack is simulating an online game though it's really offline, you read a lot of e-mails, posts on fake message boards and Web sites, and recruit party members by sending them a quick text message. Just like the real Internet, only more annoying. Obviously, since this is third in the series (or more, considering there was another series of .hack games before this one), if you've never played a .hack game before, you won't know what's going on and goals and objectives will be unclear. And if you do follow the .hack series, you probably already have all the games, including this one, so you don't even need to read this review. The game is probably good for the fans, and bad for everyone else.  
.hack is probably best for teens or older gamers. Violence isn't bloody, but with all the complicated rules and confusing goals and plots, it'll go over most young gamers' heads anyway. Plus, strong reading skills are required, as you must wade through mountains of text in the simulated Internet in the game. .hack is completely offline, though, so you don't have to worry about that. As with most anime, there are some religious overtones and mild sexual themes that some families may not like. If you kids want to get into the .hack series, it's best to start with the first game, obviously, instead of this one, being third in the series.
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