At the outset of the game, Haseo's dressed in a spiky black outfit that makes him look demonic. When passing through a crowd, an "x" cursor appears over NPCs to indicate that they may be interacted with. Similar to the earlier .hack//G.U. games, pressing the SQUARE button in the overworld switches Haseo from walking on foot to riding atop his motorbike. The screen goes black for a second and he's high on his hog. Haseo can ram the bike against enemies or bank to stop with a curve. When passing fellow travelers on the road, the bike seems to scare them.

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» In the intro to the game, monumental operatic-music plays while main characters and villains are shown in quick cut sequences. As the intro plays, snippets of text appear which play on the G.U. initials in the game title. We spotted the following: "Generation of Unity," "Genocide of the Unfaithful," Guide to an Uprising," "Guardian Ubiquitos," "Gathering of the Unwilling," "Genetics of the Unknown," "Gate of the Uboros," "Graceless Unison," "Geek's Utopia," and "Guilty Universe." The names of characters are also shown Ridhell the Prophet, Mecha the Temptress.

» On the title screen, the game selections are:

NEW GAME
Start a new game

DATA LOAD
Resume a game from save data

OPTION
Game Option
Vibration [On/Off]
Camera Type / [A/A, A/B, B/A, B/B]
Cursor Memory / [On/Off]

Display Adjust
Move the screen on the X and Y axis until it suits your preference

Sound
Output [Stereo/Mono]
Volume [1 - 10]

» Start a new game and books appear. A girl is seated in a rocking chair. The camera pans away further as credits magically flash on screen. A guy's chin is focused upon and he says "Aura." The camera spins away onto a glimmering surface where girl in blue hair and white bow is talking to guy with glasses with a scarf thing around his neck. Opera singer croons in the background with wailing intensity.

» Upon entering The World, Haseo manifests in front of a spinning gateway. The game seems to move peppier than the first 2 games in the G.U. series and Haseo runs energetically in a black costume that makes him look like a spiky demon. To teleport elsewhere after exploring the first chamber, run up to the gateway and fly away. After entering the outdoor area of the World, run around and attack creatures without being provoked first. Just rush up and engage in wholesale slaughter by swinging your attack hand with the O button.

» A map located on the upper left corner of the screen keeps track of where you've been by marking trails temporarily with footprints. The first batches of enemies in the game are pink humanoid creatures that cover their heads with what looks like big mushroom caps. We know this because we've smacked the mushroom cap off of one of the enemies to reveal the fleshy pink humanoid underneath. In the first level, there are elevated platforms with train tracks on them upon which a little train carrying three creatures rolls. To bounce them off the train, kick the steampipe located in front of the tracks at the right time and the hot air will pop the three creatures out of the train. You can then attack them for bonuses. You can do this for as many times as you like if you're sadistic.

» Characters that may join Haseo's party include Azure Balmung, Azure Flame Kite, Azure Orca, Bordeaux, Kaede, Matsu, Natsume, Shino, Tabby, Yata, and Zelkova.

» When Haseo fights, wicked looking red-scimitar-like weapons pop out of his hands which he uses to slash away at enemies.

» Similar to the second .hackGU, pressing the SQUARE button instantly seats Haseo upon his road hog. Pass citizens on your travels while motoring and they'll be taken aback.

» People run around a lot in town and it seems to be the preferred mode of transport. If you stand next to a green teleportation circle, you'll witness many teleportations in and out in the span of a few minutes. When guests teleport in, they start running immediately.

» Five teleportation stations are located around town and you may port to any other one of them by selecting it on a map.

» The opening of doors in the game are all accompanied by very dramatic and grand animations. For example, when leaving the first area and going into town, the opening of the door lets in a golden light that looks a scene from "The Ten Commandments."

This item is also known as .hack//G.U. Vol. 3: Aruku Youna Hayasa De

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