The first year I started dating my girlfriend (now fiancee, soon wife) I bought the full OST to the .Hack series at Otakon. We lived pretty far apart but I still decided to walk to her house one day that first summer. Took me almost three hours but I listened to this OST on loop the whole way so I didnt mind. This song in particular reminds me of shining summer days and of traveling to see her.
Those tiny moments are so rich to us... that's so pure. i'm grateful either for you to share this with us, thank you and i wish just peace and happiness to both of you!
That’s beautiful, I got a story too, when I hear this entire sound track especially aura’s theme it makes me think about what the meaning of life is, everything we see and don’t see time space and beyond what are we missing in life what is life besides progress meaning and uniqueness of everything and beyond, everything has meaning
There was something magical about this game, I think it was how original the story was, and how distinct the characters were, it just pulled me into that world. I love it, and I still play it to this day.
I can Definitely explain why because it’s a journey to save your friends question the meaning of life as it is ascends in the future with AI and self-aware technology But then, when you’re at it at the end, especially you start to question everything you don’t see everything you don’t know, and how life is even more grand than anything you could ever imagine, or the smartest human being could ever imagine. And I can definitely approve of that because this will always be the greatest game that I’ve ever played and it just goes to show you that the greatest games that most people never hear of all time the games that aren’t usually the most popular somebody out there made something so incredible that it wasn’t just that they made what they did, but they just put a lot of time and effort into their heart mind and soul and then this is what happens.
@@lanalewis6982 I don't see how that's the case when anyone can download the roms/isos online for all 4 games and emulate them... Is that not the game data? Lol.
Orca: Hey! You made it! Kite: Uhhh... Orca: Hey, it's me! Orca, the Blademaster! Kite: Wow! You look so different from the real Yasuhiko! Nothing like the real you! Orca: Hey, in this game, I'm Orca! Regardless of who I am in reality. I'm pretty well known here! What? Kite: Nothing! :)
Just a tiny fun fact, this song seems to have a very good pattern for someone with ADHD to be able to focus. I used this song in my teenhood to study and read things I wasn't interested in, and even now I still use it when I have to do something that my mind would never focus on. The more you know.
Aweome thank you! I've always liked this song but looking back many years later I have such a greater appreciation for it, and now knowing this I'm going to listen to it when I read. Also I'm learning it on Ocarina and it's so fun to play so far!
@@kyrinviralaine4713 Nice! Playing an ocarina is not easy, tried it as a teen and I couldn't do it properly. Also, now I know why this song is good for ADHD: it has two rhythms playing at the same time, which keeps your mind focused on it because it's constant, but changing at the same time.
I remember this and Ace Combat 04 were the first two games I got for my PS2 when I was a teenager back in '04. I remember just aimlessly wandering Mac Anu just to take in this music and just chill quite often.
I have never played any actual MMOs in my life. Yet, I still feel like Mac Anu perfectly captures the feeling that any new player feels upon arriving to the firsr hub area on an MMO. The fact that the NPCs are fellow players, really made me feel like I was in Kite's shoes interacting with players from all over the (real) world.
having played mmo's my whole childhood and not getting to play this untill just this week, i'd have to agree it's very much an authentic feeling, really sells it with the character writing for your companions too! feels like im going on late night dungeon runs with online friends, juss grinding up them lvls.
@@dropdedgothish I am specially amused how some NPC have dialogue mentioning having to deal with slow internet connections and the like. Which causes their dialogue to appear REALLY slowly.
@@dropdedgothish I wish it could be easier to find the NPC players on the Root Towns, as which players are currently online is random each time you Log In or go to a different server.
@@lolwut8d976 when I borrowed my friend's headset I loved it in there, I would just sit on the edge of the cliff in Dun Loireag and wish for more people to come online.
I have no idea why this track has always stuck with me so much. I don’t really think of the .hack games has having like *incredible* music, but putting on this extended always calms me down. Thanks for making it.
This was many people’s first tastes at an MMO before MMOS became widely available to the average person. It wasn’t until years later when games like RuneScape and world of Warcraft came out that it became a reality. .Hack captured the imagination of what gaming would be one day, and I still hope VR will give us something close one day.
Runescape was out for over a year before Infection released, but ye. These games are special. They're a very large reason of why I became a dev (Right up there with Runescape and Lunar 1 & 2)
@@Aedyn91 RuneScape 2 was officially released for both members and nonmembers on 29 March 2004. hack series. It launched in 2002 with the anime series . hack//Sign in April 2002 and the PlayStation 2 game . hack//Infection in June 2002.
@@PlayfulFruitLPer Ultima Online came out in 1997. Multi User Dungeons were popular since at least 1978. The Gameboy VirtualBoy VR Headset came out in 1997.
It's a wonder they dont. bandai namco stands to make a ton of money if they remastred more games from their past. We've been asking for this series alone for years. If they do remaster it, I'd say it'll be all 4 infection games condensed into one. technology since the ps2 era has come far enough to accommodate it.
There were many mmo's modeled after The World. I helped work on dungeons for one. iirc the group and site head guy had was called childrenofthetwilight or something similar, and idk if there was ever a name for it since we were straight up calling it The World in project files. Anyways like all the other fanmades it got hit with the blanket cease and desist, and that was the end of that. Huh... Looking back on it, that's what got me into 3d modeling. I was in middle school I think. Very nostalgic. Thanks for reminding me of better days.
How interesting that I haven't touched, and hardly thought about, these games for more than 15 years, and I could name each of the characters in this image straight away. Very memorable.
I know it’s amazing how life works isn’t it? This is one of those games that it was so well done that it just goes to show you that even no matter how much time passes it’ll forever be what it was when it first came out and even more nowadays.
I don't know how The World isn't a functional MMORPG in the States. The developers gave us the framework we needed and we wasted it doing things like watching porn and making sexbots. *shakes head in a disappointed fashion* No wonder Elon is trying to get us into space, now. He's tired of us playing the parts of dumb monkeys and dirty apes.
The first year I started dating my girlfriend (now fiancee, soon wife) I bought the full OST to the .Hack series at Otakon. We lived pretty far apart but I still decided to walk to her house one day that first summer. Took me almost three hours but I listened to this OST on loop the whole way so I didnt mind. This song in particular reminds me of shining summer days and of traveling to see her.
That's so romantic!!
This genuinely made me smile to read! What a heartwarming story! Thank you for sharing this
Those tiny moments are so rich to us... that's so pure.
i'm grateful either for you to share this with us, thank you and i wish just peace and happiness to both of you!
I misread without the OST bit and thought you bought the games. That wouldn't be cheap -_-'"
That’s beautiful, I got a story too, when I hear this entire sound track especially aura’s theme it makes me think about what the meaning of life is, everything we see and don’t see time space and beyond what are we missing in life what is life besides progress meaning and uniqueness of everything and beyond, everything has meaning
There was something magical about this game, I think it was how original the story was, and how distinct the characters were, it just pulled me into that world. I love it, and I still play it to this day.
I can Definitely explain why because it’s a journey to save your friends question the meaning of life as it is ascends in the future with AI and self-aware technology But then, when you’re at it at the end, especially you start to question everything you don’t see everything you don’t know, and how life is even more grand than anything you could ever imagine, or the smartest human being could ever imagine. And I can definitely approve of that because this will always be the greatest game that I’ve ever played and it just goes to show you that the greatest games that most people never hear of all time the games that aren’t usually the most popular somebody out there made something so incredible that it wasn’t just that they made what they did, but they just put a lot of time and effort into their heart mind and soul and then this is what happens.
God i need to figure out how to emulate this shit so I can replay it
It genuinly worries me that unsung masterpieces like this may be lost to time.
Nah UA-cam has them forever
I agree whole heartedly.❤
This series deserves a remake
@@dallinjc3 I heard they lost the code or something so it's impossible to remake / remaster it. Which is a shame.
@@lanalewis6982 I don't see how that's the case when anyone can download the roms/isos online for all 4 games and emulate them... Is that not the game data? Lol.
このBGMとともに流れる川の音がマッチして堪らんのよ…マク・アヌはー
Orca: Hey! You made it!
Kite: Uhhh...
Orca: Hey, it's me! Orca, the Blademaster!
Kite: Wow! You look so different from the real Yasuhiko! Nothing like the real you!
Orca: Hey, in this game, I'm Orca! Regardless of who I am in reality. I'm pretty well known here!
What?
Kite: Nothing! :)
Kite: You look great! :)
Do you by chance have any aromatic grass to trade?
@@Shamsukz ongodd, this made me chuckle XD
@@dropdedgothish Did you lose a golden axe or, was it a silver axe?
@@Shamsukz neither 😈
When you have to have this on repeat cause it helps battle your depression
Real words. Im not the only one. Lets stay strong
This song feels like home to me
See you at delta server
@jeanvalero1597 Welcome to the world do you have level 99 gold axes 👀
@@OmegaVideoGameGod I'm not sure which one I lost... was it a golden axe... or perhaps a silver axe?
Just a tiny fun fact, this song seems to have a very good pattern for someone with ADHD to be able to focus. I used this song in my teenhood to study and read things I wasn't interested in, and even now I still use it when I have to do something that my mind would never focus on.
The more you know.
ive noticed this, i felt very focused when trading with player characters in the town. c:
I used to use this to study in high school and college too, I honestly listen to the song a lot less now because it’s not my go to studying music
Aweome thank you! I've always liked this song but looking back many years later I have such a greater appreciation for it, and now knowing this I'm going to listen to it when I read.
Also I'm learning it on Ocarina and it's so fun to play so far!
@@kyrinviralaine4713 Nice! Playing an ocarina is not easy, tried it as a teen and I couldn't do it properly.
Also, now I know why this song is good for ADHD: it has two rhythms playing at the same time, which keeps your mind focused on it because it's constant, but changing at the same time.
Is this on spotify? This would help me out at work so much
My 1st time logging into The World changed my life forever, 11 years old & I finally felt like I could be happy
The whole reason I even played an mmo
I remember this and Ace Combat 04 were the first two games I got for my PS2 when I was a teenager back in '04. I remember just aimlessly wandering Mac Anu just to take in this music and just chill quite often.
I have never played any actual MMOs in my life.
Yet, I still feel like Mac Anu perfectly captures the feeling that any new player feels upon arriving to the firsr hub area on an MMO.
The fact that the NPCs are fellow players, really made me feel like I was in Kite's shoes interacting with players from all over the (real) world.
having played mmo's my whole childhood and not getting to play this untill just this week, i'd have to agree it's very much an authentic feeling, really sells it with the character writing for your companions too! feels like im going on late night dungeon runs with online friends, juss grinding up them lvls.
@@dropdedgothish I am specially amused how some NPC have dialogue mentioning having to deal with slow internet connections and the like. Which causes their dialogue to appear REALLY slowly.
@@kuraux56s59 i actually didn't get to witness that until lastnight when I was playing XD I wouldn't have even noticed if it wasn't for your comment ✨
@@dropdedgothish I wish it could be easier to find the NPC players on the Root Towns, as which players are currently online is random each time you Log In or go to a different server.
@@kuraux56s59 I couldn't agree more lol
2023, still a masterpiece, forever in our hearts❤
I definitely agree, no matter how much time passes it will forever be what it was when it first came out, and even more nowadays
I love the post apocalypitc neo-Celt thing that The World has going for it, which this song showcases well.
Post Apocalyptic Neo-Celt is a hell of a phrase
@@naev0 And entirely accurate.
This brings back so many memories! I feel like I'm a kid again listening to this after school. T_T
You are making me feel old :(
Treasured memories :)
They should make a VR of Mac Anu, I’d love to take a virtual walk around of such an amazing city
VR Chat actually has a Mac Anu map (:
@@GashesOfLucidity holy shit i think i remember that!
i remember going one night and not wanting to leave XD
@@GashesOfLucidity Yep VRChat has 8 (or 9) .//Hack maps, the Chaos Gate on Mac Anu can warp you to the other 7 including Net Slum
@@lolwut8d976 when I borrowed my friend's headset I loved it in there, I would just sit on the edge of the cliff in Dun Loireag and wish for more people to come online.
Makes me so nostalgic I wanna cry ;___;
I have no idea why this track has always stuck with me so much. I don’t really think of the .hack games has having like *incredible* music, but putting on this extended always calms me down. Thanks for making it.
The vocal songs are incredible to me
It's a timeless song just like Star Ocean 3's Desolate Smell of Earth
@@RatusMax ur a real 1 fo tht moigoi
This was many people’s first tastes at an MMO before MMOS became widely available to the average person. It wasn’t until years later when games like RuneScape and world of Warcraft came out that it became a reality. .Hack captured the imagination of what gaming would be one day, and I still hope VR will give us something close one day.
Runescape was out for over a year before Infection released, but ye. These games are special. They're a very large reason of why I became a dev (Right up there with Runescape and Lunar 1 & 2)
@@Aedyn91 RuneScape 2 was officially released for both members and nonmembers on 29 March 2004. hack series. It launched in 2002 with the anime series . hack//Sign in April 2002 and the PlayStation 2 game . hack//Infection in June 2002.
@@PlayfulFruitLPer Ultima Online came out in 1997. Multi User Dungeons were popular since at least 1978. The Gameboy VirtualBoy VR Headset came out in 1997.
@@Atmatan Muds and MMO's aren't quite the same, are you trying to be contrarian? It only works when you're right lol
@@PlayfulFruitLPer You're an actual clown car who is neither correct while also being consistently contrarian. Get off the internet.
I miss this game for the Playstation 2 back in the days..... memories. 😭
Will never forget this amazing jrpg, this reminds me of Hudson soft’s younger days.
I swear this needs to get a reboot
I'll always love this first series and I still have all but quarantine lol..
Kite with Haseo twin blade sistem will be welcome but with diferent skills obviously
I definitely do believe they will remake it and remaster it.
My father got me this game for christmas wen i was in 7th grade and this line of .hack games will always be my favorite games of all time
This game deserves a remake, but sadly i don't see it happening any time soon.
You win! Haven't found a looped version of Mac Anu! Thank you so much!!!
You can right click any UA-cam video and then click loop to make it loop.
@@digitaldiablo1653 it's just not the same
takes me back to a better time
This comment makes me cry
Nostalgia at its best. Thank you for this!
Perfect for studying! I feel I am back in town, preparing for my next quest! =D
I could listen to this for hours
Thank you so much for this ... I love this track for a lot of different reasons.
I love this. I really want to play this game again.
same, i have this weird sad nostalgia for it
Happy Dothack Day
This was my first Mmorpg experience
This game had such good music
初代もHDリマスター版出してくれないかなぁ
The bass is so good. I wonder if it's an actual instrument
I know. I am in love with it too.That’s what attracted me to this piece.
i didn't get to hear what beautiful bass was laying under such a nice top melody untill juss now, couldn't hear it on my crt's speaker ;~;
@@dropdedgothish bro you're still using a CRT ?? I'm almost jealous those things are collectors items to the right people
@@Renamoose I am one of those collectors yes c: I also have a VHS, ps2, and SNES, all fit snug into a classic entertainment set up :)
This kicks SAOs stinky butt trice!
my favorite game
God I really want these games to have a remake so bad
when she calls you a newb and to stop starring at her and to be left alone but then asks to join your party??? 🤨
if they ever remaster the four .hack games I'm throwing my money at the screen
It's a wonder they dont. bandai namco stands to make a ton of money if they remastred more games from their past. We've been asking for this series alone for years.
If they do remaster it, I'd say it'll be all 4 infection games condensed into one. technology since the ps2 era has come far enough to accommodate it.
@@zackhenderson2392 hope they do someday. condensing all the games into one would be cool
It's hard to listen to this song without all those SFX sounds playing in my head
Anybody remember "Iridium based" i wish that got in the air. It was shaping up to be something good...the mmo that was modeled after The World?
There were many mmo's modeled after The World. I helped work on dungeons for one. iirc the group and site head guy had was called childrenofthetwilight or something similar, and idk if there was ever a name for it since we were straight up calling it The World in project files. Anyways like all the other fanmades it got hit with the blanket cease and desist, and that was the end of that.
Huh... Looking back on it, that's what got me into 3d modeling. I was in middle school I think. Very nostalgic. Thanks for reminding me of better days.
これよ、これ。
A longer version of Mac Anu! Loved this game... ^_^
We have decemt vr now. Why not make an mmo like this
How interesting that I haven't touched, and hardly thought about, these games for more than 15 years, and I could name each of the characters in this image straight away. Very memorable.
I know it’s amazing how life works isn’t it? This is one of those games that it was so well done that it just goes to show you that even no matter how much time passes it’ll forever be what it was when it first came out and even more nowadays.
TW2D players know the real vibe. The rest of you sat alone in a world of NPCs.
Thank you
Weird, I can’t seem to like this video. I press the like button, but as soon as I leave this video it is removed from my liked playlist.
i miss them❤❤❤
If they make new ones i hope they dont muck it up....maybe it can actually be online..Ive always wanted to be a longarm or a Swordsman
Man.... 😢
i miss them 😢😢😢
I forgot how calming this is, are the ost's in g.u?
Still the best
I don't know how The World isn't a functional MMORPG in the States. The developers gave us the framework we needed and we wasted it doing things like watching porn and making sexbots. *shakes head in a disappointed fashion* No wonder Elon is trying to get us into space, now. He's tired of us playing the parts of dumb monkeys and dirty apes.
And can't forget anything that bites without permission~
asi que originalmente se llamaba la capital acuatica MacAnu antes de llamarse la ciuda eterna MacAnu
sip asi es ^^
Why is something off about this?
🥹🥲
4/10 game, 1000/10 music and art direction