.Hack//Mutation (2002)

CyberConnect2

PlayStation 2

3.56 from 109 ratings

373 members have it in their collection · 5 playing now · 134 backlogged · 81 wish listed

How long? Main story 13h (from 1 logged playthrough)

.Hack//Mutation is the second of a series of four games, titled .hack//Infection, .hack//Mutation, .hack//Outbreak, and .hack//Quarantine, features a "game within a game"; a fictional massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) called The World which does not require the player to connect to the Internet. Players may transfer their characters and data between games in the series. Each game comes with … Read more
.Hack//Mutation is the second of a series of four games, titled .hack//Infection, .hack//Mutation, .hack//Outbreak, and .hack//Quarantine, features a "game within a game"; a fictional massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) called The World which does not require the player to connect to the Internet. Players may transfer their characters and data between games in the series. Each game comes with an extra DVD containing an episode of .hack//Liminality, the accompanying original video animation series which details fictional events that occur concurrently with the games. The games are part of a multimedia franchise called Project .hack which explores the mysterious origins of The World. Set after the events of the anime series .hack//Sign, the games focus on a player named Kite and his quest to discover why some users have become comatose as a result of playing The World. The search evolves into a deeper investigation of The World and its effects on the stability of the Internet. Read less
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Release dates

  • Sep 09, 2002 (Japan) PlayStation 2
  • May 07, 2003 (North_America) PlayStation 2
  • Jun 18, 2004 (Europe) PlayStation 2

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internpepper

Review internpepper 3/5 · Oct 9, 2023

MUTATION is an improvement, but largely more of the same

3.5

The graphics and story are better in this installment, but since it is a continuation of INFECTION's story, just as the title says, you can only expect more of the same. There are different flaws in this one, however. A lot of the recruitable characters are pretty lame, and the translation seems way more off this time. On the …

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3.5

The graphics and story are better in this installment, but since it is a continuation of INFECTION's story, just as the title says, you can only expect more of the same. There are different flaws in this one, however. A lot of the recruitable characters are pretty lame, and the translation seems way more off this time. On the positive side, the environments look better, the overall graphics are better polished, and it was a pleasant surprise seeing some .hack//SIGN references. That might be a barrier for people who haven't seen the show (I haven't seen it in over 15 years). Cubia was an amazing boss fight, and I hope there are more like it in the series.

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Kory

Status Kory Jul 24, 2022

One of the things that hampered my enjoyment of the first game was waiting until the end to focus on optimizing my party's gear. Hopping from server to server to do all the upgrades in one stretch was a drag. So this time I've planned out their gear ahead of time so I can do it little by little.

Mutation gear plans

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One of the things that hampered my enjoyment of the first game was waiting until the end to focus on optimizing my party's gear. Hopping from server to server to do all the upgrades in one stretch was a drag. So this time I've planned out their gear ahead of time so I can do it little by little.

Mutation gear plans

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