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<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0 height="100%"><tr> <td valign="top" width=200 BGCOLOR="#003333" TEXT="#F7F7FF" background="040d4c00dduajq.gif"> <div> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="95" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 46 WIDTH="91"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="46" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="91" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id17.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Anime Reviews"><U>Anime Review</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id180.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Game Reviews"><U>Game Review</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id193.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Manga Reviews"><U>Manga Review</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id195.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Product Reviews"><U>Product Review</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id252.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Editorials"><U>Editorials</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id101.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="The Sites"><U>The Sites</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id18.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Game Walkthrus"><U>Game Walkthrus</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id148.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="D50s Top Five Lists"><U>D50's Top 5 Lists</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id156.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Otaku Profile"><U>Otaku Profile</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id19.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="About the master"><U>About the master</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id20.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Links to better sites"><U>Links to better sites</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id21.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Email me"><U>E-mail me</U></A></div> <bR> <div> Quick E-Mail:</div> <div> <A HREF="mailto:dugtrio50@hotmail.com" TARGET="_top" TITLE="mailto:dugtrio50@hotmail.com"><U><I>dugtrio50@hotmail.com</I></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="D50s Anime hideout"><U><IMG SRC="0aba07c0.jpg" border=0 width="160" height="124" ALT="What are you looking at?" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> Click D50 to jet to the home page</div> <bR> </td> <td valign="top" BGCOLOR="#000000" TEXT="#F7F7FF"> <div> <FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Arial" ><B>D50's Anime hideout</B></FONT><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#333399" FACE="Arial" >   </FONT>  |     <A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="D50s Anime hideout"><U>home</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id352.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE=".hack//infection"><U>.hack//infection</U></A>   |   <B>.hack//mutation</B>   |   <A HREF="id229.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Chrono Trigger"><U>Chrono Trigger</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id237.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Final Fantasy VII"><U>Final Fantasy VII</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id354.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker"><U>The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker</U></A></div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> .hack//mutation</div> <div> <I><B>Versions: PS2</B></I></div> <bR> <div> <B>Overall Grade: B</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Gameplay: 6</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Type: RPG</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Storyline: 10</B></div> <div> A continuation of .hack//infection.  This time around, you become the lacky of system administrator Lios and solve problems in protected areas.  Apparently, your friend BlackRose gets tired of his orders.  Meanwhile, you get more clues about "The World," including the fact that the game was based on a popular book known as "The Epitaph of Twilight."  But this isn't your only objective.  Another objective is to find the missing segments of Aura and find out what she has to do with it.</div> <bR> <div> <B>Extras: background images, BGMs, movies, and cameo appearances from .hack//sign characters.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Estimated Hours of total Playtime: 15 hrs. to beat the game. 50 hrs. to do a whole lot of leveling up and meaningless item finding.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Music: 8</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Replay Factor: 6</B></div> <bR> <div> This is basically the same as .hack//infection, except the stuff that happens in the game is different, there's a new minigame, there are more characters, and the storyline picks up.  The game also gives you a sense of how critical things are getting in "The World."  Other than that, I have nothing to say.</div> <bR> <div> <I><B>Until next time, you'll be staring at a "Loading...." screen.</B></I></div> </td> </tr></table></body>