.hack//Infection Part 1 PS2

.hack//infection is the first episode in a four-part series of video games that pioneers a new direction for the Role Playing Game genre by offering a simulated Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing Game experience - the first of its kind ever created. Set in the year 2007 a world class network game 'The World' is taking the gaming community by storm with its vast game space and never ending possibilities. However behind the scenes a new type of AI is actually feeding on the information within 'The World' hiding within the deepest part of the network program. The story of .hack begins with the 26 episode TV series (each episode is 30 minutes long) .hack//SIGN. This shows the .hack universe before .hack//infection and the .hack//LIMINALITY series and introduces the events leading up to the beginning of the game. A bonus DVD containing episodes of the .hack//LIMINALITY video animation series will be bundled with each installment of the game and will show the simultaneous events happening in the 'real world'. The series of games revolves around the characters Kite and Orca. Kite is a 14 year old boy invited to play 'The World' by his schoolmate Orca. Before long they are completely absorbed in the virtual online world and are attacked by an unknown monster. Links between the virtual and real worlds are closer than they had realised and Orca becomes comatose in the real world as a result of the attack. Believing that he'll find a way to revive Orca Kite continues to play 'The World' discovering that anything is possible and nothing is as it appears... .hack//infection sees players take the role of Kite fighting through contaminated levels of cyberspace as they take on and eliminate enemies unlock codes to gate travel to new environments and embark upon multiple quests in detailed environments that transform in real time. This is an epic journey to discover who or what is lurking behind 'The World'.