RPGamer: .hack//Mutation Retroview Review

RPGamer writes: "Back in 2003, the .hack games were released three months apart, and the wait between was probably somewhat frustrating. Being able to play them back to back, however, comes with certain revelations. Specifically, it becomes apparent just how short these games truly are. Starting with .hack//Infection and having now gone through .hack//Mutation, my game clock only reads thirty-two hours, the typical length of a standalone RPG. Had I paid full price for these games when they were released, their mediocre nature and prohibitive cost would certainly have made me unjustly skeptical of its eventual successor, .hack//G.U. Thankfully that didn’t happen. In any case, .hack//Mutation is the second part of the original .hack quadrilogy, and it’s really just more of the same."