History YMMV / DotHackGU

** Most of what Kuhn does, period. [[spoiler:Chim Chim Song quest, anyone?]] He's better comic relief than Piros for cryin' out loud.

*** Equip a Broadsword with rapid attacks. Attack an enemy with the Broadsword and chainsaw for the extra hits. Block ''immediately'' afterwards. Juggle enemies like there's no tomorrow - and since you're using the rapid attacks, you'll build up the combo meter quickly, allowing for almost flawless Rengekis, gaining both combo and Rengeki morale bonuses.

** Silabus, again with [[EvenTheGuysWantHim Haseo]]. Some of his e-mails suggest a stronger devotion alongside his obvious admiration, and his Promise Card scene is rather...[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q4KZ7GiQcho&feature=related interesting]]. It should also be noted that Silabus could be considered a SpearCounterpart of Atoli, the closest the game gets to a canon love interest.

** There might be a reason why you are the only who can use a Broadsword in your party: even all by yourself you can juggle most small sized enemies and "player" enemies until they are dead or enough to finish with a Skill Trigger.

* MagnificentBastard: [[spoiler:Ovan]]

* NeverLiveItDown: Haseo was a huge jerk in Vol. 1, with some exceptionally strong KickTheDog moments, but he also had plenty on the [[PetTheDog opposite spectrum]] that kept him from being completely loathsome and he mellowed out towards the end when multiple characters called him out on it. And of course later volumes had him throw off his more abrasive aspects via CharacterDevelopment entirely. However, detractors will often cite only his more cruel actions in Rebirth when talking about his character without talking about his redeeming aspects. A common example are reviewers who have only just restarted the game in their reviews and mention just how unlikeable he is for most of it. Or an in-universe example in Link where Haseo is flanderized in at least one part of the game to be a huge monster.

* NeverLiveItDown: Haseo was a huge jerk in Vol. 1, with some exceptionally strong KickTheDog moments, but he also had plenty on the [[PetTheDog opposite spectrum]] that kept him from being completely loathsome and he mellowed out towards the end when multiple characters called him out on it. And of course later volumes had him throw off his more abrasive aspects via CharacterDevelopment entirely. However, detractors will often cite only his more cruel actions in Rebirth when talking about his character without talking about his redeeming aspects.

* TheScrappy: Piros the 3rd is generally agreed as this. Several others can fall into this trope as well.

** Why do Atoli's parents take her to the doctor, confirm she has Doll Syndrome, and still let her play on the computer? The answer to that could be FridgeHorror. We later learn how isolated Atoli is and it's heavily implied [[spoiler:from her pre-avatar battle]] that her parents are at minimum neglectful.

* {{Wangst}}: Haseo gets a lot of this in the first game especially when he throws angry tanctrums at Atoli for enjoying the game. It is far more exaggerated in the manga and the CGI film when Haseo is given so many creepy expressions that he looks like a molester.

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* AndTheFandomRejoiced: The announcement of a remaster of the G.U trilogy, .Hack//G.U. Last Recode, after years of no news from the franchise as a whole.

* [[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/AwesomeBosses/VideoGames?from=Awesome.VideoGameBosses Best Boss Ever]]: In Vol.3 [[spoiler:many people agree that the final battle against the Three Azure Knights, Aura Knights, is the best boss fight in the series: fought at [[BloodstainedGlassWindows Hulle Granz Cathedral]], awesome music, it isn't an avatar battle and merely the fact that you are fighting three of the main heroes from the first quadrilogy of ''.hack'' games.]]

* CrowningMomentOfAwesome: Too many examples to list. Haseo's arrival as a PKK in Volume 1, [[spoiler:the four-way Avatar summoning sequence against Sakaki's AIDA]], [[spoiler:Atoli ''telling off'' Sakaki after he betrayed her with MindRape]]...
* CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming: Vol.2 Reminisce has more of this than any other.
** Volume 3 as a whole is full of them as well. [[spoiler:The ending cutscene with Haseo running after Atoli is one of the milder examples.]]
** Almost every Promise Card ending.
* CrowningMomentOfFunny: Some of the "Marriage/Promise" endings, even more so if you pick someone like ''[[spoiler: Azure Kite]]''.

*** On second thought, most of what Kuhn does, period. [[spoiler:Chim Chim Song quest, anyone?]] He's better comic relief than Piros for cryin' out loud.

* CrowningMusicOfAwesome: Pick a game, ''any game''.
** Every G.U. Phase Battle.
*** Skeith, ''[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vd2W5J8KgME I'm right here]]''.
*** Innis, ''[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I9pL-BIoUic Here I come]]''.
*** Magus, ''[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DMti4h_g6bc Differences Between People]]''.
*** Fidchell, ''[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w9A4hO6q1JI Chain of Fate]]''.
*** Gorre, ''[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=io_iCRsdj_k Double Prayer]]''.
*** Macha, ''[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c_vWDABbaiM "She"]]''.
*** Tarvos, ''[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MJCU37qShUk Whereabouts of Power/Location of Power]]''.
*** Corbenik, ''[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0nPOh9IscXY Dark Infection]]''.
** ''[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aFoggDuyn9w&feature=related Everything In These Hands]]'', Azure Kite's battle theme.
** ''[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UjNyVpMuKOA Victory Must be Grasped]]''
** ''[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ntWRzNGIyoM Speedy Boy]]''
** ''[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eIktI8Rfmlo Fly Mecha Grunty]]!'' (is also highly [[EarWorm catchy]])
* EnsembleDarkhorse: Alkaid and Azure Kite.
** Alkaid was originally slated to only have a brief appearance in Volume 1, but fandom demand and the creator's preference changed that.
* DisappointingLastLevel: After testing Skeith's ultimate form, the rest of the FinalBoss fight is done with the regular playable characters. Futhermore, most of the next fights against doppeldangers and the final one will barely pose a challenge if the player already defeated the doppeldangers from Disc 1 and 2.
* FridgeLogic: How come no one ever brings up ripping off their headset or unplugging their PC?
** In the R1 games being anywhere near one of the phases made players begin to have spastic fits such that they are physically unable to take their hands off the controllers unless there's someone in the room to do it for them, like Mai and Tokuouka in the first volume of Liminality. The same possibly holds true for anyone in the presence of AIDA or the Avatars.
** Why do Atoli's parents take her to the doctor, confirm she has Doll Syndrome, and still let her play on the computer?
*** The answer to that could be FridgeHorror. We later learn how isolated Atoli is and it's heavily implied [[spoiler:from her pre-avatar battle]] that her parents are at minimum neglectful.
** If Aina was so sick in the hospital, why did doctors allow her to play an online virtual reality game so much?

*** [[spoiler: And don't forget the DG-Y's ability. Combined with Super Charge, it essentially eliminates Skill Trigger recharge.]]
** Quick Rengeki or Jet Speed Attack + Awakens also fits in this trope.
*** Awakenings are so broken that people have actually complained about how gamebreaking they are.

* IKnewIt: Prior to the release of ''Redemption'', some people had already been speculating that [[spoiler:Sakubo was one person with a split personality.]]
** Also, there were multiple theories regarding [[spoiler:the true identity of Tri-Edge]] before ''Reminisce'' was released.

* NightmareFuel: The Dopplegangers. When one shows up on the map and notices you nearby, it starts to slowly and confidently walk towards you while an increasingly scary music that alerts you of your impending doom starts to play and grows louder the closer it comes toward you. The screen also starts flashing red, and more so when the enemy closes in on you.

* ObviousBeta: vol.1 to the sequels. The combat system is a bit different and slower than the sequels, the steam bike is very slow, hard to maneuver and far from useful, there are some options that were scrapped altogether in the sequels, only weapons can be alchemy enhanced, there's the infamous bugged area that allows for fighting a vol.2 enemy that drops vol.2 items, and so on.

* RescuedFromTheScrappyHeap: Atoli in ''Reminisce'', for those that considered her TheScrappy.

* ThatOneBoss: AIDA <Oswald> in ''Reminisce''. It has several difficult to dodge and '''very''' damaging attacks that can easily rack up about 1/5 of your entire life bar and if you get careless you might get hit many times on a row.

* AndTheFandomRejoiced: The announcement of .Hack//G.U. Last Recode, after years of no news from the franchise as a whole.

** Innis in vol. 2... [[spoiler:[[HellIsThatNoise "I want you to look at me... NOBODY EVER LOOKS AT ME!"]]]]

** Entering in a battle to escape from it is useless like when you get to fight PKers he'll, literally, walk in with his shady appearance.