History YMMV / DotHackGU

* HarsherInHindisight: In the Trilogy "bloopers", Atoli starts torturing Haseo for having several love interests. Haseo's voice actor Takahiro Sakurai would eventually be revealed to having affairs.

* HarsherInIndisight: In the Trilogy "bloopers", Atoli starts torturing Haseo for having several love interests. Haseo's voice actor Takahiro Sakurai would eventually be revealed to having affairs.

** The Azure Knights, a memorable late game throwdown against all three of Aura's knights in [[LandmarkOfLore Hulle Granz Cathedral]]. This battle marks a notorious difficulty spike in ''Last Recode'', as while the game in general was made easier, these guys still pose a considerable challenge without preparation or level grinding.

* SignatureScene: Despite all of Haseo's CharacterDevelopment, the one moment that really sticks in a lot of fan's minds comes from his RantInducingSlight at Atoli part way through ''Rebirth''. It's such an infamous KickTheDog moment where, after Atoli was InnocentlyInsensitive about calling out player-killers and those that just played The World like any RPG to get strong (ie. Haseo), Haseo ''flips his shit so hard'' that he delivers probably the single most mean-spirited and cruel KickTheDog moment in the franchise. [[JerkassHasAPoint Haseo had a point]] in enjoying the game the way Atoli hates even if he's getting strong to save Shino mostly, but crossed the line in doing so. This one moment hit so hard that [[NeverLiveItDown it characterized Haseo permanently]] for most of the fandom and the series going forwards despite his attempts to genuinely reflect upon and grow from moments like this.

* SignatureScene: Despite all of Haseo's CharacterDevelopment, the one moment that really sticks in a lot of fan's minds comes from his RantInducingSlight at Atoli part way through ''Rebirth''. It's such an infamous KickTheDog moment where, after Atoli was InnocentlyInsensitive about calling out player-killers and those that just played The World like any RPG to get strong (ie. Haseo), Haseo ''flips his shit so hard'' that he delivers probably the single most mean-spirited and cruel KickTheDog moment in the franchise. This one moment hit so hard that [[NeverLiveItDown it characterized Haseo permanently]] for most of the fandom and the series going forwards despite his attempts to genuinely reflect upon and grow from moments like this.

* ContinuityLockout: The gist of the core G.U. storyline can be understood by the average player, but good luck trying to make sense of anything past that. There's not really any handy logs or data entries to keep track of the LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters, major character and backstory motivations were set up in ''Roots'' which itself contains spoiler {{Foreshadowing}} galore for the games including [[spoiler:who the BigBad would really be]], even more things are tied directly to the VideoGame/DotHackR1Games all over the place while being given minimal context unless you've been paying attention to even minor character habits, and without the [[AllThereInTheManual Terminal Disc]] videos you get absolutely none of the context of what happened between the two game series besides small drip feeds, or the context and investigation of major plot threads in ''this'' series. And the Terminal Disc was [[CrackIsCheaper a limited edition release]] back in the day, though the ''[[UpdatedRerelease Last Recode]]'' remaster thankfully has them.

* ContinuityLockout: The gist of the core G.U. storyline can be understood by the average player, but good luck trying to make sense of anything past that. There's not really any handy logs or data entries to keep track of the LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters, major character and backstory motivations were set up in ''Roots'' which itself contains spoiler {{Foreshadowing}} galore for the games including [[spoiler:who the BigBad would really be]], even more things are tied directly to the IMOQ games all over the place while being given minimal context unless you've been paying attention to even minor character habits, and without the [[AllThereInTheManual Terminal Disc]] videos you get absolutely none of the context of what happened between the two game series besides small drip feeds, or the context and investigation of major plot threads in this series. And the Terminal Disc was [[CrackIsCheaper a limited edition release]] back in the day, though the ''[[UpdatedRerelease Last Recode]]'' remaster thankfully has them.

* CriticalDissonance: Most Critics gave GU a Low to Medium score, most who have played love the game to the point of giving it high to perfect scores. Mainly due to the "fresh" gameplay compared to the older games, as well as more likeable characters and story.

** [[spoiler:Cubia]], as well, at least [[spoiler:in the Avatar Battle portion.]] It's not so bad until near the end, when [[spoiler:Cubia]] whips out it's strongest attack, [[spoiler:[[ThatOneAttack Chaos Gehenna.]]]] This is even considering that [[spoiler:Cubia is the FinalBoss and technically you're fighting it's first (two?) form(s)]], and that ONE SINGLE ATTACK can easily send you back to the very start of what is already a long battle.

* WhatAnIdiot: Some of CC Corp's decisions are so bad you'd think they were ''trying'' to get The World shut down, but [[spoiler:kowtowing to Sakaki – an AxCrazy ten-year-old boy drunk on AIDA – and making him a '''system administrator''']] is in a category of stupid all on its own.

* CompressedAdaptation: .hack\\GU Trilogy tries to cover the three games in an hour and a half film. Sufficed to say, outside of being watched as an actionized popcorn flick, it fails in that regard.

* WorldOfHam: The main protagonist is fond of screaming people's names and general resolutions, the primary antagonists don't have a care about shouting back, a couple of others love chewing the scenery (some effectively, some played up, some... less effectively), and there's a whole plot event about how the one who doesn't display such tendencies shouldn't be involved too much because he's a rare bit of ''normalcy''. Yep, it's that kind of game. [[NarmCharm Not that there's anything wrong with that]].

** [[spoiler:Sakaki [[MindRape mind-raping]] Atoli may count too, considering Atoli's reaction makes it seem as if she's being literally raped.]]

* AlternateCharacterInterpretation: Haseo's jerk tendencies in Rebirth have a few possible explanations. Option 1) the Avatar's amplification of ''The Terror of Death'' means Haseo had a violent Avatar to begin with, shown as early as the first area after his level downgrading. Option 2) Even very early on, it's clear that people who don't know the situation (like Silabus and Gaspard) don't quite believe him yet, and people who do (like Ovan, Pi, and Yata) are hiding ''something'' from him in obtuse answers. Some (like Pi and Sakaki) also don't endear themselves to Haseo by insulting him without much provocation despite Haseo minding his own business up until then, such as Pi's first interaction with Haseo being to call him an "unruly child" and doesn't improve easily. With a rapid string of these unpleasant interactions at the beginning of Rebirth, it's no wonder that Haseo's pissed; either they're ridiculous with the BrutalHonesty or deliberately lying or obscuring things from him.

* VideoGameMoviesSuck: .hack\\GU Trilogy tries to cover the game of three games in an hour and a half film. Sufficed to say, outside of being watched as an actionized popcorn flick, it fails in that regard.

* SugarWiki/FunnyMoments: Some of the "Marriage/Promise" endings, even more so if you pick someone like ''[[spoiler: Azure Kite]]''.
** Early in volume 1, [[HypocriticalHumor Atoli lectures Haseo about how Moon Tree doesn't lecture people]].
*** Even funnier later: Atoli invites Haseo to '''a seminar'''. And, according to a board thread that comes up earlier, this is apparently a regular thing.
** Atoli at the Canard shop in volume 1, where she gets unexpectedly cheeky. Also when she starts messaging Silabus and Gaspard in secret.
---> '''Haseo''': You're still here!?
---> '''Atoli''': Well, you never told me to leave.
---> ''[[BluntYes Silabus and Gaspard nod.]]''
---> '''Haseo''': Then quit standing in my blind spot!
---> '''Atoli''': Oh, so this is the Terror of Death's blind spot, huh?
** If you take the Bikman's Art Supplies with Silabus in the party, Haseo will turn to him and ask if Bikman is supposed to be a guy or a girl; Silabus merely shrugs.
** [[spoiler:Kuhn hitting on a 9-year-old in Volume 1.]] The rest of the quest consists primarily of Pi and Haseo picking on him for it.
** Most of what Kuhn does, period. [[spoiler:Chim Chim Song quest, anyone?]] Or the scene with Haseo at Shop Acorn in Volume 1? He's better comic relief than Piros for cryin' out loud.
** Saku gets BishieSparkles when thinking about "Master En" Endrance. Haseo can ''clearly'' be seen in the background with a look of disgust.
** Alkaid has one of these in Volume 2 when she's teasing Atoli.
---> '''Alkaid:''' We did some really hot, super-secret training, just the two of us! LOL
** Haseo's reaction to Atoli "inviting" Haseo and Pi to visit Moon Tree.
---> '''Haseo:''' Are you trying to PICK A FIGHT?
** Saku's ''brutal'' savaging of Negimaru [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech for being a loser]] after he tries to pick on Bo.
** In Volume 1, when Pi beats Kuhn for his womanizing before the tournament against Alkaid starts.
** The 4komas themselves, naturally, are hilarious.
*** A montage of Haseo acting like a stereotypical teenager (pining over Shino, brutal in fighting PKers, and just plain being rebellious) is presented by Pi's exhibit...to Atoli, Yata, and Sakaki, the last one just snickering, while the first two are in awe. Even funnier when you consider that [[spoiler: in real life, Sakaki is 10, and Yata and Atoli are 17, same as Haseo]].
** Volume 4 adds another Marriage ending with [[spoiler: Ovan.]]
** Last Recode adds a new mode called "Parody Mode" who changes the dialogue in some cutscenes like Haseo being rude to women, Yata being desperate to have a girlfriend and the Azure Knights being a death metal band among others.
*** Yata's bemoaning a girlfriend is especially hilarious in multiple ways. Aside from being a complete inverse of Yata's MotiveRant that the original scene leads to, 1) Yata's acting like the 17-year old he actually is, 2) he calls Haseo "a nerd", and 3) his bemoaning of Pi being an old hag becomes rich when we finally see what Pi's player, Reiko Saeki, looks like offline in later media...and [[spoiler: it turns out she's quite the knockout IRL too, with proportions not unlike Pi's]].
*** Haseo and Ovan post a video of their...performance of Vol. 1's theme song, "Gentle Hands". [[spoiler: The post earns a wordless reaction and a dislike from Shino]].