I know nothing about .hack. Would I still enjoy this game?

[unwaveringresolve]

I enjoy JRPGs sometimes, but I don't like to jump into the middle of series that expect you to already know a lot of backstory or lore in order to understand the current game. Would you say.hack/G.U. is accessible to newcomers?

[Tunaria]

At worst, you'll miss out some references to the first series and the associated animes.
But the main plot of GU is in itself pretty self-contained, so you don't need to have knowledge about the overall series to enjoy it.

I played the PS2 versions way back then with zero knowledge of any .hack related stuff and I still enjoyed the game and overall storyline.

If anything .hack GU made me more interested in the series as a whole.

[Sakorito]

you dont need to know anything heading into this

having prior knowlege of the series can be a bonus since this gives nods to the conglomerate, but all you need to know is you play as a emo edgelord player, playing and equally emo edgelord character in a mmo(not really)rpg

as a teen i loved this series, as an adult... i want to say it didnt age very well, though the overall story is very rewarding

[Wareya]

This is literally the best entry point for dot hack, unless you want to avoid getting spoiled for the original (R1) media run, with Sign, the original quadrilogy of games, and Dusk.

[Deckire]

I agree with Tunaria. Like IMOQ, the games are compact enough to stand on there own with out knowledge of other titles. Certain characters will show up, and certain references are great and all but, overall it can stand on it's own with out anything really.

If anything you would only need to watch dotHack//Roots right up until episode 24 because 25 and 26 will contain spoilers. Though they do give a decent explanation of what happened through the games.

[Wareya]

You don't need to watch roots at all, in fact it kind of spoils a lot of the first two volumes.

[Airaneon]

I started with G.U back in the day and do not regret it, it became my favorite game series. Tried to play the original 4 games but it didn't work out. Nevertheless, I would say that u are in good hands if u started with this game. Have fun! ^^

[Barara]

Yes, you will enjoy it, the story it self is really good.
However if you really want to know the true story about what is really happen, you will need to research it more. (Spoiler some player in GU including the MC are player in .hack quadrilogy before)