The World R:3 (Chrono Link)

This game online is set release in the alternate universe, all release date wasn't accountable to be fact in this universe.The World R:3 (Revision 3) (ザ・ワールド 「リビヅョソ3」, Za Waarudo [Ribijyon3]) is the successor and sequel to the previous two revision, but most notable to The World R:2. just before they shut down of previous revision, the development began in terms of massive feedback during Third Network Crisis and regarding a mix response from players between R:1 and R:2 with higher pressure it receives.
The game was received in wide acclaimed due to exploration, dungeons, system features, gameplay elements, story concepts, and many more were praised for combining the elements between R:1 and R:2, with bigger new features.
Including players now be able to transfer their character data from the R:2, but even though they cannot transfering their data from the first revision, it also praised for bringing back the character design from the first revision with updated looks.
The game goes on to sell more than 30 million copies worldwide rapidly in 2 months after its release.
In the summer season later, the game online R:3 been shut down due to the appearance of Akashic Records, including the incident happen in the real world due to connected with the online game, resulting in many cases happen in all over Japan. Because of this after the event of Chrono Link, the R:3 has been renamed into a brand new name and received the biggest expansion update, The World R:X.
Its the main setting story of .hack//RIVES, .hack//LINK -Chrono Lin- Re:Connect and .hack//LINK -Chrono Link-.
== Background History ==
During the release of The World R:2 and The Third Network Crisis, its second revision received a mixed response from the players regarding The World R:1 close down, also lot negative critics regarding the management of its second revision with all bugs and system error had gone through without their awareness cause uproar to some players.
CyberConnect Corporation receives massive feedback from all players worldwide during the active years of The World R:2 and with highest demands from all players to bring back R:1, only brings the further arguments & debates from fans of The World R:2 within their different opinions, theories, and debate has cause mayhem toward forum discussion, including how the company financial has gone lower due to the Third Network Crisis.
In consideration by all staff and higher-up, they decide to develop The World R:3 in hope to surpass the previous revision and surpassing players expectation by bringing back Epitaph of Twilight concept setting in the rebooted way and combining with The World R:2 setting concept to make it new and unique as its result, including adding the Transfer Character data from the previous revision, to allow the players to play their character data from second revision.
But, despite the major things happen when it comes to The World R:1, they cannot bring back all data from first revision but instead to be remade from scratch to bring back its fidelity enjoyment they once had with first revision as the story concept of R:3 take wars between Steampunk and Medieval, while the Adventurer has played a big part to end its war as according to its script.
Gladly they copy all asset data from The World R:2 before the major distortion virus happens to lead its shut down of revision 2.
== Game World ==
The World R:3 will bring back the inspiration of Epitaph of Twilight in a rebooted way, as to how the surrounding story about the young traveler name Reise who lives in the complicated world of mix-culture between Steampunk and Medieval with his searched the ultimate treasure became part of the inspiration for the adventurer.
This brings proves the R:3 had combining the element concept from R:1 and R:2 with The Key of the Twilight become a key throughout the story of Revision 3, with all-new features, which allow your character creation to choose its culture & design between Medieval, Steampunk, and Adventurer, although they free to choose their classes depends on their culture, although some of the classes cannot be available for all three culture, (PK for example).
== Synopsis ==
Long Ago, The young boy Reise escapes from the life of violence of War Culture between Steampunk and Medieval traveling through his journey to find treasure, The Key of the Twilight it is said can grant a wish for those who find it, and Reise wishes for people to be free from the war and his goal to create a new nation where all culture is allowed to live in peace and quiet, however, he spent for long years to find the treasures and died in vain in the darkest as he knows he couldn't achieve the goal that he hopes for.
The only who can write the story is the Player who brings hope to salvation, peace, and harmony to the people who seek freedom, and their search for the Key of Twilight begins...
== Cultural Siege ==
=== Medieval - Fantasy ===
Civilization who lived under their life prosperity and skilled with a superhuman and magical power living in a peaceful world and follow the routine of the medieval methods as opposed to the steampunk culture, the medieval fantasy follows the shape of order that maintain their sustainability. With Knights, Dark Knight, White Mage, Black Mage, Dual Blade, Thief, and more began part shape of the Medieval Fantasy that brought to its core of people's heart.
=== Steampunk ===
Civilization who lived under their life of criminals, or dirtiness in the junk turmoil and live up with the machine. They live alongside the beast for hundreds of years trying to follow their freedom in their own way without prosperity, honor, and order, but only chaos within. Edge Punisher, Flick Reaper, Rumor Broker, Robotic, Scientist, Killer, and Machine brings a shape in the World of Steampunk raided with their own freedom without regret or sadness, but bloodily in enjoyment.
=== Adventurer ===
The people who were separated from two culture, begin their quest to find and explore the missing lost ground and finding the lost greatest treasure, The Key of the Twilight in hope to be free from its war-culture and creating their own freedom without their difference and live in harmony as one nation. But to achieve such a goal, all the adventurers must task in the greatest challenge between life and death, those who survive will continue their path for the treasure. Even classes don't even matter for it, they free who they will fight alongside with it.
=== Savior/Hero ===
The legendary myth said that those who find The Key of the Twilight will become a savior to all people who lived suffering through the situation of War. They will save them and become a hero who saves the world from the evil creature responsible for the war culture when the story reaches its climax. The hero who bounds and challenges their fate and fighting against evil. Those who defeat the Evil will grant a one wish by the gods and marry the princess, the daughter of the gods and save the world in peace and harmony.
== Cross-Platform Online ==
With all four platforms from ATLIMIT like P0S5, PBX-2, P-Switch OS, and ATLIMIT Windows NET, now players can connect to the online game The World R:3 with multiplatform which allow more and more players to gather and play even with Cross-play online, thus brings the smarter move for CC Corp to be able to make it more profit within the different platform and solving problems for non-ATLIMIT OS own.
It is also able to communicate with a friend with group calls which features in all 4 platforms, which able to connect even playing in different platforms, but it needs an account to access the game.
== Features ==
=== Transfer Data ===
All players from the previous revision can now transfering their character data to R:3 with several updated features and look for their PC design and combat system. But, despite they cannot recover all data from R:1, but decide to bring back all looks and design from R:1 with new updated looks to fit the R:2 legacy and R:3 concept. This resulting in great praise from many fans for catering new and old comers to play the online game.
=== Classes ===
The classes will follow the element from R:1 and R:2, brings a new element features that come forth with an all-new system for all players who enjoy experiencing the world within full-eyes, and its classes job will bring them into the highest challenges had never yet to experience, such as:
==== Dual-Weapon Classes ====
The sub-upgrade which allows you to use sword weapon freely, whenever you choose the long sword, short sword, or Dagger Sword which helps you to make a surprise combo attack during combat, allows you to attack the enemies more than 4-hit and performing the skill trigger against the enemies. Tokio is seen to able wield Dual-Weapon Classes with his secondary weapon, Amateur Blade as his second initial weapon.
==== Secondary Classes ====
Character classes can now upgrade without any reliance on Adept Rogue through Job Extension, but you can only choose one more class you want to take, but it can only choose in one time and there's no return after choosing the secondary classes job. Despite that, players can earn double trigger skill and finisher skill also immense new experience and its ability as depending on their job, although Tokio didn't participate in Job Extension, Akira did participate the job extension.
=== Exploration/Dungeon ===
CCcorp developer team has utilized the exploration to be a vision for more freedom, with brand-new features that bring a new memory and adventure felt more alive than before thus creating a unique experience throughout the journey. With a free-roam experience brings new challenges and experience, including Dungeon as its crawling from R:1 return with more new challenges and mystery problem solving, including Boss Raid Battle.
Previous content R:1 has been returned since The World R:3 combined between the first two revisions of the online game.
=== Combat ===
The combat will be more strategic but with more action fast-paced as you combine with your party to fight against the monster. All variations game combat from R:2 has returned with real-time optimization combat which allows you freely turning in to combat or escape from the enemies, it also features many new skills abilities, grinding weapon level, and more.
(The gameplay combat will be same as how it handles with .hack//LINK -Chrono Link- gameplay)
=== Grunty ===
Grunty's role will be the same as how it did in The World R:2, but it receives several upgrades on NPC, which allow the leader of @HOME to managing more members of the guild with also managing the Acorn Shop for its member who trying to sell the items. Grunty is now a little bit advance and more active for guild members activity also can interact with other players or performing guidance for managing the guild. There are more features that had yet to be explained, but you can also befriend with Grunty. 
=== Mascot ===
As Chim-Chim became the ultimate Mascot to The World R:3, there is another new mascot announce by the developer team of The World who guides players during their journey which only for Adventurer who can have Mascot Animal for the journey. It also gives you support abilities during combat which helps you to defeat the enemies more ease, and players can now pet the mascot animal.
=== Items ===
There are numbers of an item which now has been increased under new name items, with rare items, key items, forbidden items, and junk items also present in the game.
=== PCs ===
The World will still boast with a very deep player character, including a new species type like Beast added to the character creation data.
=== Server ===
Same as how it used to be, the server town contains a root town where players can gather to chat. It also allows players to explore and communicate with other players and to other servers. Also sending a presents by email to their home.
=== Underground Server ===
The Underground server, however, is the place where all Toxic players, including PKs, Rumor Brokers, Hacker, and many illegal actives had gathered to chat something that very legalistic, hating, and threatening as much for free for all players who do illegal activities.
=== Tournament ===
Legal players, including Illegal players, can gather for a battle competition between their own opponent and strives to their heart content as they defeat their opponent in such a brutal way. But Arena only had one rule as players who PKing the players in the legal server town will be permanently disqualified from the arena tournament, including banning their account for several weeks.
=== Quest ===
In different cultures will receive a different quest and test which were given by its administrator, allowing all players to strengthened their PCs for Conquest War. But for Adventurer culture, they were given a mission to explore the mystery of dungeon, ruins, lost grounds, and more secret tombs which contains a challenge and puzzle.
=== Conquest War ===
=== PK/PKK ===
=== Bounty Hunters ===
== Classes ==
=== Returning Classes ===
* Adept Rogue
* Twin Blade
* Edge Punisher
* Blade Brandier
* Flick Reaper
* Macrabe Dancer
* Harvest Cleric
* Shadow Warlock
* Tribal Grappler
* Lord Partizan
* Steam Gunner
=== New Classes ===
* Moon Brandier (Samurai)
* Dual Gunner
* Explorer Guidance
* Brawler Edge (Yakuza Fight Style)
* Air Parkour
* Engineer
* Underground Thief (Thief)
* Dragon Sky Fury (Longarm Spear)
* The Holy Guardian (Knight)
* Dark Soul (Dark Knight)
* Calling Pact (Summoner)
=== Non-Official Classes ===
* Assassin of Creed
* Hacker
* Soldier Gun-Arm
* Dual Edge
* Freedom Style
== Incident Involvement ==
Regarding the incident happen in The World R:3 ever since its release and just a few weeks later the mysterious formidable players' name ENTIES has caused the uproar to all players, however, as for the situation still treated as a rumor and no one believes the rumor is true or not until he shows himself to the players.
There is a list of the incident involving The World R:3, such as:
* The Massacre of Players in One Sin Battle Quest
* Brutal Battle between Participant Players
* The Assassination of Polio, the legendary PKK
* Monster Bug Invasion
* The Incident of the Hidden Forbidden Festival
* Actuation Murder in Grand Whale
* The Battle in Lost Yavin
* The Falldown of the Blue Moon Guild
* The Massacre of Circus Performance in the Hidden Forbidden Festival.
* Distortion Network in Ark Tournament
* The Death of the Legendary 1000 manslayer, Davis.
* The Crisis of The World R:3.
== The Shut Down ==
Because of the incident happens everywhere in The World, with the addition the Crisis Network happen in all server brings upon a decision by higher-ups to shutting down The Revision 3 forcefully causing half of the players who still in the online game could not make it to log-out, but due to the Akashic Records added to the updated version, causing half of the players in the real world physically transport into the game which leads them to the disappearance.
In the results, causing the major backlash, complaints, and death threats toward the company, including all staff for being responsible letting the decision of the shut down forcefully happen, causing their friends and loved ones been trapped into The World without major treatment, including the financial company has undergone decreased drastically due to that happen, but there's still no announcement or words from the company to taking care the issues happen.
With all causes of the shut down happen, resulting in many incidents happen in the real world, like The Disappearance of Population, Alteration Memory Syndrome, and Fourth Network Crisis begins falls deep toward people these days, and these concern the safety of all lives within the players.
== Original Copy ==
The original copy of The World R:3 authored by Jyotaro Amagi is a black disc owned by Saika Koshizumi which can be implanted only for P-Switch OS, which contains all system and supernatural power that could transfering Tokio and Akira into The World with their physical body, but it is unknown if Jyotaro is the one who made the disc or someone who blackmail her to using the Black Copy Disc.
The Origin of the Black Copy Disc remains unknown, but whoever created the copy disc could have foreseen the future to know about The World R:3.
== Rebranded ==
=== The World R:X ===
After the event of Chrono Link including all conspirators in CC Corp has brought to the police, the team developers had discussed regarding the possibility for its return functioning, and with the decision for an apology in the public, they announce a new version of R:3 which now been renamed as The World R:X which considered as the most and biggest expansion update as part of the apology due to the forcefully shut down back in 2020 in summer season and was released into worldwide public at February 21, 2021.
However, because of the incident happened back in the summer day, the sells they received got low in a position which only could cater on 10 Million sells copy for 5 months in regard of the incident that brings danger to the lives of the players, this also causes CC Corp financial still decreasing and increasing at the same time, this also part of their mistakes for letting the crisis happen.
The World R:X featuring new classes, all culture players can now work together, including new dungeons, new server root town, @HOME design, exploration, combat, and even more, quest brings new challengeable and excitement for all players who await to play The World once again. But whether players' decision to return is currently unknown at this rate.
== Sequel ==