What is the order that the various .hack series should be read/watched/played through?

Here's the order:

Project .hack (The World R:1):

1. .hack//AI buster (light novel that starts the .hack series)

2. .hack//AI buster 2 (sequel to AI buster, read the first story)

3. .hack//Sign (prequel anime to the games)

4. .hack//Ai buster 2 (sequel to AI buster, read the second story)

5. .hack//Sign - Intermezzo (AKA Episode 27 of SIGN)

6. .hack//ZERO (a seemingly discontinued manga series, read the summary online)

7. .hack//Infection (PS2 game)

8. .hack//Mutation (PS2 game)

9. .hack//Outbreak (PS2 game)

10. .hack//Quarantine (PS2 game)

11. .hack//Another Birth (games told through BlackRose's PoV)

12. .hack//Liminality (tells what happened in the real world during the games, anime OVA series)

13. .hack//AI buster 2 (sequel novel to AI buster, read the third and fifth stories)

14. .hack//Legend of the Twilight (read the manga, don't watch the anime)

15. .hack//AI buster 2 (sequel novel to AI buster, read the fourth story)

.hack Conglomerate (The World R:2):

16. End of The World (A terminal disc that came with .hack//G.U. Vol.1: Rebirth, tells about the events between the end of Project .hack and the beginning of .hack Conglomerate)

17. .hack//First Login (read the summary online)

18. .hack//Alcor (read the summary online)

19. .hack//GnU (read the summary online)

20. .hack//CELL (read the summary online)

21. .hack//Roots (prequel anime to the G.U. Games)

22. .hack//G.U. Vol. 1: Rebirth (PS2 game)

23. .hack//G.U. Vol. 2: Reminisce (PS2 game)

24. .hack//G.U. Vol. 3: Redemption (PS2 game)

25. Online Jack (anime side-story viewable in G.U. Games)

26. .hack//Roots - Returner (AKA Episode 27 of Roots)

Unknown Generation of .hack (Takes place in The World R:X):

27. .hack//Link (a new .hack game for the PSP, considered noncanon by many)

28. .hack//Quantum (anime OVA series)

Cutting it down to the most important parts, the order goes like this:

1. .hack//Sign (anime)

2. .hack original PS2 game quadrilogy (Infection, Mutation, Outbreak, Quarantine)

3. .hack//Liminality (anime)

4. .hack//Legend of the Twilight (manga)

5. .hack//Roots (anime)

6. .hack//G.U. game trilogy (Rebirth, Reminisce, Redemption)

7. .hack//Quantum (anime)

I'd assume the release date order is roughly the same. I'd recommend the chronological order because there are people in .hack//GU who were part of the original games, and references to past events may be made.

you could really watch one with out having them in any certain order. i in my opinion imagine that what particularly links them jointly is the video games. //signal develop into the first series and the various characters and prices from this anime appeared contained in the first .hack PS2 series. //Liminality, it really is a 4 section OVA, got here with the video games and is a facet-tale to the video games if I bear in thoughts wisely. //present is an OVA that incredibly a lot heavily isn't some thing you want to video reveal, even though it truly is a exciting episode that brings both the game characters and the characters from //signal jointly. //Legend of the Twilight is a sequel to the PS2 series. //Roots is various years after //signal and the video games and is largely a prequel for the //G.U PS2 video games. After that, i do not comprehend. i have not considered the different .hack series.