Guilty Gear X
Proving that the best things in gaming life don't have to be in 3D, Guilty Gear X for the
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PlayStation 2 provides high-velocity 2D fighting thrills guaranteed to give you "PlayStation thumb" in double quick time. Hugely detailed manga-style fighters are presented for your battering pleasure in a game which boasts strong action levels and a story that's weaker than a kitten and revolves around a fighting competition--no surprises there, then. The basic premise takes a boatload of playable characters, including giant cyborgs and a rather interesting lady who uses her hair as a weapon--which is nice--and pits them against one another. As you would expect from a beat-'em-up there are literally dozens of different attacks to try out, together with some smart special moves which inflict huge damage on the opposition but require some serious practice to pull off. The soundtrack is typically guitar-heavy Japanese rock and the only real let down is in the speech department, with most of the major characters muttering almost incoherent threats to one another and an announcer who's so cheerful it's enough to make you sick. Listening to his annoying drivel is, however, a small price to pay for the brash graphical style and intelligent gameplay within Guilty Gear X, which should keep the ardent brawler amused for hours--or at least until you break your DualShock 2.--Chris Russell
Guilty Gear X
Proving that the best things in gaming life don't have to be in 3D, Guilty Gear X for the
... more
PlayStation 2 provides high-velocity 2D fighting thrills guaranteed to give you "PlayStation thumb" in double quick time. Hugely detailed manga-style fighters are presented for your battering pleasure in a game which boasts strong action levels and a story that's weaker than a kitten and revolves around a fighting competition--no surprises there, then. The basic premise takes a boatload of playable characters, including giant cyborgs and a rather interesting lady who uses her hair as a weapon--which is nice--and pits them against one another. As you would expect from a beat-'em-up there are literally dozens of different attacks to try out, together with some smart special moves which inflict huge damage on the opposition but require some serious practice to pull off. The soundtrack is typically guitar-heavy Japanese rock and the only real let down is in the speech department, with most of the major characters muttering almost incoherent threats to one another and an announcer who's so cheerful it's enough to make you sick. Listening to his annoying drivel is, however, a small price to pay for the brash graphical style and intelligent gameplay within Guilty Gear X, which should keep the ardent brawler amused for hours--or at least until you break your DualShock 2.--Chris Russell
Advantages: Good looking character sprites and attack animations and more than 20 guilty gear characters . Disadvantages: Poorly designed four-character battle system , Multilevel stages and poor control system.
Guilty Gear is popular with fans for its detailed anime-style graphics, original characters along with its gothic background.
Guilty Gear Dust Strikers is the first guilty gear game to hit the DS and with over 20 characters, four-character battles, multilevel stages, power-ups, and touch-screen minigames. The result is a shallow and at most times confusing game that feels imcomplete.
There are no new characters to speak and most of the battles ... ...game is the lovely character sprite designs and the animations that are possible with the sprites that have been put in the game.
All in all Guilty Gear is a brilliant game for the Nintendo DS and is one I would recommend to anyone new to the fighting genre. ...
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