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The second installment of the Guilty Gear series, Guilty Gear X was developed over a period of about two years after the first game's success. It was released in July 2000 for Japanese arcades, re-released on Dreamcast in December 2000, and later ported to PlayStation 2 in November 2001 and Game Boy Advance in January 2002.

How to Play Guilty Gear X

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The Story Behind Guilty Gear X

On February 13, 2003, the game was re-released in Japan as part of PlayStation2 the Best. It was released in North America on August 13, 2002 and in Europe on September 27. After the success of the first Guilty Gear released on May 14, 1998 for PlayStation, Sammy Studios commissioned an arcade sequel in February 1999.

In 2020, a homebrew conversion of Guilty Gear X ver. Although the developers initially indicated that Guilty Gear X would debut for the PlayStation 2 (PS2), it was first released for Dreamcast on December 14, 2000 and re-released as part of a Dreamcast collection on May 23, 2003. Unveiled at the Amusement Expo in February 2000, Guilty Gear X was released to Japanese arcades on the Sega NAOMI system in July 2000.

What You'll Play

Guilty Gear X has features common in fighting games: combos, aerial attacks and counterattacks. Two novelizations, written by Norimitsu Kaihō and illustrated by Ishiwatari— and —, were published on January 20, 2001 and August 24, 2002. Guilty Gear X Plus also has art-gallery and story modes; according to the Sega website, the latter explains "misteries" which the Dreamcast version does not.

Players may also launch taunt attacks, with their main objective to reduce the opponent's health to zero in a predetermined time. It was well received by critics, with perfect scores from GoldfishX and Z-Freak of Square Enix Music Online. Guilty Gear X has sixteen playable characters: Sol Badguy, Ky Kiske, May, Baiken, Faust, Potemkin, Chipp Zanuff, Millia Rage, Zato-1, Jam Kuradoberi, Johnny, Anji Mito, Venom, Axl Low, Testament and Dizzy.

Why It Still Hits

Its characters were praised as "original" by Justin and "cool" by Kasavin. Major Mike of GamePro included the caveat that "some moves are difficult to execute and require patience to master fully." According to James Fudge for GameSpy, "The gameplay manages to be easy to pick up but isn't dumbed down enough to annoy expert fight fans." Guilty Gear Xs limited replay value was heavily criticised; Jay Fitzloff of Game Informer said, "Since it's especially weak in the singles game, consider purchasing Guilty Gear X only if you and a friend want to go at it." The game was a runner-up for "Outstanding Fighting Game Sequel" by the National Academy of Video Game Trade Reviewers, losing to Dead or Alive 3. Although Chet of Game Informer said, "The new modes such as Tag Match and 3-on-3 add variety, but still cannot compensate for this fundamental problem", according to Michael Knutson of GameZone its balance "gives the game a better replay value." Its visual were very criticized; GamesRadar panned Guilty Gear Xs "overblown aesthetics", giving it the game's worst score (three out of ten): "While it's not completely hellish, it definitely deserves purgatory." According to Star Dingo of GamePro, "Most backgrounds seem like pale, watercolor imitations of the originals (you can count the colors on two hands)".

Deci of AllGame, the PS2 release is "notable for smooth, refined graphics, with richly detailed characters and backgrounds uncommon in 2D fighters." Although Guilty Gear Xs overall graphics were praised, its sometimes-confusing backgrounds were heavily criticized. A common criticism was that the game's artificial intelligence was inefficient in combat, making it too easy. Guilty Gear X Plus sold over 128,000 copies in Japan.

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