Guilty Gear X

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• ASIN: B00005RL3Y
• Media: Video Game
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars See all reviews (15 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #8,832 in Video Games (See Bestsellers in Video Games)

Product Description

Edition: Standard

Amazon.com Product Description
Guilty Gear X is a visually stunning 2-D fighter for the PlayStation2 console. Speed is the name of this game--the faster you fight, the deadlier your arsenal of attacks. Build up the tension gauge for a number of effects, then go for the instant kill! Guilty Gear X is the most explosive version in the series, making full use of the PlayStation2's enhanced hardware capability. New to the PS2 version are a revamped tension gauge, an instant-kill move (very tricky, yet very rewarding), and the stunning Roman candle--a move that enables experienced players to create their own devastating combos.

Amazon.co.uk
Proving that the best things in gaming life don't have to be in 3-D, Guilty Gear X for PlayStation2 provides high velocity 2-D 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 revolving 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, 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 letdown 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 will make you sick. Listening to his annoying drivel is, however, a small price to pay for the brash graphical style and intelligent gameplay of Guilty Gear X, which should keep ardent brawlers amused for hours--or at least until they break their controllers. --Chris Russell

Customer Reviews

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Hands down, the best 2-D fighter ever., November 13, 2002

By	Carlos A Garcia II (Plymouth, MN United States) - See all my reviews

To understand Guilty Gear X, you must first have played the Samurai Showdown (Samurai Spirits in Japan) and the Capcom Versus (X-Men Vs. Street Fighter, Marvel Vs. Capcom, Etc. ) series. Guilty Gear X uses a combination of slashing with weapons as well as hand to hand combat, not very different from Samurai Showdown. Guilty Gear X also incorporates the ability to super jump (Hyper jump in Capcom Versus series) as well as mid-air dashes. The combination of these two styles gives the game a feel of its own, allowing players to recover from most bad situations as well as strategically confront their adversary.

There are thirteen initial characters available with 2 hidden. Each fighter has a completely unique style of play. The beauty of the game comes from its originality. Sammy gave the characters fighting styles that do not parallel any other fighting game. From Baiken's ability to deflect projectiles by flipping up cards (or that's the best I could make of the attack) to Jam's furious kicking combos, each character keeps their own method of play. Granted, Jam seems to be their answer to Capcom's Chun Li (Street Fighter II) or SEGA's Sarah Bryant (Virtua Fighter), her usage of rush attacks and application of her outfit's custom sleeves in her fighting style adds up to string combos that the others could only dream of. Even Millia Rage, who fights with her hair, has little in common with Midway's Sindel (Mortal Kombat 3).

With out a doubt, Guilty Gear X boasts the best 2-D graphics of all time. Sammy out did themselves in this masterpiece. Everything is rendered in hand drawn anime. Both backgrounds and characters are completely seamless. Picture being able to control the action during a fight scene in Ninja Scroll (Manga), that is exactly the feel you will have when playing Guilty Gear X.

There is not much I can say about the audio quality of Guilty Gear X. It is up to par as expected. The announcer has a menacing voice that announces "Heaven or Hell" at the beginning of every match. This could go either way, I like the intro, but I can see where others may not appreciate the added comment prior to engaging. As for the voice acting, it was well done. I really can not say it was above average because in the fighting genre, you barely ever get a glimpse at the real talent of the actors playing the characters. Instead, you learn how well they can grunt and yell, with the occasional catch phrase for a winning pose. I will say that the voice-overs do compliment the character's personalities very well.

My only disappointment with Guilty Gear X is the over-all story. In this continuum, a Gear named Justice was created to judge the world. He was defeated in Guilty Gear (Original). Now another Gear must be destroyed, as it is killing innocent people. It does not sound very original in design, but does manager to carry the game along. The characters, on the hand, have very interesting and unique stories. Millia, for instance, watched her parents be slaughtered and burned as a child. She is now an assassin who refuses to kill an innocent. This equals a very interesting ending, to which I will not spoil.

Overall, I am very pleased with Guilty Gear X. This is a must own for Playstation 2owners. I am very confident that hardcore fighting players will thoroughly enjoy this game. And although the overall story is semi-redundant, I still give this game a 10 out of 10. If you do not already own it, get it.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A True 2-D Fighter, April 3, 2002

By	Joel Dickinson (APO, AE United States) - See all my reviews

When I first heard the words... Guilty Gear X, I just shrugged. The name really didnt catch my ear. At first I thought it was to be some sort of RPG that had to deal with mechs and so forth. But after we got hold of a copy, I couldnt put it down. If your a fan of anime, the style of graphics will dazzle you. The attacks are confusing at first, but it doesnt take long to master a character. And the characters are proportioned to their size. Take Potemkin for example. He is massive!!! He cant run, but his arms can almost stretch across the screen. He is also quite slow, but his hit ratio goes with his size as well. So one hit can do a lot of damage. Then take Chip, he is small, so he doesnt do much damage, but he is far the fastest character on the game. You are lucky to even get a hit in, and while your trying to do that, he is able to get a few combos in before you even realize what he is doing. Each character has their own unique style of fighting. I love this game, and give it full marks in style and creativity. I only have two drawbacks to this game. I personally feel Instant Kills take away from the game where skill should be the better judge, not the inability to play worth a damn. And secondly..there is no story, I beat the game to find nothing happens, no dialogue, no climax..nothing. Just the cold touch of knowing you have beaten it, and your own personal glory. Nothing to romp around in, to brag, to gloat. But other than that, this game is a plus and a must have for fighter genre fans everywhere.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars One of the most original fighters out, November 24, 2001

By	Shana E. Markham (Montgomery, Alabama United States) - See all my reviews

The sequel to the popular Playstation sleeper hit, Guilty Gear X delivers an original, complex 2-D fighter that will have you turning to Capcom and SNK asking why they never tried this. Armed with hi-resolution graphics, an incredibly strange cast of fighters, a tension gauge that not only controls the use of various moves but also rewards aggressiveness (so long, wallflower players!), and multiple levels of complexity from custom combos to the imfamous "isntant kill." Players of the first game will be happy to know that the developers decided to give some more options, such as variable difficulty levels and a very unique survival mode, and that the game AI is even more reluctant to use the one-hit kills unless you do it first. The only problems I have with this game are the low number of characters in the face of the more popular 2D fighters, and some extra fighting modes would not have hurt. Still, this is a very solid game with tight controls. If you want to get away from the pixely, generic 2-D fighters, pick this title up.

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