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General: Guilty
Gear: Isuka takes the Guilty Gear X series in a new direction
in terms of gameplay, featuring 2D simultaneous 4-player fighting, for
the first time. Along with the new gameplay style comes the addition
of a couple new characters, new music tracks, and completely redrawn backgrounds.
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The main difference
between GG: Isuka and all the previous versions of the series is most definitely
(and unfortunately) the gameplay system... Unfortunately becasue it doesn't
work quite as well as previous installments. Now, players have to use a
"turn" button (R1 by default), to turn around and face their opponent if
need be. This is a somewhat unfamiliar (and annoying) gameplay element
due to the fact that nearly all fighting games have "auto-targeting." It
works "alright" in a 2 player battle, but the turn button becomes a big
problem during single player games, as the computer AI (on higher difficulty
levels) no doubt has a big edge on turning. The new fighting engine also
features a foreground and a background (much like the classic Fatal Fury
series).
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The
single-player frustration continues with the new GG Boost mode... A novel
idea that borrows its side-scrolling inspiration from games like Final
Fight. Boost could have been a terrific addition to help fill the void
when not playing the regular game too, if not for it's need to use the
turn button just like a one-on-one match. Why should there be a need to
manually flip yourself in the other direction in a side-scrolling hack
and slash just because you need it for four-player? It just doesn't make
any sense.
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Flaws aside, GG: Isuka is a unqiue and stylish game... It also features some pretty cool customization options, including color edit. You can also "create" your own version of Robo-Ky.
Manufacturer: Arc
System Works / Atlus
Platforms: Arcade,
Playstation 2
Release: 2004
Characters:
Sol
Badguy, Ky Kiske, Millia,
Chipp,
May,
Jam,
Johnny,
Baiken,
Potemkin,
Dr.
Baldhead, Axel,
Anji,
Venom,
Dizzy,
Testament,
Zato-1,
Justice,
Kliff,
Slayer,
Bridget,
I-no,
Zappa,
Robo
Ky, Leopaldon, ABA
Related Games:
Guilty Gear, Guilty
Gear X, Guilty Gear X Advance, Guilty
Gear XX, Guilty Gear X2 #Reload,
Guilty Gear XX Slash, Guilty
Gear Judgement, Guilty Gear XX Accent Core,
Blazblue, Hokuto
No Ken, Sengoku Basara X
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Closing Comment: Not a bad attempt from Sammy, but they could have done a lot better with turning their hit 1 on 1 2D fighter into a 4 player 2D fighter... The Guilty Gear series seems to be best when featuring 1 on 1 battles, and should probably stick with that formula. ~F.Yagami, Webmaster of TFG
