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General: Just when you thought the Guilty Gear series was ready for a "real" sequel, along comes another "GGXX" installment... *sigh* ... The Guilty Gear "X" series refuses to throw in the towel, and hasn't changed a whole lot, but seems to be improving with each title, so I'm not really complaining. I'm not a serious Guilty Gear player but I'm sure those die-hards that are, are enjoying this latest enhancement. That is, If they haven't already played Guilty Gear XX Slash... because it's nearly the same, with the exception of a few moves and backgrounds.
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The main change in Accent Core is the new "Force Break," which consumes 25% of the Tension bar when used. Most characters have also gained new special moves, and some have had existing specials (or powered-up versions of existing specials) converted into Force Break attacks. There are now certain moves that make opponents stick briefly to walls or slide across the floor of a stage as well. New additions also include Slashback, a form of parrying with reduced block stun, and throw breaks.
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Character voice acting has been completely re-done this time around, a nice change if you thought those special moves and win quotes were starting to sound a bit monotonous (I did), and I personally think the new voices are quite badass and an improvement over the classic ones! The announcer voice is also different, but he unfortunately isn't quite as badass... He sounds super-happy and quite franky, annoys me very much. They should have stuck with the old one I think.
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There have also been some improvements with the animation, and the game as a whole appears a bit smoother in some places... The new hit animations are nice! The new backgrounds look awesome with 2 new BGM's that rock hard! The intro and character artwork in Accent Core are brand new, although the "character faces" from the selection screen were taken from GGXX, but isn't a bad thing since those artworks are definitely still very cool looking. This game also looks great on an HDTV, just pop it in your PS3!
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GGXX: Accent Core unfortunately includes NO Story Mode, so this is purely an arcade fighting title made for the true Guilty Gear players... Arcade Mode, Medal of Millionare, Survival, Training, and Versus Mode should be enough to keep you guys busy. The back of the box claims to feature 2 new characters, but actually there aren't any completely "new" characters... A.B.A. is playable in a 1 vs 1 Guilty Gear title for the first time in America, with new moves to boot; and an alternate version of Sol Badguy, "Order Sol," is the other newcomer, and has a completely different move set than the original Sol.
Manufacturer: Arc
System Works / Atlus
Platforms: Arcade,
Playstation 2, Wii
Release: Arcade
- December 20th, 2006 (Japan), PS2 - May 30th 2007 (Japan) September 12th,
2007 (USA), Wii - July 26, 2007 (Japan)
Characters:
Sol
Badguy, Ky Kiske, Millia,
Chipp,
May,
Jam,
Johnny,
Baiken,
Potemkin,
Dr.
Baldhead, Axel,
Anji,
Venom,
Dizzy,
Testament,
Zato-1,
Slayer,
Bridget,
I-no,
Zappa,
Robo
Ky, Leopaldon, Order
Sol,
A.B.A.
Related Games:
Guilty Gear, Guilty
Gear X, Guilty Gear X Advance, Guilty
Gear XX, Guilty Gear X2 #Reload,
Guilty Gear XX Slash, Guilty
Gear Isuka, Guilty Gear Judgement,
Blazblue, Hokuto
No Ken, Sengoku Basara X
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Closing Comment: Guilty Gear has matured as a fighting game series, and has surely seen it's best incarbation yet with Accent Core. The new voice acting does a lot for the game as well as the characters themselves. Accent Core is definitely one of the best looking of the series thus far, and is among the best looking 2D fighting games out there... Although the Guilty Gear series has never been my cup of tea gameplay-wise, I can respect the series and the solid gameplay it has. In my opinion though, it's just not as fun or addicting as the likes of MvC2 or SFIII: TS.
You should
know by now if the Guilty Gear series suits your fighting game tastes as
far as gameplay goes. The gameplay is faster and more frantic than ever,
with some of the most insane special moves and combos you may ever see
in a fighting game. If you're looking for a "new" feeling 2D fighter, GGX:
Accent Core should quench your thirst just fine...
~F.Yagami,
Webmaster
of TFG