(LAST UPDATE: 6/28/09)
Developer(s):
Arc System Works
Publisher(s): Sammy Corporation
Designer(s): Daisuke Ishiwatari
Platform(s): Playstation
2
Release: 2005 (Japan)
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, Holy
Order Sol, ABA
Related Games:
Guilty
Gear, Guilty Gear X, Guilty
Gear X Advance, Guilty Gear XX, Guilty
Gear X2 #Reload,
Guilty Gear Isuka, Guilty
Gear Judgement, Guilty Gear XX Accent Core, Guilty
Gear XX Accent Core Plus, Blazblue,
Hokuto No Ken, Sengoku
Basara X
Review:
Arc System Works
pushed out yet another update to the Guilty Gear XX
series (shouldn't it be XXX by now?). 
Along with some gameplay tweaks and the addition of several new moves for
certain characters,
XX Slash features 1 new character, Holy
Order Sol (an alternate version of Sol
Badguy). ABA from Guilty
Gear Isuka also joins the classic 1-VS-1 format for the first time,
and was also given some interesting new techniques.
The visual presentation is still what you'd
expect from the series... High-res 2D sprites going at it with some of the
craziest and most obscure moves you'll ever see in a fighting game! The
game seems a bit more action packed this time around, but all the sprites
and many of the backgrounds you remember from previous installments are back. The Guilty
Gear series has gone back to it's roots with Slash, and it's most
likely what the fans of the series have been waiting for, since Guilty
Gear Isuka came out being more of a sloppy party game. The gameplay
has been re-balanced yet again, several move properties have changed, and
even some new moves were added... In a nutshell, Slash is a simple update
to a solid 2D fighter.
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Closing Comment:
The Guilty Gear series still has punch, but once again isn't offering too much new
with GGXX: Slash... Arc System Works was indeed re-hashing AKA "tuning" their
2D fighter over and over again, much like Capcom did in the mid 90's with
the SF2 series. Re-releasing a game is indeed good
way to update the series and keep it fresh, but I think fighting game fans
are looking for a bit more than just one new character and some new moves
out of a "sequel" these days. Arc System Works clearly made this game
for the die-hard
Guilty Gear players. ~F.Yagami,
Webmaster
of TFG
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