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General: Sammy studios pushes out yet another update to the Guilty Gear XX series (shouldn't it be XXX by now?). Anyhow, this game 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.
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The Guilty Gear series has gone back to it's roots with Slash, and it's most likely what the fans of the series were waiting for, as Guilty Gear Isuka came out being more of a sloppy party game. The gameplay has been tweaked yet again, move properties have changed, and new moves were added. Characters have been balanced out for the better.
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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 backgrounds you remember from previous versions are back.
Manufacturer: Arc
System Works / Atlus
Platforms: 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,
Blazblue, Hokuto
No Ken, Sengoku Basara X
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Closing Comment:
The Guilty Gear series still has punch, but isn't offering too much new
with GGXX: Slash. Arc System Works is re-hashing AKA "tuning" their 2D
fighting system over and over again, much like Capcom did in the 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. This is definitely a game for the die-hard
Guilty Gear players... ~F.Yagami,
Webmaster
of TFG