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Amazing

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 5 / 6
Date: February 07, 2003
Author: Amazon User

If I could play only two fighting games for the rest of my life, I would choose this as one of them with Street Fighter 3:3rd Strike finfishing off the list.

I have yet to play the region 1 ps2 version, but one of my friends imported it from japan, and two of the local arcades I go to both have Guilty Gear XX: The Midnight Carnival, and I have to say that it is amazing. The amount of detail that has gone into character design is quite amazing. I-No and Jam both look amazing. The animation looks cleaner than even Street Fighter 3: Third Strike (which is something to say).

A part where I feel it rises above the generic wave of 2d fighters is in its balance, innovation, and speed of gameplay.
Balance: Like SF3:3S, the game is amazingly well balanced, and at my local arcade I have seen people win with almost every single character with the exception of Venom because of his difficult mind-games, set-ups and steep learning curve; and Zappa because, I have never seen someone actually play with him.

Innovation: the weapons based fighting is not really a novel idea to the 2D genre (remeber Samurai Showdown?), but it the weapons that are used that really make the additional aesthetic appeal (May's anchor, Bridgette's yo-yo, and Venom's pool cue, and I-No's guitar) just to name a few. The button configuration (5 of them) is easy to get used to when learning. I feel that this game has improved on its its prequils.

Gameplay: The section that matters the most. Although it may seem that the fighting engine is only skin deep at first glance and it requires mass button mashing. The game is deep in the same sense that Marvel vs. Capcom 2 requires a large amount of strategies to use the individual character's traps and infinite combo's (yes there are infinites in this game). The game also includes cancels and a variety of other special in game fighting features that will be taken advantage of once the engine is learned. Another thing, this game is fast paced, and it rewards rush-down and tries to restrict turtling. Your meter drops if you turtle. The dashes and running and speed of the moves help add to this.

The music is amazing. Like the first game, perfect fighting game music. Remember MvC2's jazz? Fast paced aggressive is so much better for the rush-down combo oriented game.

I have to admit that I have never played this game on the standard ps2 controller, only on a custom-made joystick. So I do not know how the control plays with a controller.

Versus, like any fighting game, is the mode that most shines because it is essentially the most fun to play a fighting game with another person because the computer can become predictable.

All in all, this is an excellent fighting game where I don't think you could go wrong in buying. This is one of the rare very balanced 2D fighters that has made its appearance since 3rd Strike.

Amazing graphics and fighting gameplay

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 5 / 5
Date: March 17, 2003
Author: Amazon User

Guilty Gear X2 is a 2D fighting game that boasts gorgeous anime graphics, detailed backgrounds, great fight combos, and a soundtrack straight out of the 80s of rock.

First, the graphics. They are just amazing. The characters move just like anime cartoons (and with better animation than many out there) - complete with billowing smoke, ripple effects, zaps of lightning, and much more.

Being a 2D fighter you can't move into the scenery, but the backgrounds are well detailed and match the characters nicely. The fighting styles are quite detailed, each is unique. Characters fight with anchors, guitars, yoyos, jumprope chains, and much more.

The game is definitely themed to 80s rock and metal music. The background music jams and was done by great bands. The characters themselves are named things like Axl and Venom.

The fighting gameplay is great. You can play against other players, or in a variety of single player modes that are engrossing and challenging. There are numerous special moves including killer moves that can be done at any time in the game (if you can get the button combos down!)

Story mode is around 10 battles, but on the downside you can't save. So once you start a sequence, you can't save partway through and restart it later. Some battles can be incredibly hard until you figure out the right combo to win, so you can be stuck in one spot for an hour or more. Still, a game should be challenging sometimes!

Also, most of the dialogue is in Japanese, although they do subtitle the important parts in English. Even though it's in Japanese, some of the taunts can get very repetitive.

Highly recommended for any fighting game fan, especially for those who have another human around to play multiplayer with!

The True King of Fighters

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 5 / 5
Date: November 23, 2004
Author: Amazon User

Guilty Gear X2 isn't like you're typical 2D fighter (if you wanted to call it that). The characters here aren't simply fighters aiming to be the strongest in the world,take vengence(ok one or two are), or merely test there skills. These fighters although weird have a background which suit them beyond compare and are characters with actual emotion. If you were to view the relationship between Sol and Ky as compared too Ken and Ryu you'd probably go like, "but Ken and Ryu are like best friends and share an awesome bond," yet though Sol and Ky try to kill one another every chance they get they still share quite a tight knit bond between one another which is more dynamic then the average buddy buddy or trained since youth scenario. Of course the whole, "were enemies, but we can still work together," concept has been done but rarely used. The most memorable case of this idea is DBZ's Goku and Vegeta, for anime fans to say the least. It's obvious that it's hard to comeup with some new ways of portraying characters in fighters and the reason why they fight; but here though it's done masterfully. All the characters of this game are so easy to relate to and love for their individuality and eccentricities that seem just so human in nature. To say the least each one presents their own attitude, which for all carry a cocky under tone to it. Such as Sol's classic bad ass attitude, Baiken's cold stare, and Slayer's nonchalance.

Obviously though you all want to hear about the gameplay. It's simple, it's awesome. To start just know that the animation here is the best you'll see for the PS2 without a doubt. Also this game, as I'm sure you've heard, has some of the most unique fighting techniques to ever grace the 2D Brawling World. There's Axel with his chained sickles, the juggernaut Potemkin, the amorphous Zato 1 (Eddie), the fan wielding Anji Mito, the powerful May, the dexterious Faust,and the lovely Milla Rage for starters. If this isn't a fantastic line up then I don'tknow what is. I mean you have a little girl that uses a freakin' anchor, a chick that has killer hair, and a deranged doctor with a whacked out love for poking you "where the sun don't shine." You'll just have fun learning all of their special abilities and enjoy seeing who well crafted they were. I must admit I've never loved getting beat by the same move 100 times in a row and say, "that move is too sweet," every time until this game.

One of the most intriguing qualities of this game that, which I believe sets it apart form all other fighter in general, is the Instant Kill. That is what it is and there's no need for me to explain it. For those who are a little curious let me put it this way; if your about to get you're butt beat and you have like no life while the other is at full health a well placed IK doesn't simply turn the tide, it obliterates it.

Also another great point about this game is the various game modes. There's MOM ( Master of Millionares ), the classic survival and story mode ( which both are quite nice ),and mission mode( probably the most challenging part of the game and at the same time the most fun. That is if you have the courage to lose a lot of hours of your life). Ok so it's like only four, but they're all really good modes and reflect the time and effort put into the production of this game and it's assured A ranking quality. In the old days survival was a great way to showoff how awesome you were, but after losing the 20th round again and again to the same bastard, it gets kind of boring and sets the bar for you not to bother trying anymore, unless you're just that good (DOA 2 Ultimate online scores especially). Though with this game you simply want to come back to it again and again. The reason is because after defeating the boss that shows up every 10 matches you unlock a new version of the characters such as EX, Black, and even Gold versions. I'll admit I was only able to unlock the EX versions for most characters,but it leaves you too wonder. Even more so the moves for the alternates are different as compared to the originals which can play a big part in your strategy that will either make or break you. Along with this is the great story mode set up which provides you with alternate endings which proved to be funny and emotional all at the same time. It's a little tricky at sometimes though for you have to play through the story with a character once or twice before you can unlock another route to an ending for a different person. To sum this part up the unlockables from these modes are purely awesome, with the extra characters, alternate fighting versions,and a really cool art gallery which comes to being as good as Dark Stalkers 3 ( for those who've played the game should know what I mean ).

I'm sure you're tired of reading this by now if not simply quit and gave it a bad rating,or just didn't bother with it at all. So I'll just some it up; this game is "Spellbinding" and a must have for any person who loves fighters. Of course by the time I've written this review the Xbox version is out, and for those of you lucky enough to have "the box" then get this game.

Hope this review was helpful.

A thrilling game

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: May 29, 2003
Author: Amazon User

I'm genrally wary of 2D fighters, and generally of beat-em-up games altogether. I brought this game after I saw a review of it in PSM2: 8/10, and my bro recomended it to me as we are both anime fans. Most fighting games have good moves and a few extra characters, and just about enough storyline to keep you intriuged. Guilty Gear X 2 has SPECTACULAR moves enhanced by 3D grpahics which are neough to make anyone stare in awe. It doesn't just have one storyline, it has many of them, THREE for each character relating to his or her past, or otherwise. Whats more is that all of these unique storylines intertwine. The plot is enough to keep most people fathoming it all out with it's subtle hints for hours. The combo system is unique and varying in complexity from character to character, uncluding relavent, written dialoge between fights. GGX2 has enough unlockable things to make a sequel to itself, and these aren't just pretty things that have no use what-so-ever, they are important and can add-to, and even change, the whole way the game can be played. The game has Story mode, survival, M.O.M mode, Mission mode (these missions are so challenging that they'll keep you busy quite literally for days.), Arcade mode, training, and VS. You have to work very hard for these unlockables, like for example, to unlock GG mode (something that changes the wholeway the game is played) you either have to reach level 300 on survival, view ALL the ending for ALL the 16 characters you can play from the start, or complete 45 missions. The speed and extremities make your blood pump and your heart race, I'm being serious. Once I finished one battle which was a real challenge and a very tight finish, I could hear my heart beating away. By the time you've completely finished this game, the sequel will probably come out a year ago. BUY THIS! IT IS QUITE LITERALLY THE BEST OUT ON THE BEAT EM UP MARKET FOR A LONG, LONG TIME!!!!

Unique, Quirky, and Awesome.

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: August 16, 2004
Author: Amazon User

Any fan of the Guilty Gear series can tell you there have been some technical problems with older incarnations.

Im very glad to say that the fighting system has been revamped and plays smoother, faster, and more amazing than ever.

Created for the cutting-edge Naomi 2 arcade board (And atomiswave, but I won't go into that...), the game can handle even complex graphics like Sol's Napalm Death and I-No's Megalomania flying all over the screen. The board makes sprites come alive (See: "Bridget's air attacks") with jaw-dropping realism. The board can even handle anime-style cutscenes, Complex tie-ins of polygons and sprites, and ear-cutting sound.

Now, before I go any furthur, I have to say that this game is quite possibly the most unique fighter out. Airdashes were almost made a fighting game necessity after this game. The characters each show terrific personality and stunning originality, from a time-traveling axl rose to a cross-dressing-teddy-bear-wielding-nun-bounty-hunter. It may seem campy, but it's terrifically orchestrated to create deep characters that all fit into a crazy story in the end. The weapons each character wields show an array of creativity from the Guilty Gear team. A hair-witch? she's there. A man with a possesing shadow? he's there. A Pool jockey with a deadly 8-ball? Been there, done that.

I haven't had the fun that I had with guilty gear's balanced system and characters since... *gasp* Marvel vs. Capcom 2, quite possibly a fighting game legend.

I highly recommend this game to figthing game afficiendos.

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One of the best fighting games ever!!!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: November 10, 2004
Author: Amazon User

This game is amazing and is truly a contender for best fighters!I've played great fighters like DOA, Street Fighter, and Tekken, for example. Guilty Gear X2 is a lightning fast game. Fights are fast, no slow moves (except burly Potemkin, but they all can't be fast, can they?) The moves are killer, from Lightning sword wielding knight Ky Kiske's Ride the Lightning overdrive to One armed Samurai babe Baiken's instant samurai assassination kill. Plus there are 20 characters to pick from ( there are also 3 hidden characters in addition to this) which are done in 2D, anime style character models. The music is all instrumental rock and metal, with heavy guitar and drum beats. Though 2D, the fighting never lets up, and multiple modes of play add to the tension. (Mission mode is, for me, currently impossible)
As a side comment, the person who wrote the original overview of the game is inexperienced. He/she obviously only picked it up for a few minutes. Sure, instant kills are hard to do, but not impossible. All it takes is technique. This game is hard, and it takes time to beat it (the final boss of Arcade mode, I-No, takes a lot of time to defeat because of her uber-powerful overdrive moves.)but it is possible.
I personally love anime, and most fans of anime I've talked to like it. The music is amazing, and the game fights like a faster, more intense street fighter. The animation is smooth, and the fights are fantastic. Personally, this is one of my favorite games of all time, and any anime/fighting game enthusiast/ PS2 owner ought to at least rent it.

The Update GG needed, but definitely not the concept.

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: May 03, 2007
Author: Amazon User

I still rank Guilty Gear X2 with high marks but I lack the appreciation of execution this game has except for the music-- the music I'll admit is damn good and the graphics are a huge boost from what Guilty Gear (the original) was but I'm disappointed in the change GG has gone through, becoming the X Series. In a way, I don't even consider the X series a part of the whole Guilty Gear deal but that it was a different direction for Ishiwatari Daisuke's projecto move around in-- it all became a part of the whole pop culture deal rather than the underground swagger it had going on back in the late 90's and seemed to have appealed more to a market sense of things than just the pure gaming aspect of a good challenging game (I mean for crying out loud, they made it HARDER to execute the Instant Kill 'Destroyed' move).

I only play the X-series of GG to compensate for a more eye-candy gesture of gaming as well as enhanced sound quality and music but GG is still my most highly regarded jewel than what X or X2 (XX: Midnight Carnival if you will) could ever be.

If you're a GG fan, get the game I suppose but it really doesn't have that same appeal regardless of what you may think; the whole spiel just doesn't quite fit for me, but that's me. This may seem like I'm putting this game down more than I should be praising it but again, in design the game is great, outstanding even, but the concept runs short and 'sold out' as far as a good game goes.

When Guilty Gear first came out, I was stoked and hoping for a sequel that could turn GG over as a world-class hit in the gaming scene... The X-series came out and ... that's all it just about it, come out but it didn't turn anything over as I thought it would-- so I'm still waiting for that TRUE Guilty Gear sequel despite the cashcowing to whoever's selling the game out now... was Atlus? Now Sammy? Now it's someone else I believe right? Times change but I still hold hope for that one moment when GG will make a true return to its roots-- if Daisuke Ishiwatari is reading this and can read English, I hope you read them intently because a diehard fan is still waiting for a raging comeback to what I acclaim as one of the greatest fighting game franchises of all time. Period.

Why it's the BEST 2D FIGHTER EVER

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: June 04, 2007
Author: Amazon User

Before I picked up this game, I used to think that MVC2 (marvel vs capcom 2) and CVS2(capcom vs snk2) were the best fighters ever, but now I can truly say that guilty gear x2 is the greatest 2d fighting game ever made and without a doubt. After I played the game, I realized flaws in my two previous favorites...

Why Marvel vs capcom 2 does not compete with the GGX2?
-Characters in MVC2 are not balanced. some characters will never be used,while others are more overpowered
-Horrible Jazz Music
-Annoying voice in background
-Infinite use of helpers makes the game a bit too dumbed-down for noobs
-AI is stupid.

Why Capcom vs snk 2 is not as good as GGx2?
-Characters in CVS2 lack uniqueness. too much ryu clones...ken, ryu, akuma, evil ryu, shin akuma, dan, ryo, etc..
-you don't learn much about the characters

Why GGX2 is pure quality fighting game?
-Very hard AI. try maniac mode in arcade...
-Awesome story behind characters
-Characters are very very unique and you will love them. Even though there were 23 characters it felt like there were more characters than mvc2's 56 and cvs2's 48.
-The gameplay fighting is VERY VERY GOOD. It's the perfect balance between mvc2's too crazy fighting to cvs2's more technical fighting. Connecting normal moves with supers are not so easy in GGX2 which i found to be one of the flaws of mvc2(noobs might prefer this). The fighting is fast and intense without having all of those helpers run around, but technical enough to really appreciate. Doing big combos really takes alot of time and skills to master. From begining to end of fights, you will not let your guard down because of the instant kills.
-Replay value is INSANE. Mastering story mode, survival mode, MOM mode, Arcade mode on Maniac and especially mission mode should consume over 100+ hours. With unlockable sp and ex characters, you feel like there is so much variation in the game!
-The music is incredible! It really gets you in the mood!

I am not trying to say that marvel vs capcom 2 or Capcom vs SNK 2 are bad games, but seriously.. after you play Guilty Gear X2, you will definitely notice alot of shortcomings from MVC2 and CVS2. The only reason why this game is not a humongous hit is because nowadays everyone flocks to 3D games...if you miss this game just because it is 2D...you are truly missing out...it will probably be the last of the greatest 2D fighters if not the greatest...

Great game but be careful who you buy it from!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: July 06, 2007
Author: Amazon User

This in my opinion is the best 2D fighter on the market,far superior to the likes of Marvel V.S. Capcom 2.There are some price gougers trying to sell this game for close to 200 bucks for new and sealed but in one month (August 2007) the whole gulity gear set is coming in one package for under 40 bucks (this game included).Sort of like what Need for Speed and the Devil May Cry series has done.When this set releases the value of the Guilty Gear X2 sealed games is going to drop from about 150-200 bucks to a mere 10 bucks or so if that.Let these price gougers watch their games values drop to nearly nothing and wait to purchase the full set next month for $39.99

Feel GUILTY for not trying this game!!!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: April 23, 2003
Author: Amazon User

This game is pretty good. Ok, so the moves are hard to execute, but that's what the training mode is for. Also, the game loads matches up to 2 seconds, and you'll want to hear that rock music over and over and over again. And the mission mode is very challenging (i only completed 2 missions). Only problem is that you have to look on the internet to get the different endings in story mode. But this game just beats the .... out of street fighter.

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