

Guilty Gear is a 2D fighting game, in which you can play as one of 10 very different kind of characters. There is a selection of fighters from Holy Order knights, Armed Air Force soldiers, Mafia members and mad scientists. Each character has his/her own storyline that will be fully revealed during the final showdown. In battles, you can charge up for special attacks, as well as perform Deathblow moves, which would kill the opponent instantly. You can either choose to finish the Arcade mode, challenge your friends to a Versus battle, or either train your skills out in the Training mode. In 22th century, the scientists, learning the ancient ways of magic, discovered a new technique that made it possible to create artificial beings by mixing the DNA of humans and animals. Those new creatures were called "gears". They had no will of their own and were destined to obey the humans forever. However, a gear named Justice was, for a mysterious reason, capable of disobeying the humans and making decisions of his own. He organized a rebellion of gears, that was later repressed by the knights of the Sacred Order, who put him in a prison. But recently, Justice broke free, and the Order organized a tournament to find out who is capable of hunting him down again. Among the main contestant is a man with unclear past, Sol Badguy, and his rival Ky Kiske, one of the most skilled knights of the order. The conditions of the tournament are, however, very strange. It is allowed to spill blood, and the first prize is also not very usual: any wish of the winner will be fulfilled...
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Unpretentious, earnest, relentless and grave.
- unpretentiousprestige
- earnestironic
- contemplativerelentless
- gravecomic
- character-ledplot-driven
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About the game
- Platforms
- PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation, PlayStation Portable, Nintendo Switch
- Developer
- Arc System Works
- Publisher
- Atlus, Arc System Works, System 3 Software, PQube, Studio 3, Play It
- Released
- May 14, 1998
- Modes
- Single player, Multiplayer
- Perspective
- Side view
IGDB rating 7.9/10 from 32 ratings.
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