Guilty Gear Xrd: Rev 2
2017
- fighting
- arcade
- action
- fantasy
- single player
- multiplayer
The story
Guilty Gear Xrd Rev 2 is a standalone expansion of Guilty Gear Xrd Revelator and is also available as DLC for that game.
What it’s like
Hand-drawn anime art that looks like animation cels, with bold inked outlines, flat saturated colour and sudden snap-frame poses that freeze mid-motion before a burst of impact. Stages are dramatic and theatrical, all painted skies, wind-whipped banners and glowing sigils, while the frame cuts to close-ups and slams in with heavy, cinematic zooms during big moves. The soundtrack is loud and propulsive, a mix of hard rock, electric guitar and thumping drums that pushes every fight forward, with voiced lines and crunchy hit effects punctuating each exchange. Fighting is fast and flashy but readable, so the rhythm is tense and bursting rather than relaxed, with long stretches of rapid-fire combos broken by brief pauses for breath. The emotional register is swaggering, bombastic and playful, with a cheerfully over-the-top sense of melodrama. Violence is stylised and cartoonish: blood-red sparks and exaggerated slashes, no gore, and it reads as comic rather than grim. Suits an evening of couch or arcade play with friends, or a solo session when you want loud, stylish spectacle. For fighting-game fans who enjoy bold anime aesthetics and high-energy, showy battles.
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