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After winning Mark of the Wolves for the 150th time since I got it (a rough estimate, but probably not far off) I decided it was really time to feed my DC a new fighting game, so I picked up Guilty Gear X.

First thought: Holy crap! This game's gorgeous! I had no clue hi-res would make such a difference. I honestly want to go and throttle SNK for sticking with the archaic Geo for so long when MotW could have looked like this, but with better animation.

Second thought: Uh oh. This game is like a better version of Jojo's. Almost exactly. Jojo's is fun for a while, but I like my fighting engines dead serious. GGX doesn't seem to have much of a positional game, just keep jumping at the other guy, keep wailing on him, and whatever you do don't let up.

Third thought: I don't like screeching 80s guitar metal, but this soundtrack is cool in spite of that.

Fourth thought: I'm not sure I like the character design much. It's high quality stuff, but I kept looking around for someone I really wanted to use - Johnny (aka Gambit) and Chipp (aka Strider Hiryu) were the only guys that interested me. And what's up with the dude who fights you with a pool cue?

Fifth thought: Goldarnit, this game's hard! Too many of your later opponents seem able to pound off half your energy in two or three hits, which is frustrating after juggling them for a half an hour and just messing up once and ending up behind.

Sixth thought: One hit kills are gay. Not that the computer ever does them, and not that they're easy to land, but what's fun about that?


So far the game's not bad, but it's not gonna dislodge the holy 2D trinity of KoF '98, MotW and 3rd Strike. Anyone else have thoughts?

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No...I don't like Guilty Gear

I love GGX, I think it's supposed to be archaeic and all, it does have a good amount of depth with juggling and tying in supers with long chains of combos. I liked the character designs, they borrow a bit from other fighter designs but I felt they let loose on them and making them downright crazy.

The music is cheesy but I love it especially Dizzy's. She's almost as bad as Justice but after some cheesy moves I can beat her. I liked Sol(obviously alot of people's favs too), Jam, Johnny, Chipp, and Baiken. She still looks sexy yet tough even with her missing arm and eye. I agree with most of your opinion on it, I can't wait for GGXX. :O

Heh nice random/funny/sexy/out of place image Doug.

Ah yes, another thread with a cryptic title.

You thought the game was hard? Pussy :)

Yeah I wasn't a big fan of the music, nor was I really a fan of the one hit kills either. So other then the hard part I agree with you fully.

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You thought the game was hard? Pussy :)

Yeah I wasn't a big fan of the music, nor was I really a fan of the one hit kills either. So other then the hard part I agree with you fully.

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Wait until I've had the game for more than two days, tough guy. :p Seriously though, Justice is almost as cheap as Gill. And after owning level 8 Kain in MotW backwards and forwards, it was kinda humbling getting killed by regular characters.

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Ah yes, another thread with a cryptic title.

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Well, hey, pretty much anyone who's played it will get the reference, who are the only ones who'd be posting in this thread anyway. Besides, it's funny. :D

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I love GGX, I think it's supposed to be archaeic and all,

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Archaic means really old - do you mean arcadey? Aren't all fighting games?

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it does have a good amount of depth with juggling and tying in supers with long chains of combos.

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Yep, MvC style combo-festing, which I'm not going to pretend is easy past a certain point. But still, I've been spending time at the arcade recently, trying to get my parry game down in SF3 against live opponents...compared to that, this style of fighting feels like McDonald's after Tony Roma's ribs.

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I liked Baiken. She still looks sexy yet tough even with her missing arm and eye.

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Er...amputees need love too, I guess...

And Doug: I know you are, but what am I?

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Archaic means really old - do you mean arcadey? Aren't all fighting games?

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Guess the word I was looking for here was chaotic. Thought archaeic was derived from anarchy but no, looks like I need a dictionary.

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Yep, MvC style combo-festing, which I'm not going to pretend is easy past a certain point. But still, I've been spending time at the arcade recently, trying to get my parry game down in SF3 against live opponents...compared to that, this style of fighting feels like McDonald's after Tony Roma's ribs.

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Well after a while the street fighters series kept adding things like more speed and combos and counters and such, then it hit 3 and got alot more advanced whereas GGX is Arc System's new game coming from ex capcom members and such. MOTW is also an example of advanced gameplay with the just defending and the t.o.p meter.

I like GGX a lot. It's the sort of game that only shines once you've put some real time into it. Setting the difficulty on max helps. Learning all the moves of the characters so you know what to be ready for helps more. Overall, the fighting engine feels rough, but it's nice and different from the SNK/Capcom mold for the most part.

I'll buy GGXX if it comes out on a system I actually own.

Haha, it's all good man I was just teasing ;) Glad you are enjoying the game ;0