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Guilty Gear 2: Overture

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Game Info

Publisher: Aksys Games

Developer: Arc System Works

Genre(s): Beat-'Em-Up

Players: 4

ESRB Rating: T (Teen)

Release Date: October 7, 2008

Summary

In the far future, humanity succeeded in developing an endless energy called the divine power. But although they were able to obtain wisdom, mankind could not cast aside their foolishness. Tension among the major powers led to the creation of biological weapons that were based on that power - Gears. Justice, the only Gear able to command the legions of biological weapons, went berserk and declared war on all of humanity. That was the beginning of the worst war in history - The Crusades. In response, mankind formed an order of elite knights, and with their participation, Justice was defeated. With her fall, all Gears ceased to function and entered a dormant state. The long-lasted Crusades came to an end, and it seemed like mankind restored peace. However, true history has yet to reveal itself. [Aksys Games]

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Worth Playing

Guilty Gear 2: Overture has a lot of good ideas and offers some entertaining gameplay moments, just not enough to warrant a purchase for most consumers.

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Games Radar (in-house)

If you want to see an action/RTS hybrid that actually gets the strategy part right, then Guilty Gear 2: Overture will deliver the goods. Unfortunately, even though this one element is great, it’s the only gem that stands in this title.

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TeamXbox

The suspect RTS elements, when combined with the premium price tag, make it hard to recommend Guilty Gear 2: Overture as a release-day purchase.

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Game Informer

With crawling load times and a story that reeks of awkward Japanese translation, a glance should be all you give this game. [Oct 2008, p.109]

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Official Xbox Magazine

But the gameplay is unnecessarily complicated, with the busy HUD being the worst example. [Nov 2008, p.75]

Meristation

At first, you feel overwhelmed by so many changes: genre, visual style, characters... Then, you must learn how to play a difficult-to-play game, with so many things to have into account. But in the end, it can be a compelling experience, with its ups and lows. Interesting, but it needs a lot of practice.

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IGN

The Guilty Gear universe is accurately represented and the bizarro storyline may be tough to swallow, but it's no goofier than some of the anime that scores big on Adult Swim.

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Vandal Online

It is a good idea to combine action with strategy, but this time hasn't been achieved with prowess.

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GameSpot

Guilty Gear 2 may be an interesting experiment in cross-genre game design, but it's mostly a shallow mess.

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1UP

Problem is that neither the strategy nor combat elements are developed in any meaningful way. All but the most strategy-savvy gamers will regard the capture-and-hold mechanics as primitive, and as for the combat...well, I really wasn't kidding with the Dynasty Warriors comparison.

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Destructoid

The combat system is too watered down to be compelling and the strategic aspect too simplistic. The only real challenge derived from the game lies in balancing these two aspects, which is satisfying for brief moments.

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What Our Users Said

The average user rating for this game is 8.0 (out of 10) based on 2 User Votes

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