Guilty
Gear XX Slash: The Midnight Carnival
REVIEW:
A refinement of X2 #Reload, Guilty
Gear XX Slash yet another update to the XX
series (shouldn't it be XXX by now?). 
Like the prequel, this installment retunes the entire character roster once
again, adding several new moves for all characters. XX Slash also
introduces a new character, Holy
Order Sol (an alternate version of Sol Badguy). ABA from Guilty
Gear Isuka also joins the classic 1-VS-1 format for the first time,
and was also given some interesting new techniques.
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You thought Guilty Gear
was obscure before? Meet A.B.A.
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The visual presentation is still what you'd
expect from the series... high-res 2D character sprites with some of the
craziest and most obscure moves you'll ever see in a fighting game. Indeed, XX
Slash still looks "the same" as previous XX installments,
but at least there are some new (and classic) backgrounds this time. Most
importantly, XX Slash
is one of the most well-rounded Guilty Gear installments to date,
boasting the largest character roster seen in a Guilty Gear title.
Additionally, the new character tweaks add even more depth to returning
fighters. If anything negative, I'd say Ky Kiske and Anji are a bit over-powered
in this installment.
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I-No
versus Zappa... (Not
Frank Zappa)
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| Page Updated: |
September
26th, 2022
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| Developer(s): |
Arc System Works |
| Publisher(s): |
Sammy Corporation |
| Designer(s): |
Daisuke Ishiwatari
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| Platform(s): |
PlayStation 2
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| Release Date(s): |
2005
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| Characters: |
Holy
Order Sol, A.B.A, Sol
Badguy, Ky Kiske, Millia
Rage,
Chipp Zanuff,
May,
Jam Kuradoberi,
Johnny,
Baiken,
Potemkin, Faust, Axl,
Anji Mito,
Venom,
Dizzy,
Testament,
Zato-1,
Justice,
Kliff,
Slayer,
Bridget,
I-No,
Zappa,
Robo
Ky, Leopaldon |
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Featured Video:
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| Related Games: |
Guilty Gear XX Accent Core, Guilty
Gear XX Accent Core Plus, Guilty
Gear X2 #Reload, Guilty Gear XX, Guilty Gear X, Guilty
Gear X Advance, Guilty
Gear, Guilty Gear Isuka, Guilty
Gear Judgment, Guilty Gear Xrd -SIGN-,
Guilty Gear Xrd -REVELATOR-,
Guilty Gear Xrd REV 2,
Guilty Gear STRIVE, BlazBlue: Calamity Trigger,
Hokuto No Ken, Sengoku
Basara X, Rumble Fish, Rumble
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Gameplay
Engine
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8.0 / 10
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Story
/ Theme
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7.0 / 10
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Overall
Graphics
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8.5 / 10
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Animation
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8.0 / 10
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Music
/ Sound Effects
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8.5 / 10
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Innovation
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6.0 / 10
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Art Direction
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7.5 / 10
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Customization
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8.0 / 10
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Options / Extras
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8.0 / 10
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Intro / Presentation
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8.0 / 10
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Replayability / Fun
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7.0 / 10
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"Ouch" Factor
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7.5 / 10
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Characters
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9.0 / 10
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BOTTOM LINE
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8.1
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10
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Review based on PS2 (JP
Import)
version
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| Final
Words: |
Back in the good ol' PS2 fighting game days, something about the many new installments and updates for the Guilty Gear XX series intrigued me. Especially this one (since it was a Japan import exclusive). Luckily, I had some friends who worked at a yearly anime convention - and they brought their modded
PS2 with GGXX Slash... so I got to play this one when it was pretty new.
Short review: Holy Order Sol alone is worth the price of admission. He's a cool (and classy) new take on Sol Badguy, and has a lot to offer even though he's basically a sprite-edit of Sol (a damn good one, no doubt). I'm not a serious GGXX player, so I didn't notice all of the updates to other characters. But I did enjoy playing this
game a while.
Much like Capcom did with the SF2
series back in the mid 90's, Arc System Works is indeed guilty of re-hashing (AKA
"lightly tuning") the Guilty Gear X series numerous times now. For the serious players, it's a no-brainer and of course they'll want to pick up the latest version. For casual players, GGXX Slash probably isn't worth another buy (or going through the trouble to import) if you already own GGXX #Reload or the original GGXX.
A couple years after Slash... the sequel, Guilty Gear XX Accent
Core continued the trend by adding another new character, new features & modes, and new voiceovers.
~TFG
Webmaster | @Fighters_Gen
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