#GUILTY GEAR XRD SIGN VS REVELATOR SERIES#

The characters are an odd bunch, with glorious hair, bulging biceps, pulsing pectorals, strangely tiny waists and odd names. It tells a story of warring factions, sneaky assassins and traitors in one big excuse for a bunch of weirdos and muscleheads to beat each other up. The story is completely rendered in the game’s engine giving you a chance to see just how good Ark System Works’ cel-shaded aesthetic is. You see, you don’t actually play Revelator’s Story mode, it’s actually a feature length anime for you to sit and watch as a bit of a chill away from the meat of the actual play.

#GUILTY GEAR XRD SIGN VS REVELATOR SERIES#

and also unlock art, music, sound effects and character colours for use in the other modes.Īfter that you have ‘Episodes’ (not to be confused with Story mode), which take you through a series of fights with interspersing vignettes that tell you what your chosen character went through between the story of GG Xrd SIGN and the story contained in Revelator. Single player has M.O.M mode within which you choose opponents that come with certain buffs and resistances beating them earns medals and currency which can be used to unlock perks to buff your performance in M.O.M. You’ve got your usual versus mode to challenge your buddies in local combat, and then online in fantastic 3D lobbies (if you’re brave enough to test your abilities). Once you’re out of the dojo and confident in your abilities you’ll find the game has a range of modes to choose from in which you can hone your skills against differing odds.

There are downsides to this though: you’ll take more damage, and traditional inputs don’t work, which means that as flashy as Stylish mode makes you look, technical players won’t be at a disadvantage against that play style. This will string together the combos and special moves for you based on your proximity to your opponent and also automatically block if you’re standing still (except crouching hits). Before long you’ll have the basics down, be performing Roman cancels to lengthen your combos and able to judge your zoning to a better degree.Īdditionally to this, if you find that you’re still struggling to get to grips with what the game is asking, Revelator borrows ‘Stylish’ mode from its stable mate Blazblue. From then you’re given a whole new set of lessons to teach you more advanced techniques, and from there you can go onto missions that allow you to try a stricter learning regimen to see how you well you can execute moves under duress. Guilty Gear Xrd Revelator understands that not everyone can be an expert and, despite its ludicrous characters and premise it wants everyone to understand it, from tournament pros to button bashers, and it comes with a suite of modes to ease practically anyone into it.įrom the start you’re put into a tutorial that teaches you basic movement and attacks, before the game throws you into assault courses that need to be navigated with your newfound mobility, against enemies to be taken out with basic combos. Things have moved on from the simplicity of Street Fighter 2, and now they’re covered in layer after layer of systems, bars and terminology, I don’t know my cross-ups from my poking, but it at least that doesn’t stop me from enjoying them with friends. I have a confession to make: I’m terrible at fighting games.

Guilty gear xrd sign vs revelator