Guilty Gear X2 #Reload 2003

Released: March 2003
Genres: Fighting · Arcade
Platforms: Arcade · Xbox · PC · PlayStation Portable · Xbox 360 · PlayStation 2
Developer: Arc System Works
More info: IGDB

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Is it still worth playing?

Arc System Works' 2003 update of Guilty Gear X2, a 2D fighting game with five attack buttons, one of them for Dust attacks. A Tension gauge fills as you attack and move forward and drains when you defend or retreat, and it pays for Overdrive attacks and Roman Cancels, which cut a move short. The Burst gauge, new in X2, lets a fighter break out of an opponent's combo. There are 23 characters, 20 of them available at the start. The modes include story, arcade, survival and fifty missions, with 60 possible endings in the story. #Reload rebalanced the fighters and reworked the display. The fighting system is why it is worth playing now: each character plays differently, and the same gauges turn every exchange into a choice between attacking, defending and cancelling.