![]() ![]() Although much of the level scenery is laden with gorgeous fields, columned streets, colorful trees, and immense statues, it is all so surreal in such a distinctively Japanese anime way that you never feel like you belong in any of the surroundings. Something bad apparently happens at the start of the game with mystical Gears that once caused a big war, and you're called on to save the Kingdom of Illyria from evil invaders out to do evil things.Įven with the tactical options, you'll find that commanding armies and the button-mashing combat are awfully simplistic.Įven when you do start to get a handle on the story, the game throws more curveballs to keep you reeling. You play a hero named Sol Badguy, who is adventuring around on a future Earth with his sidekick, Sin. What's happening here might make sense to fans who have previous knowledge of the goings-on in the anime-flavored Guilty Gear universe, but anyone coming in fresh won't have a clue what's happening. Your head starts to rotate from the moment that the story begins in the single-player campaign. This frenetic experiment in mixing and matching is so all over the place that it spins your head as more than it revs up your adrenaline. Both the revamp of the series' 2D beat-'em-up beatdowns and the introduction of a tactical feature are just skimmed over, leaving the action a jumbled mess of whirling punches and the strategy so shallow that you barely need to pay it any attention. ![]() Given the way that the game sews scraps of different genres together to form a patchwork quilt of action and strategy, you have to wonder if even the developers were entirely sure what they were making. Good luck making heads or tails out of Guilty Gear 2: Overture.
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