The title’s self-explanatory, pretty much. We’re talking about Guilty Gear, arguably one of the best arcade and multi-platform fighting games out there, and definitely my personal favorite. Prior to my first experience with this game, I was stuck with games like Tekken or Marvel VS. Capcom, which were pretty good games in themselves, but this baby really took the cake for me.

What do I love most about this series? It definitely isn’t the story, since you can’t really focus too much on plot when you’re talking about fighting games (this is actually kinda similar to my love for Afrosamurai, where the story takes a back seat). If I were made to choose, I’d come up with three things that drew me to this game so much that I can’t wait to get my hands on the side-scrolling PSP port of Guilty Gear Judgement.

1. The character design. Guilty Gear is heavily anime-influenced. I mean, just look at this selection screen. Seriously, just look at Milia Rage (left) and Chipp Zanuff (right) and tell me the level of detail that went into the design of these characters isn’t right on the money. Just try it. Right now.
2. The BGM. How can you go wrong with a BGM made completely of ecclectic heavy metal tracks? Plus the fact that almost all of the given names throughout the series is taken from random trivia picked up from the long list of hard rock n’ roll history.
3. The fast-paced gameplay. Man, if you ever find a fighting game that’s faster than this game is, you have to show it to me (well, I’ve found a couple, but this game started it all). Marvel VS. Capcom doesn’t even come close to the pace of even the first Guilty Gear’s in-game fights. A friend of mine once said that to like this game, you had to be combo crazy. This is probably due to the fact that the fights are non-stop movements, because blocks almost count for nothing in this game.

In closing, I’d like to leave you guys with a sample fight between two of the fastest characters in the game: Ky Kiske and Chipp Zanuff.

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