Guilty Gear Xrd REV 2

Guilty Gear Xrd
Textless cover of the home console versions
Developer(s)	Arc System Works
Publisher(s)	Arcade JP: Sega PS3, PS4 JP: Arc System Works NA: Aksys Games EU: Sony Computer Entertainment (Sign) EU: PQube (Revelator, Rev 2) Windows WW: Arc System Works
Director(s)	Daisuke Ishiwatari Takeshi Yamanaka
Designer(s)	Daisuke Ishiwatari
Artist(s)	Hidehiko Sakamura
Writer(s)	Daisuke Ishiwatari Takeshi Yamanaka Yoshito Shoudai
Composer(s)	Daisuke Ishiwatari Norichika Sato
Series	Guilty Gear
Engine	Unreal Engine 3
Platform(s)	Arcade PlayStation 3 PlayStation 4 Microsoft Windows
Release	Sign Arcade JP: February 20, 2014 PS3, PS4 JP: December 4, 2014 NA: December 16, 2014 EU: June 3, 2015 (Digital-only) Windows WW: December 9, 2015 Revelator Arcade JP: August 25, 2015 PS3, PS4 JP: May 26, 2016 NA: June 7, 2016 EU: June 10, 2016 Windows WW: December 14, 2016 Rev 2 Arcade JP: March 30, 2017 PS3, PS4 JP: May 25, 2017 NA: May 26, 2017 EU: May 26, 2017
Genre(s)	Fighting
Mode(s)	Single-player Multiplayer
Arcade system	Sega RingEdge 2

Aggregate scores
Aggregator	Score
GameRankings	85.13%
Metacritic	84/100
Review scores
Publication	Score
Destructoid	9/10
Edge	9/10
EGM	8.5/10
GamesRadar	3.5/5
GamesTM	8/10
GameTrailers	8.5/10
IGN	8.5/10
Play	93%
Engadget	3.5/5
Hardcore Gamer	4/5
Metro GameCentral	8/10
Paste	9/10
USGamer

Guilty Gear Xrd(Japanese: ギルティギア イグザード, Hepburn: Giruti Gia Iguzādo) is a fighting video game developed by Arc System Works. The 5th main (16th overall) installment in the Guilty Gear series, Guilty Gear Xrd was developed using Unreal Engine 3, with cel-shaded graphics in place of the series traditional hand drawn sprites. Following the storyline of the last game in the series, Guilty Gear 2: Overture, it introduced four new characters.

The first Xrd game, Guilty Gear Xrd -Sign- was released in arcades on February 20, 2014, and for the PlayStation 3 and PlayStation 4 in Japan and North America in December of the same year. A digital-only release happened in Europe in June 2015, and it was brought to Microsoft Windows via Steam on December 9, 2015. The game has been praised for its cel-shaded graphics and approachable gameplay, but criticized for its non-interactive story mode and smaller roster of characters.

A sequel follow-up, titled Guilty Gear Xrd -Revelator-, was announced for a Q2 2016 release on consoles. An update title to Revelator titled Guilty Gear Xrd Rev 2 was announced at Arc System Works Fighting Game Award 2016 in January 14, 2017 to be released in Arcade at Spring 2017, while PS3, PS4 and PC versions also announced to be released worldwide at the end of May 2017. The Rev 2 update patch for those who bought Revelator game on PlayStation Store or Steam is also confirmed as a paid-DLC update patch. The PS4 will also receive an exclusive physical disc version.

The game uses a six-button layout: five of which are responsible for the attacks—punch, kick, slash, heavy slash and dust—, and the other one for taunting or respecting the other player. There are several other techniques which are triggered when two or three buttons are pressed simultaneously. A burst gauge is filled as time goes by or when the player receives damage; once the gauge is filled, the player can perform a Psych Burst to move away from the opponent. It unleashes a blast of energy that, if it successfully hits the adversary, completely charges another gauge, the tension gauge. The tension gauge allows the player to perform certain other special attacks.