Action · December 14, 2016

GUILTY GEAR Xrd REV 2 (2016)

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Get ready to rock again! Guilty Gear Xrd REV 2 includes new fighters, moves, story chapters and more! It’s never been a better time to be a 2.5D brawler in the post apocalypse! Hone your skills with an eclectic cast of 25 insane fighters and prove your mettle as the ultimate fighting master. Revolutionary 3D cell-animation graphics further refined, and more game contents added! The next-generation fighting game 'Guilty Gear Xrd REV 2' is now out on Steam! Carrying on the legacy from 1998, comes the next addition to the 'Guilty Gear' series! All visuals have been tweaked to the finest detail and hand-polished by the animation masters to produce the top quality hand-drawn anime effect! Game contents revamped to provide for gamers of all skill levels, you cannot miss out on this one! Totally unique cast of 25 characters! In 'REVELATOR' we have 6 new characters from the previous of the series, namely 'Johnny', 'Jack-O'', 'Kuradoberi Jam', 'Kum Haehyun', 'Raven' and 'Dizzy'. Followed by an upgrade to 'REV 2', featuring 2 more new characters 'Baiken' and 'Answer', coming to a total of 25 characters! Extensive Game Modes Beginners can feel at ease with our step-by-step training program, from Tutorial Mode being remodified into an action game to learn the ropes, to the introduction of Stylish Mode that allows easy inputs for Special Attacks, and many more! You can also visit the in-game FAQ to find out answers to popular questions on how to get strong! For players who already somewhat know their bearings in Fighting Games, we have the COMBO mode to teach all characters' worth of their combo potentials, and the MISSION mode to teach about the characters' general tactics and techniques. There's also the staple 'TRAINING' mode, equipped with tons of features that allow you to recreate the situation of your choice, so as to allow you to train and research! The well-received STORY mode is now back with more punch! Fully cinematic with the 3D graphics engine, explore the lore and find out.. the REVELATIONS of 'Guilty Gear'. There's also a short introduction to the past series at the start of the story mode, so players new to the series need not fret! ONLINE Mode Place your personal ranking score on the stake and battle with other players in 'Rank Match', or simply enjoy the new 'Player Match' mode without any frets! In 'Player Match' mode, you can walk around with your own customizable avatars and communicate with other players in the 3D room environment. You can also place an entry in the 'Rank Match' and proceed to play other offline game modes such as TRAINING mode, while waiting for your entry to be paired up. The replays stored from your matches do not only show the match as-is, but you can also view both you and your opponent's key inputs, and you can change the camera angle to view the battle from a different perspective! *Cross-platform to PS3/4 is not supported. Don't know where to put in your effort? We'll show you the way! Be a formidable player in no time with our content-packed support features, in 'Guilty Gear Xrd REV 2'!

Action releases from 2016

168 Action titles launched in 2016 — top 6 by review volume.

Position in Action

MetricThis titleGenre position
Review volume10.6k Steam reviewsTop 39% in Action
Positive rating94% positiveGenre average: 83% — this title sits in top 19%
Metacritic86/100Genre average 77 — top 14% of Action titles
Concurrent peak140 playersTop 30% in Action by live player count
Engagement hours23 h averageTop 20% for session depth among Action

Community Tag Signals

Tag weights reflect how many Steam users voted each descriptor — larger pills = stronger consensus.

  • Fighting · 218
  • Anime · 168
  • 2D Fighter · 152
  • Great Soundtrack · 118
  • Action · 105
  • Multiplayer · 81
  • 2.5D · 62
  • Local Multiplayer · 57
  • Difficult · 50
  • Arcade · 49
  • Story Rich · 48
  • Controller · 47
  • Competitive · 45
  • e-sports · 38
  • Singleplayer · 33

Peer Action titles

Comparable titles in the same genre and review-volume band — ranked by Steam positive percentage.

Reception Metrics

Steam community

94%Very Positive · 10.6k reviews

10.0k positive · 636 negative

Metacritic

86/100 critic aggregate

Metacritic user score

8.1/10

Curator recommendations

7.8k

Peak concurrent players

140

Features & Capabilities

Multiplayer

  • Multi-player
  • PvP
  • Online PvP
  • Shared/Split Screen PvP
  • Shared/Split Screen

Community

  • Steam Achievements
  • Steam Trading Cards
  • Steam Cloud
  • Steam Leaderboards
  • Remote Play on Phone

Input & Comfort

  • Full controller support

Other

  • Single-player

More from Arc System Works

Arc System Works has 9 titles indexed — top 6 by review volume below.

Engagement Profile

All-time avg

23h

moderate (15–40 hours)

Median

4h

Typical completion time

2-week avg

2h

Current engagement

Achievements

42

Steam unlocks available

Localization Coverage

Interface / Subtitles (5)

  • English
  • Japanese volume_up
  • Korean
  • Simplified Chinese
  • Traditional Chinese volume_up

Full audio (2)

  • Japanese
  • Traditional Chinese

Release & Availability

Release dateDec 14, 2016
DeveloperArc System Works
Base price$9.89 -67%
DLC / Add-ons13 released
PlatformsWindows
Estimated owners100k–1M
External linksOfficial site · Support

Editions & Packages

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