Packing a range of effective close strikes, mid range slashes, and the ability to close distances very quickly, she almost seems designed to frustrate folks who prefer to keep the fights at a distance. As a female samurai, she seems to gain more success in ground play over airborne. Both seem tailored for more advanced play, but Baiken is the easier of the two to pick up. It does seem prudent to discuss the freshly added fighters first, since they are the most noticeable additions. The new content packs in two new characters, new moves across the board, rebalancing and a good hunk added into the passive story mode. As an expansion pack, there is quite a bit present. See the dashes in the name? That’s what we’re talking about. Instead, Xrd REV 2 is an expansion to last year’s Guilty Gear Xrd -Revelator-, which was, in turn, a massively improved version of Guilty Gear Xrd -Sign. As fans of the series, we’ve grown accustomed to superfluous punctuation and added words to expanded editions in the franchise.
This is not a full blown sequel, as the title suggests, as they only added a “2” to the end.
When looking at Arc System Works’ Guilty Gear Xrd REV 2, there is no shame in being confused.
