GUILTY GEAR Xrd REV 2

GUILTY GEAR Xrd REV 2

Steam Deck Verified

Arc System Works · Fighting · Dec 14, 2016

Yes, worth buying.

At $29.99. It has been as low as $9.89.

94%
Very Positive
11k player reviews
High confidence
Buy it if you like
  • Story and characters: 69 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Gameplay: 32 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Graphics: 29 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • Controls: 6 reviews raised it, mostly criticism

Based on 11k player reviews · updated 3 days ago

What players think

The recurring themes across 300 analysed reviews: what players praise, what divides them, and what to know.

Why players love itThings to know
78% of themes are praise11% are divided11% are caveats
Story and characters
Players who bring up Story and characters mostly praise it.
+ good story mode, is like a movie
69 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
-Fast and fluid high-paced gameplay.
32 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
+ Amazing graphics
29 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Multiplayer
Players who bring up Multiplayer mostly praise it.
Multiplayer is pretty well made with its simulated arcade rooms, and the frame-delay netcode used for compensating lag quite good
28 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Servers and matchmaking
Players who bring up Servers and matchmaking mostly praise it.
+ Great netcode
22 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Audio
Players who bring up Audio mostly praise it.
I can only speculate it began when someone watched too much shonen anime while playing wildly mistuned guitar in a garage and decided to put them both in a blender and I dare to say some folk may have encountered the name purely due to its pretty rocking soundtrack.
22 of 300 sampled reviews raised it

+1 more the community rallied around

Theme by theme

Every theme is scored by what reviewers actually said about it, not just whether they recommended the game.

LovedMixedComplained about
Players love7 themes
Story and characters69 reviews
Gameplay32 reviews
Graphics29 reviews
Multiplayer28 reviews
Servers and matchmaking22 reviews
Audio22 reviews
Performance7 reviews
Divided opinion% still recommend
Combat11 reviews
91%
Players complain% still recommend
Controls6 reviews
50%

Ranked by how many sampled reviews mention each topic. A topic sits in a column by what reviewers said about that topic; the percentage beside it is how many of them recommended the game anyway. 3 more themes were each raised by fewer than 6 sampled reviews and are not shown.

Should you buy it now?

Crit’s read on the price, from Steam price history.

Prices have been lower

Currently $29.99. The lowest we've tracked is $9.89.

4 points recordedtoday · $29.99

The data behind the verdict

For the players who want the receipts.

Player review score
94%
Very Positive
Playing right now
Achievements
42
total to unlock
Rarest-achievement stats coming soon
Average playtime
Not tracked yet

We’ll surface hours-played once playtime ingestion ships.