GUILTY GEAR 2 -OVERTURE-

GUILTY GEAR 2 -OVERTURE-

Steam Deck Verified

Arc System Works · Action · Mar 31, 2016

Worth it for the right player.

At $19.99. It has been as low as $3.79.

75%
Mostly Positive
533 player reviews
Medium confidence
Buy it if you like
  • Story and characters: 80 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Gameplay: 43 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Audio: 31 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • Crashes: 15 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Combat: 14 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Difficulty: 10 reviews raised it, mostly criticism

Based on 533 player reviews · updated 2 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
50% of themes are praise20% are divided30% are caveats
Story and characters
Players who bring up Story and characters mostly praise it.
The game is unique to the serie, it's a mix of RTS+ fighting, plot wise this one comes before Xrd, so playing this one is necessary, speaking of which, the story offers a 10 hours of gameplay including a very nicely made tutorial, difficulty options do also offer some tweaks such as auto summoning units and pausing the gameplay while you're making some strategic choices which kills the true gameplay of a RTS, in fact the plot contains cool and admirable character.
80 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
The game is unique to the serie, it's a mix of RTS+ fighting, plot wise this one comes before Xrd, so playing this one is necessary, speaking of which, the story offers a 10 hours of gameplay including a very nicely made tutorial, difficulty options do also offer some tweaks such as auto summoning units and pausing the gameplay while you're making some strategic choices which kills the true gameplay of a RTS, in fact the plot contains cool and admirable character.
43 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Audio
Players who bring up Audio mostly praise it.
the gameplay is okey, you're given 7 playable characters, each one of them has a different gameplay style. the Soundtrack is rockish, you already know guilty gear for it's rockish cool soundtracks, over half of the latter is given for free by the devs as a bonus for owning the game and graphically the game looks beautiful, for a 2007 game .
31 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Multiplayer
Players who bring up Multiplayer mostly praise it.
To our services developers have prepared Story mode (every mission is ranked so do your best to get S), Arcade, Mission (just clearing some scenarios) and multiplayer (preety dead, but someone still wants to play so call me if you want).
20 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Controls
Players who bring up Controls mostly praise it.
what an odd title. terrible xb360ish graphics.... everything about this game defies logic to me. but i love it anyways. pretty easy to get into, sort of plays out in sections and progresses and has funky cutscenes explaining whats going on... rts, rpg, hack and slash... its an odd combo, but actually i quite like it. and a very odd art style. it has the worst voice acting and dialogue yet still find it humorous and the characters likeable. its as if its a bad anime series you just have to push yourself through because you need to see the ending. although its Guilty Gear, i really dont relate it to the series personally. not sure if i would recommend paying full price, but if you can catch it on sale, as an anime lover its a must have. i do like how the game has good keyboard+mouse and controller support. each sequence is a short play thru then a short cutscene followed by a save. its a nice touch, nothing worse than putting a couple hours into something only to lose it. its not a great game, but i do find it quite entertaining. altho Steam says its been released in 2016, the title screen only makes reference to 2007.. and the game always starts in a 1280x720 window, only on the start screen can i ALT+TAB to get to fullscreen, otherwise it crashes or locks the game, at least with a GTX1080 and latest drivers. doesn't sound like anyone else is experiencing the same.
17 of 300 sampled reviews raised it

Theme by theme

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

LovedMixedComplained about
Players love5 themes
Story and characters80 reviews
Gameplay43 reviews
Audio31 reviews
Multiplayer20 reviews
Controls17 reviews
Divided opinion% still recommend
Graphics31 reviews
84%
Interface9 reviews
78%
Players complain% still recommend
Crashes15 reviews
67%
Combat14 reviews
86%
Difficulty10 reviews
90%

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. 2 more themes were each raised by fewer than 6 sampled reviews and are not shown.

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Currently $19.99. The lowest we've tracked is $3.79.

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Player review score
75%
Mostly Positive
Playing right now
Achievements
42
total to unlock
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Average playtime
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