History VideoGame / GuiltyGearXrd

The first version, ''Guilty Gear Xrd -SIGN-'', was released for Creator/{{Sega}}'s [=RingEdge=] 2 arcade board on February 20, 2014 in Japan, and the UsefulNotes/Playstation3 and UsefulNotes/Playstation4 on December 4, 2014 in Japan, December 16 that same year in North America, and June 3, 2015 in Europe. A UsefulNotes/{{Steam}} release would follow on December 9, 2015.

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* '''The Missing Link''': Sol Badguy, Ky Kiske, Millia Rage, Zato-1, May, Axl Low, Chipp Zanuff, Potemkin, Faust, ''Baiken''
* '''X''': Venom, ''Johnny'', ''Jam Kuradoberi'', ''Dizzy''
* '''XX''': I-No, Slayer
* '''Overture''': ''Sin Kiske'', ''Raven''
* '''Newcomers''': Bedman, Ramlethal Valentine, ''Elphelt Valentine'', ''Leo Whitefang'', ''Jack-O''', ''Kum Haehyun'', ''Answer''

[[caption-width-right:320:''[[ThemeSong Blazing down, what a Heavy Day!]]'']]

* BigEater: The Neo New York stage features a large old man in the background, sitting back and eating from a ''bag full of hamburgers'' as he watches you fight. ''[[VideoGame/GuiltyGearStrive STRIVE]]'' [[EarlyBirdCameo reveals this man to be Goldlewis Dickinson]].

* TwoAndAHalfD: This game uses 3D models as opposed to traditional 2D sprites, allowing for less restrictive (and more spectacular) camera angles. Similar to to the Ultra Combos in ''VideoGame/StreetFighterIV'', [[LauncherMove Dust attacks]], [[SuperMovePortraitAttack certain Overdrives]], and [[OneHitKill Instant Kills]] put this feature to good use.

** ''-[=Rev2=]-''

* SameCharacterButDifferent: Zato was revived by the Conclave as a test run for their resurrection magic. However, as a side effect, his original personality is gone, along with memories of who he once was. Because of this, he's [[TookALevelInKindness much nicer]] than he was before.

* SameCharacterButDifferent: Zato was revived by the Conclave as a test run for their resurrection magic. However, as a side effect, his original personality is gone, along with memories of who he once was. Because of this, he's [[TookALevelInKindess much nicer]] than he was before.

* KineticNovel: The main Story Mode is essentially one of these. Unlike past games, there are no branching paths, nor are there playable fights to break up the cutscenes and narration.

** A particular thing to note is just how ''much'' the models have been made to look like sprites - perhaps the cleverest example is that, unlike most 3D model animation, the ''[=Xrd=]'' models lack animation interpolation or in-between frames - in short, they animate or move just like a sprite would. Not only does it make the gameplay feel a lot like a sprite-based fighting game of the future, but it's even strikingly used in the story mode, resulting in the cutscenes looking like what people ''thought'' "anime games" would look like in the 2000s, back in the 20th century.

The third and final version, ''Guilty Gear Xrd Rev2'', was released in arcades on March 30, 2017 in Japan, for Playstation 3 and 4 on May 25, 2017 in Japan and May 26 that same year in North America and Europe, and on Steam on June 1, 2017.

The first version, ''Guilty Gear Xrd -SIGN-'', was released for Creator/{{Sega}}'s RingEdge 2 arcade board on February 20, 2014 in Japan, and the UsefulNotes/Playstation3 and UsefulNotes/Playstation4 on December 4, 2014 in Japan, December 16 that same year in North America, and June 3, 2015 in Europe. A UsefulNotes/{{Steam}} release would follow on December 9, 2015.

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