"It may look like anime, but it definitely sounds like metal. What's more, an absolute multitude of references point to the fact that the man who wrote the storyline, designed the characters and composed the music for Guilty Gear has metal in his blood. In one character you'll find nods to two different members of a German power metal band, called Helloween, a super-move named after a Metallica album and a theme song that's one word different from the title of an Iron Maiden track. If you were to put a metal detector next to a Guilty Gear game it just might explode."
— Gametrailers, Top Ten Most Metal Games
"Watching someone play Guilty Gear at the competitive level, you would think they were playing a completely different game than the one you screw around with at home. Proper GG play is really a kind of philosophy. Since it's 2D, like many other fighters you have played, you think you're in for a certain kind of experience- then it castrates you.
This castration comes as a total surprise."
— Jerry Holkins of Penny Arcade
