Launched in 1998 on PlayStation by the series' creators, the Japanese studio Arc System Works, Guilty Gear has become, over the course of a few productions, one of the most distinctive fighting game franchises, with a strong character on the versus fighting scene. Conceived by Daisuke Ishiwatari, Game Designer but also illustrator and composer, the series is recognizable thanks to an art direction with very pronounced anime influences, the supercharged metal riffs of the soundtrack, and gameplay relying on a high level of demand.
Thus, each new installment - from the original Guilty Gear to the XX and Xrd chapters, then Guilty Gear Strive in 2021 - has allowed the franchise to establish its formula in an ever more refined and accomplished way, through a permanent enhancement of air dash possibilities, resource management, and offensive power, to the point of making it the reference for "anime fighters".
Games in the Guilty Gear franchise