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Recommended
0.0 hrs last two weeks / 11.6 hrs on record
Posted: 7 Apr, 2016 @ 9:31am
Updated: 13 May, 2016 @ 12:17pm

UPDATED ON MAY 13
NOTE: This review will be updated as more features get added to the game with updates.

Honestly, I was truly shocked when I found out this game was released on steam without any news. Unlike other Guilty Gear games, this is not a fighting game. It's actually a 3rd person RTS game. I know you are wondering how this can be good but believe me, this game is so much fun and tactical when you get used to its mechanics.
In this game, you have to control a Master (your character) and summon Servants (troops) to take down the enemy's Master Ghost (base) while protecting your own master ghost. Summoning servants is done by entering the Organ menu mid-battle and spending Mana. There are various types of servants available (ranged, magic, etc…) and all of them are weak against some types of servants; so if you want to win, you have to pay attention to servant types. If you don't want to bother yourself with summoning servants or have trouble doing this in real time, you can activate Organ Assist and Organ Wait which summon servants automatically and stop time while in organ menu. You can also carry about 6 items with your master. The items can be found in chests in the maps or can be purchased from organ menu.
The controls are a bit wonky, especially when you have to run and drift around; but there's a high chance you get used to them. I wasn't comfortable with the controls at first but now I'm drifting around the maps without a problem.

PROS:
- Very fun to play. I never had this much fun for a long time.
- Like always, SOUNDTRACKS ARE F###ING GREAT!
- Great story (The story is Xrd's prequel. So if you want to know the full story, you must not miss this)
- Runs at solid 60 FPS (Probably because it's originally a 2007 Xbox 360 game?)
- Very nice support from the developers: A few days after people complained about the blurry graphics, they fixed it. (Thanks Shini!)


CONS:
- Ally AI in campaign mode: Seriously, WTF IS WRONG WITH ALL OF THE ALLY AI CONTROLLED CHARACTERS IN GAMES?! I was so close to controlling every ghost in the 8th mission of campaign two times and I got defeated in both of my tries because of an idiot named Dr.Paradigm who asks for help but instead of backing off, jumps right in middle of the combat!
- Campaign's 13th mission: You will not be notified if an enemy is attacking the gate. So, you will play the mission and then suddenly see that half of the gate's life bar is gone thanks to the enemies that appear outta nowhere!
- Item usage problems: I found this recently. If you get hit by an enemy during the process of using an item, the item won't be used (for example, Sol's Dragon Install won't activate) and goes immediately into the cooldown state. (This can sometimes remove the items from your inventory)
- Not complete: Yeah, the game lacks many contents (for now). But if you trust in Arc System Works, you'll be sure they will add them to the game after some time.
- No proper mouse and keyboard support (was going to be fixed in End-April update, but it got delayed to an unknown time. Keyboard keys can be changed by modifying a config file for now)
- No graphical settings (going to be fixed after May. You can switch to full screen with Alt+Enter for now)

NOTES:
- Permanent buffs/debuffs are fixed now.
- English voices are added now.
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2 Comments
TheDarkPhantom 12 Apr, 2016 @ 7:23am 
@Friendly Trader
That can be true in some cases. It happened for me when I was fighting against Valentine and tried to use an item near her masterghost. At this time suddenly Valentine appeared near me and damaged me, resulting in a wasted item. (she can teleport to the masterghost using her Bye Bye skill and I didn't know about that)
PINGAS 11 Apr, 2016 @ 11:24am 
I think the item problem is actually punishment for being a shit and not knowing when to use them