History Awesome / GuiltyGear

* With Happy Chaos and I-No finally having merged into a godlike being and Sol de-powered and unconscious, all hope seems to be lost as the now deific I-No begins her own spin on [[AssimilationPlot Instrumentality]] for the sake of achieving her "[[PutThemAllOutOfMyMisery perfect universe]]", causing every single human to helplessly cry in joy as they witness a giant version of I-No in the process of rewriting reality. Cue ''Ky Kiske'', the ''only'' person who doesn't get reduced to tears, walking up to I-No, popping [[SuperMode Dragon Install]] and giving her the fight of her life, which ends with Ky impaling her with Rising Force. Sadly, the attempt to kill her falls flat as his Scales of Juno powers are insufficient, but even I-No admitted that Ky momentarily put her on the ropes.

** Earlier than Gabriel's appearance, after Bedman incapacitates Faust, [[https://youtu.be/3Pnu4N2W7WM?t=686 Chipp holds the line, and tells Johnny to take the Jellyfish Pirates and Faust and run, fighting to protect all of them]]. By the end, Johnny's so impressed that, before he leaves with everyone, he tells Chipp, essentially, "don't die before I can vote for you," the budding President already having inspired loyalty.

* In order to smash through a blockade of Happy Chaos' soldiers during the White House skirmish and clear the way for President Vernon, Sol forgoes resorting to his Junkyard Dog and instead opts for using ''[[CrazyAwesome a 50-meter statue of Abraham Lincoln as a bludgeon and battering ram]]''.

* Despite being an NPC, Goldlewis Dickinson, the U.S. Secretary of Defense, might have won the running for the series' most ImpossiblyCoolWeapon. His weapon is a coffin containing an alien corpse from Area51, ''[[EpicFlail which he swings on a chain like a flail.]]''

*** For a summarized version, check [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kZsboyfs-L4 this video]] by Daniel Floyd over on New Frames Plus.

* In order to smash through a blockade of Happy Chaos' soldiers during the White House skirmish, Sol forgoes resorting to his Junkyard Dog and instead opts for swinging around ''[[CrazyAwesome a 50-meter statue of Abraham Lincoln'' as a melee weapon]] in order to clear the way for President Vernon.
* Sol finally unveiling his new version of the completed Outrage during the final battle against a godlike I-No at full power]], which turns out to be a [[{{BFG}} humongous beam cannon]]. Made even more awesome by the fact that [[spoiler: at this point, he has lost all of his draconic Flame of Corruption powers and has been brought down to the level of a generic superhuman, meaning that the stress of firing the Outrage with its immeasurable power output would be more than enough to kill him. [[BeyondTheImpossible Despite sustaining severe injuries,]] ''[[BeyondTheImpossible he survives the attempt and succeeds at defeating I-No.]]''

* In order to smash through a blockade of Happy Chaos' soldiers during the White House skirmish, Sol forgoes resorting to his Junkyard Dog [[spoiler: and instead opts for swinging around ''[[CrazyAwesome a 50-meter statue of Abraham Lincoln]]'' as a melee weapon]] in order to clear the way for President Vernon.
* Sol finally unveiling his new version of the completed Outrage [[spoiler: during the final battle against a godlike I-No at full power]], which turns out to be a [[{{BFG}} humongous beam cannon]]. Made even more awesome by the fact that [[spoiler: at this point, he has lost all of his draconic Flame of Corruption powers and has been brought down to the level of a generic superhuman, meaning that the stress of firing the Outrage with its immeasurable power output would be more than enough to kill him. [[BeyondTheImpossible Despite sustaining severe injuries,]] ''[[BeyondTheImpossible he survives the attempt and succeeds at defeating I-No.]]'']]

!!''Guilty Gear ''STRIVE-''

* Despite being an NPC, Goldlewis Dickinson, the U.S. secretary of state, might have won the running for the series' most ImpossiblyCoolWeapon. His weapon is a coffin containing an alien corpse from Area51, ''[[EpicFlail which he swings on a chain like a flail.]]''

* Sol's VA, Creator/DaisukeIshiwatari, screaming a '''[[CallingYourAttacks GUN FLAME]]''' at the Anime Expo 2009. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wCfzQrImGtY See it by yourself.]]

** And even while holding back, Ky still manages to [[WreckedWeapon break BOTH their weapons]]; Sol's Junkyard Dog when he shatters the outer casing, and his own Magnolia Éclair when he ''punches Sol in the face with its pommel''.

* Venom and Robo-Ky's epic HeroicSacrifice to stop Bedman. Robo-Ky lowers Bedman's guard by giving him a [[WorldOfCardboardSpeech World of Cardboard]] PatrickStewartSpeech which he can't take because [[IveComeTooFar he's gone too far to stop]], allowing Robo-Ky to self-destruct and destroy Bedman's bed frame. Venom, meanwhile, poured a massive amount of his life force into his ultimate attack, Terra Machina System, knowing full well he could die from it, and the opening allows him to fire it, resulting in Bedman being gravely wounded enough to finally be awakened from his constant state of slumber.

!!''Guilty Gear 2:Overture''
* The RTS/hack n' slash hybrid ''Guilty Gear 2 Overture'' has Mission 13, where you get to play as the then-unavailable-to-players fan favorite Ky Kiske, with Dr. Paradigm as your AI partner. You must defend your castle's gate while freeing Paradigm's servants from Valentine's control. All to the tune of a rearranged version of "Holy Orders (Be Just or Be Dead)," Ky's {{Leitmotif}}. '''''HELL. YES.''''' And it still plays if you do it in Free Mission mode, where you get to play as any character.
* Overture mission 19: Sol charges towards Valentine's fortress while [[SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic the awesome boss theme "Diva"]] plays at the background. It gets more intense as Valentine is going through a VillainousBreakdown and is screaming psychotically while Sol is fighting her.
-->'''Valentine:''' "I don't care about mother anymore! Disappear! [[UnstoppableRage OBLITERATE]]!"

** There's so much hype that the trailer had 600,000+ views in four days, never had any ASW video generated such traffic

** To give an idea of the level of detail this game employs, remember some fighting games that have random idle animations for characters when they are just standing there such as maybe doing a checkup of their weapon, clothes or hair. In Xrd, not only do the characters posses those kind of animations but in addition they also have idle animations for their actions such as when moving forwards and backwards. That level of detail in the animations are basically unheard of in fighting games.
* The character entrances are crowning moments and graphics of awesome
** Sol lights a bullet he is biting like cigarette and tosses it to the air. He loads it to his sword then taunts his opponent.

** Never had a pool cue more badass than movie stars until Venom shows up with his buckled up case, takes the stick out and does a fabulous hair flip!

* If you manage to [[SlipknotPonytail undo Ky's hair]], Holy Orders III from ''Overture'' will play through the round.

* Can we just give it up for the new Instant Kills in Xrd in general? Thanks to the new graphics engine and dynamic camera angles, they've managed to reach a ''mind-blowing'' new level of ''bad-ass.''

* Sol riding an ICBM. 'Nuff Said.
* Sol pulling an EnemyMine with ''That Man'', of all people, to channel enough raw power from The Backyard to shatter The Cradle's otherwise unbreakable shield.
** How exactly they do so is incredible. Sol punches the shield, generating a huge amount of energy, and That Man ''manipulates physics so hard he condenses the energy into a singularity.''

* Hey guys, remember [[AssShove Fausts's kancho]]? '''It's back''', and now it's a ''cinematic move''. It's both awesome [[Funny/GuiltyGear and really damn funny]].

** While she gets even less screen-time in ''Revelator's'' story mode, it becomes a OneSceneWonder moment for her in that as she blasts one of the giant Gears that had been giving a group of fighters trouble, delivers a OneHitKill on it, and moves on to the next.
** In ''Rev 2'', it's shown how Ky and Dizzy properly met. He came to apparently slay her down but she calmly and politely starts speaking to him, showing a lot of maturity and thoughtfulness. And when she and Ky duel, she realizes that he's holding back... and he explains that he actually ''didn't'' come to hurt her, to show her that he ''can'' [[PersonOfMassDestruction handle her powers]]; the same ones that gave her so much sorrow. It's awesome and heartwarming for the two of them.

* During Rev's final battle with Ariels Sol sets the output of the Junkyard Dog to three fold and comments that he could take out a mountain with it. What's Sol do when his opponent shrugs it off? Attack again, this time set to twenty fold. Soul's reputation as a PersonOfMassDestruction is well deserved. And he STILL wasn't going all out.

-->'''Axl:''' GIVE 'EM HELL, BOSS!
-->'''Sol:''' You're damn right I will! Axl Low! (Enters Gear Form) FIRST ROUND'S ON ME!

* Dizzy's return could be considered this in itself in a meta sense. After winning the character poll, there was a lengthy period of radio silence for months until she was finally revealed after the Evolution 2016 finals for the game in front of an adoring crowd. And, oh yeah, she's going to be available ''the very next day''. ''That'' line in the trailer caused one of the loudest crowd pops in Evolution history.
* With the announcement of ''[[UpdatedRerelease Guilty Gear Xrd REV 2]]'', it's been confirmed that Baiken is returning as a playable character after being absent in ''-SIGN-'' and relegated to an NPC role in ''-REVELATOR-''.
* In ''REV 2'''s After Story, Sol wants Ky to actually get serious in one of their fights (read: actually try to kill him), and stokes Ky's anger by calling Dizzy a monster. Cue CurbstompBattle in Ky's favor who ''still'' wasn't going all out. Ky gives Sol crap for not transforming either though, so it's still to be seen who'd come out on top.
* In Baiken's Story Mode, it's shown that she has an informant. This mysterious guy holds info that ''almost no one else'' seems to know, including Asuka, aka That Man, may not be the one that caused Baiken's DarkAndTroubledPast. And he ''doesn't'' tell her that, even when she threatens him several times... Then it's revealed who he is. '''It's Anji'''. And he might have ''his own plans''. ''Awesome''.

** In Rev 2, it's shown how Ky and Dizzy properly met. He came to apparently slay her down but she calmly and politely starts speaking to him, showing a lot of maturity and thoughtfulness. And when she and Ky duel, she realizes that he's holding back... and he explains that he actually ''didn't'' come to hurt her, to show her that he ''can'' [[PersonOfMassDestruction handle her powers]]; the same ones that gave her so much sorrow. It's awesome and heartwarming for the two of them.

For RealLife moments involving the GG games, go [[Awesome/ProGaming here]].

!!Guilty Gear 2:Overture

!!Guilty Gear Xrd -SIGN-/-REVELATOR-

** Raven's ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m3ci5LlhTrk Sehnsucht]]'' from -REVELATOR-. He grabs his opponent by the mouth and lifts them off of their feet with a single hand, then [[TakingYouWithMe promptly obliterates himself along with them]] in a massive explosion of energy. This being [[FromASingleCell Raven]] we're talking about, he survives. Just see it for yourselves and be amazed.

* With the announcement of [[UpdatedRerelease Guilty Gear Xrd REV 2]], it's been confirmed that Baiken is returning as a playable character after being absent in -SIGN- and relegated to an NPC role in -REVELATOR-.

** Ky's ''[[http://youtu.be/eOpJ10YEiwI?t=29s Rising Force]]'' is back, but instead of a single stab, Ky gives a [[InTheNameOfTheMoon gives a badass speech]], [[SingleStrokeBattle slices through his opponent]], [[ShockAndAwe while his sword is being trailed by lightning.]] Made even better when Ky's BadassCape randomly spawns on his shoulders in the middle of the attack.

* In Baiken's Story Mode, it's shown that she has an informant. This mysterious guy holds info that ''almost no one else'' seems to know, including [[spoiler: Asuka, aka That Man, may not be the one that caused Baiken's DarkAndTroubledPast.]] And he ''doesn't'' tell her that, even when she threatens him several times... [[spoiler: Then it's revealed who he is. '''It's Anji'''. And he might have ''his own plans''.]] ''Awesome''.

** The sheer gall of Assassin's Guild to use Bedman as their sacrifice for their political game. Amoral or no, the InsufferableGenius had ''no'' idea that he was being played the moment Zato-1 figured him out.

!!In general

** Baiken's ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BxUqZw8R7eI Garyou Tensei]]'' returns with awesome and bad ass visualize finishing move; Baiken delivers a [[SingleStrokeBattle Single-Stroke Slash]] which so powerful that reach until backyard, slicing the door, the stone and nearly kills the fish that pops up on the pond.