Line #21 VideoGame/GuiltyGear2Overture


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2	''Guilty Gear 2 -Overture-'' is the fourth main installment in the ''VideoGame/GuiltyGear'' series. It was released for the Platform/Xbox360 on November 29, 2007 in Japan, October 7, 2008 in North America, and September 25, 2009 in Europe. It would eventually be re-released on Platform/{{Steam}} in March 31, 2016.
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4	Unlike previous games in the series, which were 2D 1-on-1 fighting games, ''Overture'' is a 3D HackAndSlash game with MultiplayerOnlineBattleArena elements.
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6	!!This work shows examples of:
7	* AndNowForSomeoneCompletelyDifferent: The game drops nearly all the bounty hunters, and instead focuses on the story of the Gears. Of all seven playable characters, only one is a normal human (Ky).
8	* BackgroundMusicOverride: When two Masters start attacking each other, the current stage music is replaced with [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dl_fyTTFriY The Fate Broke Down]] until one of them is defeated.
9	* BadassArmy: The Servants come in different types.
10	* ColorCodedForYourConvenience: Each character and their Servants are associated with a different color:
11	** Sol: Red
12	** Sin and Ky: Blue
13	** Dr. Paradigm: Green
14	** Izuna: White
15	** Valentine and Raven: Purple
16	* ComboBreaker:
17	** Pressing R3 will perform a Cyclone Blast. It costs 35% of your Tension, and sends all opponents in the blast radius flying away. It's also possible to counter a Cyclone Blast with your own, which can be repeated until both sides run out of Tension.
18	** The game also has an infinite prevention system of sorts -- combos that consist of too many of the same string can be teched out of.
19	* CycleOfHurting: While Masters have plenty of ways to prevent combos from spiraling out of control, Servants have no such luck. This allows for "Servant Loops" -- long, elaborate, looping combos that can kill them from full health. The only real restriction is the fact that combos on Servants are also affected by the infinite prevention system.
20	* FoeTossingCharge: Pressing L3 while standing still and not locked-on will perform a Blast Drive -- your character starts running forward incredibly quickly, and if they collide with a Master or Servant, they'll be sent flying.
21	* GameBreakingBug: Strange things happen during online play if the connection between both players isn't stable. This is known to include [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9KwF5vqc9To desyncs]], [[https://youtu.be/9QtnNVBhRpg attacks repeating themselves]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mKEknf6eTJE combos randomly dropping]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kZPFtg1hA2M randomly teleporting large distances]], and even [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BIIbnmwsAO0 outright crashes]].
22	* LagCancel: Pressing L3 while attacking will perform a Modern Cancel, canceling the attack at the cost of 20% of your Tension bar. Unlike Roman Cancels, they can't be used if the attack whiffs, making them strictly a combo or pressure tool.
23	* MagiBabble: A ''lot'' of terminology related to the series' magic system, including aspects of it that were introduced in this game, gets thrown around in dialogue.
24	* OddballInTheSeries: This is the only game in the main series that is not a fighting game, instead a strange mixture of MultiplayerOnlineBattleArena and HackAndSlash.
25	* SecretCharacter: Ky becomes playable after completing the Campaign once on any difficulty.
26	* VideoGame3DLeap: This is the first game in the series to utilize 3D graphics.

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