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Guilty Gear

Guilty Gear is a 2D fighting game, in which you can play as one of 10 very different kind of characters. There is a selection of fighters from Holy Order knights, Armed Air Force soldiers, Mafia members and…

14 May 1998

Guilty Gear is an adventure developed by Arc System Works, released 14 May 1998 on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 3 and PlayStation Portable.

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What Guilty Gear is

Guilty Gear is an adventure game developed by Arc System Works and released in 1998. It is available on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 3, PlayStation Portable, PlayStation and PC (Microsoft Windows).

The premise, in the publisher's words

In 22th century, the scientists, learning the ancient ways of magic, discovered a new technique that made it possible to create artificial beings by mixing the DNA of humans and animals. Those new creatures were called "gears". They had no will of their own and were destined to obey the humans forever. However, a gear named Justice was, for a mysterious reason, capable of disobeying the humans and making decisions of his own. He organized a rebellion of gears, that was later repressed by the knights of the Sacred Order, who put him in a prison. But recently, Justice broke free, and the Order organized a tournament to find out who is capable of hunting him down again. Among the main…
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How it plays

It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are action. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Multiplayer and Single player.

Where it sits in the Guilty Gear series

Guilty Gear is the first of 47 entries we hold in the Guilty Gear series. The next entry was Guilty Gear X in 2000.

See all 47 Guilty Gear games in release order →

What it launched against

Guilty Gear launched on 14 May 1998, within three weeks of Sanitarium, Radiant Silvergun and Vigilante 8. It was a PlayStation 4 launch-window title.

Released around the same time: Sanitarium, Radiant Silvergun, Vigilante 8.

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When did Guilty Gear come out?
Guilty Gear was released on 14 May 1998 for Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 3, PlayStation Portable, PlayStation and PC (Microsoft Windows).

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