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Friday, November 25, 2016

Guilty Gear Xrd -REVELATOR- Has An Awesome Tutorial

Fighting games these days typically have many intricate mechanics, resulting in games with plenty of depth. This depth can seem impenetrable to many newcomers, however, so thankfully, those created by Arc System Works include very in-depth tutorials and tutorial-like modes. Guilty Gear Xrd -REVELATOR-, the latest in the Guilty Gear series, has what might be the best tutorial in any ArcSys game.
The Dojo sub-menu contains resources for any player wishing to learn the mechanics of the game or otherwise brush up on their skills. While the order from top to bottom is "TUTORIAL, COMBO, MISSION", I will be going over MISSION before COMBO. First, however, I will get into TUTORIAL.
(Note that the game refers to the various modes in all-caps when indicating somebody in an online lobby is playing them. Also, TRAINING is pretty much par for the course for fighting games.)
TUTORIAL teaches you the basics by having you fight the servants of Jack-O, one of the playable characters (Yes, you can summon them when you play as her, and it's actually a major part of her playstyle). You do this by running through obstacle courses, using the correct button to perform the correct type of attack, and so on. Eventually, it culminates in a match against Jack-O, followed by the unlocking of three minigames. These minigames help further the player's understanding of the basics.
MISSION exists primarily to teach the player more in-depth mechanics. In the screenshot above, you can see the mission to perform a Golden Psych Burst, as well as the fact that I got only 3/5 tries correct when doing this tutorial on a mechanic that is rather simple to execute because I'm bad at this game. MISSION also gives advice on how to deal with various characters. Specifically, common tactics used by people who play as those characters.
COMBO is one of those modes which many fighting games have these days. After having the player go through all of a selected character's special moves, they are tasked with performing various combos with that character. This serves as a character-specific tutorial, which is why I went into it last.

Overall, Guilty Gear Xrd -REVELATOR- has a splendid selection of tutorial modes which covers everything from the basics, to dealing with specific tactics, to the ins and outs of various movesets.

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