<s>
The	B-Application
first	I-Application
game	I-Application
was	O
published	O
in	O
1998	O
,	O
and	O
has	O
spawned	O
several	O
sequels	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Guilty	B-Application
Gear	I-Application
has	O
generally	O
received	O
praise	O
from	O
video	O
game	O
reviewers	O
for	O
its	O
highly	O
technical	O
gameplay	O
,	O
graphics	O
,	O
soundtrack	O
,	O
and	O
for	O
its	O
characters	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Another	O
fighting	O
game	O
franchise	O
by	O
Arc	O
System	O
Works	O
,	O
BlazBlue	B-Application
,	O
is	O
considered	O
a	O
spiritual	O
successor	O
of	O
the	O
series	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Guilty	B-Application
Gear	I-Application
consists	O
primarily	O
of	O
one-on-one	O
competitive	O
battles	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Guilty	B-Application
Gear	I-Application
Isuka	I-Application
prominently	O
allowed	O
up	O
to	O
four	O
simultaneous	O
players	O
in	O
battle	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
the	O
option	O
to	O
divide	O
the	O
characters	O
into	O
teams	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Guilty	B-Application
Gear	I-Application
X	I-Application
and	O
later	O
titles	O
introduced	O
more	O
advanced	O
techniques	O
involving	O
the	O
Tension	O
Gauge	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
the	O
"	O
Roman	O
Cancel	O
"	O
,	O
allowing	O
players	O
to	O
immediately	O
stop	O
the	O
remaining	O
animation	O
of	O
an	O
attack	O
,	O
and	O
"	O
Dead	O
Angle	O
Attacks	O
"	O
,	O
counterattacks	O
performed	O
while	O
a	O
player	O
is	O
guarding	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
Guilty	B-Application
Gear	I-Application
,	O
these	O
attacks	O
ended	O
the	O
entire	O
match	O
if	O
they	O
successfully	O
hit	O
the	O
opponent	O
,	O
but	O
this	O
was	O
toned	O
down	O
in	O
later	O
games	O
by	O
ending	O
the	O
round	O
instead	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Guilty	B-Application
Gear	I-Application
X2	I-Application
introduced	O
a	O
"	O
Burst	O
Gauge	O
"	O
that	O
slowly	O
fills	O
during	O
the	O
progression	O
of	O
a	O
match	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
mechanic	O
has	O
also	O
appeared	O
in	O
some	O
form	O
in	O
other	O
Arc	O
System	O
Works	O
games	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
BlazBlue	B-Application
and	O
Persona	B-Application
4	I-Application
Arena	I-Application
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
other	O
fighting	O
games	O
such	O
as	O
Skullgirls	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Playable	O
in	O
the	O
Slash	O
update	O
onward	O
,	O
Guilty	B-Application
Gear	I-Application
XX	I-Application
Slash	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Only	O
playable	O
in	O
the	O
PlayStation	B-Device
2	I-Device
version	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Only	O
in	O
Guilty	B-Application
Gear	I-Application
Petit	I-Application
2	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Only	O
in	O
the	O
update	O
version	O
,	O
Guilty	B-Application
Gear	I-Application
X	I-Application
Plus	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Kliff	O
and	O
Justice	O
were	O
balanced	O
for	O
tournament	O
play	O
in	O
the	O
Guilty	B-Application
Gear	I-Application
XX	I-Application
Accent	O
Core	O
Plus	O
R	O
update	O
,	O
and	O
were	O
absent	O
in	O
Guilty	B-Application
Gear	I-Application
XX	I-Application
Accent	O
Core	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Only	O
playable	O
in	O
the	O
update/sequel	O
version	O
,	O
Guilty	B-Application
Gear	I-Application
Xrd	I-Application
Rev	I-Application
2	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
addition	O
to	O
the	O
Guilty	B-Application
Gear	I-Application
video	O
game	O
series	O
,	O
other	O
products	O
were	O
also	O
released	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Two	O
novelizations	O
of	O
Guilty	B-Application
Gear	I-Application
X	I-Application
were	O
written	O
by	O
Norimitsu	O
Kaihō	O
,	O
illustrated	O
by	O
Daisuke	O
Ishiwatari	O
,	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
Enterbrain	O
:	O
,	O
and	O
,	O
on	O
January	O
20	O
,	O
2001	O
and	O
on	O
August	O
24	O
,	O
2002	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Several	O
drama	O
CDs	O
were	O
published	O
;	O
Scitron	O
released	O
a	O
series	O
of	O
two	O
drama	O
CDs	O
—	O
Guilty	B-Application
Gear	I-Application
X	I-Application
Vol	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
2	B-Application
—	O
between	O
October	O
24	O
,	O
and	O
November	O
24	O
,	O
2001	O
,	O
and	O
two	O
series	O
of	O
drama	O
CDs	O
based	O
on	O
Guilty	B-Application
Gear	I-Application
X2	I-Application
were	O
released	O
by	O
Team	O
Entertainment	O
:	O
Red	O
and	O
Black	O
—	O
a	O
series	O
—	O
were	O
released	O
in	O
2003	O
between	O
July	O
16	O
,	O
and	O
August	O
20	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Also	O
action	O
figures	O
,	O
guidebooks	O
,	O
and	O
a	O
trading	O
card	O
game	O
series	O
based	O
on	O
Guilty	B-Application
Gear	I-Application
were	O
released	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
February	O
11	O
,	O
2017	O
,	O
Arc	O
System	O
Works	O
announced	O
a	O
collaboration	O
with	O
Tecmo	O
Koei	O
's	O
Team	O
Ninja	O
to	O
release	O
Arc	O
System	O
Works	O
Costume	O
Set	O
consisting	O
the	O
costumes	O
of	O
some	O
characters	O
from	O
BlazBlue	B-Application
and	O
Guilty	B-Application
Gear	I-Application
series	I-Application
in	O
March	O
2017	O
for	O
Dead	B-Application
or	I-Application
Alive	I-Application
5	I-Application
:	I-Application
Last	I-Application
Round	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Guilty	B-Application
Gear	I-Application
series	I-Application
is	O
considered	O
a	O
cult	O
classic	O
among	O
video	O
game	O
fans	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Xs	O
Dreamcast	B-Operating_System
version	O
has	O
the	O
highest	O
score	O
of	O
the	O
series	O
as	O
compiled	O
by	O
review	O
aggregator	O
GameRankings	O
(	O
89.33	O
%	O
)	O
,	O
while	O
X2	B-Application
for	O
PlayStation	B-Device
2	I-Device
occupies	O
that	O
position	O
according	O
to	O
the	O
other	O
major	O
aggregator	O
,	O
Metacritic	O
(	O
87	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
the	O
other	O
hand	O
,	O
the	O
lowest	O
score	O
is	O
given	O
to	O
Guilty	B-Application
Gear	I-Application
2	I-Application
:	I-Application
Overture	I-Application
from	O
both	O
GameRankings	O
(	O
58.19	O
%	O
)	O
and	O
Metacritic	O
(	O
56/100	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Guilty	B-Application
Gear	I-Application
is	O
considered	O
by	O
several	O
sources	O
to	O
be	O
the	O
greatest	O
2D	O
fighting	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
GameSpot	O
said	O
that	O
"	O
Guilty	B-Application
Gear	I-Application
is	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
few	O
non-Capcom	O
or	O
SNK	O
2D	O
fighters	O
to	O
make	O
any	O
sort	O
of	O
impact	O
on	O
the	O
genre	O
"	O
,	O
while	O
Eurogamer	O
stated	O
:	O
"	O
If	O
2D	O
beat-em-ups	O
are	O
moving	O
toward	O
extinction	O
,	O
they	O
really	O
are	O
ending	O
on	O
a	O
high	O
note	O
with	O
stuff	O
like	O
this.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
GameSpy	O
said	O
"	O
Guilty	B-Application
Gear	I-Application
X	I-Application
is	O
hands-down	O
the	O
best	O
2D	O
fighting	O
game	O
to	O
date	O
"	O
,	O
and	O
Guilty	B-Application
Gear	I-Application
X2	I-Application
was	O
described	O
by	O
About.com	O
as	O
"	O
easily	O
the	O
best	O
2D	O
fighter	O
to	O
come	O
around	O
in	O
a	O
long	O
time.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2012	O
,	O
Complex	O
ranked	O
Guilty	B-Application
Gear	I-Application
at	O
number	O
47	O
on	O
the	O
list	O
of	O
the	O
best	O
video	O
game	O
franchises	O
,	O
commenting	O
:	O
"	O
Where	O
other	O
fighters	O
were	O
moving	O
toward	O
realism	O
and	O
more	O
down	O
to	O
Earth	O
physics	O
and	O
combos	O
,	O
Guilty	B-Application
Gear	I-Application
was	O
content	O
to	O
turn	O
those	O
notions	O
on	O
their	O
head	O
,	O
paving	O
the	O
way	O
for	O
the	O
more	O
chaotic	O
fighters	O
we	O
're	O
seeing	O
today.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
Yahoo	B-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
Hampson	O
included	O
Guilty	B-Application
Gear	I-Application
among	O
the	O
10	O
best	O
fighting	O
game	O
franchises	O
of	O
all	O
time	O
,	O
praising	O
the	O
series	O
's	O
evolution	O
along	O
the	O
years	O
,	O
the	O
"	O
distinctive	O
visual	O
flair	O
"	O
of	O
its	O
2D	O
sprites	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
"	O
well-defined	O
story	O
lines	O
"	O
,	O
adding	O
"	O
its	O
identity	O
is	O
among	O
the	O
most	O
unique	O
in	O
the	O
world	O
of	O
beat-	O
'	O
em-ups.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
BlazBlue	B-Application
:	I-Application
Calamity	I-Application
Trigger	I-Application
,	O
another	O
fighting	O
game	O
developed	O
by	O
Arc	O
System	O
Works	O
,	O
is	O
often	O
referred	O
to	O
as	O
a	O
spiritual	O
successor	O
of	O
the	O
Guilty	B-Application
Gear	I-Application
series	I-Application
.	O
</s>
