<s>
is	O
a	O
fighting	O
video	O
game	O
sub-series	O
by	O
Arc	O
System	O
Works	O
and	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
Guilty	B-Application
Gear	I-Application
series	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Guilty	B-Application
Gear	I-Application
Xrd	I-Application
was	O
developed	O
using	O
Unreal	O
Engine	O
3	O
,	O
with	O
cel-shaded	O
graphics	O
in	O
place	O
of	O
the	O
series	O
traditional	O
hand	O
drawn	O
sprites	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Following	O
the	O
storyline	O
of	O
the	O
last	O
game	O
in	O
the	O
series	O
,	O
Guilty	B-Application
Gear	I-Application
2	I-Application
:	I-Application
Overture	I-Application
,	O
it	O
introduced	O
seven	O
new	O
characters	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
first	O
Xrd	O
game	O
,	O
Guilty	B-Application
Gear	I-Application
Xrd	I-Application
Sign	I-Application
,	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
arcades	O
on	O
February	O
20	O
,	O
2014	O
,	O
as	O
the	O
5th	O
main	O
installment	O
,	O
and	O
for	O
the	O
PlayStation	B-Operating_System
3	I-Operating_System
and	O
PlayStation	B-Operating_System
4	I-Operating_System
in	O
Japan	O
and	O
North	O
America	O
in	O
December	O
of	O
the	O
same	O
year	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
digital-only	O
release	O
happened	O
in	O
Europe	O
in	O
June	O
2015	O
,	O
and	O
it	O
was	O
brought	O
to	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
via	O
Steam	B-Application
on	O
December	O
9	O
,	O
2015	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
sequel	O
follow-up	O
,	O
titled	O
Guilty	B-Application
Gear	I-Application
Xrd	I-Application
Revelator	I-Application
,	O
was	O
released	O
on	O
consoles	O
in	O
May	O
2016	O
in	O
Japan	O
and	O
June	O
2016	O
elsewhere	O
as	O
the	O
6th	O
main	O
installment	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
An	O
update	O
title	O
to	O
Revelator	O
titled	O
Guilty	B-Application
Gear	I-Application
Xrd	I-Application
Rev	I-Application
2	I-Application
was	O
announced	O
at	O
Arc	O
System	O
Works	O
Fighting	O
Game	O
Award	O
2016	O
on	O
January	O
14	O
,	O
2017	O
,	O
and	O
released	O
for	O
Arcades	O
in	O
March	O
2017	O
,	O
while	O
PS3	B-Operating_System
,	O
PS4	B-Operating_System
and	O
PC	O
versions	O
were	O
released	O
worldwide	O
at	O
the	O
end	O
of	O
May	O
2017	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Rev	O
2	O
update	O
patch	O
for	O
those	O
who	O
bought	O
Revelator	O
on	O
PlayStation	B-Device
Store	O
or	O
Steam	B-Application
was	O
released	O
as	O
a	O
paid	O
DLC	B-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
PS4	B-Operating_System
also	O
received	O
an	O
exclusive	O
physical	O
disc	O
version	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
first	O
allows	O
online	O
matches	O
through	O
the	O
PlayStation	B-Device
Network	I-Device
(	O
PSN	B-Device
)	O
,	O
which	O
may	O
be	O
ranked	O
in	O
world	O
rankings	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
last	O
mode	O
of	O
Guilty	B-Application
Gear	I-Application
Xrd	I-Application
is	O
the	O
Story	O
Mode	O
,	O
which	O
is	O
new	O
in	O
the	O
current	O
installment	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
is	O
set	O
in	O
2187	O
,	O
one	O
year	O
after	O
its	O
predecessor	O
,	O
Guilty	B-Application
Gear	I-Application
2	I-Application
:	I-Application
Overture	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Additionally	O
,	O
the	O
console	O
versions	O
add	O
Sin	O
Kiske	O
from	O
Overture	O
,	O
and	O
new	O
characters	O
Elphelt	O
Valentine	O
and	O
Leo	O
Whitefang	O
,	O
as	O
playable	O
DLC	B-Protocol
characters	O
,	O
bringing	O
the	O
total	O
roster	O
count	O
to	O
17	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
new	O
character	O
introduced	O
in	O
Revelator	O
,	O
Kum	O
Haehyun	O
,	O
who	O
is	O
non-playable	O
in	O
the	O
arcade	O
version	O
,	O
was	O
announced	O
as	O
a	O
DLC	B-Protocol
character	O
for	O
the	O
console	O
version	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Raven	O
from	O
Guilty	B-Application
Gear	I-Application
2	I-Application
:	I-Application
Overture	I-Application
is	O
the	O
last	O
of	O
the	O
six	O
new	O
additions	O
to	O
the	O
Revelator	O
sequel	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
idea	O
of	O
a	O
new	O
Guilty	B-Application
Gear	I-Application
entry	O
came	O
about	O
in	O
2008	O
,	O
but	O
production	O
had	O
only	O
started	O
in	O
2011	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
By	O
mid-2012	O
,	O
development	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
that	O
would	O
later	O
be	O
known	O
as	O
Guilty	B-Application
Gear	I-Application
Xrd	I-Application
Sign	I-Application
progressed	O
to	O
a	O
full-scale	O
production	O
that	O
concluded	O
in	O
2013	O
,	O
handled	O
by	O
a	O
25-member	O
team	O
in	O
Arc	O
System	O
Works	O
under	O
the	O
codename	O
"	O
Team	O
Red	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
team	O
opted	O
to	O
use	O
Unreal	O
Engine	O
3	O
because	O
of	O
several	O
factors	O
they	O
believed	O
helped	O
their	O
workflow	O
;	O
the	O
low	O
price	O
,	O
the	O
ease	O
at	O
which	O
non-programmers	O
could	O
edit	O
projects	O
directly	O
,	O
and	O
development	O
tools	O
for	O
home	O
consoles	O
enabled	O
them	O
to	O
release	O
the	O
title	O
on	O
PlayStation	B-Device
consoles	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
expected	O
to	O
be	O
visually	O
impacting	O
,	O
as	O
a	O
way	O
to	O
attract	O
new	O
players	O
and	O
because	O
of	O
Ishiwatari	O
's	O
assumption	O
that	O
it	O
was	O
a	O
fundamental	O
factor	O
to	O
the	O
success	O
of	O
games	O
like	O
Street	B-Application
Fighter	I-Application
2	I-Application
and	O
Virtua	B-Application
Fighter	I-Application
2	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
These	O
cutaways	O
were	O
achieved	O
because	O
the	O
team	O
pursued	O
3D	O
technology	O
while	O
keeping	O
the	O
game	O
as	O
a	O
2D	O
fighter	O
,	O
having	O
to	O
use	O
mesh	B-Algorithm
rendering	I-Algorithm
for	O
backgrounds	O
and	O
special	O
effects	O
(	O
though	O
they	O
did	O
keep	O
some	O
aspects	O
as	O
2D	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
cutscene	O
backgrounds	O
and	O
distant	O
characters	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
announcement	O
was	O
well-received	O
,	O
and	O
allowed	O
Arc	O
System	O
Works	O
to	O
develop	O
Dragon	B-Application
Ball	I-Application
FighterZ	I-Application
and	O
other	O
third-party-based	O
fighting	O
games	O
,	O
including	O
its	O
sequel	O
Guilty	B-Application
Gear	I-Application
Strive	I-Application
in	O
the	O
same	O
style	O
while	O
upgrading	O
it	O
to	O
Unreal	O
Engine	O
4	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
team	O
intended	O
to	O
design	O
the	O
characters	O
as	O
closely	O
as	O
possible	O
to	O
anime	O
using	O
Softimage	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
artists	O
deliberately	O
cut	O
frames	O
to	O
keep	O
the	O
feel	O
of	O
standard	O
animation	O
(	O
similar	O
to	O
the	O
sprites	O
used	O
for	O
previous	O
Guilty	B-Application
Gear	I-Application
games	O
)	O
,	O
and	O
encountered	O
issues	O
with	O
Unreal	O
Engine	O
's	O
handling	O
of	O
the	O
Cartesian	O
X	O
,	O
Y	O
,	O
and	O
Z	O
axes	O
,	O
which	O
could	O
not	O
allow	O
modification	O
of	O
a	O
single	O
axis	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
first	O
game	O
in	O
the	O
Xrd	O
series	O
,	O
called	O
Guilty	B-Application
Gear	I-Application
Xrd	I-Application
Sign	I-Application
,	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
Japanese	O
arcades	O
on	O
February	O
20	O
,	O
2014	O
,	O
on	O
the	O
Sega	O
RingEdge	O
2	O
arcade	O
board	O
with	O
support	O
for	O
the	O
ALL.Net	O
P-ras	O
MULTI	O
Ver.2	O
system	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
's	O
port	O
to	O
the	O
PlayStation	B-Device
branch	O
was	O
first	O
available	O
in	O
November	O
2014	O
through	O
a	O
demo	O
version	O
released	O
on	O
PlayStation	B-Device
Plus	O
for	O
PS4	B-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
December	O
4	O
of	O
the	O
same	O
year	O
,	O
it	O
was	O
released	O
both	O
for	O
PS4	B-Operating_System
and	O
PS3	B-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	B-Operating_System
PS3	I-Operating_System
and	O
PS4	B-Operating_System
versions	O
were	O
released	O
in	O
North	O
America	O
by	O
Aksys	O
Games	O
on	O
December	O
16	O
,	O
2014	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
followed	O
by	O
a	O
North	O
America-exclusive	O
limited	O
edition	O
also	O
released	O
for	O
PS3	B-Operating_System
and	O
PS4	B-Operating_System
on	O
December	O
23	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
Europe	O
,	O
it	O
was	O
only	O
digitally	O
released	O
by	O
Sony	O
Computer	O
Entertainment	O
through	O
PSN	B-Device
on	O
June	O
3	O
,	O
2015	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
December	O
9	O
,	O
2015	O
,	O
a	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
port	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
was	O
released	O
via	O
Steam	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
An	O
updated	O
sequel	O
to	O
Sign	O
called	O
Guilty	B-Application
Gear	I-Application
Xrd	I-Application
Revelator	I-Application
was	O
announced	O
for	O
the	O
third	O
quarter	O
of	O
2015	O
for	O
release	O
on	O
arcades	O
,	O
starting	O
at	O
a	O
test	O
location	O
in	O
June	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
September	O
,	O
Arc	O
System	O
Works	O
announced	O
a	O
port	O
to	O
PS3	B-Operating_System
and	O
PS4	B-Operating_System
whose	O
trailer	O
would	O
be	O
exhibited	O
at	O
the	O
Tokyo	O
Game	O
Show	O
later	O
that	O
month	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
To	O
prepare	O
for	O
the	O
release	O
of	O
Guilty	B-Application
Gear	I-Application
Strive	I-Application
,	O
Arc	O
System	O
Works	O
posted	O
the	O
entirety	O
of	O
the	O
Guilty	B-Application
Gear	I-Application
Xrd	I-Application
Story	O
Mode	O
(	O
both	O
Sign	O
and	O
Revelator	O
,	O
including	O
the	O
three	O
After	O
Story	O
scenerios	O
in	O
REV2	O
)	O
with	O
Japanese	O
voices	O
in	O
Sign	O
and	O
English	O
subtitles	O
,	O
alongside	O
captions	O
in	O
Japanese	O
,	O
English	O
,	O
Simplified	O
Chinese	O
,	O
Traditional	O
Chinese	O
and	O
Korean	O
on	O
YouTube	B-General_Concept
,	O
with	O
one	O
chapter	O
of	O
the	O
story	O
posted	O
each	O
day	O
from	O
October	O
12	O
to	O
November	O
2	O
,	O
2020	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
September	O
25	O
,	O
2022	O
,	O
Arc	O
System	O
Works	O
announced	O
that	O
Guilty	B-Application
Gear	I-Application
Xrd	I-Application
Revelator	I-Application
and	O
Guilty	B-Application
Gear	I-Application
Xrd	I-Application
Rev	I-Application
2	I-Application
would	O
have	O
their	O
online	O
modes	O
updated	O
to	O
use	O
rollback	O
netcode	O
,	O
with	O
public	O
tests	O
scheduled	O
for	O
late	O
October	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
has	O
received	O
generally	O
favorable	O
reviews	O
,	O
holding	O
a	O
Metacritic	O
score	O
of	O
84	O
based	O
on	O
33	O
critics	O
;	O
for	O
2014	O
,	O
it	O
was	O
the	O
16th	O
best	O
rated	O
game	O
for	O
PS4	B-Operating_System
and	O
the	O
131st	O
overall	O
in	O
the	O
site	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
also	O
nominated	O
for	O
Best	O
Fighting	O
Game	O
of	O
the	O
Year	O
at	O
Game	O
Critics	O
Awards	O
,	O
Hardcore	O
Gamer	O
Awards	O
,	O
and	O
IGN	O
Awards	O
,	O
but	O
lost	O
to	O
Super	B-Application
Smash	I-Application
Bros	I-Application
.	I-Application
for	I-Application
Wii	I-Application
U	I-Application
in	O
all	O
three	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2015	O
,	O
Guilty	B-Application
Gear	I-Application
Xrd	I-Application
Sign	I-Application
was	O
nominated	O
for	O
Best	O
Fighting	O
game	O
at	O
The	O
Game	O
Awards	O
2015	O
,	O
but	O
lost	O
to	O
Mortal	B-Application
Kombat	I-Application
X	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
has	O
been	O
unanimously	O
praised	O
for	O
its	O
visuals	O
;	O
Electronic	O
Gaming	O
Monthlys	O
Eric	O
L	O
.	O
Patterson	O
complimented	O
it	O
saying	O
"	O
this	O
is	O
the	O
most	O
impressive	O
...	O
fighting	O
game	O
I	O
've	O
even	O
seen	O
(	O
or	O
played	O
)	O
when	O
it	O
comes	O
to	O
the	O
graphics	O
on	O
display	O
,	O
"	O
while	O
Earnest	O
Cavalli	O
of	O
Engadget	B-Application
declared	O
that	O
"[f]rom	O
a	O
purely	O
aesthetic	O
standpoint	O
,	O
"	O
Guilty	B-Application
Gear	I-Application
Xrd	I-Application
Sign	I-Application
is	O
"	O
faultless.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
Darry	O
Husky	O
of	O
IGN	O
asserted	O
,	O
"	O
Guilty	B-Application
Gear	I-Application
Xrd	I-Application
does	O
an	O
admirable	O
job	O
of	O
making	O
it	O
all	O
accessible	O
not	O
only	O
for	O
those	O
of	O
us	O
making	O
the	O
jump	O
from	O
other	O
fighting	O
games	O
,	O
but	O
for	O
those	O
checking	O
the	O
genre	O
out	O
for	O
the	O
very	O
first	O
time.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
Cavalli	O
commented	O
Guilty	B-Application
Gear	I-Application
Xrd	I-Application
Signs	I-Application
"	O
biggest	O
flaw	O
,	O
however	O
,	O
is	O
that	O
it	O
offers	O
players	O
a	O
vibrant	O
world	O
in	O
which	O
they	O
have	O
relatively	O
little	O
to	O
do.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
cross-play	O
between	O
the	B-Operating_System
PS3	I-Operating_System
and	O
PS4	B-Operating_System
was	O
praised	O
by	O
Carter	O
,	O
and	O
was	O
called	O
"	O
a	O
welcome	O
addition	O
"	O
by	O
Husky	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Patterson	O
labelled	O
it	O
"	O
absolutely	O
competent	O
—	O
if	O
not	O
a	O
little	O
underachieving	O
"	O
but	O
complained	O
that	O
it	O
had	O
not	O
the	O
lobby	O
interfaces	O
that	O
BlazBlue	B-Application
or	O
Persona	B-Application
4	I-Application
Arena	I-Application
had	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Mike	O
Williams	O
of	O
USGamer	O
said	O
it	O
"	O
feels	O
like	O
a	O
step	O
backwards	O
"	O
and	O
asserted	O
that	O
"	O
it	O
's	O
a	O
shame	O
,	O
because	O
with	O
a	O
better	O
online	O
system	O
,	O
Guilty	B-Application
Gear	I-Application
Xrd	I-Application
could	O
've	O
been	O
the	O
best	O
of	O
the	O
best.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
latter	O
opined	O
that	O
"	O
Xrd	O
has	O
enough	O
new	O
features	O
and	O
mechanics	O
to	O
feel	O
like	O
a	O
true	O
sequel	O
,	O
while	O
excellently	O
retaining	O
many	O
of	O
the	O
classic	O
elements	O
that	O
impart	O
the	O
good	O
old	O
feeling	O
of	O
a	O
Guilty	B-Application
Gear	I-Application
game.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
Morgan	O
affirmed	O
it	O
is	O
"	O
among	O
the	O
PS4	B-Operating_System
's	O
best	O
presented	O
games	O
to	O
date	O
,	O
and	O
a	O
real	O
highlight	O
of	O
the	O
series.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
McGee	O
stated	O
,	O
"	O
Taken	O
as	O
a	O
whole	O
,	O
Guilty	B-Application
Gear	I-Application
Xrd	I-Application
Sign	I-Application
is	O
a	O
strong	O
-	O
yet	O
unsurprising	O
-	O
fighting	O
game.	O
"	O
</s>
