The over-the-top anime stylings of the Guilty Gear series deliver a one-two punch in this package containing both a beat-'em-up and a fighting game.

Guilty Gear follows in the footsteps of Darkstalkers, Street Fighter Alpha, and Tekken as the latest fighting game series to successfully touch down on the PSP, in spite of the system's portable form factor.

Confusingly, this package includes two different games, but shares its name with one of them in particular. The game titled Guilty Gear Judgment is a side-scrolling beat-'em-up inspired by classics like Final Fight and Golden Axe, and while it's repetitive and mostly mindless, it's pretty fun.

But you also get Guilty Gear X2 #Reload, a pure one-on-one 2D fighting game. The latter is the more complex, more interesting game, but it's also missing some key features found in previous versions and is harder to play using the PSP's somewhat imprecise controls.

Other than that, both games share the sharply drawn 2D artwork, rocking guitar riffs, and wild character designs that the Guilty Gear series is known for, and both support local two-player action over a Wi-Fi connection.

It's a solid package for fans of the series or of fighting games in general. The beat-'em-up is a never-before-released game, but the fighting game is based on a version of the Guilty Gear series from a few years ago. Unfortunately, it's missing some of the best single-player modes found in previous versions of that game.

Specifically, the story mode and mission mode aren't in here, so you'll have to settle for a conventional arcade mode and survival mode (plus the weird "master of medals" mode, which isn't much different from survival mode).

The underlying gameplay itself is still good, but difficult to control with finesse using the PSP's D pad and buttons. Many of the more sophisticated techniques and combos require you to press multiple buttons simultaneously while quickly entering in fairly complex commands on the D pad, and it's very difficult to pull off this type of stuff on the PSP, more so than usual.

The graphics also appear to be scaled down somewhat, so while they're as colorful as ever, they look blockier than you may remember. There's still a lot of depth to explore, and the action is fast and intense; but given that this game really isn't a great fit for the PSP's limitations, it's little wonder why the other game in the package is given emphasis.

Publisher: Majesco Games
Developer: Arc System Works
Genre: 2D Fighting
Store Date: Sep 5, 2006
Region: USA
Language: English
ISO Size: 572 MB
ISO Crc32: 712813B6
Group: pSyPSP
Release Name: Guilty_Gear_Judgement_USA_PSP-pSyPSP
Filename: psy-ggjud
Release Date: Sep 6, 2006
UMD Serial: ULUS-10104

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