 I know what you're thinking, what the heck is a Guilty Gear Xrd- Revelator!? The truth is, I don't know either. Japan is notorious for giving games long and nonsensical titles. Just ask "Dissidia Duodecim Final Fantasy" or even "Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance", get it? 3 D's?(I'm sorry for that). Luckily for all of us, that's not what this article is about. This article exists to make the case for why I think the latest edition in the Guilty Gear series is worth your time. It's a fighting game that has something for everyone, regardless if you are a hardcore fighting game player or a day one novice. In regards to the latter or any casual player, the main problem people have with fighting games is accessibility. Fighting games have a long history of letting the players figure out how the game works. The worst part is that on top of that with each successive release of a new fighting game, developers seem to expect that the people who buy their games have been playing fighting games all a long. Some games "try" to implement something that resembles a tutorial system but end up being of no use to anyone. It's as if they do it just to cross it off a checklist in order to use it as a selling point on the back of the box. Guilty Gear Xrd- Revelator on the other hand, does not have this problem. The tutorial system in the game is a work of art! Instead of bombarding you with paragraphs of text or complicated lingo, the game turns the once "too hard to learn" aspects of fighting games in to simple and easy to understand tasks. The game lets you learn by fighting. You learn at your own pace, unlike other fighting games that force you learn against busted A.I. or skilled players. Unfortunately, it's really hard to explain without actually showing you how it all comes together. That said, there are plenty of videos out there that do a fine job showcasing how good of a system it is. The game even comes equipped with a "Stylish" mode that makes the game even more accessible. Selecting this mode will make combos/supers and blocks much easier to preform while still requiring the player to worry about timing and spacing. It's not a "push button to win" by any means, and that still makes it a valuable learning tool. Probably the most innovative addition to this game is in the pause menu, that's right... the pause menu! If you hit the pause button during any match be it Practice, Arcade, even Versus/Online mode, the usual pause menu will pop up. The difference here is that to the right of the menu are a string of bubbles, each filled with a question about how something in the game works. It's so simple yet effective at the same time. Forgot how to block? Forgot what overheads are? Just hit the pause button and find what you are looking for, it's that easy. Lastly for all the hardcore fighters out there, the game gives you the ability to look up match-up specific information. No other fighting game to date as really offered anything quite like this. Say there is a certain move a character keeps beating you with, you now have the ability to see what options you have available for countering or avoiding said move. All these systems are put in to place to help players enjoy fighting games and get better at the same time.  If you are still not convinced, the game is overflowing with style. It is both visually and aesthetically impressive. There are plenty of characters and are all very unique. From an electric sword wielding king to a time-traveling guitarists, you'd be hard-pressed to find any character that was considered "uninteresting". A robust story mode, as well as an encyclopedia do a lot to help flesh out the world of Guilty Gear. There are other modes to speak of, but even I have not explored the full scope of the game as of this writing. For those of you feeling burned by half-hearted releases of other fighting games, Guilty Gear is filled with enough content to keep you busy for a while. A game made by people who genuinely care about fighting games and it shows. So if it's a genre you've been avoiding or the one fighter you haven't played, this one is worth every penny. Guilty Gear Xrd- Revelater was released on June 7th of this year. It is available exclusively for the PS3/PS4 console and is a cross-play game. 
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