After getting some good time in with Xrd Rev 2 after its Rollback update, I am no longer willing to overlook the flaws of this game. The honeymoon period finally ended after about 50-ish hours of this game. I spent a lot of time off from it, and then would plink in a few hours here and there over time. And during the last few sessions I had playing it, I found myself considerably less-enamoured with it (but still having fun with the fellas). And even though multiple updates have fixed 99% of the connection issues and they added personal lobby customization (which I do like), and some other smaller fixes, the faults that remain stick out so sorely to me now.
Primarily, I really dislike is how soulless the presentation is (except the music) in comparison to Xrd Rev 2 and past games; it really has lost some of that charm. What with the hyper-utilitarian HUD that has ZERO style (which I never cared for but had shrugged off at the time), the way colors are kind of washed out in most stages (and in the entire Story Mode for some reason), the lack of smoothness in the Story Mode animation (it was a lot livelier in general in -SIGN- and Revelator), and how utterly lifeless a lot of the stages feel. And the Habbo Hotel looking ass lobby system still rubs me the wrong way, but I never liked it to begin with either. Also still not a huge fan of the simplification of everyones' movesets either, but again, that was one of those things I'd kinda just brushed off before. The new characters' designs (and redesigns of returning characters) are all still quite good though, and I'm looking forward to seeing who else gets added for the rest of Season Pass 2.
I am 100% guilty (heh) of letting myself get swept up in the hype of this game back then, overlooking things or outright ignoring other problems I had with it for the sake of "HOLY SHIT A NEW GUILTY GEAR."
I still absolutely adore the soundtrack though; banger after banger after banger on that one. I still listen to most of the songs from the base game on a regular basis (as well as some of the ones from SP1 like "Drift," one of the best songs in the game).
Primarily, I really dislike is how soulless the presentation is (except the music) in comparison to Xrd Rev 2 and past games; it really has lost some of that charm. What with the hyper-utilitarian HUD that has ZERO style (which I never cared for but had shrugged off at the time), the way colors are kind of washed out in most stages (and in the entire Story Mode for some reason), the lack of smoothness in the Story Mode animation (it was a lot livelier in general in -SIGN- and Revelator), and how utterly lifeless a lot of the stages feel. And the Habbo Hotel looking ass lobby system still rubs me the wrong way, but I never liked it to begin with either. Also still not a huge fan of the simplification of everyones' movesets either, but again, that was one of those things I'd kinda just brushed off before. The new characters' designs (and redesigns of returning characters) are all still quite good though, and I'm looking forward to seeing who else gets added for the rest of Season Pass 2.
I am 100% guilty (heh) of letting myself get swept up in the hype of this game back then, overlooking things or outright ignoring other problems I had with it for the sake of "HOLY SHIT A NEW GUILTY GEAR."
I still absolutely adore the soundtrack though; banger after banger after banger on that one. I still listen to most of the songs from the base game on a regular basis (as well as some of the ones from SP1 like "Drift," one of the best songs in the game).