Guilty Gear X2 #Reload

Guilty Gear XX ♯Reload (ギルティギア イグゼクス シャープリロード, Giruti Gia Iguzekusu Shāpu Rirōdo) is the first update to Guilty Gear XX and the 7th installment of the Guilty Gear series. It features balancing changes along with giving the character Robo-Ky its own moveset, with it being merely a palette-swap of Ky in the original game. The console version adds a fully voiced story mode dictating the events that took place after X as seen through each character’s view. It also added Kliff and Justice back in as secret characters.

No changes to the general gameplay have been done, though there are several balance changes done to the cast, thus reworking the tier lists overall. Among several changes, Robo-Ky, a character deemed to be either overpowered/underpowered in tournament play, was completely reworked from the ground up to be a entirely different character in gameplay and is thus tournament legal from this game onwards, as well as gaining a new and proper EX Mode (he still acts the same as the original Robo-Ky in the story mode of this game however). The EX versions of the characters were rebalanced as well, though Kliff and Justice in the console version only had minor balances. Another notable touch is the inclusion of “Shadow” characters, which are different versions of EX version characters akin to the Gold characters. The difference between #Reload and the original XX is the HUD (for character names in battle, XX uses orange text and bold blue text for some versions, while #Reload uses the bold blue text for all versions of the game). But the biggest change, however, is the brand new burst gauge render. Other notable differences are the special effects for the Roman Cancel and Force Roman Cancel, which had their effects changed from solid and deep-colored to a more faded-light effect similar to an Overdrive activation flash. This change stays in subsequent XX titles. The first version of #Reload was initially known as “Red Reload” due to several bugs found in the game, but was later redistributed as “Blue Reload” as the bugs were fixed. The game is also compatible with Xbox Live.
The game’s soundtrack was tweaked when released in Korea. It is a completely different soundtrack with a more darker tone to the music, composed by Shin Hae Chul. It has been said that this alternate soundtrack focuses more on the rhythm rather than the melody (mixed in with techno as well, but the traditional thrash/metal/rock is still retained in the tracks).