The fight system has a four-main-attack-button configuration: punch, kick, slash and heavy slash.
The GBA version was the poorest-received, with the main complaints concerning ease and graphics. The Dreamcast and PS2 versions have sold over 100,000 copies in Japan they have been praised for their graphics, controls and characters but criticized for their lack of replay value. A four-button game, its instant-kill techniques were weakened and a survival mode was added to the previous game's three modes. Guilty Gear X continues its predecessor's timeline with new characters and gameplay features. It was released in July 2000 for Japanese arcades, re-released on Dreamcast in December 2000, and later ported to PlayStation 2 in November 2001 and Game Boy Advance in January 2002.
The second installment of the Guilty Gear series, Guilty Gear X was developed over a period of about two years after the first game's success. Guilty Gear X ( Japanese: ギルティギア ゼクス, Hepburn: Giruti Gia Zekusu), subtitled By Your Side in Japan, is a fighting game developed by Arc System Works and published by Sammy Studios.
