{"id":1305,"date":"2004-06-01T16:25:00","date_gmt":"2004-06-01T16:25:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aderack.com\/journal\/2004\/06\/touchy-touchy\/"},"modified":"2010-03-21T03:13:11","modified_gmt":"2010-03-21T03:13:11","slug":"touchy-touchy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aderack.com\/journal\/2004\/06\/touchy-touchy\/","title":{"rendered":"Touchy Touchy"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"initial-letter\"><p>Although the Guilty Gear series has long fascinated me, today is the first day that I have opportuned to spend some time exploring, and attuning myself to, one of its games &#8212; in this case, X2.<\/p>\n<p>My first clear observation is that, although this is a PS2 game, I can actually pull off any move with no trouble. I assume this is due to the effort Sammy put into adapting this game to the PS2. Just as the game comes with an optional anti-alias filter, it comes with controls that recognize how dearly Sony&#8217;s idea of a functionable controller is in need of re-examination. The game remains tight enough that I never pull off a move by accident, yet it has been untied enough that the stupid pad never gets in my way. I think perhaps Noise Factory might have studied this game (or perhaps its predecessor, if it is similarly forgiving), during the development of <i><a href=\"http:\/\/www.insertcredit.com\/news\/e3_2004\/kof-mi\/kof-mi.html\">KOF: Maximum Impact<\/a><\/i>.<\/p>\n<p>This is such a relief after the likes of <i>Capcom vs SNK 2<\/i> and <i>The King of Fighters 2000 &#038; 2001<\/i> &#8212; otherwise-decent ports which seem to forget which system they&#8217;re on.<\/p>\n<p>Something to think about.<\/p>\n<p>Another observation is that the most interesting characters tend to be the most recent. Without the new guys, the cast would be kind of dull.<\/p>\n<p>Curious.<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Although the Guilty Gear series has long fascinated me, today is the first day that I have opportuned to spend some time exploring, and attuning myself to, one of its games &#8212; in this case, X2. 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