Guilty Gear Dust Strikers
Guilty Gear Dust Strikers is a good and solid arcade style fighter. You can choose from 20 characters including one you can customize yourself. The game is pretty fun even excluding its 7 awesome minigames. There are at least 11 different attacks per character (including combo moves). All you have to do to get started is choose a character. The down side of this is that they pick your opponent and course. The backgrounds on the courses are very detailed. There are different levels to climb up and down on when you’re battling which doesn’t really relate to all of the other Guilty gear games on the other systems which isn’t necessarily a bad thing. When you play mini games and get a high score you get new moves for your Robo-Ky (the player you can customize). You can choose the moves you unlocked for your Robo-Ky and equip them to him. Then you can battle with him. The story mode isn’t much different than arcade mode besides the fact that you get a story line. The graphics are pretty good looking. They have very detailed backgrounds and the characters look nice. The sound effects can get really repetitive but the music’s not horrible. The minigames are really fun. The game includes: billiards, a balancing game, a yo-yo polishing game, a dolphin show game, capture the notes, hit down, and sword master. That’s about all there is too it! A solid Arcade Fighter that’ll keep you coming back for more.

7.0 Presentation
There’s a short video with some music in the beginning and there are a lot of menu options.

8.0 Graphics
Nice backgrounds. The characters look good.

5.5 Sound
Sound effects get repetitive and annoying. The music’s not that great either. This is where the game lacks.

8.0 Gameplay
An arcade style fighter that plays really fun.

8.5 Lasting Appeal
With all of the mini games and multiplayer you’ll be playing this one for months.

7.4 OVERALL
(out of 10)