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Game
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GUILTY GEAR 2 -OVERTURE-
Developer Arc System Works
Guilty Gear 2: Overture (ギルティギア2オーヴァチュア, Giruti Gia Tsū Ōvachua) is a video game in the Guilty Gear series made by Arc System Works for the Xbox 360; unlike the previous games, however, Overture is not a fighting game. The fourth main installment in the series, Guilty Gear 2 makes use of 3D graphics, unlike its predecessors. A playable demo of Guilty Gear 2 featuring three modes of gameplay was released in Japan via… From Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
258 reactions from 3 sources (Steam reviews, Bluesky, Mastodon) · newest Nov 4, 2026 · last updated Nov 5, 2026 · How this works
Audience score
80
LovedLoved
138 positive · 35 negative
95% range 73–85%
| Source | + | − | = |
|---|---|---|---|
| Steam reviews | 138 | 35 | 0 |
| Bluesky * | 15 | 1 | 68 |
| Mastodon * | 0 | 0 | 1 |
* shown, not counted in the score (label accuracy below our 85% bar or not yet audited).
Steam's own rating
Mostly Positive
266 of 347 reviews positive (all languages, per Valve)
What players are saying
80% recommend · 139 yes, 35 no
Counted from the reviewers’ own thumbs up/down on the 174 English Steam reviews we collected, not by the AI. Valve’s all-language rating: Mostly Positive (404 of 537 positive).
Players praise the game's unique hybrid of action and real-time strategy, calling it an ambitious experiment. [1][2][3] Many note the game shows its age and has a poor PC port with crashes and no graphics settings. [4][5][6] Some reviewers find the gameplay primitive and boring, while others love its charm and lore. [4][7][8]
Liked
Representative posts
- [5]
This pc port is... astoundingly bad, please just play it on an Xbox 360 if you really can.
- [1]
GUILTY GEAR 2 -OVERTURE- is the most experimental and divisive entry in Arc System Works’ series. It abandons the traditional 2D fighting structure in favor of a hybrid between action combat and real-time strategy. Released during the Xbox 360 era, it was the first fully 3D Guilty Gear title and marked a radical shift from its roots. Gameplay combines hack-and-slash mechanics with territory control. Players command …
- [4]
BUY IT WHEN IT'S ON SALE!!! you can Definitely tell it's an xbox360 game, and Yes it has problems at times with running properly (on win11 at least,) BUT it has a ton of lore that's important to the series and is just REALLY FUN and charming to me. i love this game and all it's flaws. it goes on sale for super cheap now and then. please please please get it.
- [2]
Keep in mind GG2 was made in 2007 so it does show its age in game design and execution. That being said... the game is unique and sits in a very small selection of games I'm even aware about. That being a Hybrid Action RTS. Similar games would be Brutal Legend which launched 2 years after this and Kingdom Under Fire Crusaders/Heroes released 2/3 years before this. You play as a character on the field, opening your …
- [3]
GUILTY GEAR 2 -OVERTURE- is one of the most unusual and divisive experiments in Arc System Works’ history, a game that boldly abandons nearly everything the series was known for at the time of its release. Instead of the tight, flashy 2D fighting that defined the franchise, Overture reimagines Guilty Gear as a hybrid of 3D hack-and-slash action and real-time strategy, placing players in sprawling battlefields where …
Summarised from 34 of the 259 public posts collected about this game; every point cites the posts behind it ([n] opens the post) and the split is counted from the posts’ own ratings. Updated Oct 13, 2026. How summaries are made
RottenBot@rottenbot · automated account
Players who liked GUILTY GEAR 2 -OVERTURE- talk about unique hybrid of action and RTS gameplay; those who didn't talk about poor PC port with crashes and no settings. Which matters more to you?
Critics, per Wikipedia
Reception has been "mixed or average". The Xbox 360 version has an aggregate score of 56/100 on Metacritic.
From the “Reception” section of Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Critic context only — not part of the audience score.
Reactions
60 of 258 · most liked firsti want interviews with daisuke ishiwatari that entirely skips talking about fighting games and even music and gets straight to asking him how he'd make a sequel to Guilty Gear 2: Overture if he could talk arcsys into it cuz you fucking know he's thinking about it
positive · AI labelView post →jack-o has servants that attack like MOBA creeps for god's sake. you KNOW he's thinking about Guilty Gear 2: Overture to this day. you KNOW daisuke ishiwatari is thinking "they were wrong. they didn't see the potential. i could make it even better if they'd just let me"
positive · AI labelView post →Guilty Gear 2 Overture Xbox 360 dashboard theme. Released 2007 October 12 for 150 Microsoft Points #guiltygear
neutral · AI labelView post →This one's good i promise. daisuke has a lot of vision for his stupid ass games. so the year is 2006, and this dude i mean he's losing his mind after building these horrible fighting games with nonsense plot for a decade because he can, being an immensely gifted composer, traditional painter, director, animator designer the works. only for the majority of the rights to his original characters to be taken away in a custody battle. In his hubris he decides that, having done minimal design for…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →there are about 5 cool missions in this game - about 3 of those are fun. if we are being honest though, nobody is here to worry about that. we are here to admire valentine's absurdly hard fit, complete with giant hat and lucifero balloon, and to hear sol badguy say things like "heralds of destruction", "gear sublimation", and "ky, i want you to kiss me on the mouth". this game probably does need a better pc port, but whatever i'm mostly glad it got one at all.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →this game is literally not real, it doesn't exist. this game was made up and was see on Drake and Josh by one of the backup actors playing this on a tv in the background.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Guilty Gear fandom don't deserve Guilty Gear
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This is the most xbox 360 ass game I have ever seen
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →"waaah guilty gear overture is the worst in the series" Shut the fuck up and look at this kick ass art from the masterpiece that is Guilty Gear 2: Overture
positive · AI labelView post →Deadlock is a spiritual successor to the progenitor 3rd person schmoovement MOBA, Guilty Gear 2 Overture
neutral · AI labelView post →why is izuna not in strive yet
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →the most xbox 360-ass game of all time, for better or worse
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Free to download desktop Guilty Gear 2 OVERTURE backgrounds from guiltygearx.com in 2007-2008
neutral · AI labelView post →I ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ LOVE GUILTY GEAR 2
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →"I guess you guys aren't ready for that yet. But your kids are gonna love it." -Guilty Gear 2: Overture reception through the years summarized
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →GUILTY GEAR 2 -OVERTURE- is the most experimental and divisive entry in Arc System Works’ series. It abandons the traditional 2D fighting structure in favor of a hybrid between action combat and real-time strategy. Released during the Xbox 360 era, it was the first fully 3D Guilty Gear title and marked a radical shift from its roots. Gameplay combines hack-and-slash mechanics with territory control. Players command a single hero—such as Sol Badguy or Ky Kiske—while summoning units and…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →THIS DEAL WILL ONLY LAST 15 MORE MINUTES. MAKE SURE TO CLAIM WHAT CRITICS ARE CALLING "like a Great Value version of Guilty Gear 2: Overture" AND "what are you talking about, I like this game WAY more than Overture" AND "i just think it's incredible this and Overture came out at the same time" NOW
neutral · AI labelView post →The 1 hour long post credit scene of Asuka R. Kreutz and Raven passionately making out was a pleasant surprise, 100/10 life changing game.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →everyday, 100 fold better than strive
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Sol Badguy from Guilty Gear 2: Overture. More art from the game: www.creativeuncut.com/art_guilty-g...
neutral · AI labelView post →Guilty Gear 2: Overture is an interesting experiment—mixing action, strategy, and the GG universe into something unique. The concept is good, but the execution feels a bit dated. If ArcSys had gone for a more stylish combat system like CyberConnect titles or Devil May Cry, this could’ve been a hidden gem. Still, it’s worth grabbing on sale, especially if you’re a fan of the series. I’d love to see a new installment that refines this idea—it has so much potential.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →99% of the community posts of the game are just upskirt screenshots
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Another thing I want to mention. Some folks already know that Ys 4 PS2 was primarily developed by Arc System Works. But what I found while doing hacking research was that the game uses some of the same file formats as Guilty Gear 2: Overture! There's also some pretty interesting leftover data...
neutral · AI labelView post →BUY IT WHEN IT'S ON SALE!!! you can Definitely tell it's an xbox360 game, and Yes it has problems at times with running properly (on win11 at least,) BUT it has a ton of lore that's important to the series and is just REALLY FUN and charming to me. i love this game and all it's flaws. it goes on sale for super cheap now and then. please please please get it.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This pc port is... astoundingly bad, please just play it on an Xbox 360 if you really can.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →We're Live now playing Guilty Gear 2 -Overture- cause fuck it why the hell not: twitch.tv/dauragon_
neutral · AI labelView post →Guilty Gear 2 -OVERTURE- the famed sequel to Guilty Gear -STRIVE- is a game
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Sol Badguy Illustration - Guilty Gear 2 Overture
neutral · AI labelView post →ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhggg it's so peak i just overtured all over the place aghhghhh
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →GUILTY GEAR 2 -OVERTURE- is the BEST game of all time, PERIOD. No other game comes close to being as PEAK as GUILTY GEAR 2 -OVERTURE-. it truly opened my 56th eye.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Guilty Gear 2: Overture
neutral · AI labelView post →waiter! more story heavy guilty gear games please!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →GG fans joke Asuka/THAT MAN™ is a catboy in Xrd, but conveniently forget that we had a foxboy & catgirls in Guilty Gear 2: Overture. #guiltygear #ggxrd #art
neutral · AI labelView post →switching my pfp to art I commissioned from @t_last_meaning (on twitter) please go comm them, they're my favorite artist for a reason I love my son Sin Kiske from Guilty Gear 2: Overture, Guilty Gear Vastedge XT, Guilty Gear Xrd, and Guilty Gear -Strive-
neutral · AI labelView post →Put Izuna in Strive
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Ky Kiske from Guilty Gear 2: Overture. More art from the game: creativeuncut.com/art_guilty-g...
neutral · AI labelView post →folks that recommend this game werent actual fans of the gameplay, but liked the idea of the game
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Keep in mind GG2 was made in 2007 so it does show its age in game design and execution. That being said... the game is unique and sits in a very small selection of games I'm even aware about. That being a Hybrid Action RTS. Similar games would be Brutal Legend which launched 2 years after this and Kingdom Under Fire Crusaders/Heroes released 2/3 years before this. You play as a character on the field, opening your map-menu called the Organ to build and command your units. On the field is a…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →participatin in my first fightin game tournament tomorrow. its for GUILTY GEAR 2 -OVERTURE-
neutral · AI labelView post →Guilty Gear 2 Overture is certainly a game
neutral · AI labelView post →*beeps* Hi Im Metals. He/Him/It/Its 🤖Video Games 🤖Guilty Gear 2 Overture 🤖EZ2ON and DJMAX 🤖Software Engineer 🤖Demisexual 🤖Engaged 🤖Robots are cool 🤖Sometimes I watch Cartoons Also interested in 🤖🌀Hypnosis🌀🤖 While my posts are SFW, 🔞Minors Do Not Interact.🔞 end
neutral · AI labelView post →I think I might've been drunk when I bought this
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Last week we spent a long time trying to keep a bearded dragon alive through an escort quest. This week we use those skills to coast until the next Why level. Guilty Gear 2: Overture! twitch.tv/tentacle_panther #goinglive #vtuber #guiltygear
neutral · AI labelView post →Guilty Gear 2 Overture - Diva (Valentine's Boss/Final Form theme)
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →GUILTY GEAR 2 -OVERTURE- is one of the most unusual and divisive experiments in Arc System Works’ history, a game that boldly abandons nearly everything the series was known for at the time of its release. Instead of the tight, flashy 2D fighting that defined the franchise, Overture reimagines Guilty Gear as a hybrid of 3D hack-and-slash action and real-time strategy, placing players in sprawling battlefields where they must command troops, capture resource points, and personally join the fray…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →#GuiltyGear 2 Overture summary: I suck ass at this game so far, but it is interesting! Hack-n-slash & RTS meshed together with a musou-style map is a concept with potential. Furthermore, I need Izuna in Strive ASAP. Love that guy! We hopped over to @dankxnen.bsky.social's Strive stream afterwards!
neutral · AI labelView post →Guilty gear 2 -OVERTURE- is certainly a game I installed onto my computer and booted up. Joking aside it's a very unique concept for a game but was a bit too ahead of it's time, I imagine if it released nowadays it would probably have a fanbase
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →If you like a game that crashes every 10 minutes then this is the game for you!
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Game: GUILTY GEAR 2: Overture ( 2007 ) Developer: ArcSystemWorks Artist: Daisuke Ishiwatari #GuiltyGear #Arcsy #videogames
neutral · AI labelView post →dota was also part of daisuke's vision
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Guilty Gear 2 Overture 2
neutral · AI labelView post →"Shut Up" - Sol badguy
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Volcanic Viper: 623:S/H (Air Ok)
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I only played the story mode so far and i'm glad that they didn't just decide to erase it from existence. A lot of modern Guilty Gear's story is based on things introduced in this game. Artistically, this game is really cool, and if that's enough to make a game worth buying then you will probably like it :] Also I think Izuna should come back. Even if he's just in the background or something. please ArcSys <3
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Good -Gameplay is serviceable and translates guilty gear fighting game mechanics in an interesting and fun way -The music is always a bop -Capturing the ghosts (basically tower capture) is actually a fun idea -Singleplayer has a lot of fun fights Bad -No graphics settings -Singleplayer shoves tutorials down your throat -No remappable controls (use steam controls because only two buttons need to be remapped imo dash and strafe button should be swapped as dash is L3 and that blows because dash…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Guilty Gear 2 -Overture- is a video game of all time for sure.
neutral · AI labelView post →I need to draw the Guilty Gear 2 Overture album girl
neutral · AI labelView post →The balance is pretty confusing, nobody is in online outside of specified servers, and it appears to be having a midlife genre crisis, but somehow I love it. The soundtrack rocks though, 10/10. Edit after completing the campaign: This game is the greatest game known to mankind, you cannot try to convince me of anything otherwise.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Primitive gameplay, gets boring quickly.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Heaven or Hell!?.... Lets Rock!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →
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