Alright, your choice. :)

Bought both games and BlazBlue. Playing X2 and it is really fun, Wish it had online multiplayer to work with Galaxy because it would be a perfect fit even if I would get destroyed by experts with their expensive fightsticks.

Hell yeah.

HERE COMES DAREDEVIL

(again)

weeeeeeellll broadly speaking

X2 was the first GG game with an in depth story mode, and then because most of the following games are rebalancing/iterative sequels building off of X2 (or are spinoffs like Isuka) after that there isn't really any major post X2 story advancement until Guilty Gear 2 (which isn't a fighting game and didn't feature most of the characters due to licensing issues >_>), then after that was released arcsys made a new X2 ish story mode for GGX2^Core+ mainly to finish setting up for the actual sequel to X2, the recently released Xrd Sign.

I believe that #R has the same story mode as X2, so you can just read a summary of GG and GGX online and then start into #R without any issues

Until next legal issue pops up you mean? ;-p

Already own these but good to see them back. It's just a shame the far superior Accent Core + never got a PC release. :/

Considering the newly released Guilty Gear Xrd is insultingly limited to Sony systems, i'd say no chance in hell.

When you see them on Steam, sure. Otherwise, no.

I see X2 will be then. Thanks for the explanation!

Is this game suppose to be played on a controller? Because I use the keyboard and cannot pull off certain moves at all.

It's not a very good game for keyboard. Trying to pull off Overdrives (super attacks) with a keyboard is very difficult.

As with (almost) all fighting games, the answer is "yes". Get a gamepad or a fight stick. Even with a decent keyboard (=one that correctly registers more than two or three simultaneous inputs), you'd still have trouble with the more complicated inputs - HCF (half circle forward) is one fluid move with your thumb on a d-pad, but on a keyboard, it's five key presses and work for three fingers.

I briefly considered mentioning the Hitbox, but decided against it because even sticks are a rather specialized type of controller. I'd personally love to try one out, but they are, just like sticks, a bit too expensive for casual players. However, if you've got money to spare, I think it's a good idea - basically combines what's nice about sticks and keyboards into one package.

As for pads, my suggestion would be one with a softer d-pad, like the Logitech F series. However, it's true that a part of it is getting used to them. I mentioned this already, but I learned to use one because of this game, and eventually got a new one just for / because of fighting games. The first thing I noticed was less thumb pain :)

While I'm always intrigued by these newer fighting games - in fact, I bought GG X2 before it was first removed from GOG - I pretty much never can come to terms with their actual gameplay. My reflexes just aren't good enough to pull off some of those ridiculous button/move combos.

That's why I enjoy the simpler (and hence often) older fare among them like ye olde Mortal Kombat or Body Blows because with only a little bit of practice I can actually have decent fun with them. Yes, I actually quite enjoy the latter. So sue me! =P The newer ones just make me feel like a total loser, in comparison. Goddamn it, why must you tempt me so BlazBlue sale for only $2.50!!!