6. This added dimension results in some confusing and awkward moments, because your fighter doesn't automatically turn to face his or her opponents. © 2020 CBS Interactive Inc. All rights reserved. Featuring twenty-one playable characters, the game only has twenty Story Modes, as Robo-Kyhas no story mode. Also, some of the moves are extremely cheap, and it makes the game feel unbalanced. But it gives the feeling of playing a whole other game. If you can manage to avoid getting cornered and ganged up on, it's fairly easy to beat the game on the default difficulty setting. [May 2006, p.61]. In Dust Strikers you simply have to mash buttons and wait for an opponent get in the way of your attack. Especially of you like guilty gear.. Tue mini games can be a bit of a problem though.. You can play the game with up to three other players, provided that each player has his or her own copy of the game. As an avid Guilty Gear fan, this game was the single most disappointing thing I have ever played. The no holds barred, sci-fi fighting franchise is reborn on the Nintendo DS. Your rewards for getting high scores on the minigames are unlockable move sets that you can assign to Robo-Ky to create a custom fighter. Dust Strikers features seven mini-games, ranging from the Balance Game where the player have to help a chibi Jam balance the falling items with her plate, to Venom's Billiards, which pits the player and his/her opponent in a pool-style game. 6 modes of play including Arcade, Story, VS Battle and mini games. Notable Video Game Releases: New and Upcoming, 2020 Fall Film Festival Recap: Best & Worst of TIFF and Venice, 2020 Emmy Awards: Full Winners List + Critic Reviews, Best of 2010: Metacritic Users Poll Results, Music title data, credits, and images provided by, Movie title data, credits, and poster art provided by. Thankfully there is an option to turn off the items and increase the round timer. Dust Strikers removes that sense of control that gave the original games their depth and challenge and kept people coming back for more. Reviewed in the United States on May 28, 2013. The result is a shallow, confused mess of a fighting game that's far more frustrating than it is fun. Prime members enjoy FREE Delivery and exclusive access to music, movies, TV shows, original audio series, and Kindle books. Battle three other fighters at once in GUILTY GEAR DUST STRIKERS, the first DS entry in the GUILTY GEAR fighting series. When there are four characters onscreen and the battle is moving quickly, you'll often find yourself completely turned around, and it isn't odd to end up launching a string of attacks at an empty space while your opponents whale on you from behind. The no holds barred, sci-fi fighting franchise is reborn on the Nintendo DS. This mode keeps track of your wins and losses and assigns you a ranking based on your record. What's also annoying is that after you beat the tar out of an enemy, he or she will go pick up some health and take the lead in the final few seconds of the match. - As long as you don't compare it to any of the other Guilty Gear games, this is a very solid fighting game on the DS and quite frankly, one of the only ones available.