This past weekend Arc System Works had a location test for Guilty Gear Xrd Revelator. The location test showed off Johnny and Jack-O as playable character as well as the new mechanics for the game. The creator of the series Guilty Gear Xrd Revelator was on stand by and decided to give a few words.
“•Jack-O was made playable for two reasons. The first is that she’s going to be very significant to the story later on, and the second is that the gameplay style they came up with her is something that had never been done in a fighting game before.
•He mentions Raven by name, and assuming I have the context right it looks like he’s aware of the requests to make him playable. However, he cannot talk about the story for the time being.
•Blitz Shield was changed because people were having a hard time finding robust uses for it.
•Burst gauge was “enhanced” and whether that means it was made bigger or had more options (such as enhanced overdrives) I can’t tell because I’m combining my shitty rune skills with Google translate.
•Enhanced OD exists because they wanted to make use of the burst gauge as an offensive option in addition to the defensive it’s known for.
•Right now enhanced ODs are minor things like damage increase, but depending on reception that may change”
So in other words Jack-O is in the game as a playable character because of the story and fighting style. Blitz shield was changed for easier use and Burst Overdrive was added to give burst an offensive option. We must also keep in mind the damage is increase is all for the moment and might change depending upon fan feed back remembering that only Overdrive (the one with animation) can do it.
Forum English translation:http://www.dustloop.com/forums/index.php/topic/10056-xrd-news-gameplay-discussion-2-console-is-out/page-96
Article:http://www.4gamer.net/games/303/G030342/20150608031/
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