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    Arc System Works is a Japanese developer and publisher best known for its 2D fighting games such as BlazBlue and the Guilty Gear franchise.

    Should I buy Persona 4 AU, Guilty Gear Xrd, or...

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    Little_Socrates

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    ...wait for BlazBlue: Chronophantasia?

    I've only lightly enjoyed Guilty Gear or Persona Arena in the max, and I've never really liked BlazBlue. I'm looking to try to get into anime fighters, and I don't know which is the best bet. I'd be getting Ultimax for 360, if it makes a difference.

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    As much as I like Persona I think Guilty Gear is the better fighting game. If you are super into the Persona franchise it may be worth looking into, but I have enjoyed GG way more from a gameplay perspective.

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    Right now Guilty Gear is the one everyone is playing so I would say get that. People still play Persona but I can't speak if the online community for Xbox is even alive. Blazblue is pretty much dead right now thanks to the other games i mentioned and also 2.0 coming out next year.

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    Man you're going at this all wrong, UNIEL is where it's at with anime fighters!

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    Well obviously don't get Blazblue.

    Both P4AU and GG are good, but they cater to slightly different audiences, so which one is for you depends on what you're looking for in a fighting game. I personally have more fun with Persona because I'm not that great at fighters. I think GG is cool and it was my introduction to ArcSys fighters, but the average level of play is far too technical for me. I can't keep up with decent GG players. While Arena is more complex and technical than some people give it credit for, it's a game I can play at a moderate skill level and feel okay about myself. And all things fair, I do like the cast of Persona a lot more GG.

    That's kind of assuming you're playing online though. If you're going to spend a lot of time solo then I think P4AU defnitely has more going for it. But even if you are playing online it's worth pointing out that for whatever reason GG's netcode is kinda inferior to P4AU, so even with the more active player base it's debatable whether it's a better online experience at the moment.

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    GGXrd. Blazblue is and always will be GG's bitch-ass younger brother who thinks he's cool.

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    People still play Persona but I can't speak if the online community for Xbox is even alive.

    It was pretty much dead on arrival. The lack of the Lobby mode killed it as well as anime fighters being more popular on Playstation.

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    GGXrd, but i'm biased

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    I like Blazblue. But get Xrd

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    @little_socrates: BBCP is already out, technically (though there are rumors they'll be putting out another version next year). GGXrd is the current hotness, so get that, get the DLC characters, and then wait until they release the new BlazBlue or Persona 4 Ultimax 3 when everyone will migrate over to whatever's newer while we all curse this hamster wheel of title updates the anime-fighters have stuck us all on.

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    I can't recommend getting into anime fighters with the American scene being so bandwagony and Arcsys being awful with updates as a new game.

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    #14  Edited By ThunderSlash

    @belegorm said:

    Man you're going at this all wrong, UNIEL is where it's at with anime fighters!

    Oh man I wish UNIEL has a U.S. release. I don't like the idea of making a Japanese PSN account for one game and then playing with people across the sea with a high ping. That game looks super cool.

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    @wes899 said:

    I can't recommend getting into anime fighters with the American scene being so bandwagony and Arcsys being awful with updates as a new game.

    Yeah they are a waste of money honestly. If you have to choose then for sure XRD.

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    @belegorm said:

    Man you're going at this all wrong, UNIEL is where it's at with anime fighters!

    Oh man I wish UNIEL has a U.S. release. I don't like the idea of making a Japanese PSN account for one game and then playing with people across the sea with a high ping. That game looks super cool.

    Only, like, 2 more months until UNiEL US. Hang in there!

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    @wes899: @asilentprotagonist: You could pretty much say the same thing of literally every fighting game that's not Street Fighter 4. I don't think that's reason enough to never touch any other fighter if you are interested in them.

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