One of the best in the Guilty Gear series, Guilty Gear Xrd: Rev 2 is finally getting the long-awaited Rollback Netcode update nearly 8 years after its release on January 20.
The rollback update will be rolled out on January 20 00:00 [PT] and 17:00 [JST]. Unfortunately the rollback netcode update seems like it’ll only be rolled out to PC players via Steam while the game is also availale on PS3 and PS4.
If you don’t know what rollback netcode is, essentially it’s a form of netcode designed for fighting games. In regions with higher latency, instead of delaying the game and slowing it down for everyone, the game will instead “rollback” the missing frames depending on latency, reversing the action back a few milliseconds to adjust the screen for both players.
This system’s been rolled out to several other fighting anime fighting games and has now become the standard, creating a near seamless online experience for players, and its great that Xrd Rev 2 is finally getting that treatment after BlazBlue, and Dragonball FighterZ.
▍ About Guilty Gear Xrd: Rev 2
Xrd: Rev 2 is an update to Guilty Gear Xrd Rev 2, and final update for Guilty Gear Xrd Revelator. The game game out in 2014 for the PS3 and PS4 and is a 6-button fighting game.
Like most anime fighting games Xrd: Rev 2 has a cast of 25 completely unique characters, each embodying a different playstyle from their moves, story, and even resources with some having to ply around a mechanic that’s unique to them. The game features a story mode, battle mode, online matchmaking, practice, arcade, and challenge modes.
Xrd Rev 2 is consdiered by many in the Guilty Gear fandom to be one of the best titles in the series, with many still preferring this title over to Guilty Gear Strive due to its similarities to previous Guilty Gear entries, difficulty of execution, characters, and more.
