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Originally posted by: capamerica
There is no reason why Guilty Gear 2 had to be a 2D fighter, or a fighter at all. The Guilty Gear X series will probily continue the 2D fighting series. Guilty Gear 2 can be what ever Arc System Works wants it to be. Bitching that Guilty Gear is not following what it should be is like bitching about a game going from 2D to 3D. Come on people, you don't even know how its going to be. For all you know this could be the right step in the right direction.
The issue is that calling it GG2 raises certain expectations, namely that it's a new game based upon the original with big improvements, not a completely different gameplay style (Zelda 2 might have been received better had it been a new franchise). The bitching comes partially from the fact that turning a 2d fighter franchise into a 3d brawler hasn't worked out in the past and probably won't in the future. It also forgets that the fanbase is guaranteed to like fighters but not necessarily brawlers.
Giving it a main series number indicates that GG3,4,5, etc will be sequels to it instead of a game like GGXX. If GG3,4,5,... are similar departures from their predecessors that doesn't mean much other than that the devs better be versed in a LOT of gameplay styles but if they're like other sequels that may mean we won't see a GG fighter again.