Hell
Hell is a recurring location in the Guilty Gear series, being Zato-ONE, Eddie and Venom's battle stage in the Guilty Gear X and XX entries.
Design
The stage as a whole has a surreal athmosphere in all its incarnations. The original version in Guilty Gear X serves as the subboss stage, and the battle against Testament takes place on a cliff with a central skull-shaped rock, and a bridge leading to a blocked door guarded by a mounted skeleton. The background is a large purple vortex, with a series of castles on floating ground formations strething to the horizon, and closer to the foreground many tomb-like structures are fused with the rock formations.
Guilty Gear XX sees the stage in a more monochromatic, desaturated blue tone. The buildings are mostly gone, with only the floating islands remaining. At the battleground, skeletons periodically rise up, stand arround, and break down once again. This version of the stage is instead associated with Eddie.
Λ Core sees a more traditional version of hell, featuring a large sea of blood adorned with tombstones, and the ground itself has a largely fleshy look, with bloodstained and cracked tombstones to the right of the battle area. The background are upside down ruined buildings that rise from the mist and a glowy orange sky, with more fog rising up the horizon. This version serves as the stage for both Eddie and Venom.
Trivia
- Hell's design in Guilty Gear XX Λ Core may likely be inspired by a backdrop seen in the Guilty Gear X anime promotional trailer, where Ky confronts Testament in a mire like graveyard.
Gallery
Guilty Gear X Advance Edition.
Guilty Gear XX.
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Guilty Gear XX Slash.
Guilty Gear XX Λ Core.
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