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Faust (Guilty Gear)

January 06, 2023

This article is about the character in Guilty Gear. For other uses, see Faust (disambiguation).

Faust (Japanese: ファウスト, Hepburn: Fausuto) is a fictional character in Arc System Works's Guilty Gear video game series. He first appeared in the 1998 video game Guilty Gear as Dr. Baldhead (Dr.ボルドヘッド, Dokutā Borudoheddo). In the series, he is a doctor who becomes a murderer after the death of a girl in one of his surgeries. After killing scores of people and being imprisoned, Faust is given a second chance after the first tournament. He decides to commit suicide, but he learns the girl's death was actually caused by a third party. Donning a bag on his head and taking his oversized scalpel, Faust seeks out the truth about the girl's death while dedicating himself to saving lives again.

Faust
Guilty Gear character
First gameGuilty Gear (1998, as Dr. Baldhead)
Guilty Gear X (2000, as Faust)
Created byDaisuke Ishiwatari
Voiced by

His unpaired appearance and personality has led to different commentaries by video game reviewers; while a reviewer described him as "iconic", another critic called Faust "goofy". Faust was also noted to be a good fighting game character while his moves received both praise and criticism.

Appearances

Faust is introduced in the series' first and homonymous installment of Guilty Gear, where he is a renowned physician. One day, a girl comes under his care that needs an unauthorized, experimental surgery, one that was denied repeatedly. In actuality, the procedure was denied because it held the secret to resurrection, which the Conclave would use in order to resurrect Justice. In the process, the Conclave had someone hire the assassin Zato-ONE, who would sabotage the surgery and cause the death of Faust's patient. Faust blames himself and, consumed by guilt, becomes insane and turns himself into a serial killer named Dr. Baldhead. After killing many people, he is arrested. However, he is allowed to enter in a tournament to kill more people unknowingly for Justice's resurrection. After it, he decides to atone for his crimes by committing suicide but he receives a visit from the ghost of the dead girl who tells him that her death is not his fault. Then, he abandons his Baldhead persona, assumes his real name, puts a paper bag on his head, and dedicates himself to saving as many lives as he can while he tries to find out the truth about the girl's death.[5][6][7]

In Guilty Gear X (2000), while Faust is trying to help people and fulfilling his duties as a doctor, he meets with Dizzy and persuades her to abandon her life in the forest to prevent further attacks on her. In another possible ending, he heals Zato-1 from his illness, and leaves him under the care of his right hand Venom.[8] In Guilty Gear X2 (2002), he wants to pursue I-No since he knows she could cause people harm. This game features three possible endings for Faust: he finds I-No but she confronts him with his past, and he admits that he still enjoys causing pain, yet vows to continue in his duty as a doctor; he meets Zappa, a man with spirits in his body, and he does not know how to help him; and in a fight alongside Venom against several Robo-Kys, he discovers that the Assassin's Guild participated in the death of the young girl he thought he killed.[9] In Guilty Gear XX Accent Core Plus (2008), Faust's storyline revolves around his attempt to find a cure for Zappa's condition. Depending on the player's decision, he can discover a cure and perform surgery on Zappa.[10]

In Guilty Gear Xrd (2014), Faust confronted the resurrected Zato-1, who revealed that he was framed for his malpractice incident by the Conclave because his procedure held the secret of resurrection. The Conclave needed to keep this technique hidden, which is why they hired Zato-1 to kill Faust's patient. Later, Faust is found by Johnny, who revealed that May was having a severe headache and that she was Japanese. He provided May with medicine for the pain, but they were then attacked by Bedman. Faust and the Jellyfish Pirates were able to escape when Chipp Zanuff distracted the assassin. After helping Sol in stopping Justice's revival, Faust confronted Chronus of the Conclave and discovered that they were merely manipulated by someone with a higher authority. Faust and Chronus eventually goes on journey together to investigate the true culprit's next plot, while on the run from the second Illyrian King Leo Whitefang. Upon discovering Ariels is behind all the tragic events, Faust snuck into Illyrian library where he reunite with Zappa at a same time how Japanese related to the existence of “Antimatter” Gears. He creates serums of a cure to negate “Antimatter” Gears deployed by Ariels from becoming suicidal time-bombs and destroy the world.[11]

Faust’s playable appearance Guilty Gear Strive (2021) eventually explains in one of the side-stories of the game, after Happy Chaos activated the Tir ná nOg mode of the White House, and Third Illyrian King Daryl convinced Chaos to release him and other hostage worlds’ leaders, barring US President Vernon, who alongside Giovanna are involved with Sol and Gear Maker Asuka R. Kreutz, including Potemkin on protecting the Tome of Origin from falling to Chaos’ hand. It is revealed that Faust is helping Sin, Ramlethal, Baiken and May on stopping Bedman’s sister, Delilah from losing control of her power just to kill Chaos, despite the fallen Original’ current immortal nature. With the help of Bedman, whose soul temporarily inhabited his weaponized bed, Faust and his allies manages to cure Delilah, at cost of the doctor’s condition becomes drastically weakened, which explains his playable appearance. He is later seen in the main story epilogue under Chronus’ care while they continue their next journey sometimes after the White House incident.

Faust is also a playable character in the spin-off games Guilty Gear Petit 2 (2002),[12] Isuka (2004),[13] Dust Strikers (2006),[14] and Judgment (2006).[15]

Reception

Faust has received public and critical reception as a standout character in the Guilty Gear series due to his appearance[16] and unconventional in-game behavior.[17] He was voted the twelfth-most popular out of the series' 33 characters in a 2013 fan poll conducted by Arc System Works,[18] while fans voted him 91st in a vote of the top 100 fictional doctors in a 2014 poll held by Dorkly.[19] GamesRadar described him as "a spear equipped monkey kung-fu warrior replete with a paper bag on his head",[20] and included Faust in their list of "gaming's maddest mad doctors",[7] and "gaming's masked maniacs", where they remarked "his moves took on a more comedic tone" after renouncing his Baldhead persona.[6] IGN compared him to Soul series character Voldo, adding that he "has enough humorous patterns to keep you entertained for days."[21] Mark Smith of Game Chronicles praised the representation of Faust's personality in his moveset,[22] which The Escapist described as "full of wild lunges and sudden extensions" in a 2010 article about "masters of drunken combat",[23] but criticized by NowGamer as his "fool attacks".[24]

Johnny Liu of Game Revolution cited Faust as his favorite Guilty Gear character, declaring that he "really personifies the quirkiness" of Guilty Gear X2.[25] Pocket Gamer described him as "one of the best creations in 2D scrap-'em-ups history."[26] In 2010, WeDoTech.net ranked Faust as the best fighting video game character of all time, calling him "iconic, funny and possessing of one of the meanest weapons in the business" while "his bizarre moves ... without doubt make him the single best fighting character in any video game."[27] Elton Jones of Complex ranked Faust ("a beast on the battlefield") 42nd in his 2012 selection of "The 50 Most Dominant Fighting Game Characters",[28] and in pitching a fantasy crossover fighting game between the Guilty Gear characters and the cast of Darkstalkers, he wrote, "All the horror movie archetypes and whatever the hell Faust is would look sweet doing battle against each other with heavy metal playing in the background."[29]

UGO Networks ranked his "Instant Kill" finisher ("which involves medical experiments, a trap door, and a nuclear bomb") as the 36th-most gruesome finishing move in gaming history,[30] while Complex elected it the third-coolest fighting game combo.[31] On the other hand, he was mentioned with I-No and Millia among the series' "goofy characters" by 1UP.com.[32] Faust's third Guilty Gear X2 ending was ranked 133rd by 4thletter.net in their 2013 selection of the top 200 fighting game endings. "It’s the closest the games have come to outright saying that [Faust and Dr. Baldhead are] the same character, as if being a 9-foot-tall doctor with a giant scalpel wasn’t enough."[33]

See also

References

  1. ^ Arc System Works. Guilty Gear. Atlus. Scene: Ending credits, 28:11 in, CHARACTER VOICES.
  2. ^ "Voice Actor Kaiji Tang Joining Otakon 2015 Guest Roster". 14 June 2015.
  3. ^ a b "Faust Voices (Guilty Gear)". Behind The Voice Actors. Retrieved 14 June 2021. A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its opening and/or closing credits and/or other reliable sources of information.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: postscript (link)
  4. ^ Arc System Works. Guilty Gear X Plus. Sammy Studios. Scene: Ending credits, 12:58 in, VOICE ACTORS.
  5. ^ ファウスト (in Japanese). Guiltygearx.com. Retrieved July 24, 2013.
  6. ^ a b Sullivan, Lucas (October 26, 2012). "Gaming's masked maniacs revealed - What are they trying to hide?". GamesRadar. Retrieved July 24, 2013.
  7. ^ a b Sterling, Jim (June 23, 2012). "Gaming's maddest mad doctors". GamesRadar. Retrieved July 24, 2013.
  8. ^ Arc System Works (2001). Guilty Gear X (PlayStation 2). Sammy Studios.
  9. ^ Arc System Works (2003). Guilty Gear X2 (PlayStation 2). Sammy Studios.
  10. ^ Arc System Works (2008). Guilty Gear XX Accent Core (PlayStation 2). Aksys Games.
  11. ^ (in Japanese). Ggxrd.com. Archived from the original on August 4, 2013. Retrieved August 3, 2013.
  12. ^ ワンダースワンカラーゲームレビュー: ギルティギア プチ2 (in Japanese). Game Watch. October 25, 2001. Retrieved July 25, 2013.
  13. ^ (in Japanese). Guiltygearx.com. Archived from the original on November 25, 2010. Retrieved July 24, 2013.
  14. ^ . Majesco Entertainment. Archived from the original on June 16, 2006. Retrieved August 3, 2013.
  15. ^ (in Japanese). Arc System Works. Archived from the original on March 29, 2013. Retrieved August 3, 2013.
  16. ^ Takahiro, Misu (July 26, 2004). "ギルティギア イグゼクス ＃RELOAD THE MIDNIGHT CARNIVAL" (in Japanese). 4Gamer.net. Retrieved September 14, 2008.
  17. ^ . The Armchair Empire. March 22, 2003. Archived from the original on 2008-10-09. Retrieved September 14, 2008.
  18. ^ "GUILTY GEARキャラクター人気投票結果発表ページ" (in Japanese). Arc System Works. from the original on June 24, 2014. Retrieved January 24, 2014.
  19. ^ Bridgman, Andrew (March 12, 2014). "The Best Doctor Ever - Dorkly Toplist". Dorkly.com. Retrieved December 26, 2015.
  20. ^ "Guilty Gear X2: Reload". GamesRadar. June 24, 2012. Retrieved July 24, 2013.
  21. ^ "Guilty Gear X review". IGN. January 4, 2001. Retrieved September 15, 2008.
  22. ^ Smith, Mark (February 4, 2003). . Game Chronicles. Archived from the original on March 2, 2009. Retrieved September 14, 2008.
  23. ^ Main, Brendan (March 23, 2010). "Legend of the Drunken Mashter". The Escapist. Retrieved July 24, 2013.
  24. ^ "Guilty Gear X2 #Reload". NowGamer. December 10, 2004. Retrieved July 24, 2013.
  25. ^ Liu, Johnny (2003). "Guilty Gear X2 Review". Game Revolution. Retrieved July 22, 2013.
  26. ^ Willington, Peter. "Guilty Gear XX Accent Core Plus R". Pocket Gamer. Retrieved July 24, 2013.
  27. ^ Ireland, James (April 20, 2010). . WeDoTech.net. Archived from the original on February 29, 2012. Retrieved July 22, 2013.
  28. ^ Jones, Elton (May 17, 2012). "42. Faust — The 50 Most Dominant Fighting Game Characters". Complex. Retrieved July 22, 2013.
  29. ^ Jones, Elton (April 10, 2012). "10 Fighting Game Crossovers We Want To See". Complex.com. Retrieved December 3, 2015.
  30. ^ Jensen, K. Thor (February 11, 2011). . UGO Networks. Archived from the original on December 19, 2012. Retrieved July 22, 2013.
  31. ^ Anyanwu, Obi (April 11, 2012). "The 25 Coolest Fighting Game Super Combos". Complex.
  32. ^ Balistrieri, Emily (July 31, 2007). . 1UP.com. Archived from the original on December 14, 2013. Retrieved July 22, 2013.
  33. ^ "The Top 200 Fighting Game Endings: Part Four". 4thletter.net. May 25, 2013. Retrieved December 26, 2015.

January 06, 2023
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This article is about the character in Guilty Gear For other uses see Faust disambiguation Faust Japanese ファウスト Hepburn Fausuto is a fictional character in Arc System Works s Guilty Gear video game series He first appeared in the 1998 video game Guilty Gear as Dr Baldhead Dr ボルドヘッド Dokuta Borudoheddo In the series he is a doctor who becomes a murderer after the death of a girl in one of his surgeries After killing scores of people and being imprisoned Faust is given a second chance after the first tournament He decides to commit suicide but he learns the girl s death was actually caused by a third party Donning a bag on his head and taking his oversized scalpel Faust seeks out the truth about the girl s death while dedicating himself to saving lives again FaustGuilty Gear characterFaust in Guilty Gear StriveFirst gameGuilty Gear 1998 as Dr Baldhead Guilty Gear X 2000 as Faust Created byDaisuke IshiwatariVoiced byEN Kaiji Tang Guilty Gear Xrd present 2 3 JP Kaneto Shiozawa Guilty Gear 1 JP Takashi Kondō Guilty Gear X onward 4 3 His unpaired appearance and personality has led to different commentaries by video game reviewers while a reviewer described him as iconic another critic called Faust goofy Faust was also noted to be a good fighting game character while his moves received both praise and criticism Contents 1 Appearances 2 Reception 3 See also 4 ReferencesAppearances EditFaust is introduced in the series first and homonymous installment of Guilty Gear where he is a renowned physician One day a girl comes under his care that needs an unauthorized experimental surgery one that was denied repeatedly In actuality the procedure was denied because it held the secret to resurrection which the Conclave would use in order to resurrect Justice In the process the Conclave had someone hire the assassin Zato ONE who would sabotage the surgery and cause the death of Faust s patient Faust blames himself and consumed by guilt becomes insane and turns himself into a serial killer named Dr Baldhead After killing many people he is arrested However he is allowed to enter in a tournament to kill more people unknowingly for Justice s resurrection After it he decides to atone for his crimes by committing suicide but he receives a visit from the ghost of the dead girl who tells him that her death is not his fault Then he abandons his Baldhead persona assumes his real name puts a paper bag on his head and dedicates himself to saving as many lives as he can while he tries to find out the truth about the girl s death 5 6 7 In Guilty Gear X 2000 while Faust is trying to help people and fulfilling his duties as a doctor he meets with Dizzy and persuades her to abandon her life in the forest to prevent further attacks on her In another possible ending he heals Zato 1 from his illness and leaves him under the care of his right hand Venom 8 In Guilty Gear X2 2002 he wants to pursue I No since he knows she could cause people harm This game features three possible endings for Faust he finds I No but she confronts him with his past and he admits that he still enjoys causing pain yet vows to continue in his duty as a doctor he meets Zappa a man with spirits in his body and he does not know how to help him and in a fight alongside Venom against several Robo Kys he discovers that the Assassin s Guild participated in the death of the young girl he thought he killed 9 In Guilty Gear XX Accent Core Plus 2008 Faust s storyline revolves around his attempt to find a cure for Zappa s condition Depending on the player s decision he can discover a cure and perform surgery on Zappa 10 In Guilty Gear Xrd 2014 Faust confronted the resurrected Zato 1 who revealed that he was framed for his malpractice incident by the Conclave because his procedure held the secret of resurrection The Conclave needed to keep this technique hidden which is why they hired Zato 1 to kill Faust s patient Later Faust is found by Johnny who revealed that May was having a severe headache and that she was Japanese He provided May with medicine for the pain but they were then attacked by Bedman Faust and the Jellyfish Pirates were able to escape when Chipp Zanuff distracted the assassin After helping Sol in stopping Justice s revival Faust confronted Chronus of the Conclave and discovered that they were merely manipulated by someone with a higher authority Faust and Chronus eventually goes on journey together to investigate the true culprit s next plot while on the run from the second Illyrian King Leo Whitefang Upon discovering Ariels is behind all the tragic events Faust snuck into Illyrian library where he reunite with Zappa at a same time how Japanese related to the existence of Antimatter Gears He creates serums of a cure to negate Antimatter Gears deployed by Ariels from becoming suicidal time bombs and destroy the world 11 Faust s playable appearance Guilty Gear Strive 2021 eventually explains in one of the side stories of the game after Happy Chaos activated the Tir na nOg mode of the White House and Third Illyrian King Daryl convinced Chaos to release him and other hostage worlds leaders barring US President Vernon who alongside Giovanna are involved with Sol and Gear Maker Asuka R Kreutz including Potemkin on protecting the Tome of Origin from falling to Chaos hand It is revealed that Faust is helping Sin Ramlethal Baiken and May on stopping Bedman s sister Delilah from losing control of her power just to kill Chaos despite the fallen Original current immortal nature With the help of Bedman whose soul temporarily inhabited his weaponized bed Faust and his allies manages to cure Delilah at cost of the doctor s condition becomes drastically weakened which explains his playable appearance He is later seen in the main story epilogue under Chronus care while they continue their next journey sometimes after the White House incident Faust is also a playable character in the spin off games Guilty Gear Petit 2 2002 12 Isuka 2004 13 Dust Strikers 2006 14 and Judgment 2006 15 Reception EditFaust has received public and critical reception as a standout character in the Guilty Gear series due to his appearance 16 and unconventional in game behavior 17 He was voted the twelfth most popular out of the series 33 characters in a 2013 fan poll conducted by Arc System Works 18 while fans voted him 91st in a vote of the top 100 fictional doctors in a 2014 poll held by Dorkly 19 GamesRadar described him as a spear equipped monkey kung fu warrior replete with a paper bag on his head 20 and included Faust in their list of gaming s maddest mad doctors 7 and gaming s masked maniacs where they remarked his moves took on a more comedic tone after renouncing his Baldhead persona 6 IGN compared him to Soul series character Voldo adding that he has enough humorous patterns to keep you entertained for days 21 Mark Smith of Game Chronicles praised the representation of Faust s personality in his moveset 22 which The Escapist described as full of wild lunges and sudden extensions in a 2010 article about masters of drunken combat 23 but criticized by NowGamer as his fool attacks 24 Johnny Liu of Game Revolution cited Faust as his favorite Guilty Gear character declaring that he really personifies the quirkiness of Guilty Gear X2 25 Pocket Gamer described him as one of the best creations in 2D scrap em ups history 26 In 2010 WeDoTech net ranked Faust as the best fighting video game character of all time calling him iconic funny and possessing of one of the meanest weapons in the business while his bizarre moves without doubt make him the single best fighting character in any video game 27 Elton Jones of Complex ranked Faust a beast on the battlefield 42nd in his 2012 selection of The 50 Most Dominant Fighting Game Characters 28 and in pitching a fantasy crossover fighting game between the Guilty Gear characters and the cast of Darkstalkers he wrote All the horror movie archetypes and whatever the hell Faust is would look sweet doing battle against each other with heavy metal playing in the background 29 UGO Networks ranked his Instant Kill finisher which involves medical experiments a trap door and a nuclear bomb as the 36th most gruesome finishing move in gaming history 30 while Complex elected it the third coolest fighting game combo 31 On the other hand he was mentioned with I No and Millia among the series goofy characters by 1UP com 32 Faust s third Guilty Gear X2 ending was ranked 133rd by 4thletter net in their 2013 selection of the top 200 fighting game endings It s the closest the games have come to outright saying that Faust and Dr Baldhead are the same character as if being a 9 foot tall doctor with a giant scalpel wasn t enough 33 See also EditList of Guilty Gear charactersReferences Edit Arc System Works Guilty Gear Atlus Scene Ending credits 28 11 in CHARACTER VOICES Voice Actor Kaiji Tang Joining Otakon 2015 Guest Roster 14 June 2015 a b Faust Voices Guilty Gear Behind The Voice Actors Retrieved 14 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