How to play Guilty Gear XX Slash on Mac

Game summary

Guilty Gear XX Slash (ギルティギア イグゼクス スラッシュ Giruti Gia Iguzekusu Surasshu?) is the second updated version of Guilty Gear X2. Once again, the game's balance was reworked by changing properties of certain moves and including new moves for some of the characters;[27][28] GameSpot noed "the game seems to be balanced better than its predecessors."[29] Two new characters were introduced to the game, these being A.B.A, who debuted in Guilty Gear Isuka, and Order-Sol, who is Sol Badguy with an entirely different costume, and moveset.[27] It was first released on September 28, 2005 for the arcades in Japan.[7] In December 2005, it was reported that it would be ported for PS2,[28] which occurred on April 13, 2006.[7] This version was the best-selling title for PS2 in its debut week, being fifth overall;[30] it sold 87,414 copies in Japan as of December 31, 2006.[31] It was later re-released under "Sega the Best" collection on March 17, 2007.[32]
First released: Sep 2005

Play Guilty Gear XX Slash on Mac with Parallels (virtualized)

The easiest way to play Guilty Gear XX Slash on a Mac is through Parallels, which allows you to virtualize a Windows machine on Macs. The setup is very easy and it works for Apple Silicon Macs as well as for older Intel-based Macs.

Parallels supports the latest version of DirectX and OpenGL, allowing you to play the latest PC games on any Mac. The latest version of DirectX is up to 20% faster.

Our favorite feature of Parallels Desktop is that when you turn off your virtual machine, all the unused disk space gets returned to your main OS, thus minimizing resource waste (which used to be a problem with virtualization).

Guilty Gear XX Slash installation steps for Mac

Step 1
Go to Parallels.com and download the latest version of the software.
Step 2
Follow the installation process and make sure you allow Parallels in your Mac’s security preferences (it will prompt you to do so).
Step 3
When prompted, download and install Windows 10. The download is around 5.7GB. Make sure you give it all the permissions that it asks for.
Step 4
Once Windows is done installing, you are ready to go. All that’s left to do is install Guilty Gear XX Slash like you would on any PC.
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