Faust (Guilty Gear)

Faust
Guilty Gear series character
First game	Guilty Gear
Created by	Daisuke Ishiwatari

Faust (ファウスト, Fausuto) is a fictional character in the Guilty Gear fighting game series. Faust's extreme height and light weight give him a bizarre, tall, lanky physical appearance, and allows him to tower over every other character in the game (although he rarely does, due to his extremely low fighting stance). He wears a paper bag as a mask (with one eyehole), and wields a giant scalpel as a weapon, in addition to other unpredictable and bizarre moves.

Gameplay

Faust can do large amounts of damage with some fairly basic tactics to confuse and misdirect the opponent; he has random properties of his own that make even playing as him somewhat of a guessing game. His "Nani Ga Deru Kana?" or "What's this?" move throws out a totally random object that can have varying abilities, which help enhance his rushdown capability. Depending on what pops out, Faust may change his current gameplan. For example, double jumping after a Bomb is released will make him fairly impervious to it, while a Mini-Faust will help enhance his rushdown.

Story

Guilty Gear X

Guilty Gear X introduces Dr. Baldhead as Faust, who is wandering, and trying to atone for his killings by resuming his duties as a doctor, and helping as many people as he can. In one ending, he meets with Dizzy and convinces her to leave the forest she lives in, in an attempt to prevent further attacks on her. In the other ending, he cures Zato of his ailment, and leaves Venom to care for him, taking the parasite on as a result. Due to the events that take place in later games, the latter ending is impossible.

Guilty Gear XX

Faust runs into I-No early on, and decides to pursue her, believing that she will cause people harm, and believing that it is his duty as a doctor and protector of the needy to prevent this. In one ending, he tracks her down, and she confronts him about his dark past, accusing him of still enjoying bloodshed. After rendering her unconscious, he admits that he still enjoys causing pain, yet vows to continue in his duty as a doctor. In another ending, he meets Zappa and learns of his condition. Upon examining the body, he decides that he does not know how to cure this ailment. In the remaining ending, he fights with Venom and learns that the assassin's guild was involved with the death of the girl that drove him insane. He and Venom are then assaulted by a large horde of Robo-Kys, at which point Venom says that if they survive, he will tell Faust everything. Any of Faust's story paths are capable of fitting into the overall canon of the series.

See also

• Fanny - Another female (Nurse) Guilty Gear character who is very similar to Faust.