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, making his first appearance in the first game, Guilty Gear: The Missing Link as Dr. Baldhead[citation needed], and then as Faust from Guilty Gear X onwards. Although it has never been explicitly stated that the two are the same person, it has been heavily implied by all official sources that this is indeed the case. 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
Background
Baldhead was once renowned as a medical genius. People would come from far and wide to be cured by him. But one day, a young girl he was operating on died. This drove Baldhead mad, and he became a serial killer, employing both his knowledge of human anatomy and his occult powers against his victims.
Guilty Gear: The Missing Link
Baldhead was released from prison to participate in the tournament Testament hosts. In his ending, he is visited by the voice of the young girl whose death drove him to insanity. She assures him that her passing was not his fault, and that he shouldn't blame himself. He then runs off into the night. It goes on to say that the serial killer known as Baldhead was never seen again, but that a new healer emerged...
Guilty Gear X: By Your Side
Guilty Gear X reintroduces 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.
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.
Possible References
Faust may be named after:
- Faust
- Bard "Faust" Eithun formerly of black metal band Emperor
- "Faust", a German krautrock band.
Trivia
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Faust bears some resemblances to The Unknown Comic. Most noticeable of them is the fact that both of them wear a paper bag over their heads and a coat with wide lapels.
Dr Baldhead, in appearance, seems to be based on Richard O'Brien's character Cosmo McKinely from the movie Shock Treatment, a follow-up to the cult hit Rocky Horror Picture Show.
In Faust's burst, he can be seen ripping open his shirt, exposing a scar and bullet hole type wound underneath. This is most likely a parody of Kenshiro's star constellation like scar from Fist of the North Star.
It is also revealed in the comics that these scars are a map that I-no uses to find that man and change history.