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), Isuka (2004), Dust Strikers (2006), and Judgment (2006). Reception Faust has received public and critical reception as a standout character in the Guilty Gear series due to his appearance and unconventional in-game behavior. He was voted the twelfth-most popular out of the series' 33 characters in a 2013 fan poll conducted by Arc System Works, while fans voted him 91st in a vote of the top 100 fictional doctors in a 2014 poll held by Dorkly. GamesRadar described him as "a spear equipped monkey kung-fu warrior replete with a paper bag on his head", and included Faust in their list of "gaming's maddest mad doctors", and "gaming's masked maniacs", where they remarked "his moves took on a more comedic tone" after renouncing his Baldhead persona. IGN compared him to Soul series character Voldo, adding that he "has enough humorous patterns to keep you entertained for days." Mark Smith of Game Chronicles praised the representation of Faust's personality in his moveset, which The Escapist described as "full of wild lunges and sudden extensions" in a 2010 article about "masters of drunken combat", but criticized by NowGamer as his "fool attacks". Johnny Liu of Game Revolution cited Faust as his favorite Guilty Gear character, declaring that he "really personifies the quirkiness" of Guilty Gear X2. Pocket Gamer described him as "one of the best creations in 2D scrap-'em-ups history." 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