"Up until this point, valentine had never felt any emotions before, but now for the first time she's finally feeling the full effects of being salty." I fucking choked
This game is pretty much how I see Anime in a nutshell. A bunch of really bizarre design ideas, some super badass characters, and a story that makes my brain hurt. That said, I'm really making an effort to get more familiar with Guilty Gear. The games are just too damn good to rob myself of the full enjoyment that comes with total investment in the characters.
Totally go for the rest or whatever bit of lore you like, you are a great narrator. Would be interested in your opinion on the story, also curious about Faust, his design is neat. I know a bit about bald Faust and madness stuff, but never ever touched any story mode.
he was a psychopathic murderer that regained his sanity and became a doctor to make up for all the people he killed. he wears a bag on his head to hide his identity. that's basically it.
@@AdamSmasherReal Dr. Baldy was a Master class Doctor with Miracle level surgeon skills. The Syndicate(Originally created by Slayer, was taken over by Venom) arranged an incident wherein Dr. Baldy kills a girl in a routine surgery and gets blacklisted by the Medical Community. This makes Dr. Faust vulnerable to syndicate manipulation and he helps in researching how to put Forbidden Beasts into people. There's this whole thing with Millia and turning people like her so they can have an army, but I'm not quite clear on that. Anyways, they're first test was Zato and putting Eddie in him. Long story short, it works, and the Millia barges in, Zato and Millia fight, Dr. Faust finds out about the manipulation goes crazy, kills everyone and gets a reputation. Millia runs away, Zato fights Venom. Zato becomes the new Leader of the syndicate. Slayer shows up says some shit about dandy-ism and holds Zato to that ideology or else he comes back. The End
This is legit the most comprehensive story summary of the entire GG series. This will get you ready for the general plot of Strive. If you factor in all the deep lore, time travel, alternate time lines and other characters this series story gets way too complicated. Great work man!
“Up until this point, Valentine had never felt any emotions before but now for the first time, she’s finally feeling the full effects of being salty.” That’s funny as hell
This is fucking awesome; gave up chasing the crazy-ass GG story after XX. Thanks for the effort! Catching your Xrd story tomorrow because I really can't be bothered to play that.
Thanks man..ive been getting into guilty gear strive recently but couldnt fully enjoy the game without actually knowing the lore, this series you made was perfect😁
Thanks for that amazing recap it's a great help. I dig how the guys of Arcsys love overcomplicated storylines Lol but it's that crazyness which makes me like their games.
Thank you for keeping it simple....i have not played GG ever but i like its story better than tekken or other fighting games so far.....and thanks for keeping simple, short and easy
at 19:56 if you go frame by frame you can see a screenshot of Vegas Pro lol. This is a very good video btw, really excited to get GGST but I've never knew anything about GG's lore
Man, this Recap was really nice to watch, great work! Really helped me catching up again cuz so much time has passed. I would love a Recap from Xrd up from you. subscribed :)
About Zato 1 I'm confused Spoilers beware 1)This guy is simp and millia is traitor who keeps getting forgiven 2)Why he never kill her 3)why did he stop hating her after reviving 4) why is millia out for vengeance against Zato although all he did was lov- _simp for her_ 5) she tried to kill him twice and betrayed the guild 4 times yet is forgiven everytime even when she got the whole guild imprisoned for years
These designs are cool, but ever think what it take to go to the bathroom? or to eat or lounge around. That Man really putting on that everyday? what about laundry?
Understandable and I would, but if I did it would’ve made the video super long and a lot of those characters backstories aren’t relevant in Xrd or Strive’s stories
Wait, so Testament decided to organize a tournament for what at the end ? To bring together the most powerful and skilled fighters at the precise place where he's gonna kill himself so than everyone can beat the shit out of Justice once she's ressurected ??? Are you not supposed to be the BAD GUY (jokes aside) ???
Same. Super same. He acts like a punk rocker. And he fucked up Testament twice, easy "good eats" as this guy says. Even when Testa' was doing good. Smh sucks.
If you think about it, he hasnt been a scientist for over 100 years now. Sol was probably so different back in his youth we wouldnt even recognize him. But loss, war, depression and isolation has honed him into the gruff badass we know today
GG1 was the first game so it has a bit of early installment weirdness, latter games details more all the pre-GG1 stuff like the Crusades and backgrounds of the characters, but the tournament itself in GG1 still kinda feels a bit out of place lol
Its a label explaining how he feels of himself, he killed his girlfriend and was the first gear, the beginning to this chaotic spiral, he feels responsible for all of the villains that are created, or at least thats what I think
You deserve massive credit here for making, in my opinion, the most accessible lore recap for GG. You gotta respect the 3-4 hour videos that cover every character's role in every game's story; but this one streamlined all the information AND gave me a good idea of what the games' major climax fights looked like (which is a major plus to my enjoyment factor). Please do an Xrd recap the cutscenes are really heavy for someone of my attention span
I kind of prefer this to the huge 3 hour recaps of every detail of the story. I think those kinds of videos have their place, but GG's story is incredibly melodramatic and over-the-top. Because of that, I think only focusing on the high points works very well -- the high points are probably the only things that have actual planning to them, lol.
Yeah I felt that same way, this was something I wish existed when I learned the lore by watching several videos, reading wiki’s, and the comics. I was too lazy to watch hours of RUclips content just to get the gist of the main plot.
@@spaghettioverlord3247 Guilty Gear is a fighting game though, everybody mains a different character so details about them do matter for the people who plays with them, there's so many fascinating details that get lost when you just focus on the "main plot" aka Sol and Ky, it makes the world seem simpler than it is.
The moral of the story is never try to help your friends, you'll just end up destroying japan starting a world war and becoming a war criminal. I almost feel bad for That Man
When sol became a gear, and then later felt guilty, and thus became a guilty Gear, I straight up just pointed at my screen for about 5 seconds because that's the only even remotely normal part of this entire story lmao
There’s just something about Japanese video game stories (from jrpgs to all other manor of games) that’s just so different from western style, and I really like it, the world building, the weird complicated relationships between characters and just the vibes!
So this was such a nice digestible overview. I'd love it if you did one of these for the second half as well. The video was great, thanks for your hard work!
Love the video! One thing I could say is that a bit more proofreading of the script is needed. For example: we: 13:30 , “Sol, upon talking to Dr. Paradigm, learns from Dr. Paradigm…”
I remember playing the original game and reading the story after my first playthrough. I think the fact the final boss being a woman was a testament to womens equality long ago since every final boss in fighting games were male at that time. In fact Guilty Gear has many dangerous females. Dizzy and I-No were insane boss fights but each of them made me want to fight Justice on hard mode
This is soooooo weird omdz I only found out about this series recently but I wanna get into it So bad. I’ve literally come on RUclips and I thought to myself I should learn about the story so I familiarise myself with the characters and just like that this comes up in my recommended 😭
The most dangerous villain in all of gaming: *That Man*
Which man?
@@ShokoladPoot *THAT Man*
@@freshlymemed5680 Exactly
@@freshlymemed5680 I only see Sol Badguy.
@@freshlymemed5680 this man or that man?
"Up until this point, valentine had never felt any emotions before, but now for the first time she's finally feeling the full effects of being salty."
I fucking choked
Taste the salt, Valentine!
That Man: "How long has it been?"
Sol: "Deiyaahh!!"
GUH
Spoken like a true monke
Actually probably the best story recap to date. I'd watch more.
This game is pretty much how I see Anime in a nutshell. A bunch of really bizarre design ideas, some super badass characters, and a story that makes my brain hurt. That said, I'm really making an effort to get more familiar with Guilty Gear. The games are just too damn good to rob myself of the full enjoyment that comes with total investment in the characters.
Totally go for the rest or whatever bit of lore you like, you are a great narrator. Would be interested in your opinion on the story, also curious about Faust, his design is neat. I know a bit about bald Faust and madness stuff, but never ever touched any story mode.
Thanks fam, I appreciate it. Yeah, I really hope they explain the story behind Fausts design, but something tells me they won't for some reason :(
he was a psychopathic murderer that regained his sanity and became a doctor to make up for all the people he killed. he wears a bag on his head to hide his identity. that's basically it.
@@AdamSmasherReal Dr. Baldy was a Master class Doctor with Miracle level surgeon skills. The Syndicate(Originally created by Slayer, was taken over by Venom) arranged an incident wherein Dr. Baldy kills a girl in a routine surgery and gets blacklisted by the Medical Community. This makes Dr. Faust vulnerable to syndicate manipulation and he helps in researching how to put Forbidden Beasts into people. There's this whole thing with Millia and turning people like her so they can have an army, but I'm not quite clear on that.
Anyways, they're first test was Zato and putting Eddie in him. Long story short, it works, and the Millia barges in, Zato and Millia fight, Dr. Faust finds out about the manipulation goes crazy, kills everyone and gets a reputation.
Millia runs away, Zato fights Venom. Zato becomes the new Leader of the syndicate. Slayer shows up says some shit about dandy-ism and holds Zato to that ideology or else he comes back.
The End
@@janematthews9087 "The End" LMAO boy you've only covered 1/4th of the story, when this man plays Xrd and Strive he'll take you to school.
This is legit the most comprehensive story summary of the entire GG series. This will get you ready for the general plot of Strive. If you factor in all the deep lore, time travel, alternate time lines and other characters this series story gets way too complicated. Great work man!
Ahh yes, we can't forget the important piece of lore where the backyard turns in to sony vegas for 5 frames 19:56
All I remember is that insane chip damage from Justice’s Gamma Ray during online matches.
“Up until this point, Valentine had never felt any emotions before but now for the first time, she’s finally feeling the full effects of being salty.”
That’s funny as hell
"Valentine never felt any emotions before But now for the first time she is feeling the full effect of being salty" GOLD 🤣
This is the BEST recap of the GG franchise ever.
Thanks! 🙏
This is fucking awesome; gave up chasing the crazy-ass GG story after XX. Thanks for the effort! Catching your Xrd story tomorrow because I really can't be bothered to play that.
You are a brave one.
LMAO ain't lying
Absolutely
15:52 is pure gold
Great work as always!
Havent played any GG before, so this ones really appreciated. Keep up the good work!
Will do! 🙏
An invaluable resource. Thanks!
This is that education I’m trying to see, nice job man. Bout time I subbed
Appreciate the sub, I’ll try my best 🙏
Great Video! Not even joking, this video should be included in the game to help everyone understand what's going on. This story is crazy.
Hard to do. 20 minutes? GG lore is very, very detailed and rich.
Yeah, it’s literally impossible lol This just is a recap of the main story
It's just pointlessly cryptic to give the false impression of originality and complexity.
@@feri7mble definitely a lot of extra bs but i'd say it's fairly creative and original
honestly an amazing recap
Great job and vid on the summary up to GG Xrd and add my vote to doing the recap on Xrd story please!
That laugh at 4:38 sums up learning and explaining guilty gear lore so well
10/10 Short story recap is "short". Would watch again (under the stipulation that I forget the story)
Thanks man..ive been getting into guilty gear strive recently but couldnt fully enjoy the game without actually knowing the lore, this series you made was perfect😁
Thanks for that amazing recap it's a great help. I dig how the guys of Arcsys love overcomplicated storylines Lol but it's that crazyness which makes me like their games.
This was a great recap! Please make the Xrd!!
Thank you for keeping it simple....i have not played GG ever but i like its story better than tekken or other fighting games so far.....and thanks for keeping simple, short and easy
Thanks for making this. Recently got into gg because of strive coming out soon, and knowing the basics of the story is awesome. Great video 👍
The first person on the World Wide Web to make sense of guilty gear !! Subscribed
at 19:56 if you go frame by frame you can see a screenshot of Vegas Pro lol.
This is a very good video btw, really excited to get GGST but I've never knew anything about GG's lore
It's an easter egg, I def did that on purpose, totally.
Guilty Gear XX occuring two weeks after its predecessor is utterly hilarious to me
They really named him THAT guy
Man, this Recap was really nice to watch, great work! Really helped me catching up again cuz so much time has passed. I would love a Recap from Xrd up from you. subscribed :)
very good sir you are a great story teller
correction* ky was black mailed and that is why sin is under sol´s care.
Oh snap you predicted strive
Never heard of Guilty Gear until today, that is June 10, 2022.
Very good recap 💯💯💯
This is as a elaborate as Danganronpa.
Gears are humanoid robots and sol is the very first gear?
Yeah pretty much, humans or animals in general but yeah. Gears can have many forms, but fundamentally they are genetically modified living beings.
What I learned about Guilty Gear:
Sol beats the shit out of his family and Ky is a child predator.
The random screenshot of Vegas at 19:47 lmfao
That’s the backyard
I would appreciate an xrd recap I’m too lazy to watch the story on my own
Ride wife, life good
Kill wife, life gone
Think about wife, wife fight back
Kill wife, life gone…
Greatest threats to mankind (video game edition):
Safer Sephiroth
The T Virus
THAT MAN
Literally some metal gear shit. Thanks for this bro
Your way of explaining things is hilarious 🤣
Sol fighting ultimate Valentine is beyond epic. What are more games like that?
how the fuck did justice...have a child with a dragon tail?
heh Sol is a Grandpa, how wholesome.
Wait hold the fuck up, are you Kingstix?
I like how 90% of the roster has no stake in the overall plot ever.
About Zato 1
I'm confused
Spoilers beware
1)This guy is simp and millia is traitor who keeps getting forgiven
2)Why he never kill her
3)why did he stop hating her after reviving
4) why is millia out for vengeance against Zato although all he did was lov-
_simp for her_
5) she tried to kill him twice and betrayed the guild 4 times yet is forgiven everytime even when she got the whole guild imprisoned for years
Very cool started getting into guilty gear strive so I had no idea about the story lol.
These designs are cool, but ever think what it take to go to the bathroom? or to eat or lounge around. That Man really putting on that everyday? what about laundry?
Nice, Vegas Pro?
@19:56
LMAO I been waiting for someone to finally notice that, but yes
I came into Guilty Gear assuming Leo Whitefang was Ky and Sin's Father....and Sin was Ky's little brother. Wow was I way off
wait so when did sol find out justice was anya in the first game??? sol knew justice was his lover and still killed her?
arya*
2 minutes in and I have to idea what is going on.
19:56 and that's all i'll say.
I love how the names of the 3 kings are like “LEO WHITEFANG” along with “KAI KISKE” and then there’s just “daryl”
The only problem I had with this is that you didn't explain some minor characters / who they were, such as May, Johnny, Cliff, etc.
Understandable and I would, but if I did it would’ve made the video super long and a lot of those characters backstories aren’t relevant in Xrd or Strive’s stories
@@BrendanMushi Makes sense
omg, so if sol and justice are lover that kind of make sol is ky's father in law
Wait, so Testament decided to organize a tournament for what at the end ? To bring together the most powerful and skilled fighters at the precise place where he's gonna kill himself so than everyone can beat the shit out of Justice once she's ressurected ??? Are you not supposed to be the BAD GUY (jokes aside) ???
My mind is full of ****
Guilty Gear anime when?
Surely, you deserve some form of an FGC Medal...........that.... that *couldn't* have been easy. :3
Honestly even now I still find it hard to believe Sol was ever a scientist
Same. Super same. He acts like a punk rocker.
And he fucked up Testament twice, easy "good eats" as this guy says. Even when Testa' was doing good. Smh sucks.
"Tells Ino to bring That Man out here now, so he can catch this fade."
Badass.
And then you're told that man wanted to become a radio host... Like... What is even going on
He knows where to punch to open the Cube. That's Science af
If you think about it, he hasnt been a scientist for over 100 years now. Sol was probably so different back in his youth we wouldnt even recognize him. But loss, war, depression and isolation has honed him into the gruff badass we know today
The story is so off the wall that naming your son "Sin" barely registers as a thing.
wtf so true i only just registered that now that you say that
In some languages sin just means son
@@overeactive36 iirc they were in wedlock and so it would be normal procreation and not fornication, thus not being sinful.
@@overeactive36 he did her when she was 3 doe
Don't let Dizzy being the world's youngest milf distract you from the fact that Ramlethal was taken out of the warpath by a Whataburger.
the setup for the story isn't half bad, and then he dropped the tournament. gold lol
GG1 was the first game so it has a bit of early installment weirdness, latter games details more all the pre-GG1 stuff like the Crusades and backgrounds of the characters, but the tournament itself in GG1 still kinda feels a bit out of place lol
I think Tekken, KOF, and DOA are the only mainstream fighting game series that still have a tournament in every games story lol
That was definitely a product of its time - I think almost every single fighting game around the time of GG1 had a tournament as the story premise
President of a kingdom.
Welcome to gg lol
Just like North Korea.
I just googled that. Turns out, the UAE is a kingdom with a president lolz XD
Damn I hate chipp
@@bruhed1117 great character
This didn't explain why Order Sol wasn't called Sol Good guy.
I don't think there's a Queen album with "Good Guy" in it
Lmao
Sol Goodboy
Its a label explaining how he feels of himself, he killed his girlfriend and was the first gear, the beginning to this chaotic spiral, he feels responsible for all of the villains that are created, or at least thats what I think
@@nediak2944 its a joke my g
I love the part where Sol Badguy turns to face the camera and says, "I *am* the Guilty Gear" before the credits role.
its guilty gearin time
@@drodtheraccoonowner4547 he then guilty geared everybody
Can’t believe this is canon
✍️ 🔥🔥🔥🔥
You deserve massive credit here for making, in my opinion, the most accessible lore recap for GG. You gotta respect the 3-4 hour videos that cover every character's role in every game's story; but this one streamlined all the information AND gave me a good idea of what the games' major climax fights looked like (which is a major plus to my enjoyment factor).
Please do an Xrd recap the cutscenes are really heavy for someone of my attention span
You're welcome fam and thanks for the kind words! The Xrd recap is currently up on the channel if you wanna check it out.
I kind of prefer this to the huge 3 hour recaps of every detail of the story. I think those kinds of videos have their place, but GG's story is incredibly melodramatic and over-the-top. Because of that, I think only focusing on the high points works very well -- the high points are probably the only things that have actual planning to them, lol.
Yeah I felt that same way, this was something I wish existed when I learned the lore by watching several videos, reading wiki’s, and the comics. I was too lazy to watch hours of RUclips content just to get the gist of the main plot.
The story lines of Sol and Axl are the only ones that end up mattering. Everyone else is just there for the ride.
@@spaghettioverlord3247 Guilty Gear is a fighting game though, everybody mains a different character so details about them do matter for the people who plays with them, there's so many fascinating details that get lost when you just focus on the "main plot" aka Sol and Ky, it makes the world seem simpler than it is.
I get what you mean. But it sounds like people too lazy to research lore.
The moral of the story is never try to help your friends, you'll just end up destroying japan starting a world war and becoming a war criminal. I almost feel bad for That Man
Sol: wonder when they'll send another Valentine
Ramlethal: sup
Universal Will: "So you'll destroy humanity and end civilization as we know it, right?"
Ramlethal: "..."
Universal Will: "R-right?"
Ramlethal: "...hamburger"
@@timetraveler_from_2012 that is fricking hilarious
@@timetraveler_from_2012 Ramlethal: “humanity may suck. But they invented the Big Mac sooooo…”
When sol became a gear, and then later felt guilty, and thus became a guilty Gear, I straight up just pointed at my screen for about 5 seconds because that's the only even remotely normal part of this entire story lmao
Yeah I don't REALLY have the attention span to watch all of XRD's story, so a recap would be much appreciated lmao
I second this 😂🤣
yes please!
Saaame
I wanted to put a gun in my mouth. It was literally killing me, I got to maybe chapter 9
@@gizzad Same here. Kingdom Hearts doesn't have jack shit on GG when it comes to convoluted clown fiesta plots.
There’s just something about Japanese video game stories (from jrpgs to all other manor of games) that’s just so different from western style, and I really like it, the world building, the weird complicated relationships between characters and just the vibes!
Wouldn’t say Japanese games in general.
THAT MAN can basically be summarized as Florida Scientist tries to save friend's life, accidentally fucks up entire world.
Daaaamn I got educated, never payed attention to the lore so love the laziness
MindGame Arcade gon learn today
I love Steve Fox
You really notice that Daisuke loves Queen, when the main character is called FREDERICK BULSARA
Would also like the GG Xrd Recap up to Strive, can't wait for GGST to be released on PC!
Recap of Xrd next! This was the best story recap I've seen!
"Testament tries to protect her but that's good eats for Sol." lmao
😂
😭😭😭😭😭😭
I come back to this video periodically just for that line 🤣🤣🤣
Yoooo, this was very well explained! Xrd recap would be sick.
As a fan of Blazblue, I was curious about the story and lore behind it's spiritual predecessor. I appreciate you making this video 👍🏾
I am so glad to see people making videos about the story of Guilty Gear more recently.
So this was such a nice digestible overview. I'd love it if you did one of these for the second half as well. The video was great, thanks for your hard work!
No problem! Part 2 is currently up on my channel
@@BrendanMushi sweet, don't know how I missed it, but I'm gonna go watch it now. Thanks!
All I heard was
GUILTY GEAR
A Hideo Araki production.
LMAO Literally
Those comics were pretty sus in That Mans portrayal, especially considering he still considered Sol a friend.
This was so good. Funny as hell when you said anyone who went after Dizzy promptly got folded.
This video was well made and explained things real easily. Very entertaining, would love to see one up until Strive. Good work man
Summary of the GG story: Two guys screaming "Fuck you!" at each other progressively louder for the length of roughly 4-5 games
Love the video!
One thing I could say is that a bit more proofreading of the script is needed.
For example: we: 13:30 , “Sol, upon talking to Dr. Paradigm, learns from Dr. Paradigm…”
Thanks for the constructive criticism. I think that's exactly what I needed to hear to improve, glad you liked it tho!
I'd watch an Xrd recap! Nice vid
I remember playing the original game and reading the story after my first playthrough. I think the fact the final boss being a woman was a testament to womens equality long ago since every final boss in fighting games were male at that time. In fact Guilty Gear has many dangerous females. Dizzy and I-No were insane boss fights but each of them made me want to fight Justice on hard mode
This is soooooo weird omdz I only found out about this series recently but I wanna get into it So bad. I’ve literally come on RUclips and I thought to myself I should learn about the story so I familiarise myself with the characters and just like that this comes up in my recommended 😭