@@inazumatan7050 not necessarily the lower saturation but rather how the colours are done. It’s not just a simple blocky colour, it’s a small gradient that higher quality animes have. It’s not a huge change but it adds extra. Another is the finer out lines and details, which like before, is a quality more high quality animes have. Now obviously not all of these are the only things that make an anime high quality but they are things that can’t be done without a big budget
I noticed Strive REALLY amplified the 'Impact' or 'Heavy feel' of the supers. Heck in comparison it feels like the old Overdrives are amplified special moves, where Strives supers are rather big events.
I beg to differ. The animation in strive is a bit too clean fir my taste, to the point that it's kinda boring to look at. I prefer my fighting game characters to look more stylistic too. When i saw inos hat in strive it was kinda disappointing, her hat looked less iconic than in xrd, and souls overdrives are now way too quick, i liked how in xrd you got a better view of his transformation.
Fausts taunt/idle animation with the wilting flower is wonderfully subtle with expert attention to detail. This blows me away far more than the extravagant supers (great as they are).
@@gsegarra21 Nothing is explained about him in the story, but clues from how he acts and the varying tones of his theme leaves a lot to speculate about his new condition
@@gsegarra21 the only bit of screentime he got in the storymode was during the "WHERE-ARE-THEY-NOW?" segment and apparently he's still just walking with chronus in the desert
@@gsegarra21 now that Another Story is out. We now know that Faust burnt himself out in an attempt to save Delilah which lead to his soul leaving his body.
@@vennece it's no small detail or anything like that. Most male characters got buffer and bigger bodies and their heads shrunk. Sol is probably the most in your face example of it. Can't say I like it, it looks too comical and cartoon at this point.
@@rachetmarvel931 Sol looks like a boulder of meat now. It looks comical, like a caricature. In previous games they made his body very muscular but he had realistic proportions. He looked cool, like somebody who worked for that body and for that strength. Now he looks like a roided up muscle monster. They started to do that shit in sign but in strive they took that and bloated him even more. That's not even his own problem, same thing with Chipp. Does his new roided up body fit him because he's a brute? The design literally changed to have weird proportions for most characters, they encroached into cartoony proportions in Strive.
Reason why is because Overdrive attack has smoother transition, visually more exaggerated between the white, black and [insert color] so... yeah.... design wise, well, it depends on the person, there are people who prefer simple is better (literally the first lesson in character design) or more is more so.... personal preferences I guess but... I do like strive’s design more
@@skunthundler you don't use instakill to instakill, you use instakill to disrespect people and made them wait a minute of cutscene or goof around with your pals.
I was impressed in 2014, and I'm impressed in 2021. No other fighting game will look better than Strive until the next arc system fighting game is out...
Xrd, a Ps3 game, still look better than every single current fighting game (If you ignore Strive obviously). That's the power of a groundbreaking Art Style.
Xrd is faithful to the original 2d pose and animations, Strive is trying to break the tradition and fully embraced 3d space. Personaly I like Xrd because I like the original 2d style.
Same, though even Xrd looked kind of alien to me after years of playing XX Accent Core. Though reflecting on it after seing Strive, Xrd wasn't that far off from the original 2d Guilty gear
huh? They're just improving animation and art quality. If they embraced 3d they could've just gone to the Street fighter route. It's literally still using the same style of animation as XRD
@@ArcCaravan yeah, the last one killed me. i like ramlethal and i think she was cute in Xrd too, but with her no emotion part, pretty and overall better outfit. i like the lazer even if too much cute for her, but the end face with the dog is too much
I don't like that. It feels less natural, less dynamic. It just ruins the emersion for me. I like supers like you would see in third strike rather than sfv, to name an example.
@@shirothegamer7574 I like the camera work this way better because it rlly gives the supers a more heavy impact feel that it should have, considering they are supers after all
@@TheSilverazo guilty gear has all ways been super stylish I mean guilty gears is very well known for its over the top designs so this style still very much fits the game and I'm all for honestly been having a blast with the game
In this case i like em both equally, cause in this case xrd has the anime approach while strive took a more "realistic" style, which it does pretty damn well
@@OhNoTheFace well cause "ride the lightning" is an English saying, so of course he’ll say it in English but in a Japanese accent. Kinda like how in English, we often use the word "Karaoke" (for example) which is a Japanese word but we pronounce it in an English accent rather than a Japanese one.
@@SupaPoopaScoopa hard disagree strives eddie is just wrong, it doesnt even look like Eddie or what his personality was it just looks like a blob with a face on it.
@@notimeforcreativenamesjust3034 of course Eddie would look like an amalgam of shadows not having a clear shape to him until ordered by Zato, though it makes sense he would look less threatening post resurrection since it apparently mellowed out during the dimensional prison. I agree his Xrd Eddie would fit better during XX where it was on pilot and in full aggression
Outside the Instakills the supers feel kind eh or feel like no impact Like Rev 2s HPB doesn't hold a candle to strives after seeing it even if it's a bit old. Strive just just feels like they gave some of the supers a bit more "ump" or impact what with the camera angles and animation. I know more budget and time spent working on the game but it's what feel personal.
Agreed. Most supers in Rev2 dont have impact because of the sound choices, camera and even voice acting. Just compare Sol's Tyranr Rave and Ky's Ride The Lightning. Absolute
Combo's were far longer and important in Xrd plus you could do more than 1 super in some combos. Strives Supers would be insufferable if they happened as often as Xrds. It was a functionality thing as much as a design thing.
@@bat-erd842 doesn’t change the fact xrd just has more extra stuff going on and bombastic events whereas strive feels so one tone and very bland in terms of stages and moves
@@mallow2902 yes, but I think what Emilia is saying is "beyond a lot." I noticed that as well. while the damage for everything else in strive did significantly increase, it was not at an astronomical level
@@patootie3529 May's damage is absurd right now, and while they aren't returning characters, Nagoriyuki and Goldlewis have pretty wild damage output too. The "Sol is overpowered" circlejerk is such a dead horse at this point.
Some supers got some way more oomph like Potemkin and Zato but I’m really not a fan of how a lot of the strive supers can be boiled down to a quick zoom in with really smooth animation of them moving a bit. I really like the cool camera work of Ramlethal and Axl in Xrd with the camera following her hand to Lucifero and then on the camera going through Axl’s chains on his. There are aspects of both that I enjoy
I think Leo’s both look better in Xrd too. The way he turns around with that stressed teeth gritting expression makes you think he’s going all out while in Strive it’s more like he’s making a funny face. Like you said a lot of the strive animation is smooth but it feels less well directed and less choreographed like they wanted to show off how smooth it is without thinking about how to angle the camera or what movements the characters would be doing. Like Ram’s Xrd Calvados is her handing the situation over to Lucifero and getting him to combine, with a dispassionate look of “It’s time to end this.” while in Strive she just kinda flails about and puffs out her cheeks.
@@rockinjoker07 yeah it’s def godlike and insane how much attention they put into those parts. However I do think they can do the same but with more interesting camera work/choreography like with Anji, Chipp and Potemkin for example. You can have smooth animation for a section, but if it sacrifices dynamic, hype shots then personally I don’t prefer it
That's why Im obsessed with Japanese animation, the creativity is just unbelievably overwhelming... One of the best characters designs are in this videogame.... They should make a anime series of this though🤔 I would watch without a doubt.
i really appreciate you making each one a little bit cinematic, thats cool to let the characters talk their shit or taunt before showing the overdrives
I must say:the Instant Kills are still mesmerizing to view to this day. It's a real shame Strive had some cutbacks despite it being a graphical improvement towards it predecessor. Xrd has more vision and style overall. Strive leaves the aesthetic impression on it's audience and chooses to be less ambitious with it's presentation.
@@Ricardo-fm5wt yeah, I know, right... ...? Gyro! Is that you?! Damn, good to see you! Can't wait for Part 6! I wanna see that Gyro Spin of yours so bad💪
I'd wager that we might have had a different end product had Happy Corona not terrorized the world by storm. We did sit through a few delays after all.
There must have been something better to replace Faust kancho cuz the wheel chair hitting on the shin just doesn't cut it really they should have kept the kancho.
I got Rev 2 because it really interested me and it was on a mega sale awhile back for 6 dollars! After putting in about 200ish hours this game is in my favorite fighting games hall of fame, all of the characters are unique and well designed. This game also taught me techniques that I never even heard of before, and the music is top notch. Strive is okay for me personally, I’m not a fan of the new designs for the most part, (besides maybe May and Ky) I’m also not a fan of the realistic art style, I feel like they went too bold with it and I think they realized that later on considering the fact that their later games use a similar style to XRD.
I liked May's XRD model more... But i really like what they did to her hair in this game. Also, there's this bizarre looking filter in Strive that makes XRD looks more lively in comparison. God, i miss the insta kills (Not saying that its worse just because it don't have them, but i really liked them.)
yeah strive is more pretty with more detail but less lively even with more frames. i like the face and hair of may in strive, but ram was much prettier to me in Xrd (aside the outfit, the face too, in strive they tried too much to cutize her when in Xrd was perfect)
@@tobasaful she has a different hair design in both games. In XRD looks like she have something holding her hair, in strive her entire hair is down. You can notice by looking at her XRD model from the front in her battle intro. It's like she was younger? I don't know...
Still can't believe anime graphics (the real thing) are present in games like these now. It used to be only seen from movies and the likes but seeing them happening in real-time is ecstatic.
Tell that to soul. You can barely see his transformation in strive. And i like the way in xrd he stands still after transfirming before the overdrive actually starts, makes him look like a boss.
@@valentds DI is a full transformation, not an IK. They just transformed before IK for continuity with strive’s DI super event. You can super with DI in Xrd too.
if theres one thing i especially dislike in strive its the huge difference from "gameplay" to "cutscene". The characters look completely different sometimes.
xrd looks more like a stylized Trigger anime, meanwhile Strive is more like a high-quality slighty more realistic anime akin to Violet Evergarden or Fate/Zero. I remember an interview that confirms it's pretty much intentional, they got more inspiration from live-action movies for Strive and the vibe reflects a bit of that.
Have y’all seen the episode movie in the game Strive , is pretty neat , I wonder if there’s going to be more story , I enjoyed the episodes , I watch it all in a morning till afternoon .Happy Chaos.
I want to watch it but Strive is my first Guilty gear game so I wouldn't understand the story. Does anyone know how I can get caught up so I can understand everything?
Strive Faust: looks like he came out of a horror comic, hits people's shins with a wheelchair at full power Xrd Faust: looks like he came out of a weird comedy cartoon, "guess where the angel is or get a free prostate exam"
Who would know to just add a pair of black bar on top and bottom the screen will make it so much better. Pls it's a joke, The strive overrides are the most beautiful Animations I've ever seen, but I think the camera movements and black bars have some work on building that movie feels
Using chipp's invisibility taunt in a match is so unpredictable because if he does another taunt rather than being invisible you are vulnerable to every forms of attacks but if you're lucky and perfectly execute the invisibility taunt, you can continue attacking your opponent by doing HS. This is an extremely high risk high reward thing to do ngl lmfao.
Besides the OST, the thing that I like the most is that every character seems different. Most of the anime fighting games all the characters look and feel the same, not to mention the Dragonball game where half of the fighters are Goku with different hair
im still think Strive have better soundtrack but the problems with vocal track is its getting boring real fast Wish there were a dynamic soundtrack sytem like DMC , vocal only play when you achieved high combo count
I mean Strive was always planned to be more neutral based, therefore slower. But yeah I mostly agree too, the soundtrack although great, is very hit or miss, and IKs were always dope
Looking the concept alone, it's not that obvious to notice Potemkin changes, but in play... DAAAANNNGG Xrd looks that he was compressed to fit a box, like those chubby GBC sprites
Yeah I was really confused on the line of action in Xrd, like did he do a flip or the camera just spin around, but in StrIVe he simply just rocket boosts you to heaven and pile drives you, it's more clear and impactful
Prefiro o Guilty Gear XRD, muito mais animação, o do Guilty Gear Strive é tão simples e menos emocionante nos especiais. O Guilty Gear XRD tem animações de tirar o fôlego.
Well title say "overdrive" but you show "instakill" too and in new game there is no instakill, so I think it may good to compare with just "old overdrive" with "new overdrive"
Faust was and is still the best character to this day. Which other fighting character has a super which is litterely mixing cups and punishing the enemy with anal stretching
Xrd is still great and I can’t reccomend Rev2 enough. The netplay was always rough and stilted, but if you can I’d still reccomend picking it up even for offline or local play. The gameplay is fast and energetic and the roster is really varied as well.
I have noticed since Anji Mito was X and XX Accent Core Plus was there and since absent in XRD And I think Anji Gonna Compare From X/XX Accent Core Plus to Strive I hope will make as missing returning era.
Some super in Strive feel so weak compare to Xrd , maybe because of speed and camera angle . But animation and movement , Strive look better than Xrd .
Complete opposite for me. Both of chipp's supers, Zato's big eddie shark, and even the potemkin Aegis reflector have had substantial improvements. Ride the lightning especially has way more oomph in Strive than Xrd
I kinda prefer how xrd looks compared to strive tbh, the look is simpler and characters pop out of the environment more. The shading on strive is too complex for my taste
Fir me the cleaner the animation the more boring to lok at. I love it when there are minor imperfections in character animation, it adds more personality. That's why people still play games like samurai shodown 2 and mk3.
@@shirothegamer7574 to me, imperfections are merely imperfections that the creators obviously don't mean for them to look exactly like that (which is why I think they actually do lack personality). seeing the perfected forms in their beauty, as how the developers wish for them to really be, is the one I pay more attention to
Ngl, Strive looks better than Xrd, but I prefer Xrd's look as its much more cleaner with non intrusive/excessive VFX like the hit sparks, Particles and no Motion blur Also the UI is better in Xrd. I know we all agree on that
Xrd aged really well visually… I’m thinking no other stylized 3d game will ever top Strive in a very long time. And it’ll probably be beat by another game from ArcSys.
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This comparison is in ps4? Pc? Xbox? Ps3?
@@gaboxtlof PC
Xrd its like weekly anime and strive has more like a movie quality animation and design
it even adopts the movie ratio for the more cinematic scenes
I think the lowered saturation also helps set the cinematic tone
@@inazumatan7050 not necessarily the lower saturation but rather how the colours are done. It’s not just a simple blocky colour, it’s a small gradient that higher quality animes have. It’s not a huge change but it adds extra.
Another is the finer out lines and details, which like before, is a quality more high quality animes have.
Now obviously not all of these are the only things that make an anime high quality but they are things that can’t be done without a big budget
Xrd feels like 90s anime to me
Except no anime is looked good since redline.
All the strive characters look like they ate their xrd models and immediately hit the gym
Except for Ram. All the hamburgers went to her thighs
@@Bruhmoment-ow1ey milla has hips too!
@@Bruhmoment-ow1ey like squidward in that one spongebob episode
especially chipp lol
Potemkin went beast mode
I noticed Strive REALLY amplified the 'Impact' or 'Heavy feel' of the supers.
Heck in comparison it feels like the old Overdrives are amplified special moves, where Strives supers are rather big events.
i wonder if it's because of the instant kills in xrd
ride the lightning really needed that last "finisher" hit. Xrds looks so weak compared to strives rendition
@@oh-no-its-clara7574 agreed
Honestly the only overdrive that felt good and truly powerful in Xrd for me was the Dragon Install Tyrant Rave.
I beg to differ. The animation in strive is a bit too clean fir my taste, to the point that it's kinda boring to look at. I prefer my fighting game characters to look more stylistic too. When i saw inos hat in strive it was kinda disappointing, her hat looked less iconic than in xrd, and souls overdrives are now way too quick, i liked how in xrd you got a better view of his transformation.
Fausts taunt/idle animation with the wilting flower is wonderfully subtle with expert attention to detail. This blows me away far more than the extravagant supers (great as they are).
Is it related to what’s happening with him storyline wise?
@@gsegarra21 Nothing is explained about him in the story, but clues from how he acts and the varying tones of his theme leaves a lot to speculate about his new condition
@@gsegarra21 the only bit of screentime he got in the storymode was during the "WHERE-ARE-THEY-NOW?" segment and apparently he's still just walking with chronus in the desert
@@gsegarra21 now that Another Story is out. We now know that Faust burnt himself out in an attempt to save Delilah which lead to his soul leaving his body.
idk i think it was awesome when he fingered someone for losing at the cup game
Xrd characters: anime robes
Strive characters: *jackets intensify*
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STOP POSTING ABOUT *MAY* I'M TIRED OF SEEING IT >:O
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i never thought id say pot from xrd would look so small
As on the lore he has a disease from experiment that grows body larger and his head shrinks smaller, its a great small detail.
@@vennece it's no small detail or anything like that. Most male characters got buffer and bigger bodies and their heads shrunk. Sol is probably the most in your face example of it. Can't say I like it, it looks too comical and cartoon at this point.
@@stairdeer8370 Its far from comical, if anything it fits Sols brute personality.
@@rachetmarvel931 Sol looks like a boulder of meat now. It looks comical, like a caricature. In previous games they made his body very muscular but he had realistic proportions. He looked cool, like somebody who worked for that body and for that strength. Now he looks like a roided up muscle monster. They started to do that shit in sign but in strive they took that and bloated him even more. That's not even his own problem, same thing with Chipp. Does his new roided up body fit him because he's a brute? The design literally changed to have weird proportions for most characters, they encroached into cartoony proportions in Strive.
@@stairdeer8370 the change really fits the character
i prefer strive character designs and most of these overdrive attacks look cooler and better
...still wish we had instakills in strive tho :c
Reason why is because Overdrive attack has smoother transition, visually more exaggerated between the white, black and [insert color] so... yeah.... design wise, well, it depends on the person, there are people who prefer simple is better (literally the first lesson in character design) or more is more so.... personal preferences I guess but... I do like strive’s design more
I hope we will have Instant Kill in future patch :/
Instant Kills would not work in Strive. The game already has insane damage, matches don't need to end even faster.
heavenly potemkin buster: am I joke to you?
@@skunthundler you don't use instakill to instakill, you use instakill to disrespect people and made them wait a minute of cutscene or goof around with your pals.
I was impressed in 2014, and I'm impressed in 2021. No other fighting game will look better than Strive until the next arc system fighting game is out...
Tekken 8 could look fantastic on modern hardware, although GG is far more stylized so it would be a matter of what you’d prefer.
@mario kart I disagree…
@mario kart Have you played it orrr? what's your point based on
Xrd, a Ps3 game, still look better than every single current fighting game (If you ignore Strive obviously).
That's the power of a groundbreaking Art Style.
Mk11? It looks good
Xrd is faithful to the original 2d pose and animations, Strive is trying to break the tradition and fully embraced 3d space. Personaly I like Xrd because I like the original 2d style.
Same, though even Xrd looked kind of alien to me after years of playing XX Accent Core. Though reflecting on it after seing Strive, Xrd wasn't that far off from the original 2d Guilty gear
I myself prefer 2D fighting games to be either hand animated or cell shaded. Oronin sfv just doesn't have the cool animations he had in 3rd strike.
@@shirothegamer7574 guilty gear games are all hand animated
huh? They're just improving animation and art quality. If they embraced 3d they could've just gone to the Street fighter route. It's literally still using the same style of animation as XRD
The quality of the animation is literally what got me into this game. The gameplay is what kept me
I like Leo's Xrd design more, though, he's probably the only one I like more, Strive really knocked it out the park.
I miss long hair Illyria kings, like I wish Ky's hair grows when DI
I miss May's pirate clothes and Eddie's more consistent look. Also feels like they really want to make Ramlethal cute.
@@ArcCaravan yeah, the last one killed me. i like ramlethal and i think she was cute in Xrd too, but with her no emotion part, pretty and overall better outfit. i like the lazer even if too much cute for her, but the end face with the dog is too much
@@ArcCaravan I like eddie's new look, makes him feel more like a demon without actual shape instead of just a human with a dog head
tbh Leo from strive is better i didnt like the long hair tbh felt awkward
it feels like camera work has really gotten better in fighting games across the board
I don't like that. It feels less natural, less dynamic. It just ruins the emersion for me. I like supers like you would see in third strike rather than sfv, to name an example.
@@shirothegamer7574 I like the camera work this way better because it rlly gives the supers a more heavy impact feel that it should have, considering they are supers after all
it has gotten more annoying in my opinion, they are over doing it because the games are becoming more about spectacle than gameplay sadly
@@TheSilverazo guilty gear has all ways been super stylish I mean guilty gears is very well known for its over the top designs so this style still very much fits the game and I'm all for honestly been having a blast with the game
@@TheSilverazo another reason for it is probably because near to none of the supers have wight to them in the previous installment
They impress us in 2014 reveal with XRd , they do the same with Strive again
Xrd Leo looks so skinny, it's weird
It's the pants, he wore awkward looking tights before now he wears proper pants
Why did they take away hid hair tho
@@dracogatom7873 they toned down the size of the fur on his coat so I bet they did the same with the hair to keep his head from looking huge
@@AU3Golden but that was his lion mane man.
@@dracogatom7873 he probably got tired of it
We all can agree that the best move in Strive is:
*_TOTSUGEKIIIIIIII_*
Worst*
that move makes me want to kill myself
@@LUKEYDIE that's how you know it's effective
@@LD1E60 fair enough
No.
In this case i like em both equally, cause in this case xrd has the anime approach while strive took a more "realistic" style, which it does pretty damn well
Imo its more like a "weekly anime" vs "anime movie" type thing with Xrd and Strive
Strive isn’t realistic, I think the work you’re looking for is “grounded.”
Realistic xd how is strive realistic. It's still anime style.
It's incredible that after 6 years Xrd still looks like a new gen game
I love xrd so much
not really
@@n1codabosh878 what i mean is that doesn't differs too much from Strive, it's more of a style change
art direction don't age
I love how May looks in Strive overall, but I do miss her Xrd look.
yep, the lack of armpits is real
@@PaladineAvenger1 I'm more missing her belly button, midriff exposed
Yikes
@@PaladineAvenger1 If that's your thing you should take a look, no pun intended, at Gio.
@@mappybc6097 gio? maybe ram then? gio has her armpits covered by shirt as well
Damn I never realized how MUCH better chipp looks in strive xD Guess it's been a while since I played Xrd.
Eh, to each his own i guess. Not really my prefered art style.
Wow, sounds like Ky actually says Ride (and not Lide) the Lightning in Strive
@Tadamichi Goto I know the why. Which is wired they tried to make him speak english before while being a japanese dub
@@OhNoTheFace well cause "ride the lightning" is an English saying, so of course he’ll say it in English but in a Japanese accent.
Kinda like how in English, we often use the word "Karaoke" (for example) which is a Japanese word but we pronounce it in an English accent rather than a Japanese one.
I generally prefer the Strive supers but properly seeing the opponent's reaction makes Pot's Xrd super a lot more fun.
Zato xrd: edgy lord
Zato strive: funny guy
Zato im xrd: dead
Eddie looks so much better
@@SupaPoopaScoopa hard disagree strives eddie is just wrong, it doesnt even look like Eddie or what his personality was it just looks like a blob with a face on it.
@@notimeforcreativenamesjust3034 of course Eddie would look like an amalgam of shadows not having a clear shape to him until ordered by Zato, though it makes sense he would look less threatening post resurrection since it apparently mellowed out during the dimensional prison. I agree his Xrd Eddie would fit better during XX where it was on pilot and in full aggression
@@notimeforcreativenamesjust3034 agreed. in strive they turned Eddie into a cute mascot/shikigami.
Outside the Instakills the supers feel kind eh or feel like no impact Like Rev 2s HPB doesn't hold a candle to strives after seeing it even if it's a bit old. Strive just just feels like they gave some of the supers a bit more "ump" or impact what with the camera angles and animation. I know more budget and time spent working on the game but it's what feel personal.
Agreed. Most supers in Rev2 dont have impact because of the sound choices, camera and even voice acting. Just compare Sol's Tyranr Rave and Ky's Ride The Lightning. Absolute
@@bat-erd842 Thank you
Combo's were far longer and important in Xrd plus you could do more than 1 super in some combos.
Strives Supers would be insufferable if they happened as often as Xrds.
It was a functionality thing as much as a design thing.
@@bat-erd842 doesn’t change the fact xrd just has more extra stuff going on and bombastic events whereas strive feels so one tone and very bland in terms of stages and moves
Dude,your grammar makes my eyes bleed.
Potemkin's supers are something else
Omfg the damage that Sol does in strive compare to Xrd is beyond a lot
Just Sol? EVERYONE in Strive does more damage with individual moves than in Xrd.
@@mallow2902 yes, but I think what Emilia is saying is "beyond a lot." I noticed that as well. while the damage for everything else in strive did significantly increase, it was not at an astronomical level
@@patootie3529 May's damage is absurd right now, and while they aren't returning characters, Nagoriyuki and Goldlewis have pretty wild damage output too. The "Sol is overpowered" circlejerk is such a dead horse at this point.
@@mallow2902 May is ridiculous. Her forward heavy absolutely fucks.
My God that visuals in Strive is amazing. If you told me that was 2D hand drawn animation, I'd probably believe you
I think Strive is one of the most beautiful games ever made. But Rev2 is the best for gameplay.
Some supers got some way more oomph like Potemkin and Zato but I’m really not a fan of how a lot of the strive supers can be boiled down to a quick zoom in with really smooth animation of them moving a bit. I really like the cool camera work of Ramlethal and Axl in Xrd with the camera following her hand to Lucifero and then on the camera going through Axl’s chains on his. There are aspects of both that I enjoy
I think Leo’s both look better in Xrd too. The way he turns around with that stressed teeth gritting expression makes you think he’s going all out while in Strive it’s more like he’s making a funny face. Like you said a lot of the strive animation is smooth but it feels less well directed and less choreographed like they wanted to show off how smooth it is without thinking about how to angle the camera or what movements the characters would be doing. Like Ram’s Xrd Calvados is her handing the situation over to Lucifero and getting him to combine, with a dispassionate look of “It’s time to end this.” while in Strive she just kinda flails about and puffs out her cheeks.
The thing is that the Strive zoom ins come with INSANELY smooth, added frames that all took so much effort for even those few seconds
@@rockinjoker07 yeah it’s def godlike and insane how much attention they put into those parts. However I do think they can do the same but with more interesting camera work/choreography like with Anji, Chipp and Potemkin for example. You can have smooth animation for a section, but if it sacrifices dynamic, hype shots then personally I don’t prefer it
There's way more than that going on. Quit simplifying whats going on to prove a point lol.
@@tobasaful what part am I simplifying? Not flaming ya, I just woke up and am legit confused lol
I like how you show the different idle animations or taunts for the characters
That's why Im obsessed with Japanese animation, the creativity is just unbelievably overwhelming... One of the best characters designs are in this videogame.... They should make a anime series of this though🤔 I would watch without a doubt.
I really love the pose Ram does for Calvados in xrd, but Strive's hat looks waaaaaaaaaaaay better
So Ramlethal goes from Boa Hancock to Ultraman :) XD
Ram hand poses like she's emitting ultraman beam
In Xrd it’s a Jojo pose in Strive she watched a bunch of Sentai shows
I never thought it would be possible to make these graphics even more mind-blowing, they really nailed the ships out of it
It's insane how much better Zansei Rouga looks.
i really appreciate you making each one a little bit cinematic, thats cool to let the characters talk their shit or taunt before showing the overdrives
I must say:the Instant Kills are still mesmerizing to view to this day. It's a real shame Strive had some cutbacks despite it being a graphical improvement towards it predecessor. Xrd has more vision and style overall. Strive leaves the aesthetic impression on it's audience and chooses to be less ambitious with it's presentation.
Correct. Imo Xrd has so much personality, Strive just feels a bit dull
@@Ricardo-fm5wt yeah, I know, right...
...? Gyro! Is that you?! Damn, good to see you! Can't wait for Part 6! I wanna see that Gyro Spin of yours so bad💪
I'd wager that we might have had a different end product had Happy Corona not terrorized the world by storm. We did sit through a few delays after all.
There must have been something better to replace Faust kancho cuz the wheel chair hitting on the shin just doesn't cut it really they should have kept the kancho.
honestly I prefer Xrd Rev2 overal looks and charachter designs more. Strive looks more sterile IMO.
like the next game, DNF DUEL. those game have Xrd character style and they look great
Top notch animation
I got Rev 2 because it really interested me and it was on a mega sale awhile back for 6 dollars! After putting in about 200ish hours this game is in my favorite fighting games hall of fame, all of the characters are unique and well designed. This game also taught me techniques that I never even heard of before, and the music is top notch. Strive is okay for me personally, I’m not a fan of the new designs for the most part, (besides maybe May and Ky) I’m also not a fan of the realistic art style, I feel like they went too bold with it and I think they realized that later on considering the fact that their later games use a similar style to XRD.
both are solid design
it's just a matter of preference
I liked May's XRD model more... But i really like what they did to her hair in this game.
Also, there's this bizarre looking filter in Strive that makes XRD looks more lively in comparison.
God, i miss the insta kills
(Not saying that its worse just because it don't have them, but i really liked them.)
yeah strive is more pretty with more detail but less lively even with more frames. i like the face and hair of may in strive, but ram was much prettier to me in Xrd (aside the outfit, the face too, in strive they tried too much to cutize her when in Xrd was perfect)
Her hair? Wdym?
@@tobasaful she has a different hair design in both games.
In XRD looks like she have something holding her hair, in strive her entire hair is down.
You can notice by looking at her XRD model from the front in her battle intro.
It's like she was younger? I don't know...
@@Anemonemonemona the back of her old hat has a hole for a ponytail
9:16 That is perfect
Still can't believe anime graphics (the real thing) are present in games like these now. It used to be only seen from movies and the likes but seeing them happening in real-time is ecstatic.
I love how strive, a slower game makes all their overdrives look wayy faster by comparison and there just overall better, like no competition
Tell that to soul. You can barely see his transformation in strive. And i like the way in xrd he stands still after transfirming before the overdrive actually starts, makes him look like a boss.
@@shirothegamer7574 just sol. I agree on that part. but everything else, strive
@@shirothegamer7574 not a fair comparison, dragon install is a super in strive, but an instant kill in Xrd
@@valentds DI is a full transformation, not an IK. They just transformed before IK for continuity with strive’s DI super event. You can super with DI in Xrd too.
if theres one thing i especially dislike in strive its the huge difference from "gameplay" to "cutscene". The characters look completely different sometimes.
I’ve never seen Millia do that in Strive. Is it a taunt or an idle?
I think its a respect
I forgot how dorky high pony Ky was, his glow up is astounding
I forgot how much hair Leo had lol
Hey until then it was probably his best fit
@@bruced09 idk I didn't like the long hair on Ky, I thought his XX look was his best.
@@synysterpain That’s fair!
Dorky? Ky looks better in Xrd than strive lol
I thought Faust was a creppy doctor guy. But after seeing his moves in the older games i am out of words
xrd looks more like a stylized Trigger anime, meanwhile Strive is more like a high-quality slighty more realistic anime akin to Violet Evergarden or Fate/Zero.
I remember an interview that confirms it's pretty much intentional, they got more inspiration from live-action movies for Strive and the vibe reflects a bit of that.
Have y’all seen the episode movie in the game Strive , is pretty neat , I wonder if there’s going to be more story , I enjoyed the episodes , I watch it all in a morning till afternoon .Happy Chaos.
I just finished the story yesterday, it was really good. Though it made me wonder where they could possibly go next
I think the DLC roadmap mentioned something about that.
Alright, I somehow didn't realize this is the end of the series, or at least Sol's story.
I want to watch it but Strive is my first Guilty gear game so I wouldn't understand the story. Does anyone know how I can get caught up so I can understand everything?
@@chadrone8552 Look up Heaven or Hell by WoolieVS. Explains everything up to Strive.
Strive Faust: looks like he came out of a horror comic, hits people's shins with a wheelchair at full power
Xrd Faust: looks like he came out of a weird comedy cartoon, "guess where the angel is or get a free prostate exam"
I prefer Potemkin's Xrd version since it gives a better close up at the opponent's face and their realization that "This is gonna hurt"
Who would know to just add a pair of black bar on top and bottom the screen will make it so much better.
Pls it's a joke, The strive overrides are the most beautiful Animations I've ever seen, but I think the camera movements and black bars have some work on building that movie feels
I prefer May's hair from Strive but I like her model from Xrd
Chipp's taunt is interesting in Strive. It looks like it makes him airborne? Imagine reading someone so hard you dodge a super by taunting lol.
It avoids anything below him, it's great
Using chipp's invisibility taunt in a match is so unpredictable because if he does another taunt rather than being invisible you are vulnerable to every forms of attacks but if you're lucky and perfectly execute the invisibility taunt, you can continue attacking your opponent by doing HS. This is an extremely high risk high reward thing to do ngl lmfao.
Besides the OST, the thing that I like the most is that every character seems different. Most of the anime fighting games all the characters look and feel the same, not to mention the Dragonball game where half of the fighters are Goku with different hair
Look? Yeah
But every Goku is dbfz plays differently, even the most alike ones like base-ss-ssb
To me this confirms that Xrd is still beautiful
I feel like Rev 2 Has better OG sound tracks to listen to while fighting, more mobility and I miss instakill ,Destroyed finish is something I’ll miss
im still think Strive have better soundtrack but the problems with vocal track is its getting boring real fast
Wish there were a dynamic soundtrack sytem like DMC , vocal only play when you achieved high combo count
@@beaver_eater2447 That sound like a very bad idea for and fighting game it's a 2 player game people can burst out combos
I mean Strive was always planned to be more neutral based, therefore slower. But yeah I mostly agree too, the soundtrack although great, is very hit or miss, and IKs were always dope
@@beaver_eater2447 you mean in DMC 5. That feature was only in DMC 5 it's predecessors didn't do that. The full song would just play out.
@@beaver_eater2447 dude so you not know about jukebox mode?
man, calvados look SO much better in Xrd. just look at her pose in each
the chad embrace vs the virgin resist
Looking the concept alone, it's not that obvious to notice Potemkin changes, but in play... DAAAANNNGG
Xrd looks that he was compressed to fit a box, like those chubby GBC sprites
I kinda prefer Xrd character designs overall. Wish the game didn't look low res tho.
The hell happened to Faust?
The characters that you haven't seen will come back to their seats, right?
Guilty Gear, all the early characters.
8:36 oh that explains all of the squatting Fraust does
I like the characters were they emote first before doing the ysuper skill
9:15 As a Walking Nightmare Fuel, that was Cute and Sad at the same time.
Heavenly potemkin has the biggest improvement
Yeah I was really confused on the line of action in Xrd, like did he do a flip or the camera just spin around, but in StrIVe he simply just rocket boosts you to heaven and pile drives you, it's more clear and impactful
Prefiro o Guilty Gear XRD, muito mais animação, o do Guilty Gear Strive é tão simples e menos emocionante nos especiais. O Guilty Gear XRD tem animações de tirar o fôlego.
Well title say "overdrive" but you show "instakill" too and in new game there is no instakill, so I think it may good to compare with just "old overdrive" with "new overdrive"
Faust was and is still the best character to this day. Which other fighting character has a super which is litterely mixing cups and punishing the enemy with anal stretching
I just miss May's pogo stick taunt
Guess I'm the only one that noticed Potempkin has the same idle in Xrd and X2/Accent Core
I wish I was into FGs sooner. I really missed out on XRD 😞
Well you missed horrible net play at least
Xrd is still great and I can’t reccomend Rev2 enough. The netplay was always rough and stilted, but if you can I’d still reccomend picking it up even for offline or local play. The gameplay is fast and energetic and the roster is really varied as well.
@@martmine4618 well well...
Is it normal to think Xrd is more beatiful than Strive?
May has a more suiting look in xrd
Nah, I'm glad we are past the Sakura syndrome and she actually looks older now.
Xrd Potemkin looks like he's waiting for his turn on the Xbox when compared to Strives Potemkin.
The glow up is crazy
6:05
OmG Dio?! Takasugi?! Shingo?! Is that you?!
No but seriously I think zato is neat character
Ever since his debut
Plus his badass themes
Damn, Chipp is really big change, looks so much better in strive
Strive looks better, but that's it.
Xrd is more fun in many ways.
I have noticed since Anji Mito was X and XX Accent Core Plus was there and since absent in XRD And I think Anji Gonna Compare From X/XX Accent Core Plus to Strive I hope will make as missing returning era.
Im sad they removed the stimulating fist move i would have loved to see the new girl get it
They probably want to make strive more pg
I prefer the xrd version for design and ultimate
Faust in Xrd: Goofy funny haha
Faust in Strive: "Emotional damage"
Why do i have a feeling that I'm gonna cry everytime i see faust's flower taunt...?
Some super in Strive feel so weak compare to Xrd , maybe because of speed and camera angle . But animation and movement , Strive look better than Xrd .
And those supers would be...?
Complete opposite for me. Both of chipp's supers, Zato's big eddie shark, and even the potemkin Aegis reflector have had substantial improvements. Ride the lightning especially has way more oomph in Strive than Xrd
so weak? you mean slower, but with bigger impact, look at the explosion of sol
It shocks me how both Millia and May look older in Strive.
6:06 Dio energy
Strive looks so different from xrd and I'm still debating on if I like it or not
Waited the whole video for Yamamada-san:)
All of them look sick...
I kinda prefer how xrd looks compared to strive tbh, the look is simpler and characters pop out of the environment more. The shading on strive is too complex for my taste
Why does I-no's face look so different in Rev 2? She looks like a cute anime girl, but in strive she looks completely different.
She's done being cute.
she figured out what a bra was for and decided to scrap her old look entirely
画質がまじ綺麗だね
Strive animation makes it hard to believe there was a point when everyone called Xrd animation extremely innovative
Arc systems can't stop improving
Fir me the cleaner the animation the more boring to lok at. I love it when there are minor imperfections in character animation, it adds more personality. That's why people still play games like samurai shodown 2 and mk3.
@@shirothegamer7574 to me, imperfections are merely imperfections that the creators obviously don't mean for them to look exactly like that (which is why I think they actually do lack personality). seeing the perfected forms in their beauty, as how the developers wish for them to really be, is the one I pay more attention to
Ngl, Strive looks better than Xrd, but I prefer Xrd's look as its much more cleaner with non intrusive/excessive VFX like the hit sparks, Particles and no Motion blur
Also the UI is better in Xrd. I know we all agree on that
Hmmmm. No
@@thisninja11 are you really going to say the ui is better in strive?
@@legoblozz idk man this is my first GG
Hope the next iteration improves Strive's bland ass, basic UI devoid of rock/metal aesthetics
I find the Strive's UI more pleasant to look tbh
Xrd aged really well visually… I’m thinking no other stylized 3d game will ever top Strive in a very long time. And it’ll probably be beat by another game from ArcSys.
i mean they still using it to this day like with dbfz, granblue vs and dnf duel
@@thanghoangsong6138 Yea none of them look better than Strive.
I'm amazed at how Strive Potemkin makes Xrd Potemkin look *small*