"I AM A BIG GUY" "I AM A CAT" "I AM AMERICA" Behold, the three genders.

Fighting game fans talk about Rollback netcode the way women talk about pockets on their dresses.

Daisuke's idea of making all songs be a "Yelling what's going inside my head" as Metal tracks was kinda genius... Like Faust's swirl of grief, madness and self-hate, or Zato's inner thoughts being drowned by Eddie's parts, to sometimes rise up as a slow and dramatic power ballad...

That line about Brynhildr Stance representing Leo’s desire to suppress his survivor’s guilt with his “unga bunga” bravado blew my mind. Great video as always.

Giovanna does have a unique mechanic, it's just based around forgetting to use any meter. Which certainly fits her "Oh, right, I guess I could do that..." nature.

Something to add about the music, which i think is bloody awesome. Most of the themes have radical shifts in them, where the beat or even the style changes. Millia's theme goes all quiet, Zato becomes a fucking Queen song, so on and so on. But that shifts always happen way too far into the song to be heard during a normal fight. There is only one context, apart from listening to the soundtrack on KZfaq, where you will hear that part of the themes. The training room. As you mechanically learn your character, you also learn something about them, because you discover a part of their story you wouldn't experience in normal gameplay. Daisuke is a fucking genius

In conclusion, Fight like a tiger, Walk in the park. Thanks for watching, everyone

Arcsys getting snubbed by gaming press and award shows for 9 years and counting while innovating in 3D animation on the same level as Hollywood studios like Pixar and Sony Pictures Animation is... honestly so on brand that I can't even complain, cause not seeing that coming would be on me.

Leo's stance could also be interpreted as him just intentionally leaving himself open. Welcoming the opponent to take his life.

Quick thought, a different interpretation: Necessary discrepancy could also be seen as a dialogue between the universal will and ramlethal's rebellion with AISHA singing the role of the will and Naoki singing the role of ramlethal, since the lyrics sung by each are somewhat at odds. It also follows ramlethal's character growth, with Naoki's voice chiming in and eventually taking over AISHA's as the dominant voice, reflecting Ramlethals gradual understanding of humanity and forsaking her 'mother'

I never expected leo to have a song all about his guilt and regret, but it works surprisingly well, to let him have his bombast but also show whats underneath. and yeah, I've always liked potemkin but more for him being a weird beefy goofball who can do a shitton of damage, but Armour Clad Faith really helps give him some weight of characterization behind just the silly

I'm sad that almost no one (not even you) talk about the background stages. It's basically like taking the background stages of UMvC3, SF4 or even CvS1 (fighting games that all had amazing stages) but turning them into masterpieces. I'm an ongoing engineer and every time I see the mechanical whale stage I'm mesmerized on how natural the movements of each fish looks like while still giving the illusion that there's only metal that moves mechanically. It doesn't even stop there, you can clearly see that the whale itself is basically a blimp, transporting people through the air and the fact that most of them even have certain body expressions, while only being a few pixels big, makes you realize how dedicated the art team for this game were and makes you appreciate the game even more.

I like saying that Xrd recreates the look of "TV Anime" and that Strive recreates the look of "Anime Movie"

On the subject of I-No's stance: She looks super unfocused and hyperactive in her stance in Xrd. That's just not I-No. She's sadistic, domineering, trying to force her control over you. I love how her eyes are hidden with the hat, but otherwise her stance in Strive just has infinitely more of a power behind her.

A lot of people came to the conclusion that Strive's character theme songs were basically "What if this character was the boss of the game". I like to think that this is the theme for the entire characterization of the roster of Guilty Gear. Every character is elevated by the songs, sound design and animations and, because of them, every character exudes their personality, as well as an intense sense of power and danger that they weren't able to do before. The example I like to give the most in this regard is Millia. Before, she mostly looked like a waifu with a cocky personality and play doh hair. Now, her very intro animation for every fight conveys her role as an assassin by giving her an air of menace and focus, accompanied by a more grounded outfit and well-kept appearance which highlight her competence, and finally her internal struggle with her experiences as an assassin, as well as her uneasy relationship with Angra, are brought forth by Love the Subhuman Self. As a whole, the characters in Strive overflow with personality and depth in a way that they just couldn't before, and I think that is an amazing feat for a game in which every character was already made with a certain personality in mind

When you get really embedded in the community, it’s easy to forget that fighting games are more than the mechanics that influence how you play them. After the novelty of the visuals and the soundtrack wore off, I found myself getting more and more dissatisfied with the gameplay, which caused me to stop appreciating the things that drew me to the game in the first place: the extremely good visuals and spectating experience. Thank you for reminding me that while the game may not deliver the gameplay I’m looking for, that’s no reason to ignore all of the other areas the game succeeds in.

00:45 -> I like your holistic approach to fighting game analysis/review. As dumb as that might sound, I wish we get more analytic content that take a look at fighting games as "games" rather than as "fighting games". This video and the one on Samurai Shodown do a great job at going further than the feature checkbox and the mechanical level. Keep it up!

The whole music analysis was 10 out of 10. Fighting game music can do so much more than just highlight a stage. We've come from "Guile's theme goes with everything" to the duality and fractured mind of Zato/Eddie. BB and GG does such a good job of telling EVERYTHING about their characters through music alone, and Strives vocals were awkward as first, but now I can't imagine those songs without them.

Finally, someone who gets the point of Ramlethal's theme

“It’s the essence of heavy metal distilled into a fighting game.” That’s it. That’s it right there.

Summarizing GG as an "Opera Rock, Anime Fight Simulator" feels about right; You articulate very well how a "simple" game actually achieves its artistic goals with panache.

I'm glad someone took a more in-depth look at the character themes of Strive. There's so much more subtlety to themes of characters like I-No than initial impressions would lead on.

The fact you showed Bang Shishigami on screen put a smile on my face

Potemkin's theme hits hard and I definitely feel Daisuke wanted it to. See, Potemkin has largely only ever been perceived as the big "unga bunga big damage" Grappler archetype. He owns that functionally speaking and looks the part. But more than half the cast, the big guy has more going on underneath the hood than he's given credit for. He is a man trying to do the right thing in a lawful manner, but slowly coming to terms with the fact that what is considered "Law" is not necessarily righteous. He has allowed himself to become weaponized by the governing bodies and is now questioning how much of what he has done is good and how much is bad. If he were a DND character, he would be a Lawful Good unsure if he has been led astray and misused; trying to do the right thing, but also having equal potential to have his sheer power used for the wrong things. And his theme captures all of that doubt and willingness to criticize himself. This isn't new either, this was a big thing in his arcade story for Xrd where his final fight had him going against a Dark Potemkin that represented a half to his personality he was scared to address. Potemkin IS a complex, well written character. Daisuke being the guy who wrote him, it must have been frustrating seeing him treated as less than that. So he made a track that doesn't just sing that inner turmoil, but scream it with equal parts anger and melody. It's a song that makes you see the beauty in finality but also the rage of struggling against whatever binds you. It puts you in the shoes of Potemkin and makes you feel, not even just understand but FEEL what it's like just living in this guy's shoes. And to that I have nothing but praise to sing. That takes genuine fucking talent.

Slow claps and tears, excellent video

Man, seeing the teaser for Xrd Sign again brings back memories. The first time I saw it, I didn't realise the game was in full 3D until the camera rotated. I literally yelled 'holy shit!' at that moment. That is how you sell your audience a concept. Every time I need to explain the concept of an elevator pitch and getting your point across within 30 seconds, I always go back to Sign's teaser.

The Lyrics add so much more power when your character's theme comes on. I swear every time I fight a Leo and it gets to, "Bring It On You Bastards! (HELLFIRE, HELLFIRE)" I've lost all hope.

Well, Giovanna does have a hidden mechanic where she gains a damage buff when she reaches 50% and 100% Tension, indicated by her dog and body glowing at their respective points. It is not that noticeable though (I think she gets 7% damage boost at 50% Tension and 10% at 100% Tension).

Axl out of the box theme is hilarious. Because the small beat rest at his last line kinda just shows him using his time power to peak potential just to troll us. Really like Axl Bro

26:02 This Nago animation is actually my favorite animation in the entire game, bar none. I first really noticed it when I got wallsplatted by the move playing against a Nago main. After the game, I became a Nago main on the spot. The little twirl he does with the sword at the end of the attack just adds so much extra to the character.

I'd love to hear you talk about fighting game music more. Or I could do it myself. Like how Skullgirls' OST is also a subtle nod to MVC2's jazzy, very free-flowing songs which, in a way, reflect the chaotic expression that both of these games, and these afro-american genres of music allow for. Soul Calibur's OST meanwhile reflects the rhythm of its own fights, as the characters circle each other, or dramatically push each other closer to the edge... I feel like if I heard some Tekken-esque rock music or Samsho minimalism, it just wouldn't fit that well into the gameplay of Soul Calibur, even if all its other aesthetic elements were different.

Man, you really scratched the surface here, there’s so much rich artistic content to talk about. Could you make more in-depth videos on the character and stage designs individually? Maybe even just KZfaq shorts

The "Storytelling in Music" segment was nothing short of sublime. Took me down memory lane in story twists with certain examples (light spoiler in the BlazBlue choice). This video is one for the ages.

Imagine future anime fighting games in this type of animation, Xrd was the basis back then, and after that where Dragonball FighterZ, and Grandblue Fantasy… The possibilities are almost endless if you think about it. But that’s gonna take some time for it to happen. Hell, I’ll wait for it…!

Gameplay wise-Sol in strive is probably the best for displaying the extent of the game’s combo system and movement. You shouldn’t be surprised it’s in his theme what he’s going to do.

7.5/10 not enough smelling But on a serious note, I love how Faust's theme represents his past regrets from being Dr. Baldhead and killing people, and how he fears someday returning to that.

I so rarely see anyone analyze Guilty Gear's music in terms of how it reflects its characters. Like there's people who break down its compositions, but nobody ever mentions how Sol's themes are always slow grooves to show that he's not really putting in any effort, or how Kliff's theme sounds bluesy because blues is a precursor of rock, or how Chipp's themes are fast and aggressive but also kind of melancholy to show that he's had it rough in the past but is still moving forward. When the music analysis started up I was like YES, FINALLY, SOMEONE IS TALKING ABOUT THIS

If you're looking for another example on how instrumentation can reflect a certain theme or character I look at Blaz Blue Cross tag battle. The main theme of that game is shared across all the universes represented in the game and each one has one composed to the style of the music from its home series, in particular the persona 4 variation would be undetectable as a song not originating from persona 4 were it without context

"I like to talk about guilty gear" And we LOVE it when you talk about guilty gear

You really talked about the Look of the Game, the Sound of the Game, and the Feel of the Game, but missed the MOST important part

Oh damn. That Byrnhild Stance thing was… brilliant analysis!

I got into Guilty Gear because of a shovelware GBA game that I had with the same title. The game was kind of bare with messy sprite work and it sounded kind of bad, but I was curious enough about the character designs to look further into it and try out Guilty Gear X. Prior to Guilty Gear, I was a casual Street Fighter and KOF player, but after playing Guilty Gear X for the first time, I was able to grasp the mechanics and was hooked by the character work, it becoming the first and only fighting game I ever 100%'d (story mode/all challenges/etc.). To see it continuing to evolve and see the creative design choices really makes me enjoy the game even though I am no longer into playing fighting games. I love that we finally get to hear your comprehensive perspective on a game that you hold up as a golden standard in so many of your "BAD ANIMATION" videos.

Been waiting for your view on Strive ever since it came out, and holy shit you knocked it out of the park. This is tied with SamSho for your best video in my opinion, listening to you talk so indepth about games as a whole is an absolute treat. Thank you for putting in so much good work.

I had never thought of Leo's unga bunga playstyle the way you put it. I just took it as the reckless and wild nature of his offense is what got him through the war so its what he's gonna keep on doing until he falls. I especially love his cinematic super, with his eyes going pale as he does his huge war scream, almost like he's remembering in that moment that the last time he used that much strength behind an attack was when he was fighting for his life during the war.

I’ll certainly say, I am so glad I got into guilty gear… because this is the kind of shit I love. The animation is amazing, music is amazing, the gameplay is amazing. And why people do not acknowledge this game is baffling to me but it seems like more and more people are catching on and that’s amazing to hear

I know, I know... I'm being THAT guy, but that's something I fucking LOVE about Them's Fightin' herds. As you say here, music is INCREDIBLY important to fighting games and it's a big reason I cannot really jive with NRS games or Marvel Vs. Capcom infinite. TFH takes the concept of wanting to drive their characters forward with their musical themes to the next level. The characters have their own instrument sets that infuse themselves into everything and anything to do with the action. technically, the character select screen is just a little bass guitar ditty until you start hovering over characters, wherein their instruments will kick in depending on if that character is being played by player 1 or player 2. these instruments also apply themselves when you start gaining momentum in a match, replacing the normal melody with genre-bending arrangements of each stage theme. When you are stuck in Arizona's horrible cow blender of doom (seriously, her high-low mix is NUTTY), music will suddenly get a galloping syncopation to it while cowbell and deep acoustic guitars start strumming like it's a spaghetti western. Oleander manages to summon Fred and start syphoning all your super meter? expect to hear the music take on pipe organs and Harpsichord with a more rigid structure to them. Shanty the Pirate Goat brings steel drums and a quartet of horns to compliment the patois of her win quotes, while Paprika the Pepe le Pew-esque alpaca with the snuggles turns the music into this sugary synthpop nightmare as she command grabs and kisses you for a third reset. It's an INSANE undertaking, and every time a stage or a character gets added to the game, it makes the soundtrack exponentially explode with more variants to every track in the game. When the pirate goat DLC dropped, I legit had to take a good 2 hours to listen to all of the music that got added to the game between all the variants of her stage if the other characters are winning, her variants of all the previously existing stages, her Character Select theme, her story mode theme, the music they added for Oleander lobby and the credits they added to arcade... @_@ Them's Fightin' herds is an embarrassment of riches.

i will proudly say that i am addicted to Rock Parade, and it's something i never hope to get over

27:57 So much better to painstakingly key frame every lock of hair, instead of leaving it up the physics of the engine. **cough** Street Fighter V **Cough**

As a MASSIVE video game music enthusiast (I basically only listen to videogames OST) AND a lore nut, I cannot understate how bloody good Strive's OST is. I didn't think Daisuke could reach the level of +R's OST, but here we are. I especially adore the fact that he finally showcased the lore the characters have through music. Ram rising against The Universal Will and slowly finding her place in the world, Leo's suvivor guilt (which was only teased when you IK'ed him with Bedman and got lucky to pull the correct line in Xrd)... Heck. There's a lot of parallels between characters that got explored and explained in songs now. Millia and Pot are basically cursed to forever be soldiers and weapons of war. Millia's theme (in my opinion the first time Daisuke managed to nail a song about her, and HOLY SHIT he nailed it) is about her accepting her condition with a smile and making the best of it. Pot's theme showcases his rage at his condition, and the fact he fears he is technically still a slave. Not to Zepp (Gabriel is a bro), but to his own body. He's doing what he does cuz he's the only one that can. But he fears he can't enact a good change in the world because of his condition. He's still a fool, doing things that he can't understand, but he's determined to try and make some good changes in the world. P.S: I'm surprised your example from KI was Tusk, and not what I believe by far the best examples from that game: Aganos and Thunder.

You helped me. I was hung up on the UI, missed the INCREDIBLE animation. Thank you.

If you wanna talk about music in fighting games, check out fatal fury 3's soundtrack. On top of being amazing, they compliment each character's personality, backstory and role in the narrative. Particularly White Franco and the secret boss themes.

You played a little bit of A Simple Life out of nowhere and I teared up from the nostalgia, I'm so happy the series is getting so much attention now. Great analysis!

Amazing video, dude! I especially liked your coverage of the game's music. As a musician myself I am constantly blown away by Daisuke's work over almost anything else in video game soundtracks and even contemporary commercial music. Not only his songs are marvelous works of intricate artistic and skill expression, but also how they manage to convey to you who a character is, their emotions and their stories. GG and BB continue to be some of my favorite games ever by this alone.

Amazing video... I don't even play Strive but the flare, the music, the visuals, the characters made me have to look up everything relating to Guilty Gear. Listening to the character songs made me so curious about the characters that I had to know them. I now know way too much about the story of 6 to 16 games I have never played... and I love it.

Guilty gear is one of those games where you can just look at somebody and immediately tell who their main is based on how they walk, dress and act. For instance I’m a Faust main, I’m sure you can now imagine what kind of person I am

Insanely good video and I’m glad you mentioned Potemkins theme and it’s personally made me appreciate the big guy way more outside of enjoying his gameplay. I sobbed when I first heard his theme. Guilty Gear as a whole fills my niche of loving metal, rock, overtop anime bullshit, and fighting games. There’s no other game like Guilty Gear that fills that niche to the extent it has. It’s a series with brilliant gameplay such as tension and Roman Cancels, amazing characters like Sol Badguy and Baiken, astounding soundtracks with too many examples to list, and amazing visual aesthetics with different eras of anime and the diverse subgenres of metal being molded together to create what is Guilty Gear. Daisuke is a Developer I have a lot of respect for and I’m so happy to see his passion project become what it is today.

This was simply phenomal! The amount of callouts and references too fighting games and its community as a whole was really entertaining. I felt like I was sitting down with a person I just met and slowly discovering our mutual love and experiences with games. As someone who's been watching your work for sometime I truly think this masterpiece goes way beyond just a review, its a freaking case study about all the elements of a videogame and how they create an experience that simply is so much more then the sum of its parts.

Great video! It made me wish it was longer going over every song and character, but everything in this video was wonderful.

I love how in Metal Gear: Revengence the instrumental version of a song plays during the boss fights but when it gets to the cinematic parts of the fights it switches to the lyric version

I love this video man, you did a great job. To add a bit, I'm pretty sure someone from arcsystems in a GDC talk stated that the limited facial animation was done that way on purpose to more closely resemble the feeling of an anime.

we have been blessed once again by another video. praise be

It took me about a month for strive to click for me. The pace change and the move differences in Milla started off feeling rough with the removal of gattling combos. That being said, every point you made is spot on. I'm an animator as well and I can't even begin to tell you how they're doing that with the hair, I just can't. And when it clicked it clicked in online matches with real humans, not with arcade mode or even with training where the old games made more sense to me. They did a good job. You made a good review. Hope you have a nice day week monthandyear

One of the best explanations about everything I love in Guilty Gear. Wonderfully put together!

This is the best GG video I have seen explaining the beauty of what Guilty gear strive and everything that came before it is I actually was in awe of how much detail you were able to convey and for that I thank you lots of love for this video the like isn't enough. And for everyone that plays this game you will not be disappointed.

as someone with thousands of hours in smash bros titles, but who, prior to strive, had never played a "real" fighter, I immediately fell in love with the game for every reason in this video. watching the intro, then immediately being thrust into the tutorial and hearing one of the sickest riffs of all time, followed by "NEED IT BACK, YES, NOBODY IS GONE" etc is a pivoting point that I don't think I'll ever forget. and mind, that was the tutorial, so they were still talking and I *hadn't even pressed a button yet.* this game looks and feels so good that it became a top 5 entry for a total outsider (myself) WITHOUT EVEN LETTING THEM PLAY. also, Axl is probably my favorite fictional character in all of media, something that I also decided before playing him at all and holds true after 1k hours lol. even the individual characters are just. that. good.

Man, video's like these make me appreciate Strive even more! So much of what it makes it look so good get lost due to the fast nature of the gameplay. I didn't even notice things like all the overlapping animation on I-no's clothing or everyone's expressive mouth movements!

... This is... Interesting. Dear Lord, this may have been the deepest review of a fighting game as an overall piece of work than any I've ever seen. I'm only halfway through, but dude.... I'M INSPIRED.

I'll be honest this actually gave me a newfound appreciation for Rams theme. I appreciated the prog rock at first, but not the second half. But now that I know the lyrics, I like it a lot more now. Thanks.

I still love this video. Keep coming back to check it out. Thanks again for making it!

Guilty Gear Strive is the best music album I've had the pleasure of listening to in a long time.

As someone who has been a fan of this series for about 6-7 years now, this man speaks to my soul. And I'm not just saying that because I'm a Sol Badguy main, but because this is my first time watching a video like this from this specific channel and it was enough to get me interested in subscribing because details like these are ones I also pay attention to. I could gush about this game for hours, but I don't have enough people who know enough about this game or even this franchise to hold a length conversation with. There have been times where I watch someone on a video, and go in my mind, "Man, it would be great to just hop in a Discord call with them and talk about this for 4-6 hours." because as someone who appreciates fine detail, I've many an agreement with the points in this video and wish there were others out there who would also see some of the beauty in the things people complain about.

The whole video was perfect! this is in my opinion your best work, i applaud all your effort and level of care put into this video, if i could i would like this video more than one time

5:30 Did Woolie steal Daisuke’s pies?

My favorite part about (besides the wondefull intro) is the part where Ram is basically talking to the universe will about us and life in general: "I don't need to be recognized for anything Don't take them down to the ground without a face to face I just want you to hear someone's little voice That is a voice of life"

This video, alongside your Samurai Shodown video are why I love this channel. Your pursuit of the game as a total experience is unparalleled.

This video is amazing, the amount of work you've put into this is astounding, amazing job!

Guilty gear Strive is the kind of game that just breaks my heart. I've been a massive GG fan for the longest time, and no matter how hard I try, I just can't bring myself to enjoy this game. And I want to enjoy it, because it's an amazing game! But there's something about the restrictiveness of the combo system that drains my excitement: a lack of space for improvisation. When I played Strive, I obviously went to the Training Mode first to get a feel for the characters and test stuff. And after having to accept that normals don't combo into each other anymore, I started finding combos - but it always felt to me like I was doing the same combos over and over again. It didn't feel exciting to explore a character's possibilities, it just felt like a quick trip without snacks. I don't need hundreds of specials, or millions of variations, I just want to be able to have some playing room. But all "creativity" in combo structures is now limited to the overhauled Roman Cancel, which is great, but doesn't change the rigidity of combo paths. And when it comes to changes, or rather, characters having been "gutted", there's only one character actually suffering from this. All the characters, as you said it, have been condensed into their most defining moves, the ones that shape their playing style. Except for Ramlethal. No more triple combos, no more sword placement, no more wild aerial prowess - nothing. The wild girl with cat-like traits and an alien curiosity for mankind, is now... confused. That's it. Well, and she's generally boring now. I don't hate what Arc System Works did with Strive, I just can't find anything fun for myself in it.

Fun Fact about Unreal 3: It has a very restrictive bone limit, and doesn't support individual bone scaling, ArcSys had to make a custom plugin for the scaling to work.

You have no idea how much I appreciate this video! I just want to gush about how successful this game has been on the art side, so this video was so welcome. I've been a fan of the series since GGXX, and though I understand why some people don't like the changes in ST seeing the game evolve into something this gorgeous, with this level of characterization put into the animation, visual style, and music has been one of my favorite gaming experiences of all time! Also it has rollback netcode

gotta say, you hit the nail when it comes to describing the feelings of what music expresses. And I'm still in college studying this! Even then, guilty gear inspired me. edit: I use to hate the UI. But after playing the beta, i grew to love it. Still not feeling about the health-bar. Needs more METAL and CHAINS, but that's a huge nick-pick.

Am I the only one who thinks the combo counter looks cool? Like, it's always behind the action and the style is relatively simple (a basic font number with a basic font word on top of it), so it's not super obtrusive and doesn't distract much, and it only gets huge as your combos do (since, in strive, much shorter combos are meant to be the norm). It only gets huge when the combo does, which feels perfect. For a game with this aggressive use of hitstop and other visual flair to indicate "shit's going down!", the combo counter feels like a natural extension of that.

This is a fantastic video! Well done all around.....So can we talk about the soundtrack in even more depth now?

9:05 "Focused" is a great way of putting it as it helps streamlines the gameplay and removes a lot of unnecessary or even redundant attacks.

Nice review for a nice game. About the songs, the problem is we hardly will listen to different parts of them when playing. Even when playing a set, the music is restarted every new match. And indeed, the vocals felt even weirder than the first time we listen to them in xrd, but in few hours playing (and after unlocking themes from previous games, adding them to the mix) and all lyrics are cool and fun. We all have some preferences, but we agree this game can be appreciated for what it is.

I don't even play Millia but boy sure do i watch that winning hair animation every time.

Awesome video as usual! I love your breakdowns and the overall eloquence of the arguments presented, I hope someday I can create written content with that level of quality. PS: 5:17 I'd definitely put Tekken lower on the complexity scale, lower than KoF at least. The most complicated part about it are sidesteps and angled wall combos and that has MUCH less impact on the average player success than KoF's four different jump arcs. And DEFINITELY not on the honesty scale after Leroy and Fahkuran, lol.

i am so glad you incluided Still In The Dark when talking about characters' themes. easily one of Daisuke's greatest work across GG and BB, it tells a lot of story

So impressed by your analysis that you deserve this sub. Keep up the great work!

I love your comparison between Strive combos and music. I’d always felt that way about them but I could never put words to it.

As a guy whose been in love with the way the characters have been portrayed and being described with their given themes, i started getting gusebumps halfway watching the video. Great stuff man . Im really loving your vids. Keep at it.

My god this video is a masterpiece. You went over the neutral game and the Gatling system and the animation and the music and the UI. perfection

Amazing video, you should do a video on Blazing Strike!

Everyone has such deep comments, while I'm obsessing over how well the lip syncing was done at 5:01.

21:09 man, I hate that everytime I want to talk about how good Guilty Gear Strive looks they only wanna talk about Cirno

I like the contrast of the vibrant visuals, the awe inspiring technological leaps in the stage backgrounds with the despairing lyric themes

This is the best GGST video I've seen! Thank you for it!!

Would have loved if you had gone more indepth with the character's music tracks and how it can show character arcs and or sub-plots while it still sounding amazing in-game. As a music/metal lover would have loved to hear about it and if someday you'd like to discuss it, i'd be totally down with it.

One of my favourite things about strive animations is how they switch from animating on 2s to 1s during supers. Reminder, this is a computer game, the animators could easily use interpolation to make every movement on 1s, but they deliberately don't, purely as a choice of design. Now, limiting your frame rate to simulate 2d animation is nothing new, plenty of animated tv shows do this (beastars, attack on Titan, dorohedoro) plenty of anime style games also do this (fire emblem echoes/three houses, ni no Kuni) but what makes strive special is that when the animation is played on 1s, they aren't using interpolation, they are hand crafting each individual frame, just like 2d drawn anime, so each frame has just as much artistry in 3d as it would if it were drawn in 2d. So closeup moments on ky's, ram's or zato's supers (just to name 3) have so much more impact and weight to their movements than typical fighting games that are already rendered in 60fps (btw as a quick side note, even during the extremely fluid moments of these supers, the animation is still playing at 24 fps, still less than half of most fighting games, it just seems so much more fluid because it happens less often) Okay, ramble over

AMAZING! thank you dude you put tears on my eyes sometimes :')

Love this vid. People who talk and write about games for a living tend to have CLOTH EARS at the best of times. Like, the amount of people who reviewed Gravity Rush without mentioning Kohei Tanaka blew my mind, so I appreciate this. Easy sub.