I love how for most characters they look and sound at least similar to their Xrd appearance, and then you have Faust

Bedman?: Makes Delilah safe and happy in its bed arms. Bedman: *Reddit rant*

It’s interesting how with Xrd’s graphical design, it’s deliberately trying to mimic older sprites with its jerkier movements and saturated colors while Strive has a more down-to-earth flow with its focus on 3D graphics. Down to how they look, you can tell that each game is a completely different experience.

Keep in mind in lore this was a 2 week timeskip

i love how every gg strive youtuber has agreed to pause the music during i-no and axl's intros

Dope how they gave different stances but same/similar idles and taunts

3:43 people don't give you enough credit on how badass it is to make the music stop for ino to teleport in

Baiken's strive intro is so powerful, it even muffles the music for the compilation. Nice touch!

Jesus Christ, Strive Potemkin makes his Rev2 self look SMALL

Faust went from a joke character to advanced depression

Its crazy how simple yet perfect an upgrade I-No's glasses are Also gotta admit I miss Leo's old win animation with the book.

Also lets remember that in Strive the shading is dynamic, while in Xrd each character has their own shading independently of the actual lighting coming from the stage. Making Strive's designs feel more grounded to their sorroundings and Xrd's designs more 2D looking. I feel like in some stages the shading in Strive really shines while in others it doesn't as much, while Xrd is pretty uniform. I honestly can't decide which style I prefer, they both look so good

I hope Baiken's ponytail is even bigger when she appears as a DLC character in the next game.

I love xrd more when it comes to animation (the limited 2D feel really had its charm to me) but I love strive when it comes to the design of the characters, for the most part. Both game are amazing and people shouldn't argue about which game is better since they are both aiming different thing with their art direction, we should all appreciate how great guilty gear as a franchise is

I absolutely love Baiken's intros, they're almost exact polar opposites of each other. Xrd has her walking away into a field and smiling like a badass as the screen clicks from colored to black and white. While Strive has her walking into the battle away from the field and the screen already being black and white before she cuts the color into the frame.

Some characters like Millia and Leo had a serious glow-up in Strive. I love Millia's overhaul in Xrd, but that bright yellow mustard color makes her look like a plastic doll. Leo Whitefang's design wasn't too bad but his jacket design in Xrd looks rough, I can't even tell if that's his hair or not and his color palette was a bit problematic.

I like the added weight to animations + the fact that Sin got to unfurl his flag now XD

I prefer Xrd's style & boldness, but prefer Strive's design & gracefulness.

Next guilty will hopefully have goofy faust again…I miss him

I already liked most of Strives redesigns but what I didn't realize was just how much better the posing and stances on the strive cast are. So much of their posing reads much more clearly in Strive over Xrd.

beautiful edit, especially love the music pausing in ino's and axl's intros and the music becoming lower quality to match baiken's theme was a nice touch too

Strive's character design is simply stunning. The clothing matches the characters so much, this is out of this world. Sometimes there's little change compared to Xrd for characters that had a recent rework like Baiken or Potemkin. But looking at some characters like Sol, Ino, Axl, Sin, Millia, Leo, and Ram I'm impressed that they fit so much details on their outfits, still keeping the key ideas of the original one. They're so unique, and yet they perfectly reflect the character's identity, while all being on the same art style with a mix of simple clothes and overly complicated coats and belts. I just love it. Also, I can't stop to appreciate how some weapons were treated. Sol could be one more anime-sword-fighter we see in most fighting games, yet, in Strive he wields one of the most unique swords I've seen, it's a perfect mix of the concrete slab Order Sol used to wear, and Fireseal. It has details everywhere, burning magma-like lightning effects inside. Sames goes for Ram's great-swords, they are perfect versions of the previous ones, overflowing with details, yet so harmonious.

If this was an anime xrd is the series and stive is the movie.

I think strive should've still followed the more dynamic intros and outros from xrd, even with the more realistic style. Some of the idles are also a bit too static imo, but others do feel more natural while still being exciting

Baiken is still the one who has her own monologue, the producer really love her.

Strive has a better graphic engine, but I really like the artstyle in Xrd’s way more.

stopping the song on the time pauses was super sick, great video!

My Design Preferences: 1 Sol , Strive 2 Kai , xrd 3 Leo, xrd 4 May, xrd 5 Ino, Strive 6 Axl, xrd ( I hate both ngl lmao) 7 Melia, Strive (but both are great) 8 Sin, xrd 9 Jacko, they're really similar but I like Strive's red hair more. 10 Chip, xrd, Strive's is overdesigned (despite that usually being my guilty pleasure). 11 Baiken, Same with Jacko, I think the colours and contrast are better in Strive. 12 Ram Val, Strive 110%. might be my favourite redesign. 13 Faust's versions are really different but I like the darker feel of Strive's. 14 Zato, xrd. 15 Green strong guy (idk forgot his name), xrd. 16 Bedman, Strive. Xrd - 8 Strive - 8 perfectly even. cool!

I liked Ky's guard more in Xrd, also his electricity looked better in blue color when casting Stun Edge and such.

Chip, Zato, and potemkin got massive glowups

Is it just me or did Leo and Chip's pants get crazy upgrades?

Only things I hate about Strive's animations are the intros and outros for some characters not being as dynamic as I'd want them to be. Otherwise, most of the designs are way better (minus Ky why isn't he a twink)

Man, Faust went from funny crackhead to walking bones

REV felt like everyone had a bad hair day and their clothes were a toss up of Clasic designs from MS to Accent Core and Whole Overhauls, while Strive Definitely went on to be its own thing, while still referencing some greatness (Except in cases like Baiken and Millia where they got a major overhaul already so they just tweaked them a little and voila, greatness retained and improved upon even). I enjoy both games honestly for what they tried to do with art styles, even though I prefer Strive Also Heavy Day is the goat of GG Intro songs- EDIT: Man you didn't have to go THIS HARD with editing! Especially I-no and Axl

Although i liked most redesigns in strive the intro and outro animations have a lot more flair and personality and also flow to them in xrd If you look at some of the visually outstanding xrd characters like dizzy and Johnny their xrd intro and outro animations look better than they do in strive

The development of science and technology visible to the naked eye

Everyone having even a slight bit of change: Jacko: Nah, I’m too perfect to change. Oh, maybe one thing. *Changes her hair and eye color lol*

The change to Sin's posing is so subtle, but it's such a huge upgrade. His line of action is so much stronger now.

Bro I cant even focus on the video when the music is slapping this hard in the background! Great job with the timestop effect and the mono audio effect on baiken's intro.

I love how strive's more down-to-earth when it comes to characters designs.

4:01 her guitar grab with the music pause was pretty badass

Am i the only one who prefers Xrd REV 2s art style and a good chunk of its character designs?

man I miss how Xrd's round start intros weren't just "walks up to the screen"

Strive is an evident upgrade in definition and animation, but the better game (and still hell of a looker) is Xrd Rev 2, for me... At least until they bring back to Strive: Instant Kills, put real cutscenes (or ending images) to Arcade Mode, and also bring back my favorites: Dizzy and Jam. There were other "shortcuts" taken in Strive, that were full blown things in Xrd Rev 2, but they are not very worth mentioning.

I wonder what the art direction for the next installment will be. So far we've got shonen, weekly anime style. Now we have movie-esque style. I feel like the next art style should really push their graphics pipeline, because technically, they're still doing things very similarily as with xrd, just with enhanced visuals and different style. Maybe, something that allows for dynamic cell shading (e.g. the thickness of the brush by an artist can be controlled to exaggerate certain areas of a drawing, and in animation, can be very important.). This would be cool to see actually been emulated, and maybe even showing different brush styles, so the outlines of the characters can appear to be brush strokes in overdrives etc. They set the standard on anime graphics that have still yet to be replicated to the same degree. Now imagine them pushing it further. (I'd actually like to see them tackle a spider-verse fg, since the characters are in different art styles and the shaders used are very intresting due to the comic origins. Actually, maybe just have the next GG game have characters in different art styles. Ky based on a good fanatasy manga like berserk. Sol, if he appears again, just straight up be daisuke's old art style that is rooted in rock. May obviously a very cartoony one. Imagine Axl being based of british comics like the Beano comics.)

strive faust makes me feel like he is from a horror movie 💀

2:09 Is it just me or is Leo's stance less guarded in Strive than in Xrd? Edit: Should've mentioned this to begin with, but -- the music editing is on point with this vid!

2:56 I Can't Lie This Is Too Adorable Y'all

Is it just me or are macro-animations of characters here better in XRD? Obviously Strive’s little animations are better, they’re arguably the best for any “choose your character” game EVER. But the entrances and exits for the most part are pretty boring in comparison. Idle animations are also much more body movements in XRD, strive is mostly chill letting the micro-animations shine

ive never seen i-no's strive intro before, that goes hard as HELL

Am I the only one who thinks that these graphics would be great for soul eater and fire force if they were made into a game?

Todos muito bons, mas prefiro o Guilty Gear XRD pois lá os personagens são mais atraentes, tem mais animação e tudo o que a gente gosta de ver, como acrobacias e muito estilo!! 😍😍😍😍

並べると結構衣装変わってんのに 違和感ないのすごいな

Let's be honest, we all came here for one reason. Well, actually two reasons.

Honestly hope they add the xrd models as an alternate costume or something, i really like some of the old designs Notably may

It’s so hard because the old pixels have their charm, xrd has classic outfits slightly updated and strives shows evolution

Wawww this is pure art , strive upgrade is awesome im very impressed , i have to rebuy it with all dlc

This may be just me but the switch between Xrd and Strive feels like when AoT went from WIT to MAPPA. not to say that either style is bad, one just has a very mid 2000's era style to their faces while the other has a lot more line work and shading

Every single one is such a solid improvement. Also, loved the editing work on the time stops from IN-O and Axl Low. Good stuff.

Strive may have some nice details, but OG animation movement is top notch. Also brighter colors looks nice

Xrd looks better in every single way if you ask me

Xrd overall seek way more interesting for me. I simply love the graphics, the intro, and the general design. Strive is way too cell shading for my taste.

Xrd had waaayyyyy more style and personality IMO. Sol's intro is still highly badass to this day.

wish you wouldve shown off their special moves and overdrives as well

I still miss the intros in Xrd. Had a kickass instrumental OST too.

Faust and Bedman? in Strive are the definitions of "oh god what have they done to you"

Ky's glow-up was insane

Nice edit on Strive I-no appearance moment

it's kind of nice seeing most of the cast maturing as time went on

really hard to call, but i think towards the end i decided i like the older game's simpler lighting system better. but most animations are better on the new one. idk both look fantastic

wow jack o just inverted hair colors 🔥

both games look amazing in my opinion 🤷🏾‍♂

I seem to like most of all the ggx compared to stride they seem to be more lively in x like i like all the intro and outro but compare them to stride is just look water down on stride stuff like the witch just zoom in on guitar is so cool but they both look good at the same time i think it just x give off more personality compare to stride

What’s the song at 9:00??? I love the really fast organ or whatever it is

I love the most viewed parts of this video.

10年前にテレビアニメでやってた作品をリメイクしてアニメ映画にしたみたいな感じだ

One looks like an anime series, the other like anime movie

Finished Strive more than one year ago and I don't remember if I played Xrd before, so I came here to compare, to see if I'll buy this one for a good price - It happens I prefered Xrd in every way. But I'm from the time of the grandpa of them all, the first one, having finished with all characters and unblocking Baiken (very difficult task - you cannot die). So, for me, Guilty Gear remains the best one, and Xrd is much closer in design. So, for nostalgic reasons, I'll give it a try...

Good video bro, but Will be better with timecodes ☺️

I prefer pink haired Baiken.

My XRD vs Strike Design Takes Sol: XRD > Strive Ky: XRD > Strive Leo: Strive > XRD May: XRD > Strive I-No: Strive > XRD Axl: Strive > XRD Millia: XRD > Strive Sin: Strive > XRD Jack-O: XRD > Strive Chipp: Strive > XRD Baiken: XRD> Strive Ramlethal: XRD > Strive Faust: Strive > XRD Zato-1: Strive > XRD Potemkin: XRD > Strive Bedman: Strive > XRD So Overall: XRD 8 and....Strive 8 Damn, gotta wait til the next Guilty Gear or more DLC's to break the tie XRD did have a bit of an unfair advantage in that every mirrored design like Potemkin and Baiken were just gonna outright look better thanks to the more vibrant shading and significantly better textures.

De verdad que es increíble como Xrd Rev 2 (siendo un juego prácticamente de PS3) se vea tan pero tan bien a día de hoy, sin duda es el peak del Unreal Engine 3 en todo apartado y hace que esta obra jugable sea de las mejores de la historia. 🙏 Por otro lado, Strive tiene diseños bastante mejores en comparación de la mayoría de sus personajes de la entrega anterior y ni que decir de las animaciones que son sumamente gloriosas. Ambos juegos son una maravilla y brillan con luz propia, no cabe duda de que son piezas importantes de este género.

Jam kuradoberi and Dizzy , i miss you

After seeing the end: And update, it hurts.

god I-no's strive intro is fuckin sexy too bad it lasts a million fucking years

2:44 bro how did Leo age like 30 yrs in 3 weeks

All the new models look better except May. Old May looks _significantly_ better than the new one.

I need to get one of these games they look so cool and the art direction I like a lot (what’s this song)

NGL i loved the crap out of Rev2 and it got me into fighting games but I couldnt even force myself to be into Strive.

크으으... 멋있구만....👍

I love the way more casual* designs of Strive. *relaxed. There's just something that's ram-roddish of the designs of REV2.

Can you make a comparison of Dead or Alive 4, Dead or Alive 5 and Dead or Alive 6?

I will reiterate this from the last video, I love how sol’s weapon just gets bigger with every game

Anime budget vs Anime Movie budget be like:

I love the way I-No grabs Marlene before the fight ! Wicked !

This video makes me want to just play Xrd

i've never played Xrd before only some seen, but everything i see just looks so more flashy and goofy and i kinda wish strive had more of this. Dont get me wrong Strive looks fantastic as well as Xrd does, but so many chars in Strive just casualy walk in in Strive and thats pretty boring compared to the absurd intros they have in Xrd. But i do like it that you can see the enemies intro from your view in Strive. With Happy Chaos there is even a dude that uses that gimmick for his own intro

Some things of older designs look cooler: Dual shield guy holding them as if they reverse swords Electro sword guy, sword not looking like saint cross Hairgirl with more bright theme of colours Black girl with two big swords, without hat looks more fun

God i love how cartoony sound effects are

I decided to pick my favourites between each one and it ended up as a draw lol