my god THIS IS GONNA BE MY 1st video game where I don’t skip the cutscenes cuz god damn THIS IS JUST BEAUTIFUL

I never knew lol. Nice movie

@@theresidentgamer6958 awesome game. A very hardcore game 🎮, that is.

@@theresidentgamer6958 no Bridget in the credits

@@theresidentgamer6958 Hey, if you're still playing Necromunda: Hired Gun, have you found out what, if any, the level cap is?

his best friend’s wife is also his mother in law

Respect for the king as they say

While his super powerful wife was doing nothing

@@Kiboune_YT in fairness, she's no seasoned warrior.

To save the girlfriend of the father of his wife

Well what do you expect He use to be a nerd scientist with Aria and That man Now Sol is the unga bunga Nerd

"Fuck it *Un-Badguys your Sol*"

@@jrpludacrous or *Un-sol badguy's your frederick bulsara*

@@overeactive36 reminds me frankenstein's monster in a way

He looks like aizen from bleach with the labcoat and glasses

Yeah, Scorpion is still in MK even though he is no longer a demon. Don’t see how it wouldn’t be the same here.

sol says he still isn't all the way human, implying he still has some gear cells in him in the same vain as ky, so dragon install might even stick around. really gonna miss the ponytail though :(

@@glumpy1148 yeah I thought about that too, also yeah I'm gonna miss that ponytail

Sol did imply that he still wasn't completely human(I think he said more or less). It's just that He no longer has the Flame of Corruption, thus no longer in danger of being that giant beast thing in the future. I did not like how they went about it by quickly and conveniently resolving that issue and the issues Sol still had with Asuka. After all the build-up throughout the entire franchise, it just ended like that. But it already happened. Just hope the future story DLCs will flesh out story mode.

@@Dirtyboots3strikes I do agree with you there, pretty disappointing

which one

@@vuaiore The one where Aria asks Sol what he would do if the world was ending tomorrow.

I believe it's the one where Asuka asks "if the world was going to end tomorrow, how are you going to spend your time?" Sol's answer is "stop what's causing the world to end or die trying." Aria's response to Sol's answer is "you mean spend the remaining time with someone you love?"

That is what made me cry first

Aye. I could tell Sol was already thinking to himself, "Not this time. I'm not making the same mistake I made back then."

Axl X I-no is a obvious and suprise couple

when i first heard it, i thought that was Sin lmao

Pretty sure the next protagonist of GG will be Sol and Jack-O's kid with basically Sol's move set lol.

What about inos happiness

@@vicviper9569 So Dizzy's little brother. And I bet his rival will be his nephew Sin.

Ram and Elphelt are technically sol's daughters, she already haves siblings

@@RyanMarcel_ I think Elphelt said it best that they're more like his sister in laws. They're just clones of Aria, so they have nothing to do with Sol's genes as I understand it. And I use the word "clone" loosely since they're obviously not identical to Aria. Honestly the whole Valentine thing always confuses the hell outta me. I still don't fully understand any of it.

same, I thought Megumi was that spirit that was inside of Zappa a few games ago.

@@Roxas2099ZX a lot of people thought that, LIKE A LOT.

Wait I have so many questions. So did Axl actually time slip? And so I-no used to be human and was Megumi, Axl's girlfriend?

@@Kazam56 really seems like Megumi found her way into the Backyard, got the power to become God, but half of that power was sealed by Chaos. Her dialogue with Jack-O implies the timeline where she was Axl's girlfriend was erased or something.

@@segafan1316 yeah the time line was erased in Xrd, that was the toughest choice Axl made in that game, so I do not know exactly what happenned at the end of strive, because Axl was still in the white house seeing the ashes falling down, but later she sees megumi with the guitar?? I do not understand if I-No is dead or not tbh, or if she decided to destroy what she considered as "I-No" and became Megumi again just as Sol with frederick, but honestly that's the only way I can see that ending in the park being possible

They did kinda explain why in glossary. Essentially after Rev he went back to being an underground doctor with Chronus but doing so made him more insane somehow. It’s not a good explanation but it’s there.

Other characters being in the game kinda need an explaination too, like Ram with her getup, or all the other characters eventually making an appearance.

O think that next story dlc will hopefully explain a bit more.

@@joiseydragun7110 Ram's is because of what happened to her in Rev 2. Her bandages were given to her by Raven to save her life

There’s DLC story coming

Right??? Those two have been through a lotta shit. They so deserve happiness

Technically Sol got a new girlfriend who just happens to have Aria's memories. Jack-O herself is not Aria, but just a piece of her while the other half is a completely new person i.e Jack-O.

I personally think it's more like, Sol/Frederick thinks that Jack-O is just enough of Aria for him, but he excepts that Jack-O and Aria are different people.

So is axls gf ino?

@@Tabularasa1996 yeah basically

Shout out to my boi octopimp (the va) follow him on twitch. He's a potemkin main.

@@bohlam6c funny how he voices a character that does well against the one he plays

Its also word for word based on Axl's original lore from his first appearance, which I thought was a really neat touch and immediately clued me in to Ino's identity when she originally spoke the words. I'm glad Axl got his happy ending, but I feel so sad for Ino :'(

They are dlc 3 i think has another story

I wish that they could had a campaign mode similar to Mortal Kombat or the Injustice games where all of the fighting roster have a chapter or two of their own. Feel like a waste otherwise

It looks worse but it’s actually better that most characters were absent, the problem with fighting game stories is usually trying to shove in as many characters as possible into the story and letting all of them have cool screentime, but in GGST they pretty much sacrificed that for the sake of having a more focused story, I’m looking forward to that extra DLC story coming soon though, I still wanna see the other characters as well

Well there were more characters and story planned but Corona messed development up

@@dbomb6709 I agree 100%, this story was way more focused and character driven than Xrd could ever dream of lmao.

Seeing Baiken right there reallly makes me happy. This is a good game, man

Bridget got shafted, not even a little cameo.

@@TrueEnding I thought I saw him but I believe that was a different character

They all use their xrd models so don't take this as a 100% chance of them getting into the game but I think most of them will

@@RoboIsCool I saw this and I realized. So I kinda thought they redesigned the characters and then i looked back at the models from Xrd.

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jack-o is cute, what baddest

@@valentds hehe I mean they're the best girls. Some people compliment girls by calling them bad. They mean they're hot or sexy

true dat 👏👏👏

I truly wanted to appreciate Strive's story beforehand, so I obsessed over all Guilty Gear Lore. I watched a 40+ minute GG timeline video up to Xrd, I read a TON of the Glossary, it was a long long week, but it paid off. GG lore is complex, but when you sit down and do the research, it's world and characters alone are rewarding enough.

@@grandimations7309 right, there is so much pay off. I also just really enjoy the crazy sci fi concepts too

@@Muteki_RENthis is the reason why guilty gear would benefit SO GODDAMN MUCH with an anime, manga, book, or any adaptation. TL;DR: lore is quite great, but thanks to daisuke not being too good at stortelling, it's hard to appreciate it. i like to think of gg lore as a meal, made with the recipe from a GREAT meal, but with the chef scrweing it up at many points. The lore itself is not half bad, great even, with some awesome ideas, but since storytelling is apparently daisuke weakest part, then it got kinda mixed and got all over the place, thrown in games with variable quality (namely, gg2 and isuka and some other spinnoffs (i even heard they hid some lore in a pachinko machine of all things)), it doesn't really get to shine thanks to the sahky storytelling. however, if someone that KNOWS how to structure this story gets it's hands on it and put some much needed order, i feel like this would easily be one of the better fighting games stories out there

​@biosonic exactly, it's also stretched across all these old systems up till now, so something that's able to be easily accessible to streamline the story would be great. That's exactly how I feel about kingdom hearts

@@biosonic6514sometimes I wish that stories like that will get an adaptation. Not necessarily an anime adaptation, but 100% an animated adaptation. Because for me it’s a shame that so much people miss so great (for me) stories just because for them you need to play the game, or even completely ignoring their stories because they just don’t want to know stories from “just a games”.

@@rns4533 Yeah I fully decided to get back into it 100%. First game would be very much like Castlevania/Metroid. Second would play more like that old game Guardian Heroes, a beat-em-up style. last year I put the main character in Final Fantasy XV, it was weird in a cool way seeing him in a game, gave a better idea on what he'd somewhat look like.

If you still remember him after over 12 years,you both had great memories and times together, seems like the phrase of someone never dies until is forgotten is true heh, hope he will remember you on the other world if theres one, wish you the best on your project.

FINISH IT PLEASE

Finish, Finigh!!!

You need to do it. A memory not only for you but for the world of who and what your friend with you thought and made. A recognition of what a life can do by being alive.

Im gonna mark this comment because that quote is really a thing everyone need to remember.

Agreed! It's incredibly relatable, and I guess it's one of the things that would keep any immortal person sane.

OMG you're RIGHT. And that's a new design too if I'm not mistaken...

They really need to bring him back as playable

Time stamp?

@@Bhaggy_ 42:15

Also Venom owns a bakery and Robo Ky helps him

Thats actually almost exactly what Daisuke Ishiwatari had in mind. Hes openly said that this marks the end of a major part of the series. The main cast has pretty much wrapped up their arcs, aside from a few which will more than likely return in the future. But characters like Sol and Axl, are pretty much done for good.

Sad cause that means i'm not gonna have dust loops ;-;

Except for Faust (won’t stop until he helps almost everyone) and Delilah, who will probably grow up

I imagine in some form some characters will return. It's hard to tell how many will, but those still actively working and fighting (i.e. Potemkin, Giovanna) may still return even if not very story relevant

I love how Ky was like naaaah sorry lady I don't believe in false gods I believe in Christ so you'll get no tears from me.

@@pieterlindeque7798 amen!

And then Ky's like "THAT IS BULLSHIT! BLAZING!" *activates his sons eyes and turns half is face blue*

God isn't real

Huh, I also knew him as Yusuke from Persona 5, unless I am mistaken.

@@tominator6684 yeee you’re right, hes also Chrom and Ryoma from Fire Emblem, among many others

I believe its the brown dude we saw in the end who dug the persons grave.

Sin can't survive without that Sugar Water, ya know!

I was looking for this comment.

Well She Kind Of Pulled An Ash Crimson Too😐

@@ragingningen6318 Imagine her in the void of unexistence with Ragna

We need someone to do the ending but with Komm, Süsser Tod from EOE.

But I-No got erased instead.

@@ZetsubouGintama i don't care, at least our protagonist get happy ending

@@ilovedentistry3934 True True... it's just percent I-No will not playable in next game might be high. I am Dizzy main but I feels bad or people who main I-No too.

@@ZetsubouGintama technically speaking the name I-no yes. But she is still there as megumi not sure what they will do with her gameplay wise since we don’t know if she still has magic.

@@pirateking9677 Imagine Megumi figing with guitar lol.

I'm guessing that's the reason why Happy seems to be alive at the end- Baiken and Delilah (Bedman's sister) still have a bone to pick with him, I'm guessing so is May and Faust, since he's apparently the one responsible for all the stuff Ariels did with the Gear bombs.

Yeah wouldn’t it have been dope if sol and ky did a double dragon install against Ino and then sol loses his powers?

Not to mention the funky ass animations

It's good but it could be better. It's like Daisuke cooked a perfect steak but he forget to season it.

I don't blame the game for solely focusing on Sol since this was the wrap up to his story arc. Pretty sure future games will now shift focus to the other characters.

My man saw a god being born right in front of him, realize he probably has no chance against her, and still decide to throw hands

@@PhuNguyen-ph6lx he's the best bro/son-in-law. His father in law's wife wants to sacrifice her existence? Not on his watch!

and That Man turns out he wants to be a Radioman after all

@@SakurakoLover podcastman

@@sofihanafi3196 "Video killed the radio star"

And axl

Ride wife Life good

@@struggler8532 wife fights back?

@@draconian234 kill wife.

Who’s Anji with?

Many things can happen buddy,so let's just wait and see

He’s still got his fire magic and the fireseal iirc, so he can still fight. Just, yknow, not godlevels anymore

I’m sure he will come back to kick ass out of his retirement, he just has to be more careful when fighting which he is more than capable of doing so. I too like playing him so I want to see him return. If he does in the future he will probably be a supporting character though but not a minor character by any means.

That's my head canon name for him now. Not calling him "Frederick".

thats what I always do for a game I like but can't and/or don't want to play it.

That's what I do with a Fighting game that has a Story mode with no gameplay in it.

Yeah I did the same thing

A bad ending can ruin a franchise. See mass effect

@@richardshiflett5181 BUT MUH MASS EFFECT FIX FICS!!!!

Honestly, I think it is very very good. I got casuals who know nothing about GG to watch it, and they were fully into it.

Oh yeah, it felt rushed alright. Felt like Daisuke's wanted to get Sol's story over with, and we ended up with this. I mean even the build-up between Sol and Asuka was slowing deflating the moment Xrd Sign suggested that Asuka might not have been the monster he was. Underwhelming.

Yeah, Faust and May got a make over. Ramlethal become playable again. But those three didn't have any roles in it. Sol is run around a lot I know it was president and anti gear round but can't he just dragon install the shit outta Nago? Beside God-Ino was so hype up but I bet the combine power of Ky, Sin and Dizzy can stop her. I have no complain on Vernon and Jack-o moment. Those two are VIPs of the story. But Daisuke make thing a bit rush.

@@Dirtyboots3strikes Na I feel like they should’ve used a lot more but it did not feel rushed apart from the animations but that’s all really

@@Dirtyboots3strikes It was Happy Chaos all along

Indeed. I expected Ariels and Ramlethal to also play a part in it

Feels like a farewell letter

Glad you enjoyed it. My laptop is rendering full story mode. But that is taking some time lol

@@theresidentgamer6958 Take your time, we'll be waiting for the full story. And thanks again for the video.

Kept you waiting huh.

Guess he's dead dead.

He was killed by venom

@@lawrence3185 He exhausted and killed himself attacking Ariels after the fight with Venom.

Basically, he's dead and he will not be missed.

@@HiddenVariable777 His sister is still alive and has the same condition as him And she is even mentioned in the story mode, so her chances of being DLC eventually are not that bad

How?

not really, she just gave megumi her time powers so she can be with axl

Wait how did he live from that?

@@tylerace7 gotta sell that dlc for the brand new character

@@tylerace7 he did imply that if the gang won against I-no he’d somehow come back but idk, GG lore whack idk the magic that will make him come back

Good. Bridget isn't important.

Probably because they spent more time animating the fighting game part of the fighting game than the 4+hour movie tacked on.

Yeah they just used in game models and pretty much pulled a stop motion production with it

the animation in 3D arcsys games are like that because its meant to emulate how anime is animated but sometimes it doesn't look great lol

They had to balance out the budget somehow.

Covid fucked em, they had like 4 story animators maximum

Guess... his first “3D” appearance I guess... it seems he forgave humanity now... _to a current extent_

Testament where?

@@kei7540 in the back behind Dizzy and the Valentine Crew at the end

Good to see that a bunch of em have at least some artwork in this game. Hopefully means we’ll get a bunch of em in future content or continuation or whatever the heck we get after this

Ether this is for celebration but I would put money on if any of them having a new costume may be a new fighter but that may just be wishful thinking

BRIDGET TOO!

If it is successful enough there will always be a sequel

There will be post story stuff coming out later this year.

Check for recent interview articles they had. They said this story isn't the conclusion of guilty gear. Just Sol's story

@@tobir.jacobs5392 they said that about blazblue central fiction and the only thing we got so far was a spinoff and a mobile game. I really want to see where blazblues story will go.

They better bring my girl Ariels as dlc

42:15 There's Testament beside Dizzy

@@senpie6639 oh shit, I just noticed

They all look the same except for Testament’s

@@73juro yea true i just realized......dont seems they all get updated / new model, looks like still Xrd model lol.

BUT BRIDGET!

Also it seems like they redesigned Testament after this story

I-No's arcade mode states otherwise.

@@harlannguyen4048 lol i just finished her arcade mode. Thanks btw

First baiken kill i-no, and now sol defeat the her.

@@SuperBenGangsOthersFan Sol can defeat anyone, so its bot really a suprise.

@@rachetmarvel931 so. That for the final defeated herself?

Could he possibly be dlc

Nah, Ariels still needs Ramlethal and Elphelt to forgive her and reunite with them