Chipp knows that his health bar can't handle what pot is about to do to it XD

When i heard it yesterday i was like who jist shit themselves i was so confused bc i thought it was someone in my party

I know he wasn’t out at the time of this (I don’t think) but I love that happy chaos just goes “this is gonna suck”

@@raiyano7436 and gio is just wondering if it's gonna hurt lmao

Abstract horror is the scariest kind.

I mean, if you listen to his English voiceover during the super, this is pretty explicit. Honestly, the English dub makes Faust's Bone Crushing Excitement so much better. Nothing beats Zato just nonchalantly going "yup, that's broken".

From how I understand it Faust is actually still the same guy who wants to help people. His "condition" just doesn´t convey it. I mean when he beats you he hands you a bottle of painkillers and if you beat him he says "you are all better now".

He has a few voice lines, one being "hold up, I'll help you."

Yeah I’d heard about the voice lines, but with the way he talks it’s kinda hard to tell wether he’s being sincere or not

@@webbowser8834 "Yes that did hurt"

Took me a bit to realize what he was doing. He was making a harder light source to cast a bigger shadow.

@@Azurada23rd Yeah, really. The first time I used it, Eddie was already doing a splash right in front of me, so I had NO CLUE what it was doing. I thought he was throwing a light ball, which made no sense.

That is such an awesome detail now that you point it out.

@@PissedGrunty he basically just makes a huge hand shadow shark I love it

The shading reminded me a little bit of some scenes by Yutaka Nakamura.

Is it that hard to understand?

where do you see eddie mimicking the hand bite

@@spellfrfx1124 look at Zatos hands during the beginning of the super and then pay attention to eddies form throughout the entire shark bite

So it's a giant shadow puppet. Genius

@@user-op2bh7rc9z ahh i see

I may be getting grabbed from across the screen but I can really appreciate how good Axl's animations look

Yamada, too

@@Iffem Yeah if you look at it Yamada looks more like a baby/juvenile whale

@@hannana.4319 tfw May uses whale child labour

@@mthsdcs like the demon she is

@@mthsdcs May would

With jp dub of course

@@unnamedx2 of course BUSTAAAAAA

To be honest I prefer his super from Xrd since you get a much better look at his screaming opponent.

@@Renoistic But Strive's Pot.Buster takes enemy to Nirvana. That's pretty cool.

@@unnamedx2 HEAVENRY

Strive is gonna be updated and supported for years to come. I wouldn't count out IKs.

I can't wait to see Max do a rate the insta-kills. I feel like they would make up for the lack of cinematic supers in this version.

It's amazing

Yeah but WHEN? I don't wanna wait around the time they announce strive 2 or as season 4 dlc

@@ggmasterguiltygear6315 There's gonna be more characters and they're all gonna need flashy cinematic animations. With Japan still in a state of emergency, I don't know how much development's been slowed.

He hit his ankle with a scooter one day and wanted to incorporate that experience into a game

He says “I’m beginning to think I might die” or “I see… I give up.” There’s another line too, but I forgot what it was.

Well it wouldn't be the first time

not again

I'M FUCKING INVINCIBLE

HELL YEAH THEY ARE

FIGHT LIKE A TIGER

they aren’t THAT weak though to be fair

@@harrisonlichtenberg3162 WALK IN THE PYRE!

I can't be the only one that wants a rate the super dbz budakai 3

It literally is! he even does the pose with the snap!

@@lchassefang They knew

All we need now is for Axl to clap and teleport.

"Za Warudo" sounds stupid.

@@donkeydarko77 It's because it comes from Dio, a Jojo's Bizarre Adventure character who can stop time and he screams at top of his lungs "THE WORLD!!!" while he does it, except it's japanese engrish and it sounds more like "za warudo". It's hilarious and everyone loves it.

"Why Won't You DIE!?" *"SHEER WILLPOWER"*

You mean Potemkin's Giganter? (Aka. The wall super)

They definitely aren't muted in English. Chip screams oh my god at the top of his lungs in sheer terror right before having his spine cracked in half.

In a way they know they are going to Heaven, why would they be anything other than sorta peaceful

That's an amazing observation, thank you for sharing.

I seem to remember it being called a gashadokuro? Gasyadokuro? I think it’s an oni from Japanese myth, I love that little cherry on top

@@roninazaxar Youre right it is in fact Gashadokuro

Not a 10. But it's cool

Nago is a conflicting character to me, the mix of vampire + samurai is freaking awesome (it's like Blade in a way, but more anime)... but at the same time, it feels like Nago tries way too hard to be japanese. There was name for it, right? Weeaboo? Nago is the definition of a weeaboo, but he is cool at the same time

The little fella is trying to help

Ik right? Ky looks fly af when he finishes the super

Ride the Lightning is so good in this game, the last slash adds a ton of oomph and the slower zoom in at the start gives it so much more of a sense of rhythm (idk how else to describe it)

@@harb1ng3r82 I think maybe you're referring to how much "momentum" the slow camera pan builds up.

meh they're lol funni memes but they're not THAT goated

@@chitoo95 Max's curve relies heavily on spectacle, to be fair, and multiple permutations based off opponent helps.

@@chitoo95 That's precisely why they are. Pots is honestly sick, as he brings you all the way up to presumably Heaven, then back down. While Fausts is unique, in that he's greatly injuring you with something that no one would consider a weapon. The goofy faces are the icing on the cake.

@@KaminariHouse It's made better knowing that Faust accidentally knocks you over because he sees the four leaf clover, then thinks you're having a stroke so tries to pick you up with the wheelchair to help you and hits your shin.

@@chitoo95 You couldn't be cappin more

AN ACTUAL JOJO REFERENCE? But yeah, I think it's a pose from the manga even, I remember seeing it in other games where Jotaro is playable as well like JUS for the DS

Mmmhm.

Most of these SUPERS are heavily influenced by SNK 90s games

And then she had Senbon Sakura Kagehoushi as her IK in Xrd for all you Bleach fans.

@@ProjectH1980 I was reminded more of Xemnas in Kingdom Hearts II.

was that the one where she launches 3 huge spinning sticks?

@@ProjectH1980 yeah, one of the reasons I liked it.

I'd love a "Rate the Stages" too. For Guilty Gear specifically, because they have some nutty-looking stages.

agreed, the preview does zato’s theme so dirty

@@Hellscrap3r Strive's stages are pretty tame.

I hope he does a Rate the Themes for the other games too, like Umvc3, KI etc

@@vvvaire Zato got it pretty bad by not showing his genre-swap, but Axl's was literally the worst part of his song, I think he got it worse.

I think XX and Xrd ones are better, but it's definitely the best one in this game

idk, we already have zato

This game has a lot of effort, but cuts a lot of corners at the same time. I feel conflicted about how Arc handled this game.

@@protoluigi2047 Cut corners? Like what, for example?

@@protoluigi2047 Well, I just found an interview with the game director which doesn't precisely mentions anything about cut corners or anything like that, i may need to look into it a bit harder. On the other hand, removing insta-kills seems in line with the direction they wanted for the game, i don't think anyone but long time fans would be thrilled about insta kill moves in Strive.

Beautiful in terms of animation, but in terms of substance and creativity, Xrd is way above. This isn't the prettiest GG to me, even if people are going wild with how it sold. That doesn't sit well with me.

@@Canthary There's some technically lacking stuff on Strive compared to other GG games, like for example: No M.O.M. mode, proper Combo mode, Digital Figure mode... just to name a few. It's pretty clear this game is hella pushed for online with serious lack of singleplayer content to do, which would be fine if one of the trailers didn't try to sell this game as something that both offline and online players can enjoy. Because clearly, that's simply not the case. Just look at the ammount of content older GG and BB games in general has compared to Strive, now even Instant Kills, a core mechanic of this IP's just gone, what's gonna be next on the chopping list? Dust? All this lack of stuff in modern FG's is just a big shame, all these games are only meant to be worth playing online only, and when the next GG comes out and rollback netcode could become the norm, you'll probably have no reason to revisit this game ever again.

Same man, I miss em. And they’d look so good

I mean ArcSys has stated they plan to support this game for years to come so I would not be surprised if they end up adding IKs in a future update

Me too... And I have hope, like MK11! NRS added Friendships later.

@@wielderofthetriforce1934 ArcSys history of "supporting" games until DBFZ was release a $60 expansion a year later.

I could see it once all characters are in or something

pot vs pot: "HOW DID HE STEAL MY TECHNIQUEEEEEE"

Anji is great on the Japanese dub as well.

She always screams johnny somehow

nago has a pretty great voiceline too where its something along the lines of "so this is the view from up here"

but... muh super into tbag into dp true combo.

wouldn’t it be burst safe compared to an rc?

@@lowqualitycatjpeg yeah, but you can't use time stop on defense. Most of Axl's meter is reserved for getting people off of him.

I think it stops a Mob Cemetery. But you need it primed first

I've been finding this out myself, and I hate it because I had so much fun with it in the beta. It's just not worth the meter when RC already does the job pretty well, and has more variety in usage.

I-No shouts various brands of electric guitars and the inventor of the electric guitar himself.

Honestly, outside of Potemkin, Chip and Nagoryuki, all of them feels weak, good build up, but such flaccid payoff

Me too

Instant kill combos are what I live for. It is the reason for my existence.

Too bad they are less over the top than the last game

dbzf

Wait till you see DBFZ

Dbz is great but the small details on animation are much better

They look great visually and some have good impact, but in my opinion most of them lack creativity and are very anticlimactic. Like some of injustice 2s supers can lack impact but I feel they're super creative for the most part. Especially Flashs.

@@joshuavarghese7166 i love NRS supers but they last a bit too long lol

Gotta respect the attempt

Yeah, That makes sense!

Most of these SUPERS are heavily influenced by SNK 90s games. At 11:50 Mai had that move more than a decade before Guile

@@h.m.5724 It's super weird getting replies to comments made over half a year ago. Regardless, I haven't played the games that had those movesets. Therefore I made humorous comments likenening them to ones I DO know of.

@@zemratsu doesn't matter the age of your comment if you're wrong you wrong

@@h.m.5724 Okayyyy, and you ignored the rest of the comment explaining the original. Wow.

If it weren’t for stupid copyright rules, that’d be epic. I’d LOVE for him to do KOF & SamSho too.

Millia, pot, and anji are SSS+ TIER.....I love absolutely every single song in this game.....I guess the only one thats ehh would be rams i guess

You think Max has the attention span for that?

Meanwhile her dog is panicking.

That's what I like about them though. they go back to gameplay right away. I hate just sitting through cutscenes in the middle of a match.

@@Zangelin I agree, I wouldn't be complaining if they went a little longer either.

@@Zangelin wholeheartedly agree. I'm all for flashy stuff, but I hate when the gameplay's pace gets fucked up due to cinematic supers.

My problem exactly

@@Zangelin then play games without supers?? It sounds like you just want a punch tryhard simulator

Booba?

I'm disappointed in myself that I don't.

I don't know either. Maybe the face?

@@captainmega6310 it's the booba, when she gets knocked down on her back because of her open shirt her double Ds? jiggle! And you can see alot too lmao

@@DANCERcow booba

POTEMKIIIN

Keep in mind the game is still relatively new and arc system has stated that will support the game for a long time and will continue to update the game and add new stuff and I think they will keep to their word and support the game fof a very long time unlike netherrealm which said they will support mortal Kombat 11 for a while but after at least two years they flat out said fuck it were done which pissed off a lot of fans so I hope to God arc will keep their word about the supporting the game for a very long because if they don't and go down the netherrealm route I'll be very upset and I'm sure many will agree with me on that but I think it'll not be the case because I have faith in acr system works their very passionate about their games

Maybe when guilty gear goes back to normal in later games, they'll make her look striking like the others, it's sucks that they gutted the guilty gear aesthetic in strive

@@ratedr7845 What do mean this just like early gg it was pretty serious and less anime and wacky

@@kei7540 but it was cooler, the supers looked cooler

@@ratedr7845 The super were the same. If anything its better here than in the rest. If we were to talk instankills in Xrd then yeah you're right.

@@ratedr7845 They has the same supers they've been doing for over 20 years in strive

The All Star Battle 😎

@@elerrante5991 No way do HFTF

@@triiodide7762 Well, that one is good too.

This games getting long post-release updates. Plus I dont think theres ever been a Guilty Gear without IKs. So hopefully they'll be adding IKs in the future.

With the slower pace in general and how easy it is to build meter in Strive, if they added instant kills everyone would be spamming them on matches. If ArcSys adds IKs (which they'll do eventually) they'll be super slow, like 1-3 seconds of startup to truly separate them from the rest of the moves

They absolutely shouldn't have, the super here kinda feel limb personally.

They shoudve been there at launch, now we play the waiting game.

As much as I like Instant kills, it's pretty understandable why they cut them. It's a gargantuan amount of work considering how you almost never used them in Xrd since you couldn't combo into them at all unless you basically already won. And they have to restrict them like that since otherwise it just becomes a bullshit blowup mechanic, but it leads to them basically being fluff. Cool fluff, but fluff nonetheless.

Just as cool too

With a Samsho style Super like Genjuro's.