Legendary Japanese fighting game developer Arc System Works has finally released new information about the upcoming Guilty Gear -Strive-, the latest entry in the long-running Guilty Gear series. Guilty Gear -Strive- is the seventh title in the series and, based on previous trailers, conveys the impression of a faultless fighting game.
The latest trailer concerned the different game modes available at launch, including Single Player, Online and Story modes. For long-time veterans of Arc System games, these modes won't come as much of a surprise, but they can be somewhat of a surprise for newcomers.
Like every Arc System game, Guilty Gear -Strive- will feature an in-depth tutorial mode. However, rather than just teaching basic mechanics and moves, Strive's tutorial aims to teach players how to handle situations that can occur in real matches. There's also Mission mode, which presents players with simples tasks to help them learn how to string combos together. These mission trials are initially easy but ramp up in difficulty to the nigh impossible.
There's also the traditional Arcade mode, where players pick one character and fight against various AI opponents. As an added bonus, players will sometimes be aided by their own AI partners. Survival mode is similar to Arcade mode, except players will continue to fight AI opponents until they finally lose. As players progress, the AI opponents will have unique buffs that give them an edge in battle. After losing, players can upload their score on the online leaderboards. Finally, there's a Versus mode, where players can fight specific AI characters or a human opponent locally.
While not necessarily an online mode, Training mode offers players a chance to practice what they've learned against a training dummy. Players can also set specific situations (like Counter-Hit or Block-All) on the Training Dummy to practice combos and counters that require specific situations.
The traditional Online mode allows players to hop onto the online and find matches against anyone in the world. The game will boast cross-play between PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 5, but PC players will be kept to themselves. Reportedly the game will feature the same stellar rollback netcode featured in 2017's Guilty Gear Xrd Rev. 2.
The online lobby will be returning from the beta, as well; players were befuddled by the confusing layout, but ArcSys reports that most of these issues have been fixed. Players can challenge others in the lobby and even customize their lobby character to their liking. Additionally, the online ranking system is set so that players will usually be fighting against an opponent of a similar skill level.
Thankfully, players don't have to be in the lobby for online matchmaking; players can search for opponents while in training mode instead of physically searching in the lobby. There's also a "Quick Start" option in which players can search for a match from the main menu.
Player Match is similar to the "Party" system in Dragon Ball FighterZ. Basically, one player creates a room and eight other players can join in for the brawl. And after all is said and done, you can visit Replay Theater and watch saved replays from their previous online matches, either your own or those saved by other users, for your own entertainment or to analyze a battle.
The Guilty Gear story has been running for nearly 23 years and appears to be drawing to a close. If you're lost, don't be afraid; many newcomers and veterans have trouble keeping up with Guilty Gear's twists and turns. Thankfully, Arc Sys is adding GG World Mode, which is an incredibly helpful mechanic for lore nerds. World Mode features an in-depth timeline of important events in Guilty Gear, a thorough glossary and a correlation map that explains certain relationships. This is the perfect mode for those looking to catch up on the story and don't know where to start.
Finally, Guilty Gear -Strive- features a Gallery mode where players can look through concept art, illustrations from guest artists and in-game movies, as well as listen to the pulse-pounding Guilty Gear soundtrack. Arc System Works plans to continually update the game post-release, so these modes are subject to change in the future.
Developed by Arc System Works and published by Aksys Games, Guilty Gear -Strive- releases for PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5 and PC on April 9th, 2021.
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