A.B.I.torial: Guilty Gear Strive, The Essence of Metal

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  @OneMillionBees · 5 years ago

  &quot;I AM A BIG GUY&quot;<br>&quot;I AM A CAT&quot;<br>&quot;I AM AMERICA&quot;<br>Behold, the three genders.

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  @blindbeholder9713 · 5 years ago

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

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  @galenwilds3273 · 5 years ago

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

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  @infiniteon1834 · 5 years ago (edited)

  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.

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  @PowerDuffMan · 5 years ago

  Something to add about the music, which i think is bloody awesome.<br><br>Most of the themes have radical shifts in them, where the beat or even the style changes. Millia&apos;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 Youtube, where you will hear that part of the themes.<br><br>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&apos;t experience in normal gameplay. <br><br>Daisuke is a fucking genius

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  @Flavourius · 5 years ago

  I&apos;m sad that almost no one (not even you) talk about the background stages. It&apos;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.<br><br>I&apos;m an ongoing engineer and every time I see the mechanical whale stage I&apos;m mesmerized on how natural the movements of each fish looks like while still giving the illusion that there&apos;s only metal that moves mechanically. It doesn&apos;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.

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  @NurseValentineSG · 5 years ago

  On the subject of I-No&apos;s stance: She looks super unfocused and hyperactive in her stance in Xrd.<br><br>That&apos;s just not I-No. She&apos;s sadistic, domineering, trying to force her control over you.<br><br>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.

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  @Hailstormful · 5 years ago

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

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  @Ali-fs7ze · 5 years ago

  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&apos;t even complain, cause not seeing that coming would be on me.

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  @therealHLY · 5 years ago

  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&apos;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

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  @RaheemDublin · 5 years ago

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

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  @squidlyxundead · 5 years ago

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

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