Guilty Gear Strive Second Open Beta Out Now on PS5, PS4

Heaven Or Hell!
I'll definitely be jumping in for a bit.

I’ve always overlooked this series, but I think I’ll try it out at least.

I'll give it a shot. Still undecided if I will pick it up though as I'm about to be neck deep in RPGs with Mass Effect and SMT Nocturne soon.

I'm already testing the closed beta for Hunter's Arena Legend this weekend and fighting games aren't really my bag. Hope someone on here gives it a go, though.

I've been playing Rev 2 on PC for a while now. Love it, it's such a blast to play.

Maybe I'll download the beta and give it a shot.

Started playing it and it looks good but I don't understand most of the inputs involving the D-pad.

Played it. Can’t manage to pull of any of the combos using the d-pad. Any tips?

@JustAiko Any specifics giving you issue, maybe I can try to help. Are you new to fighting games? For GG, I typically use my fightstick but the inputs aren't very different from other fighters. Typically, new players will input too quickly.

they still kept the lobby design the same that everyone complained about . weird.

I’ve been admiring Xrd from afar for years and I’ve only played the one on Dreamcast. Definitely going to try the Strive beta tonight.

@nomither6 The primary complaint about the lobby was not the design but specifically the clunky combination of teleporting to random spots, unintuitive menus, and lack of rematch options. Literally all of those were addressed or fixed.

The style is more of an aesthetic thing anyways - one that you also don't really have to interact with considering online training mode.

@nomither6 Well the point of the game is the fighting which you're mostly gonna be doing. I don't like the design but I mostly sit in training mode.

Anyone know if Strive will have a playable story and not just a really long movie like Xrd?

@Nepp67 you can say that point about any game , ''the point of FPS is shooting'' etc.

@Cloud7794 ok , thought it was just the lobby design , i played the last beta but don't remember much from it. the lobby navigation does suck though imo . wish it was just simple menus.

@nomither6 Uh okay?

@Nepp67 just saying your response was stupid to put it bluntly .

@nomither6 Damn being insulting that fast? Gotta be a new record. It's a fighting game, not play around in a hub area game. It's mainly there for you to find other players to fight.

@Nepp67 i didnt insult you at all , i just said your response was stupid , not you. and the point was that theres players that would rather have simple menu screens instead of avatars moving through a hub-world to access and do things that can just be done the old-school way by just using menus , is all im saying ; me and you are on the same page .

fighting game or not , bad menus can be a nuisance in any genre .

@Nepp67 I played the beta 2 and it has a story mode but it’s locked out. So I can’t comment on how deep the story mode is, just that it exists.

@djdizzy I've noticed that it has a film icon so that kind of makes me worried about it just being another long movie.

@ZachCantWin I was just confused at first by the d-pad prompts but I have them somewhat down. Been practicing in Training as Ramlethal and Millia for a while. Might consider getting a fightstick if I do decide to buy Strive.