GUILTY GEAR -STRIVE-

It broke my fingers in the first hour trying to learn. Will do it again

Horrible for new players. Don't play it.

I normally avoid mobile games and ones with battle passes because I hate FOMO and limited time paid content with a burning passion. I also have hated every other fighter game I've played. Strive unfortunately has really fun characters, I say unfortunately because the characters I like to play are almost constantly in the bottom tiers whilst the less complicated ones I find brain dead and boring are top tier. That wouldn't have warrented a negative review but given they already charge a hefty sum to buy the base game plus all the DLC, (at the moment the "starter edition" is $128 in my native currency.) But now they've added paid battle passes. I want to play this game but with this battle pass being a constant reminder of how most games by big publishers are just about draining your bank account as much as possible I never close the game in a good mood. Is it fun? It definately can be. Are there better things to do with $60-130? Yes, definately.

More dlcs than the standard roster, can't try out dlcs for free in practice, dlcs cost more than the game itself. That just says f u to the people who haven't had the game since launch. Make it make sense.

tuff

Despite my game looking like found footage (due to hardward constraints), It made up for it in every other way. It is pretty much the ultimate installment in the GG Series and I hope they keep on adding to this game. On another note, ♥♥♥♥ you if you play Unika or Zato, I WILL find you.

This game focuses on all of the parts of fighting games I do not like and downplays all of the things I do like. Accordingly I find playing it to be actively unpleasant.