I am a bit shocked that there’s not a thread about this already. @moderators please just roll this up if there’s already a thread and I somehow missed it.
So, the Guilty Gear Strive beta is running right now and I’ve seen a few videos. I am not generally a Guilty Gear fan and I couldn’t tell you anything about the gameplay and whether it will be more or less fun than previous versions. But I can tell you that I continue to be blown away by Arc System Works engine and the presentation I’m their games.
They intros involve 3D camera movement showcasing a fully rendered stage background. And they even have stage transitions mid-battle. While some of the stages are better than others I wouldn’t say the individual stages blow me away, but the sense of 3 dimensions they are adding with some of the moves and supers really makes a big impact on the viewer. And the cell shaded characters continue to be mind bending in their ability to imitate hand drawn art.
I don’t know if their secret sauce is some kind of godlike tech or just making Ho-hum tech look amazing, but looking at their games is about the closest thing in modern gaming to that feel of walking into an arcade and seeing the latest hotness. Not much out there these days makes me say “wow.” But they’ve definitely got it.
It also highlights for me just how much Kinsiffers from the design decision or engine limitation or failure of imagination (or combination of all three) that lead to the inability to own the camera around the stages. While I think that the KI stages are beautiful - and arguably better than the GG strive stages when viewed flat even though GG benefits from 7+ years of tech development on this console generation, the addition of 3D movement to finishers like Ultra’s and Ultimates would have really added some impact to them.
New Frame actually did a video on how Arc System Works do their animations.
Also It seems like they added Gear Icon’s at each section of the Tension Meter to represent how full they were. While this is definitely better than it was earlier, I don’t know if this functions better than The design in Xrd. The Entire Tension Bar in that game would change colour based on how full it was, in my oppinion I think that was easier to asses in the heat of battle than Icons.
In any case, Game is still in development so we’l see how the UI all comes together once its done.
Meanwhile peons such as myself are still stuck in the Stick Figures Phase of Art
But… You know what they say… Practice Practice Practice
Meanwhile in other news…
Here is yet another Guilty Gear Strive Tutorial/Review…
Except this one is alil Different… Although the Tone and Terminology would give the indication that this content Creator’s Channel is geared towards the FGC… It actually isn’t… Triburos is actually a Warframe Partner and his videos are mostly Warframe Centric…
Why is this important ?
I’m glad you asked !!!
You see… One of the biggest paradoxes about videos made by the FGC that are geared towards people who don’t play Fighting Games… Is that they are appear on channels who’s viewer base mostly consists of the FGC…yeah… Obviously that’s not good… It would be especially interesting to see a video like this appearing on Game Makers Tool Kit…
Until then… I think this specific Review is cool even if there are 15 significantly more Coherent videos out there purely because Triburos’s viewers aren’t mostly Fighting Game Players…
Makes me want make a video of my own
Edit:
Hey guys… has anyone notice something “Off” with the Input Detection when performing Supers (632146) either Raw or as a cancel ? for whatever reason the game is extremely picky with which inputs are valid for Supers… this is especially strange considering how they made other parts of the game easier but now the Supers are just harder for some reason
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