Guilty Gear: Strive

11.06.2021
Critic 82/100
Users 80/100
Genre: Fighting
Discover the Smell of the Game with Guilty Gear: Strive! Immerse yourself in new gameplay mechanics designed to be simple and welcoming for fighting game newcomers, yet deep and creative for veterans. Ride the Fire into a heavy metal inspired alternate future full of over-the-top action, style and fun!
After defeating the threat known as the Universal Will, Sol Badguy enjoyed a brief moment of peace... Until he heard the shocking news. Asuka R. Kreutz, known as "That Man" who left his mark as the worst criminal in all of history by creating Gears and initiating the Crusades, surrendered to the U.S. government. The man who turned him into a Gear... while Sol now sought revenge on him, he was once a close friend. Trying to guess Asuka's true intentions, Sol stood up with his weapon in hand. ...The time had come at last to settle his fate with Asuka R. Kreutz!

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25.05.2023

Adds Asuka R♯ to the roster of playable characters

08.08.2022

This allows the character "Bridget" to be used in-game.

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01.01.1970

In the Name of Peace is an additional battle stage (Battle Stage 7) in Guilty Gear Strive.

30.07.2021

This DLC allows the character Goldlewis Dickinson to be used in-game.

30.05.2024

Adds Slayer to the roster of playable characters

28.03.2022

This allows the character "Testament" to be used in-game.

26.03.2024

This allows the character "A.B.A" to be used in-game.

24.08.2023

This allows the character "Johnny" to be used in-game.

24.11.2022

Adds Sin Kiske to the roster of playable characters

06.04.2023

Adds Bedman? to the roster of playable characters.

09.04.2026

Adds Jam Kuradoberi to the roster of playable characters and 9 colors (No.1~6, 13~15) for the character.

27.08.2021

This allows the character Jack-O' to be used in-game.

31.10.2024

Adds Queen Dizzy to the roster of playable characters

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02.07.2026

Adds Robo-Ky to the roster of playable characters and 9 colors (No.1~6, 13~15) for the character.

30.11.2021

This allows the character "Happy Chaos" to be used in-game.

24.03.2025

Adds Venom to the roster of playable characters

28.01.2022

This allows the character "Baiken" to be used in-game.

27.05.2025

Adds Unika to the roster of playable characters

21.08.2025

Adds Lucy to the roster of playable characters

08.12.2023

Elphelt is joining Guilty Gear: Strive!

Expansion packs

29.04.2022

This story expansion is exclusive to Season Pass 1. Another Story provides the player a full look behind the curtain from another perspective featuring appearances from many characters who did not show up during the main story, including Ramlethal, May, and Baiken.

Part of collection:
Guilty Gear (last 3 games)

23.01.2025

The critically acclaimed Guilty Gear Strive arrives on Nintendo Switch for the first time, complete with the first three season passes of DLC to make for a total of 28 playable characters!

29.04.2022

This story expansion is exclusive to Season Pass 1. Another Story provides the player a full look behind the curtain from another perspective featuring appearances from many characters who did not show up during the main story, including Ramlethal, May, and Baiken.

11.06.2021

Discover the Smell of the Game with Guilty Gear: Strive! Immerse yourself in new gameplay mechanics designed to be simple and welcoming for fighting game newcomers, yet deep and creative for veterans. Ride the Fire into a heavy metal inspired alternate future full of over-the-top action, style and fun!

Part of franchise:
Guilty Gear (last 3 games)

23.01.2025

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24.08.2023

The Daredevil Edition of Guilty Gear -Strive- includes the base game, Season Pass 1, Season Pass 2, Season Pass 3, the Ultimate Edition Content Kit and the Guilty Gear 25th Anniversary: Special Additional Color Pack. Season Pass 1 includes 5 characters, 2 stages, an exclusive story expansion and the Additional Character Color Pack which adds 5 color variations for all 20 characters announced with its release. Season Pass 2 and 3 includes 4 characters, 2 stages and a Color Pack which unlocks 6 color variations for the 4 characters in the related pass. Season Pass 3 also has an exclusive Color Pack with 3 additional color variations for its characters that missed both 25th Anniversary Color Packs. Ultimate Edition Contents Kit includes the Digital Soundtrack, Digital Artwork and the Ultimate Edition Special Colors which adds 1 color variant for all 20 characters available with Season Pass 1. A color variant in the Season Pass 2 and 3 Color Packs matches the Ultimate Edition color variation for their characters. The Guilty Gear 25th Anniversary Special Additional Color Pack unlocks 2 color variations for the 24 characters available at the end of Season Pass 2.

24.08.2023

This allows the character "Johnny" to be used in-game.

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