Funny thing is, even if Sol isn't a Gear anymore, he probably can still fight. The Junkyard Dog and Sol's innate fire magic should be enough for him to still be a playable character in any sequels they come up with. At the end of the day, from a gameplay perspective, he just lost his Dragon Install.
sol says he still isn't all the way human, implying he still has some gear cells in him in the same vain as ky, so dragon install might even stick around. really gonna miss the ponytail though :(
Sol did imply that he still wasn't completely human(I think he said more or less). It's just that He no longer has the Flame of Corruption, thus no longer in danger of being that giant beast thing in the future. I did not like how they went about it by quickly and conveniently resolving that issue and the issues Sol still had with Asuka. After all the build-up throughout the entire franchise, it just ended like that. But it already happened. Just hope the future story DLCs will flesh out story mode.
I believe it's the one where Asuka asks "if the world was going to end tomorrow, how are you going to spend your time?" Sol's answer is "stop what's causing the world to end or die trying." Aria's response to Sol's answer is "you mean spend the remaining time with someone you love?"
Big ups to Ky for going to 1v1 a crazy op goddess so his best friend's wife didn't have to sacrifice herself. And then he got back up and threw hands again.
Of those who are not in the game but makes a cameo 41:35 Robo Ky and Venom 41:43 Baiken 41:49 Johnny 41:53 Haehyun and Jam 41:59 Answer 42:05 Slayer 42:09 Raven 42:13 Zappa 42:17 Dizzy, Elphelt, and Sin (look closely at the corner you can see Testament)
Its also word for word based on Axl's original lore from his first appearance, which I thought was a really neat touch and immediately clued me in to Ino's identity when she originally spoke the words. I'm glad Axl got his happy ending, but I feel so sad for Ino :'(
@@RyanMarcel_ I think Elphelt said it best that they're more like his sister in laws. They're just clones of Aria, so they have nothing to do with Sol's genes as I understand it. And I use the word "clone" loosely since they're obviously not identical to Aria. Honestly the whole Valentine thing always confuses the hell outta me. I still don't fully understand any of it.
@@Kazam56 really seems like Megumi found her way into the Backyard, got the power to become God, but half of that power was sealed by Chaos. Her dialogue with Jack-O implies the timeline where she was Axl's girlfriend was erased or something.
@@segafan1316 yeah the time line was erased in Xrd, that was the toughest choice Axl made in that game, so I do not know exactly what happenned at the end of strive, because Axl was still in the white house seeing the ashes falling down, but later she sees megumi with the guitar?? I do not understand if I-No is dead or not tbh, or if she decided to destroy what she considered as "I-No" and became Megumi again just as Sol with frederick, but honestly that's the only way I can see that ending in the park being possible
Sol and Axl had a wholesome ending and I am glad for them. It's just that the whole campaign felt so underwhelming and so many characters where absent. It feels more complete if I rewatch the whole story of Sign and Rev. I hope they release more Story chapters with the DLCs and not just new characters.
I wish that they could had a campaign mode similar to Mortal Kombat or the Injustice games where all of the fighting roster have a chapter or two of their own. Feel like a waste otherwise
It looks worse but it’s actually better that most characters were absent, the problem with fighting game stories is usually trying to shove in as many characters as possible into the story and letting all of them have cool screentime, but in GGST they pretty much sacrificed that for the sake of having a more focused story, I’m looking forward to that extra DLC story coming soon though, I still wanna see the other characters as well
Technically Sol got a new girlfriend who just happens to have Aria's memories. Jack-O herself is not Aria, but just a piece of her while the other half is a completely new person i.e Jack-O.
I personally think it's more like, Sol/Frederick thinks that Jack-O is just enough of Aria for him, but he excepts that Jack-O and Aria are different people.
Finally after 171~ years Sol gets to be happy. He has been a gear from 2016 - 2187 (end of rev 2 so its probably around there) 171 years of fighting his ass off and he can finally relax as a human with someone he might love even more than he loved Aria, has regular non mission related calls with Ky as friends, and even might be making a new friend. Vernon is probably using his status to give Sol the easy life because lets be honest Sol probably isnt making that much money at his stand plus years of bounties. Good end for him. Hes come a looooooong way since the days of the fire seal my friends
I think my favorite thing about Fredrick and Jack-O's big project is a single line from Leo in the last game's epilogue while he's taking care administrating Ky's kingdom. He complains that he's got a mountain of Ky's paperwork to cover, but in his own kingdom there's a pile of work to the moon. When asked about the distinction he says a mountain is climbable but humans can't reach the moon. What's the first thing Sol does after losing the thing that separated him from the rest of humanity? Defying all known expectations in an entirely different way.
They did kinda explain why in glossary. Essentially after Rev he went back to being an underground doctor with Chronus but doing so made him more insane somehow. It’s not a good explanation but it’s there.
Other characters being in the game kinda need an explaination too, like Ram with her getup, or all the other characters eventually making an appearance.
To me, Guilty Gear is the best fighting game of all time. Ever since I was a little kid drawing, and creating characters, being influenced from things I saw in Blade Runner, and Battle Angel Alita manga, I always pictured a world like Guilty Gear. I remember when the first game came out on PS1, I freaked the hell out, when I saw everything, and heard the music, I seriously nearly passed out, I was so excited lol.. It was almost like seeing the world I always thought about, with sounds and all. My friend who helped work on story, and some of the world, passed away in 2010, and I just left the whole project alone, the comic, and the game. But I think I should finish it. 😃
@@rns4533 Yeah I fully decided to get back into it 100%. First game would be very much like Castlevania/Metroid. Second would play more like that old game Guardian Heroes, a beat-em-up style. last year I put the main character in Final Fantasy XV, it was weird in a cool way seeing him in a game, gave a better idea on what he'd somewhat look like.
If you still remember him after over 12 years,you both had great memories and times together, seems like the phrase of someone never dies until is forgotten is true heh, hope he will remember you on the other world if theres one, wish you the best on your project.
You need to do it. A memory not only for you but for the world of who and what your friend with you thought and made. A recognition of what a life can do by being alive.
That speech at the end is so beautiful, sucks that so many people look over Guilty Gear as simply being convoluted and absurd when there are some nice themes to experience
I truly wanted to appreciate Strive's story beforehand, so I obsessed over all Guilty Gear Lore. I watched a 40+ minute GG timeline video up to Xrd, I read a TON of the Glossary, it was a long long week, but it paid off. GG lore is complex, but when you sit down and do the research, it's world and characters alone are rewarding enough.
@@Muteki_RENthis is the reason why guilty gear would benefit SO GODDAMN MUCH with an anime, manga, book, or any adaptation. TL;DR: lore is quite great, but thanks to daisuke not being too good at stortelling, it's hard to appreciate it. i like to think of gg lore as a meal, made with the recipe from a GREAT meal, but with the chef scrweing it up at many points. The lore itself is not half bad, great even, with some awesome ideas, but since storytelling is apparently daisuke weakest part, then it got kinda mixed and got all over the place, thrown in games with variable quality (namely, gg2 and isuka and some other spinnoffs (i even heard they hid some lore in a pachinko machine of all things)), it doesn't really get to shine thanks to the sahky storytelling. however, if someone that KNOWS how to structure this story gets it's hands on it and put some much needed order, i feel like this would easily be one of the better fighting games stories out there
@biosonic exactly, it's also stretched across all these old systems up till now, so something that's able to be easily accessible to streamline the story would be great. That's exactly how I feel about kingdom hearts
@@biosonic6514sometimes I wish that stories like that will get an adaptation. Not necessarily an anime adaptation, but 100% an animated adaptation. Because for me it’s a shame that so much people miss so great (for me) stories just because for them you need to play the game, or even completely ignoring their stories because they just don’t want to know stories from “just a games”.
This'll probably be the end of Guilty Gear, but if they do make a new one, I'd like to see a brand new cast of characters. This ending really has a feeling of "this is the ending for this cast."
Thats actually almost exactly what Daisuke Ishiwatari had in mind. Hes openly said that this marks the end of a major part of the series. The main cast has pretty much wrapped up their arcs, aside from a few which will more than likely return in the future. But characters like Sol and Axl, are pretty much done for good.
I imagine in some form some characters will return. It's hard to tell how many will, but those still actively working and fighting (i.e. Potemkin, Giovanna) may still return even if not very story relevant
This is the fighting game with the deepest and most moving and reflexiive story I know, and I totally love it. We must treasure the beatuful moment, for life is marvelous.
35:55 Happy Chaos has a skin wearing the same outfit of the guy talking to Fredrick in this scene. Does that mean that he’s possibly Chaos in disguise?
Wow Ky have big balls for sure, in Xrd i'm a little pissed cause he was portrayed like he always was holding against Sol, but now he got all my respect, 1 on 1 against a god, a truly men hands down
After watch the entire story mode, It was good but a ton of could’ve been redone; like how 75% of the cast has no involvement except being background characters and the plot related abilities are not used in the plot at the right timing (I’m looking at you dragon install). I hope that the Story dlc will fix some plot holes and eventually set up for a reboot
I'm guessing that's the reason why Happy seems to be alive at the end- Baiken and Delilah (Bedman's sister) still have a bone to pick with him, I'm guessing so is May and Faust, since he's apparently the one responsible for all the stuff Ariels did with the Gear bombs.
I don't blame the game for solely focusing on Sol since this was the wrap up to his story arc. Pretty sure future games will now shift focus to the other characters.
I love the ending but I really hope sol comes back. He's my main and I can't really lose that. I've found the character that perfectly fits my play style
I’m sure he will come back to kick ass out of his retirement, he just has to be more careful when fighting which he is more than capable of doing so. I too like playing him so I want to see him return. If he does in the future he will probably be a supporting character though but not a minor character by any means.
Don't know how to feel with some of those loose ends and missed opportunities like how underutilized Nago was and Sol using dragon install and going ham with it. My mind also immediately thought about the Jellyfish Pirates when they went airborne on the White House and come to help but nada. Happy Chaos and I-No's true powers has been built up so hypely through the entire story but ends up hitting kind of underwhelming with how they presented it and how quickly they moved on from that. That evangelion-ish part is kinda cool though. Chapter 8-9 really felt like it was made too rushed with that weird pacing. But nonetheless, I very much love the ending.
Oh yeah, it felt rushed alright. Felt like Daisuke's wanted to get Sol's story over with, and we ended up with this. I mean even the build-up between Sol and Asuka was slowing deflating the moment Xrd Sign suggested that Asuka might not have been the monster he was. Underwhelming.
Yeah, Faust and May got a make over. Ramlethal become playable again. But those three didn't have any roles in it. Sol is run around a lot I know it was president and anti gear round but can't he just dragon install the shit outta Nago? Beside God-Ino was so hype up but I bet the combine power of Ky, Sin and Dizzy can stop her. I have no complain on Vernon and Jack-o moment. Those two are VIPs of the story. But Daisuke make thing a bit rush.
imo I believe that GG story (relatively to fighting games stories at least) is very good, with many elements that were well written and actually thought of before again, I'm not saying it's a piece of art in writing, but it's still a very good story that did it purpose while being enjoyable and with great characters and action that were years in the making, despite other elements not being o well explained and written I loved it and that's what matters for me
Even though the story was underwhelming, at least they finally gave Frederick some closure. He finally let go of his bitterness of his tragic past and live the rest of his days as a human, and not some Gear abomination. Not as Sol Badguy, but as Frederick Bulsara.
I like how Giovanna got removed from the scene by I-No, presumably because she wasn't needed for the narrative, haha. Didn't even catch her in any of the epilogue stuff, lol.
@@ilovedentistry3934 True True... it's just percent I-No will not playable in next game might be high. I am Dizzy main but I feels bad or people who main I-No too.
@@ZetsubouGintama technically speaking the name I-no yes. But she is still there as megumi not sure what they will do with her gameplay wise since we don’t know if she still has magic.
@@HiddenVariable777 His sister is still alive and has the same condition as him And she is even mentioned in the story mode, so her chances of being DLC eventually are not that bad
Everyone got what they wanted: Sol and Jack-O settled down in Iseo, Axl reunited with his loved one, Everything went back to normal and we got to see some great cameos of past characters from Xrd, Asuka has his radio show, That's a perfect world right there. Well besides Chaos still being around, but he looked happy too. My guess is he's always wanted to be at a beachside which is why he says "I'm here" in such a pleased tone.
Good to see that a bunch of em have at least some artwork in this game. Hopefully means we’ll get a bunch of em in future content or continuation or whatever the heck we get after this
You know, it's sad. Asuka's life is full of mistakes made in earnest. Personal life and world wide. Here, it honestly can't be blamed he would lose the tome to Chaos. But removing Fredericks powers (likely the bulk of his gear cells and the flame of corruption), thinking that normal people could apprehend him. That was the worst thing he could have done. His life is full of mistakes he made to try to make things better. He failed every time. Granted Chaos and the Universal Will were fucking with him, but still. It's easy to imagine why he'd want to live on the moon. To get away from the world he (unintentionally) helped ruin.
Is it actually possible this becomes the last game other then DLC, Expansions Or Crossover Games ? It Showed Almost Everyone... They didn't need to do that but it does make me wonder if this game will eventually get every single past character, honestly I would love that
@@tobir.jacobs5392 they said that about blazblue central fiction and the only thing we got so far was a spinoff and a mobile game. I really want to see where blazblues story will go.
So how exactly did Megumi/I-no come back after being obliterated? Did she split herself in half again? Hence why Happy Chaos was at the end of the game still very well alive?
It’s not I-no. I-no was Megumi’s self in the main GG timeline. I-no replaced herself with Megumi, transferring her time powers in the process. That way, Axl could be with Megumi without risking the timeline
@@narutardkyuubi so in the end the person walking towards him was Megumi herself? But does she still have I-no’s memories? Or still knows she was I-no but was actually Megumi. With I-no’s powers. Is it almost like How Jack-o had Aria’s “core” But in the case of I-no and Megumi, Megumi returned while I-no disappeared?
"I'm giving you my unfair way of life. You asked for this" I-No to Megumi Exchanging Paradoxical Existences , The thing that Megumi is asking for is Axel the same way I-No use to ask for Will.
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Story mode i thought would be story and fights. Just cutscenes. I watched the entire thing in one shot lol. Enjoy the ending.
my god THIS IS GONNA BE MY 1st video game where I don’t skip the cutscenes cuz god damn THIS IS JUST BEAUTIFUL
I never knew lol. Nice movie
@@theresidentgamer6958 awesome game.
A very hardcore game 🎮, that is.
@@theresidentgamer6958 no Bridget in the credits
@@theresidentgamer6958 Hey, if you're still playing Necromunda: Hired Gun, have you found out what, if any, the level cap is?
Funny thing is, even if Sol isn't a Gear anymore, he probably can still fight. The Junkyard Dog and Sol's innate fire magic should be enough for him to still be a playable character in any sequels they come up with. At the end of the day, from a gameplay perspective, he just lost his Dragon Install.
Yeah, Scorpion is still in MK even though he is no longer a demon. Don’t see how it wouldn’t be the same here.
sol says he still isn't all the way human, implying he still has some gear cells in him in the same vain as ky, so dragon install might even stick around. really gonna miss the ponytail though :(
@@glumpy1148 yeah I thought about that too, also yeah I'm gonna miss that ponytail
Sol did imply that he still wasn't completely human(I think he said more or less). It's just that He no longer has the Flame of Corruption, thus no longer in danger of being that giant beast thing in the future.
I did not like how they went about it by quickly and conveniently resolving that issue and the issues Sol still had with Asuka. After all the build-up throughout the entire franchise, it just ended like that. But it already happened. Just hope the future story DLCs will flesh out story mode.
@@Dirtyboots3strikes I do agree with you there, pretty disappointing
When Sol goes to stop Jack-O from erasing herself, it hits a lot more when you remember the conversation Aria, Sol and Asuka had as college students.
which one
@@vuaiore The one where Aria asks Sol what he would do if the world was ending tomorrow.
I believe it's the one where Asuka asks "if the world was going to end tomorrow, how are you going to spend your time?" Sol's answer is "stop what's causing the world to end or die trying." Aria's response to Sol's answer is "you mean spend the remaining time with someone you love?"
That is what made me cry first
Aye. I could tell Sol was already thinking to himself, "Not this time. I'm not making the same mistake I made back then."
Big ups to Ky for going to 1v1 a crazy op goddess so his best friend's wife didn't have to sacrifice herself. And then he got back up and threw hands again.
his best friend’s wife is also his mother in law
Respect for the king as they say
While his super powerful wife was doing nothing
@@Kiboune_YT in fairness, she's no seasoned warrior.
To save the girlfriend of the father of his wife
Buff-ass Sol wearing a labcoat and glasses is something I never knew I needed in life
Well what do you expect
He use to be a nerd scientist with Aria and That man
Now Sol is the unga bunga Nerd
"Fuck it *Un-Badguys your Sol*"
@@jrpludacrous or *Un-sol badguy's your frederick bulsara*
@@overeactive36 reminds me frankenstein's monster in a way
He looks like aizen from bleach with the labcoat and glasses
Of those who are not in the game but makes a cameo
41:35 Robo Ky and Venom
41:43 Baiken
41:49 Johnny
41:53 Haehyun and Jam
41:59 Answer
42:05 Slayer
42:09 Raven
42:13 Zappa
42:17 Dizzy, Elphelt, and Sin (look closely at the corner you can see Testament)
Seeing Baiken right there reallly makes me happy. This is a good game, man
Bridget got shafted, not even a little cameo.
@@TrueEnding I thought I saw him but I believe that was a different character
They all use their xrd models so don't take this as a 100% chance of them getting into the game but I think most of them will
@@RoboIsCool I saw this and I realized. So I kinda thought they redesigned the characters and then i looked back at the models from Xrd.
I’m glad Sol & Axl got a happy ending
Axl X I-no is a obvious and suprise couple
That guy just admitted to defacing Sol's grave.
when i first heard it, i thought that was Sin lmao
Those last few lines between Axl and I-no hit me so hard. Shit still makes me tear up. Axl's Eng VA did so amazing here.
Shout out to my boi octopimp (the va) follow him on twitch. He's a potemkin main.
@@bohlam6c funny how he voices a character that does well against the one he plays
Its also word for word based on Axl's original lore from his first appearance, which I thought was a really neat touch and immediately clued me in to Ino's identity when she originally spoke the words.
I'm glad Axl got his happy ending, but I feel so sad for Ino :'(
Finally Frederick gets to be happy with Jack-o. Though now that they are both technically human. Time for them to give Dizzy some siblings.
Pretty sure the next protagonist of GG will be Sol and Jack-O's kid with basically Sol's move set lol.
What about inos happiness
@@vicviper9569 So Dizzy's little brother. And I bet his rival will be his nephew Sin.
Ram and Elphelt are technically sol's daughters, she already haves siblings
@@RyanMarcel_ I think Elphelt said it best that they're more like his sister in laws. They're just clones of Aria, so they have nothing to do with Sol's genes as I understand it. And I use the word "clone" loosely since they're obviously not identical to Aria.
Honestly the whole Valentine thing always confuses the hell outta me. I still don't fully understand any of it.
I-no was Megumi. That blew my mind.
same, I thought Megumi was that spirit that was inside of Zappa a few games ago.
@@Roxas2099ZX a lot of people thought that, LIKE A LOT.
Wait I have so many questions. So did Axl actually time slip? And so I-no used to be human and was Megumi, Axl's girlfriend?
@@Kazam56 really seems like Megumi found her way into the Backyard, got the power to become God, but half of that power was sealed by Chaos.
Her dialogue with Jack-O implies the timeline where she was Axl's girlfriend was erased or something.
@@segafan1316 yeah the time line was erased in Xrd, that was the toughest choice Axl made in that game, so I do not know exactly what happenned at the end of strive, because Axl was still in the white house seeing the ashes falling down, but later she sees megumi with the guitar?? I do not understand if I-No is dead or not tbh, or if she decided to destroy what she considered as "I-No" and became Megumi again just as Sol with frederick, but honestly that's the only way I can see that ending in the park being possible
Sol and Axl had a wholesome ending and I am glad for them. It's just that the whole campaign felt so underwhelming and so many characters where absent. It feels more complete if I rewatch the whole story of Sign and Rev. I hope they release more Story chapters with the DLCs and not just new characters.
They are dlc 3 i think has another story
I wish that they could had a campaign mode similar to Mortal Kombat or the Injustice games where all of the fighting roster have a chapter or two of their own. Feel like a waste otherwise
It looks worse but it’s actually better that most characters were absent, the problem with fighting game stories is usually trying to shove in as many characters as possible into the story and letting all of them have cool screentime, but in GGST they pretty much sacrificed that for the sake of having a more focused story, I’m looking forward to that extra DLC story coming soon though, I still wanna see the other characters as well
Well there were more characters and story planned but Corona messed development up
@@dbomb6709 I agree 100%, this story was way more focused and character driven than Xrd could ever dream of lmao.
Frederick and Axl reuniting with their gfs after so much pain makes me so happy
Or in Sol'a case, got a new girlfriend
Right??? Those two have been through a lotta shit. They so deserve happiness
Technically Sol got a new girlfriend who just happens to have Aria's memories. Jack-O herself is not Aria, but just a piece of her while the other half is a completely new person i.e Jack-O.
I personally think it's more like, Sol/Frederick thinks that Jack-O is just enough of Aria for him, but he excepts that Jack-O and Aria are different people.
So is axls gf ino?
@@Tabularasa1996 yeah basically
Finally after 171~ years Sol gets to be happy.
He has been a gear from 2016 - 2187 (end of rev 2 so its probably around there)
171 years of fighting his ass off and he can finally relax as a human with someone he might love even more than he loved Aria, has regular non mission related calls with Ky as friends, and even might be making a new friend. Vernon is probably using his status to give Sol the easy life because lets be honest Sol probably isnt making that much money at his stand plus years of bounties. Good end for him. Hes come a looooooong way since the days of the fire seal my friends
I think my favorite thing about Fredrick and Jack-O's big project is a single line from Leo in the last game's epilogue while he's taking care administrating Ky's kingdom. He complains that he's got a mountain of Ky's paperwork to cover, but in his own kingdom there's a pile of work to the moon. When asked about the distinction he says a mountain is climbable but humans can't reach the moon. What's the first thing Sol does after losing the thing that separated him from the rest of humanity? Defying all known expectations in an entirely different way.
Kinda sad they didn’t give Faust, who acts and looks completely different, even a smidge of lore in neither the story or arcade modes
They did kinda explain why in glossary. Essentially after Rev he went back to being an underground doctor with Chronus but doing so made him more insane somehow. It’s not a good explanation but it’s there.
Other characters being in the game kinda need an explaination too, like Ram with her getup, or all the other characters eventually making an appearance.
O think that next story dlc will hopefully explain a bit more.
@@joiseydragun7110 Ram's is because of what happened to her in Rev 2. Her bandages were given to her by Raven to save her life
There’s DLC story coming
Sol and Axl in the end, have finally achieved the very thing they have always been missing
Reuniting with their loved one's
To me, Guilty Gear is the best fighting game of all time. Ever since I was a little kid drawing, and creating characters, being influenced from things I saw in Blade Runner, and Battle Angel Alita manga, I always pictured a world like Guilty Gear. I remember when the first game came out on PS1, I freaked the hell out, when I saw everything, and heard the music, I seriously nearly passed out, I was so excited lol.. It was almost like seeing the world I always thought about, with sounds and all. My friend who helped work on story, and some of the world, passed away in 2010, and I just left the whole project alone, the comic, and the game. But I think I should finish it. 😃
@@rns4533 Yeah I fully decided to get back into it 100%. First game would be very much like Castlevania/Metroid. Second would play more like that old game Guardian Heroes, a beat-em-up style.
last year I put the main character in Final Fantasy XV, it was weird in a cool way seeing him in a game, gave a better idea on what he'd somewhat look like.
If you still remember him after over 12 years,you both had great memories and times together, seems like the phrase of someone never dies until is forgotten is true heh, hope he will remember you on the other world if theres one, wish you the best on your project.
FINISH IT PLEASE
Finish, Finigh!!!
You need to do it. A memory not only for you but for the world of who and what your friend with you thought and made. A recognition of what a life can do by being alive.
That speech at the end is so beautiful, sucks that so many people look over Guilty Gear as simply being convoluted and absurd when there are some nice themes to experience
I truly wanted to appreciate Strive's story beforehand, so I obsessed over all Guilty Gear Lore.
I watched a 40+ minute GG timeline video up to Xrd, I read a TON of the Glossary, it was a long long week, but it paid off. GG lore is complex, but when you sit down and do the research, it's world and characters alone are rewarding enough.
@@grandimations7309 right, there is so much pay off. I also just really enjoy the crazy sci fi concepts too
@@Muteki_RENthis is the reason why guilty gear would benefit SO GODDAMN MUCH with an anime, manga, book, or any adaptation.
TL;DR: lore is quite great, but thanks to daisuke not being too good at stortelling, it's hard to appreciate it.
i like to think of gg lore as a meal, made with the recipe from a GREAT meal, but with the chef scrweing it up at many points.
The lore itself is not half bad, great even, with some awesome ideas, but since storytelling is apparently daisuke weakest part, then it got kinda mixed and got all over the place, thrown in games with variable quality (namely, gg2 and isuka and some other spinnoffs (i even heard they hid some lore in a pachinko machine of all things)), it doesn't really get to shine thanks to the sahky storytelling.
however, if someone that KNOWS how to structure this story gets it's hands on it and put some much needed order, i feel like this would easily be one of the better fighting games stories out there
@biosonic exactly, it's also stretched across all these old systems up till now, so something that's able to be easily accessible to streamline the story would be great.
That's exactly how I feel about kingdom hearts
@@biosonic6514sometimes I wish that stories like that will get an adaptation. Not necessarily an anime adaptation, but 100% an animated adaptation. Because for me it’s a shame that so much people miss so great (for me) stories just because for them you need to play the game, or even completely ignoring their stories because they just don’t want to know stories from “just a games”.
10:45 Damn, right in the feels.
It's all fun and games until the emotionless man starts crying.
Sol and Axl each have the baddest girls in the game 👏👏👏
jack-o is cute, what baddest
@@valentds hehe I mean they're the best girls. Some people compliment girls by calling them bad. They mean they're hot or sexy
true dat 👏👏👏
Can't believe Asuka have a podcast now
And Happy Chaos just standing there on the beach, saying "I'm here" in the after credit is some top tier shit
"You asked for this?". Is the lime that axel automatically knew was I-no. Favorite quote
Can we get some F's for Sol/Fredricks Ponytail?
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31:05 Easily one of the most inspirational quotes in video game history.
Im gonna mark this comment because that quote is really a thing everyone need to remember.
Agreed! It's incredibly relatable, and I guess it's one of the things that would keep any immortal person sane.
Zato's Japanese VA being Takehito Koyasu is the same Voice for Dio.
While his English voice being Matthew Mercer is the same as Jotaro. How Poetic.
Huh, I also knew him as Yusuke from Persona 5, unless I am mistaken.
@@tominator6684 yeee you’re right, hes also Chrom and Ryoma from Fire Emblem, among many others
This'll probably be the end of Guilty Gear, but if they do make a new one, I'd like to see a brand new cast of characters. This ending really has a feeling of "this is the ending for this cast."
Thats actually almost exactly what Daisuke Ishiwatari had in mind. Hes openly said that this marks the end of a major part of the series. The main cast has pretty much wrapped up their arcs, aside from a few which will more than likely return in the future. But characters like Sol and Axl, are pretty much done for good.
Sad cause that means i'm not gonna have dust loops ;-;
Except for Faust (won’t stop until he helps almost everyone) and Delilah, who will probably grow up
I imagine in some form some characters will return. It's hard to tell how many will, but those still actively working and fighting (i.e. Potemkin, Giovanna) may still return even if not very story relevant
How come no one has noticed Testament chilling in the back on a tree behind Ky’s family
OMG you're RIGHT. And that's a new design too if I'm not mistaken...
They really need to bring him back as playable
Time stamp?
@@Bhaggy_ 42:15
Also Venom owns a bakery and Robo Ky helps him
I love the images with all the old characters. Gives hope that they make a return. Baker Venom with Assistant Robo Kys Head. What a power duo
I-No made the whole world cry.
I love how Ky was like naaaah sorry lady I don't believe in false gods I believe in Christ so you'll get no tears from me.
@@pieterlindeque7798 amen!
And then Ky's like "THAT IS BULLSHIT! BLAZING!" *activates his sons eyes and turns half is face blue*
God isn't real
(I-No's theme song)
*Starts to play "God Eater"*
That Young Man who's digging out the "Hero" graves must be certain Prince shouting "Oyaji!!"
I believe its the brown dude we saw in the end who dug the persons grave.
Sin can't survive without that Sugar Water, ya know!
This is the fighting game with the deepest and most moving and reflexiive story I know, and I totally love it.
We must treasure the beatuful moment, for life is marvelous.
35:55 Happy Chaos has a skin wearing the same outfit of the guy talking to Fredrick in this scene. Does that mean that he’s possibly Chaos in disguise?
Why did I-no pull an ending of evangelion? She became rei
I was looking for this comment.
Well She Kind Of Pulled An Ash Crimson Too😐
@@ragingningen6318
Imagine her in the void of unexistence with Ragna
We need someone to do the ending but with Komm, Süsser Tod from EOE.
29:31 The controller prompt was so well timed that it almost seems intentional lol.
Wow Ky have big balls for sure, in Xrd i'm a little pissed cause he was portrayed like he always was holding against Sol, but now he got all my respect, 1 on 1 against a god, a truly men hands down
My man saw a god being born right in front of him, realize he probably has no chance against her, and still decide to throw hands
@@PhuNguyen-ph6lx he's the best bro/son-in-law. His father in law's wife wants to sacrifice her existence? Not on his watch!
29:32 Her weakpoint destroyed your Bluetooth connection
What’s the best way to start watching the story mode?
By looking up the ending, of course!
thats what I always do for a game I like but can't and/or don't want to play it.
That's what I do with a Fighting game that has a Story mode with no gameplay in it.
Yeah I did the same thing
A bad ending can ruin a franchise. See mass effect
@@richardshiflett5181 BUT MUH MASS EFFECT FIX FICS!!!!
After watch the entire story mode, It was good but a ton of could’ve been redone; like how 75% of the cast has no involvement except being background characters and the plot related abilities are not used in the plot at the right timing (I’m looking at you dragon install). I hope that the Story dlc will fix some plot holes and eventually set up for a reboot
I'm guessing that's the reason why Happy seems to be alive at the end- Baiken and Delilah (Bedman's sister) still have a bone to pick with him, I'm guessing so is May and Faust, since he's apparently the one responsible for all the stuff Ariels did with the Gear bombs.
Yeah wouldn’t it have been dope if sol and ky did a double dragon install against Ino and then sol loses his powers?
Not to mention the funky ass animations
It's good but it could be better.
It's like Daisuke cooked a perfect steak but he forget to season it.
I don't blame the game for solely focusing on Sol since this was the wrap up to his story arc. Pretty sure future games will now shift focus to the other characters.
These Guilty Gears givin me Guilty Tears.
I love the ending but I really hope sol comes back. He's my main and I can't really lose that. I've found the character that perfectly fits my play style
Many things can happen buddy,so let's just wait and see
He’s still got his fire magic and the fireseal iirc, so he can still fight. Just, yknow, not godlevels anymore
I’m sure he will come back to kick ass out of his retirement, he just has to be more careful when fighting which he is more than capable of doing so. I too like playing him so I want to see him return. If he does in the future he will probably be a supporting character though but not a minor character by any means.
Happy Chaos' philosophy and I-no and Axl's love story made the story so awesome.
and they finally had that pudding, without exploding asses
Seeing how big of a chad Sol is in the story, I can now understand why he's so busted in the game.
Don't know how to feel with some of those loose ends and missed opportunities like how underutilized Nago was and Sol using dragon install and going ham with it. My mind also immediately thought about the Jellyfish Pirates when they went airborne on the White House and come to help but nada. Happy Chaos and I-No's true powers has been built up so hypely through the entire story but ends up hitting kind of underwhelming with how they presented it and how quickly they moved on from that. That evangelion-ish part is kinda cool though. Chapter 8-9 really felt like it was made too rushed with that weird pacing. But nonetheless, I very much love the ending.
Oh yeah, it felt rushed alright. Felt like Daisuke's wanted to get Sol's story over with, and we ended up with this. I mean even the build-up between Sol and Asuka was slowing deflating the moment Xrd Sign suggested that Asuka might not have been the monster he was. Underwhelming.
Yeah, Faust and May got a make over. Ramlethal become playable again. But those three didn't have any roles in it. Sol is run around a lot I know it was president and anti gear round but can't he just dragon install the shit outta Nago? Beside God-Ino was so hype up but I bet the combine power of Ky, Sin and Dizzy can stop her. I have no complain on Vernon and Jack-o moment. Those two are VIPs of the story. But Daisuke make thing a bit rush.
@@Dirtyboots3strikes Na I feel like they should’ve used a lot more but it did not feel rushed apart from the animations but that’s all really
@@Dirtyboots3strikes It was Happy Chaos all along
Indeed. I expected Ariels and Ramlethal to also play a part in it
imo I believe that GG story (relatively to fighting games stories at least) is very good, with many elements that were well written and actually thought of before
again, I'm not saying it's a piece of art in writing, but it's still a very good story that did it purpose while being enjoyable and with great characters and action that were years in the making, despite other elements not being o well explained and written I loved it and that's what matters for me
Honestly, I think it is very very good. I got casuals who know nothing about GG to watch it, and they were fully into it.
Even though the story was underwhelming, at least they finally gave Frederick some closure. He finally let go of his bitterness of his tragic past and live the rest of his days as a human, and not some Gear abomination. Not as Sol Badguy, but as Frederick Bulsara.
14:18 Ky has a small part in this story but this scene right here makes it worth it. Bad ass
I like how Giovanna got removed from the scene by I-No, presumably because she wasn't needed for the narrative, haha. Didn't even catch her in any of the epilogue stuff, lol.
At least Sol didn't got erased like Ragna.
But I-No got erased instead.
@@ZetsubouGintama i don't care, at least our protagonist get happy ending
@@ilovedentistry3934 True True... it's just percent I-No will not playable in next game might be high. I am Dizzy main but I feels bad or people who main I-No too.
@@ZetsubouGintama technically speaking the name I-no yes. But she is still there as megumi not sure what they will do with her gameplay wise since we don’t know if she still has magic.
@@pirateking9677 Imagine Megumi figing with guitar lol.
Sol dies, Frederick lives. 2 identities, 1 retained.
Sol, Anji, Zato, Ky. Everyone finally got the chance to be happy with their waifus. ♡ (◡‿◡)
And axl
Ride wife
Life good
@@struggler8532 wife fights back?
@@draconian234 kill wife.
Who’s Anji with?
YOOO Ky hit that DI into Lose combo that was sick
the absolute funniest animation ive ever seen at 15:35
This was actually pretty nice, I binged the entire thing.
The Outrage. Seems Sol never stopped being that scientist
NICE, ALL THE CHARACTERS I WANT IN THE GAME ARE IN THE CREDITS
Is sad that i almost cried hearing axel voiced crack while crying,was really a painful scene to watch for me.
What a wild long journey ride we went into boys and girls what a wild ride indeed.
We shall all Rock into the next new road ahead.
Feels like a farewell letter
i came back to see the credits double check if Testament's design in the credits is the same as Testament's DLC Trailer. they're the same
Nice they feature and update the chara model of all older charas as well it seems.
Baiken, johnny, slayer, jam, etc.
42:15 There's Testament beside Dizzy
@@senpie6639 oh shit, I just noticed
They all look the same except for Testament’s
@@73juro yea true i just realized......dont seems they all get updated / new model, looks like still Xrd model lol.
BUT BRIDGET!
Is bedman seriously the only one who dosen't appear in the credits that's in XRD makes me sad
Guess he's dead dead.
He was killed by venom
@@lawrence3185 He exhausted and killed himself attacking Ariels after the fight with Venom.
Basically, he's dead and he will not be missed.
@@HiddenVariable777 His sister is still alive and has the same condition as him
And she is even mentioned in the story mode, so her chances of being DLC eventually are not that bad
Sol may become an average fighter now but he is a brilliant scientist (man i can't stop loving this ocean dub meme XD)
This whole ending sequence then Sol's speech at the end and Let's Talk About You playing over the credits gets me so emotional every time I watch it 🤧
"I'll stroke your big tree" woahhhhh hold it right there Is what I'm thinking right?
i finished the story mode today and what a ending... the credit song just rocks
You know damn well Sol and Jack-o are fucking after hours
I want I-No and Axl to be the protagonists for future games where they're madly in love beating the crap out of anyone who tries to separate them
Ride wife . Life good .
and That Man turns out he wants to be a Radioman after all
@@SakurakoLover podcastman
@@sofihanafi3196 "Video killed the radio star"
Everyone got what they wanted:
Sol and Jack-O settled down in Iseo,
Axl reunited with his loved one,
Everything went back to normal and we got to see some great cameos of past characters from Xrd,
Asuka has his radio show,
That's a perfect world right there. Well besides Chaos still being around, but he looked happy too. My guess is he's always wanted to be at a beachside which is why he says "I'm here" in such a pleased tone.
Characters I noticed: Baiken, Jam, Venom, Robo-Ky, Slayer, Testament, Zappa, Dr.Paradigm, Johnny. Sadly my boy Izuna wasn’t shown :(
Testament where?
@@kei7540 in the back behind Dizzy and the Valentine Crew at the end
Good to see that a bunch of em have at least some artwork in this game. Hopefully means we’ll get a bunch of em in future content or continuation or whatever the heck we get after this
Ether this is for celebration but I would put money on if any of them having a new costume may be a new fighter but that may just be wishful thinking
BRIDGET TOO!
You can't convince me there's a line harder than "Only All-Powerful?"
I just finished the story i nearly fucking cried i was so happy for i-no and the twist shocked me
Sol: Screw the world..
Jack-O: 😦
I like how this game story is white house down but in gg and actually entertaining!!
42:17 so is no one else gonna bring up what looks like Testament just standing on the very far right here?
Also it seems like they redesigned Testament after this story
I knew I-No was axl's girl
How?
not really, she just gave megumi her time powers so she can be with axl
The story was cool.
But holy shit what happen with the animations.
They were so cool in game.
Probably because they spent more time animating the fighting game part of the fighting game than the 4+hour movie tacked on.
Yeah they just used in game models and pretty much pulled a stop motion production with it
the animation in 3D arcsys games are like that because its meant to emulate how anime is animated but sometimes it doesn't look great lol
They had to balance out the budget somehow.
Covid fucked em, they had like 4 story animators maximum
Man I'm just happy Happy survived, I like him.
Wait how did he live from that?
@@tylerace7 gotta sell that dlc for the brand new character
@@tylerace7 he did imply that if the gang won against I-no he’d somehow come back but idk, GG lore whack idk the magic that will make him come back
i came back to to compare the DLC character models to the end credit models
No Bridget cameo in the ending, what a shame.
Good. Bridget isn't important.
42:15 you can see testament in the background on the right-leaning on the tree, that's new since I'm pretty sure he was last in a 2d gg game
Guess... his first “3D” appearance I guess... it seems he forgave humanity now... _to a current extent_
Motherfucker they are in the game now
Sol Labguy
That's my head canon name for him now. Not calling him "Frederick".
Sol’s voice reminds me of Raidens voice from MK Deadly Alliance
Chaos Post Credit scene send chill my spine.
Also most likely sol will come back, he is mc after all
You know, it's sad. Asuka's life is full of mistakes made in earnest. Personal life and world wide. Here, it honestly can't be blamed he would lose the tome to Chaos. But removing Fredericks powers (likely the bulk of his gear cells and the flame of corruption), thinking that normal people could apprehend him. That was the worst thing he could have done. His life is full of mistakes he made to try to make things better. He failed every time. Granted Chaos and the Universal Will were fucking with him, but still. It's easy to imagine why he'd want to live on the moon. To get away from the world he (unintentionally) helped ruin.
You could replace the song with giant I-no with Komm susser todd and it would fit well
Had feelings I-no was axl girlfriend cause they travel to the past
Is it weird to see Baiken happy? Is it just me? Also subtle Testament cameo
I swear, the guilty gear strive story mode is just a playable movie and I love it
Am i only one feel that Strive will be I-NO's final showdown ?
I-No's arcade mode states otherwise.
@@harlannguyen4048 lol i just finished her arcade mode. Thanks btw
First baiken kill i-no, and now sol defeat the her.
@@SuperBenGangsOthersFan Sol can defeat anyone, so its bot really a suprise.
@@rachetmarvel931 so. That for the final defeated herself?
Is it actually possible this becomes the last game other then DLC, Expansions Or Crossover Games ? It Showed Almost Everyone... They didn't need to do that but it does make me wonder if this game will eventually get every single past character, honestly I would love that
If it is successful enough there will always be a sequel
There will be post story stuff coming out later this year.
Check for recent interview articles they had. They said this story isn't the conclusion of guilty gear. Just Sol's story
@@tobir.jacobs5392 they said that about blazblue central fiction and the only thing we got so far was a spinoff and a mobile game. I really want to see where blazblues story will go.
They better bring my girl Ariels as dlc
Really wish you could use I-no Over Heaven as a skin in normal play, those flaming glasses are really cool
At least he didn't get the Ragna treatment.
So how exactly did Megumi/I-no come back after being obliterated? Did she split herself in half again? Hence why Happy Chaos was at the end of the game still very well alive?
It’s not I-no. I-no was Megumi’s self in the main GG timeline. I-no replaced herself with Megumi, transferring her time powers in the process. That way, Axl could be with Megumi without risking the timeline
@@narutardkyuubi so in the end the person walking towards him was Megumi herself? But does she still have I-no’s memories? Or still knows she was I-no but was actually Megumi. With I-no’s powers. Is it almost like
How Jack-o had Aria’s “core”
But in the case of I-no and Megumi, Megumi returned while I-no disappeared?
@@ChibiNightLion Memories? I don’t think so. More like, I-no died, and passed on her powers to Megumi, so she could meet with Axl
"I'm giving you my unfair way of life. You asked for this" I-No to Megumi Exchanging Paradoxical Existences , The thing that Megumi is asking for is Axel the same way I-No use to ask for Will.
damn its like frederick never stops being a scientist
Thank god, i was waiting for this video. I wasn't sure i could even get this game anyways.
Glad you enjoyed it. My laptop is rendering full story mode. But that is taking some time lol
@@theresidentgamer6958 Take your time, we'll be waiting for the full story. And thanks again for the video.
Kept you waiting huh.
Anyone else notice Testament REDESIGNED behind Dizzy?
Could he possibly be dlc
42:16 lol, testament just casually chilling in the corner.
Tbh I totally missed him until now xD.