Guilty Gear: Strive
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Guilty Gear: Strive is a fighting developed by Arc System Works, released 11 June 2021 on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One.
What Guilty Gear: Strive is
Guilty Gear: Strive is a fighting game developed by Arc System Works and released in 2021. It is available on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Arcade and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Unreal Engine 4.
The premise, in the publisher's words
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!
How it plays
It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are action. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Multiplayer and Single player. There are 39 achievements to unlock.
Where it sits in the Guilty Gear series
Guilty Gear: Strive is the 27th of 47 entries we hold in the Guilty Gear series. The next entry was Guilty Gear: Strive + Season Pass 1 in 2021. Its critic score of 83 is 13 points above the series average of 70. The highest-rated entry is Guilty Gear: Strive - Nintendo Switch Edition at 100.
How it was received
Guilty Gear: Strive holds a critic score of 83 out of 100. That places it above 84% of the 981 rated fighting games in our database, which average 68. Games released in 2021 averaged 74, so it scored 9 points above the year average. Player ratings track closely with critics at 81, across 76 votes.
What you need to run it
The minimum specification calls for AMD FX-4350, 4.2 GHz / Intel Core i5-3450, 3.10 GHz, 4 GB RAM and Radeon HD 6870, 1 GB / GeForce GTX 650 Ti, 1 GB. At 4GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today. Install size is roughly 26GB. Both tiers are compared side by side on the requirements page, and you can check your own parts against them without installing anything.
What it launched against
Guilty Gear: Strive launched on 11 June 2021, within three weeks of Biomutant, Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart, Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart and Final Fantasy VII Remake Intergrade. It reviewed better than 1 of the 4. It arrived 1 year into the PlayStation 5's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.
Released around the same time: Biomutant, Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart, Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart, Final Fantasy VII Remake Intergrade.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Guilty Gear: Strive yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
Official trailer
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Screenshots
All media
Dlc
Guilty Gear Strive: In the Name of Peace
Guilty Gear: Strive - Ultimate Edition Contents Kit
Guilty Gear: Strive - Additional Character Color Pack
Guilty Gear: Strive - Special Colors for Sol and Ky
Guilty Gear: Strive - Additional Character 1: Goldlewis Dickinson
Guilty Gear: Strive - Additional Character 2: Jack-O'
Guilty Gear: Strive - Additional Character 3: Happy Chaos
Guilty Gear: Strive - Additional Character 4: Baiken
Guilty Gear: Strive - Additional Battle Stage: Lap of the Kami
Guilty Gear: Strive - Additional Character 5: Testament
Guilty Gear: Strive - Additional Battle Stage: White House Reborn
Guilty Gear: Strive - Another Story
Guilty Gear: Strive - Additional Character 6: Bridget
Guilty Gear: Strive - Additional Character Color Pack 2
Guilty Gear: Strive - Additional Character 7: Sin Kiske
Guilty Gear: Strive - Additional Character 8: Bedman?
Guilty Gear: Strive - Additional Battle Stage: Fairy's Forest Factory
Guilty Gear: Strive - Additional Character 9: Asuka R♯
Guilty Gear: Strive - Additional Battle Stage: Tír na nÓg
Guilty Gear: Strive - Guilty Gear 25th Anniversary: Appreciation Color Pack
Guilty Gear: Strive - Guilty Gear 25th Anniversary: Special Additional Color Pack
Guilty Gear: Strive - Additional Character 10: Johnny
Guilty Gear: Strive - Season 3 Character Additional Colors
Guilty Gear: Strive - Additional Character 11: Elphelt Valentine
Guilty Gear: Strive - Additional Character 12: A.B.A
Guilty Gear: Strive - Additional Battle Stage: Fallen Prayer, Engulfed Lives
Guilty Gear: Strive - Additional Character 13: Slayer
Guilty Gear: Strive - Additional Battle Stage: Amber Fest with Kind Neighbors
Guilty Gear: Strive - Additional Character 14: Queen Dizzy
Guilty Gear: Strive - Additional Character 15: Venom
Guilty Gear: Strive - Additional Character 16: Unika
Guilty Gear: Strive - Additional Character 17: Lucy
Guilty Gear: Strive - Additional Character 18 - Jam Kuradoberi
Guilty Gear: Strive - Additional Character 19 - Robo-Ky
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