Is XRD really better than Strive?

[Mini]

I've seen a lot of people calling Strive a bad game but I think it's pretty fun. I haven't played XRD or any other guilty gear, do you guys think I should?

*Edit: Just to be clear, I'm talking about the gameplay and general feel of both games. I don't care about political stuff or whatever.*

[Tisiphone Edge]

Elphelt is there, therefore Xrd is better.

Though the honest answer is that Strive simplified a lot of things, presumably to try and grab a larger audience compared to Xrd and some older fans are resentful about that. I would avoid getting Xrd, simply because most people abandoned it at this point. I think it uses delay-based networking as well.

If you feel that Strive is way too restricting in what you can do, however, then by all means wait until a sale.

[Vassago Rain]

Both are good games, but Xrd reached the point where the jank and poor balance decisions started doing more harm than good. If there ever is a Rev2#Reload, it can be salvaged.

[SirFuzzWuzz]

I think strive feels a lot better in how it handles, inputs, throws etc but in Xrd characters have way more moves and depth to each character which is cool.

[Vassago Rain]

Also, don't forget that it took almost 7 years for Xrd - SIGN - to become the good game Rev2. Strive's only a year into it's lifespan, but it's already dispensed with a lot of jank and degenerate 'tech,'showing that they're serious about having the game grow with its players.

Unlike past installments, no character seems to be off limits, so strive could well end up featuring the whole cast a few years down the line.

[C.C.]

completely different games. that being said. no not really i think strive is better. xrd is so full of jank crap you just sorta laugh at it and forget about it.

if we all went back to xrd and it had goodroll back now, ya'll would be screaming

[C.C.]

in my honest opinion, xrd is more fun. to me. but i understand its not better

[Rook]

They're both good games. Almost all fighting games nowadays, even ones within the same series, are good enough that whichever one is "better" than another is up to personal preference. Xrd and Strive play differently, so trying to objectively state which one is "better" just comes down to personal preference. They're both great, just in different ways.

That said though, Strive has objectively better online than Xrd because Strive has rollback netcode and Xrd has delay based netcode. Still, it's more than playable if you have a wired connection and play with people in your area (might have to join a Discord server to find matches though). If you want to give another Guilty Gear game a try, then get Guilty Gear Xrd REV 2 on a sale or get Guilty Gear XX Accent Core Plus R, which also has rollback netcode like Guilty Gear Strive does, and it goes on sale a lot for just a few bucks.

[C.C.]

Originally posted by GunMetalXIV:

They're both good games. Almost all fighting games nowadays, even ones within the same series, are good enough that whichever one is "better" than another is up to personal preference. Xrd and Strive play differently, so trying to objectively state which one is "better" just comes down to personal preference. They're both great, just in different ways.

That said though, Strive has objectively better online than Xrd because Strive has rollback netcode and Xrd has delay based netcode. Still, it's more than playable if you have a wired connection and play with people in your area (might have to join a Discord server to find matches though). If you want to give another Guilty Gear game a try, then get Guilty Gear Xrd REV 2 on a sale or get Guilty Gear XX Accent Core Plus R, which also has rollback netcode like Guilty Gear Strive does, and it goes on sale a lot for just a few bucks.

you actually said like 3 things in all of this. less is more. people will actually read it

[0000]

XRD is not playable online in my region cuz no rollback and miniscule playerbase.

In strive at least I can find opponent.

[dont use this profile anymore]

Yes. Absolutely yes. However the playerbase is non existent.

[Muguen]

Some people have a tendency to idealize old games and ♥♥♥♥ on more recent versions, even forgeting the fact that the well remembered were the one despised when they came out.
It's the same for other licences, and will be the same some years from now when the next GG will come out.

In the end, old games, new games, try them, like them, or not. But be aware of the "old games better" discourses.

[DUCKER]

There is hardly any fighting game out there that's worse than strive lol. This is literally one of the worst fighting games ever released when it come to mechanics. Horrible input buffer together with roll back net code that has a mind of its own. Clunky as hell gameplay. Caricature looking characters with overheads that look nothing like overheads.
But hey, some 13yo kids played it on EVO stage for money so it must be good.. (I have yet to see any fighting game veteran say a single good thing about strive lol).

[Rikkore]

X players said that Xrd is the worst game Xrd players said that strive is the worst game.

It never stops. Just keep playing what you like

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Originally posted by Skarp12⑨:

Yes.

[Fentlover420]

whatever that is yeah probably lol