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The original was posted on /r/guiltygear by /u/TalePhysical4386 on 2025-06-07 01:54:38+00:00.

I love this game. It’s one of my favorite fighting games because it’s a Guilty Gear. But it gets really really hard to enjoy this game at ALL with all the negative discourse and slander.

I share agreements with criticisms with the game, like simplified gameplay and character kit trim-downs but… it is NOT a bad game. It does NOT suck. I actually sometimes feel like dropping it altogether so it doesn’t feel like I’m committing first degree manslaughter. But this FreeToThinkFree guy on YouTube has done the unthinkable and made it look like everything this game does is a misstep from humanity. It’s just so ugly. I can’t stand his short films where he makes it seem like characters are running for their LIVES so that they don’t get “brainwashed” into being part of the game. His content is the epitome of rage bait. I’m sorry, I took it, and I wish I never did.

“Strive sucks, when’s Rev 3” Look, I’m SORRY we didn’t get Rev3, but MAYBE Daisuke and Arcsys didn’t feel like making the same game for the fifth consecutive time. Have you ever thought about that?

Yes, the reduced gatlings are a little sad, yes some characters have smaller kits, he’ll some characters aren’t even the same character anymore. But it IS OBJECTIVELY a Guilty Gear game, and I wish people would stop saying otherwise as a way to say “you are not welcome here”. And so many people, SO MANY PEOPLE enjoy this game, even people who love the old games like I do! Let them enjoy their games! There is love and passion put into the game, and is it truly such a bad precedent that people enjoy a game because it’s, God forbid, easier? Like, it’s still a fighting game with multiple facets and levels of fundamental understanding to it.

I’m sorry this game not being what you expected is so devastating to some of you but… Just please, for the love of God… JUST say you don’t like the game, give your two cents, let people enjoy things, and MOVE ON.