I don’t have a lot of faith given the history of online related issues that have plagued the game throughout its life, but miracles can happen. Here’s hoping that Strive’s online eventually gets fixed. Lord knows I’m just waiting for June 2nd, so I can drop Strive for Street Fighter 6. I don’t expect everyone will stop playing, but I do think that many have gotten sick of dealing with the issues, and are looking at other games. However, Strive’s legacy is currently poised to be one of frustration at the hand’s of its terrible networking. Guilty Gear Strive is such a great game – one that I’ve enjoyed sinking hundreds of hours into. Still – I guess it’s better than nothing. That’s still less than ideal – obviously they’re not always around, and that somewhat narrows the scope of the characters you’ll be playing against. This means that I’ve been able to play with a handful of my friends over March, and April. There is one saving grace however: throughout all of this nonsense, private rooms have continued to function almost without interruption. Sometimes I get lucky, but more often I get disconnected constantly, and close the game in frustration. Every couple weeks I pop into the ranked lobbies to see if things are any better, and I’m usually left disappointed. NANI? You really going to hit us with the “have you tried turning it off, and then back on again” line? This acknowledgement notice was also followed up a week later with an update advising players to restart the game if they were running into issues. Y’all were acting like fucking ostriches out here with your heads buried in the sand. The second part of that statement is fair enough, but why did it take so long for y’all to acknowledge the problem? This shit has been so bad that people have been posting about it all over social media for weeks. They issued a statement noting that were aware of the issue, but didn’t have an ETA on a solution. If we pretend that prior to March 7th everything was fine, then it took Arc over 6 weeks to publicly acknowledge the problem. What makes this situation especially frustrating for me is the response from Arc System Works. The Xbox folks joining the fray was simply the straw that finally broke the camel’s back. All of the same issues that exist now were still present then, but they weren’t as common so it was easier to ignore them. When crossplay with Playstation was added in November of last year, the quality of online play dropped significantly. This game sucks /w5xgFdjDm5- GoH | Luke April 9, 2023Īnd it’s not like we didn’t see this coming either. Hell – I’ll even get booted out mid-match sometimes, if Strive is having a particularly bad day. The game regularly struggles to connect me to other players, and frequently boots me out of lobbies to the main menu. In my own experience, I usually spend more time trying to get into a match then I do actually playing. Since March 7th, 2023 Guilty Gear Strive online lobbies have become a complete dumpster fire. Normally this would be a welcome addition – a whole host of new competitors is always great! Unfortunately, this amplified all of the existing problems with Strive’s tenuous lobbies. The very same day, crossplay for the game was extended to also include the new Xbox playerbase. It’s bullshit, and I’m genuinely frustrated that one of my favourite games has become unenjoyable to play.Īs some of you may know, Guilty Gear Strive released on Xbox earlier this year. I haven’t been able to properly play the game for 2 months now. You want to know why? Because I can’t play Guilty Gear Strive.
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