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The open version of Guilty Gear Strive attracted perhaps more interest from the wider fighting gaming community than the series had ever achieved in the past, and while it partly caused the game to be delayed for a few more months, perhaps we shouldn’t wait that long. to play it.
Arc System Works recently stated during its New Game + Expo presentation that the team is considering running a second open beta to help further address the issues of the first.
“Right now we’re exploring the possibility of a second open beta test,” said Akira Katano, director of Strive. “There, of course, we could not only examine the server issues we had, but also the possibilities of improving the lobby experience.”
This may point to something that many community members had imagined from the previous beta that the player count exceeded Arcsys expectations and what their servers could handle, resulting in downtime and connection problems with other players.
Strive’s lobbying system is the biggest blow against the game most players have had after the beta this year and 2020, though the team seems to be focused on spending the next few months trying to readjust its current design with two months not nearly enough time to make substantial changes to what they already did.
“Of course, we’re reviewing everything that happened during the open beta test, including data collection and surveys from everyone, so thank you for filling it out,” Katano said. “Be patient with us and we work hard to improve the experience.”
“Right now we’re exploring the possibility of a second open beta test. There, of course, we could not only examine the server issues we had, but also the possibilities of improving the lobby experience.”
Some details about the solution for a second beta / full version were the need to improve the tempo of the matches, although probably many would be happy to just have a quick play button next time.
They also want to address their own issues in the lobbies where players could not connect with certain other users or could not say when / if they were or not.
“One [issue] for example, the pace of the matches we understand was not at the same level, is a combination of certain game errors, as well as the flow of the game itself, “Katano said.” So we are looking for ways to improve it. . “
No possible window was given when the proposed second open version could be seen, but if we look back at the time of the last one compared to the old April date, it is suggested that in early May it would be the most likely place. to get things back online.
ArcSys confirmed that the overall balance level of the open beta version of Strive was roughly an approximation of where they would like the game to be at launch, so Katano warns that any madness found in the past beta probably won’t. it will be around the next time we get to play the game.
Beyond that, a second open beta could open the doors to allow everyone to try out the two main members of Strive’s list of Anji Mito and I-No, who weren’t prepared enough to participate in the first.
We couldn’t even see their big super Overdrive in the game’s breakdowns because ArcSys says they weren’t ready yet.
Guilty Gear Strive is scheduled to launch on June 11, 2021, although players can access the game a few days in advance by pre-ordering the deluxe editions with additional content.
During the same event, Katano also confirmed that ArcSys is dedicated to finding out if it can also add clean recovery code in addition to its older fighting game titles.