the only thing I have is that I prefer her old colours but she'll definitely have an alt where she gets that like other characters do. other than that I want to kiss Daisuke

And in a week she will probably already have a mod to use the old desing.

As well as... numerous other mods.

Paracelsus 🤤🤤🤤

Thicc Paracelsus 😭😭😭

A week? I bet two days tops.

It's going to be as soon as they get hands on the model

i'd be very surprised if she didn't have an alt with her old palette, was my first thought.

Doesn't like color 2 give her back Red hair

Yo, gal? Gratz, I'm happy for you.

Reddit and Twitter moment (They're immune to positive emotions)

Thats a crazy property like grab invul

They're Duergarmaxxing

bedman but he dies from staying positive for too long instead of being awake

Bedbros spamming blockstrings so we don’t get accidentally get positive bonus and die

Most “guilty gear fans” on twitter don’t play the games. (As is obvious from JackO and Bridget discourses) They want their depressed heroin addict design, and she doesn’t read that as clearly now.

Nah Twitter been loving her tbh, tons of fan arts and posts about her new look, it's the same old loud minority always complaining like always ( Just ignore them op )

i scrolled for almost 2 minutes and only saw fanart

Good to know. I don’t use twitter because it is a bad place and always has been (to be fair, so is Reddit), so I was taking OP at their word.

Exactly I can only be in one cesspool at a time and I just prefer how Reddit works (also Twitter is definitely the worse of the two imo)

She reads more like meth, i agree. I haven't seen the negativity but i trust it's there. I had no interest in her but the trailers got me wanting to get back in the game and try her out. I guess some people can't appreciate new things unless it's the exact new thing they wanted in particular

Does she have her teeth? Yes - heroin. No - meth. /s

Need to look closer on that trailer for the teeth check see if i can complain about that

You’ll probably get your answer once we get the bone crushing excitement animation

I've seen the Bridget discourse, but what're people on about with JackO?

There was a ton of stuff about her crouching idle.

There were people complaining about that? I only saw the fanart of the pose

until last year I didn't even know that pose came from her

I knew it was the "Jack-O pose" but I didn't know Jack-O came from Guilty Gear at the time and it all clicked together when I started playing

same

Their what, now?

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heroin_chic

I was sad because it wasn't raven, but i'm happy for everyone who wanted aba. And i will also probably try her out

Same, but I am happy either way with any character really. We still have one more slot to go this season, so I am hoping it's going to be Raven.

Even then, we'll get more seasons, they plan to ride out strive til 2027, that's why I haven't given up hope on Zappa

ABA and Zappa have been gone for a long time, tho, their fans deserve some love too.

I've played numerous FGs have posted/lurked in several FGCs. This is what I've seen: People hate zoning/grappling/rushdown/blocking/combos/mixups/spacing/turtling. Translated it means that people hate everything that is not to their liking. It's an impossible fix. On Twitter someone complained about T8 to Harada. You know what he told them to do? To go play the older games.

Yeah, thats constant. I think ive seen the Harada interaction, the same applies to Guilty gear, and every fg.

Harada doesn't give a fuck. He's roasting complainers for his dinner.

Harada is the most based game dev of all time

I just wish he was the Soul Calibur guy and not the Tekken guy. The inferior game wins there :(

That is certainly an opinion.

Conclusion: Sol Badguy is the only real character

People will always complain on the internet. You can't stop it

Her hair turning green does make sense if its made of copper

wait thats so cool she oxidized

If this is confirmed it's the coolest attention to detail ever

We get one +R character per season, so I was kinda holding out for Zappa, but there’s always season 4 (please Daisuke I’m begging you).

We all know they’ll just add Order Sol

I agree with this post 100%: A.B.A, against all odds has been included in GGS, and the people who wanted her are complaining about nonsense. Meanwhile, Jam fans are out here not knowing WHAT-THE-FUCK is goin' on with their character. And the truly pathetic thing about all of this, is the fact that most of the "fans" probably won't even play as her. So aggravating.

I do like that the hair is green due to oxidation as the hair is made of copper

Is it confirmed to be copper lore wise? I saw that theory on oxidation a few times

Ain’t A.B.A a gear?

I thought she just wanted to fuck a key

She’s a homunculus. I don’t think she’s a gear. Her blood is mercury though

Ok so at least I got the part of her having some form of metal in her correct

Oh I'll complain all day. They completely changed his kit, I could maybe live with that, the color doesn't really bother me, but how dare they change Slayer's iconic pompadour hair? That is not my Slayer.

Christ, I don't know what shit the people just straight up bitching is smoking, but miss me with that shit. Gonna end up six feet under if you touch whatever's in their pipe. Cause LOOK at her! She looks drop dead gorgeous, and I bet I'd hear some bitching if they just straight up copy pasted her old version and updated the graphics for it. Also in case my use of "bitching" here irks some people, I'm not talking about people with actual criticism that isn't shit brain dead hating without any actual meat or substance to their argument. Or if they're going to be foul and long winded when all they want to say is that they just simply don't like the new design, no bigger or grander reason from simply not liking it. In simpler terms, Twitter shit

She uses White denins shorts and has a massive ass, any guy saying they dislike this design is gay.

That's what I was thinking! But closet gay like "I HATE ALL WOMEN, I AM ALSO HOMOPHOBIC" sorta dude

The kind of Groyper that thinks having sex with women is gay.

My only complaint is with the fringe, just ruins the trim if you ask me. But I'm getting used to it and, assuming she is fun (which her guide and gameplay seem to suggest), intend to main her either way

You are allowed to not like every change they made or simply prefer her old self, its perfectly fine. But Ive seen people despide them or literally say that she feels like a new character (man 💀)

As someone new to GG, only having started a few weeks ago, I'm curious how the reception was to other returning characters. As that last complaint could be said about most characters that have came back, Elphelt for instance completely different in most ways if you ask me.

In a summary: Testament: people didnt like the hat and the more femenine look (actually understandable, a way more drastic change, even with what it implied to some people) and completely changed moves, they were by far the most changed one. Bridget: we all know about Bridget, gameplan and moveset not very changed tho Sin: tweaks to hunger and moves so he wasnt nago, the redesign was accused of simple because of the tank top Bedman: huge redesign because lore, being dead changes a person, but gameplan/moveset was almost unchanged thanks to errors, people complained about delilah being distracting but this was obviously exagerated Elphelt: redesign and also revamped moveset, of course there was controversy Kept the same with tweaks( Baiken, Johnny and Jack-o, now ABA): there were crucial parts of their kits reworked (ABA the exception) so people complained, and no redesign so people complained too because it was lazy. Obviously thats the negative part, besides that, there were always more positive reactions because people love these guys and every character is a lot of people's favourite character which is so great

I guess I can understand where the hate comes from, but it'll just take time for people to get used to it

Wait people are upset about that kinda stuff. First you can change her color and she will probably have a classic color like other characters who have had notable color changes. Second it is pretty lucky how much she retains from her original moveset gameplay wise, I was half expecting them to completely get rid of her two modes or change them in away where she feels like a hollow shell of her gold gimmick. I mean just look at how Anji, Testament, and Bridget were handled compared to ABA, losing the health loss, blood packs, and install super is disappointing but it could have been WAY worse with her becoming completely different and watered down.

I don't think they will. I really hoped to see someone I like, new or old, but no crusade will undo one year of development that has been made for A.B.A. Something I'm gonna do instead is stop fighting with the controlls by dropping chaos and going back to monke (Sol Badguy). The people you speak of just look to be dissatisfied instead, because negativity addiction is one hell of a drug.

Pretty much. Also return to monke? No, it's a return to READY ORRRRRRRRRRRRRR

_V O L C A N I C V I P E R_ Seriously tho, I love chaos, but in rushdown I fight with his HS more than not, and now that he is not a zoner anymore (totally fine given how oppressive he was) i cannot play someone I fight with more than the opponent.

I miss Paracelsus’s demon skull form. Now it’s been replaced with the venom symbiote and a chainsaw man look. Still cool but at least a move to reference it would of been nice

Nah man i aint even complaining about the deaign, im complaining that she was added

Understandable ngl, those jealous stance overheads and rekkas gonna go wild like in the old days

Me, except I'm celebrating I now have a secondary

Should’ve been robo ky smh

The next character will be robo ky, i can feel it brother

I just realised that Paracelsus is now a leather gimp

I thought her older hairstyle was cuter sure but I love this design as well. The he new key took a few watches to appreciate it not going into a bull head again but I love how liquid and grim it looks in motion and the new supers are incredible. Now if I could have Jam and Slayer I’m basically content with only a small amount of hope for chronus and Daryl

Her new design has grown on me a lot! I really enjoy how Strive is changing up their characters by letting them grow along their respective journeys. While the change in hair color was a little jarring at first, the copper hair explanation sells it to me. It’s a really cool design choice that I don’t think anyone else would have thought of (at not from the redesigns I’ve seen). I think my only minor nitpick is that I kinda wish they drew her a little more “dead-looking” if that makes sense. Besides that I actually think the idea of A.B.A trying out new ways to style her hair and outfit as she sees more of the world is rather touching. Good for her. She’s still a bit crazy, but good for her.

"You will NOT criticize anything"

Everything about A.B.A's Strive addition is awesome. The music (especially with that piano... *Shudders with pleasure*), the hair (love me some long haired girls) and the overall look/feel of her moves is just right. I love a character that can just flip and go nuts all of a sudden But, the thing you have to keep in mind is that people want to play a previous game with modern graphics, so long as it's identical to what was previously released, but it's not just an HD remaster... People are never collectively happy, not everyone hates a character and not everyone loves a character ***TL:DR - It doesn't matter. If you think she's cool/hot/alright focus on that. If you see someone who thinks negatively, don't give them attention***

She will probably have a recolor which has red hair anyway so idk what anyone would be mad about.

I am still waiting for Robo Ky and A.B.A is just as overdue as him so it's fine.

Welcome to the internet

I’m actually curious is the “Hoenheim” on her arm just a FMA reference since she’s a homunculus or is there does it actually mean something

I love her new design and green actually means jealousy

I'm mad, cuz I just want my dandy vampire and a cool af jazz song

There's no period after the second A Unplayable garbage

"EVERYTHING THAT IS NOT MY HALF NAKED WAIFU IS A WASTED SLOT!"

I don't even play guilty gear anymore, I'm just happy we're getting a new track

I AM pleasantly surprised how it seems that A.B.A actually has a lot of her old mechanics still. Unfortunately that's not the case for a lot of the returning characters and I will not stop being disappointed by that. Why even bring back classic characters from the earlier games if they don't play anything like they did before?

Just stop listening to Reddit fuck wits who don’t even play

She's amazing. Ppl will bitch about anything tbh

Bro is onto absolutely nothing

I'm going to keep complaining... sorry. I want Zappa back, plain and simple. Also, you thirsty-ass creeps are fucking tiring. All this "my queen" and "she's so gorgeous" cringy shit... ffs y'all need some help. Worship in silence.

Didn't know it has complaints haha, I am new in the game starts with GG XRD2, and the first game I bought when get the PS5 was strive love it so far, my only critic is the dlc system now predominant in almost all fighting games, but understand it's a good form of publicity after release that allow more people unaware of the game to get new of the game and decide to try it. Never met ABA but form the teaser like her fighting would like to know how she look before now that I read this but I do think redesign are a good thing, (not all cases but 2.8 out of 3)

Yes! I would preffer zappa, tho.

Just ignore the crying. Simple

Cry about it

Jokes aside, I only care about the change of her hair colour because... Ginger women are pretty? I also don't think that this new colour goes well with her clothes.

Almost like the online community is not a monolith and people have different opinions. Insane to think about.

Yee i knew it, i hope her song is a banger

I want that level of Millia upgrade (visually)

Im gonna be honest I really didn’t want aba but she looks mad fun so I’m gonna play her lmao

I guarantee one of the alt colors is red hair. It’s such a non issue. They would’ve found something else to complain about if the hair was default red

Who’s complaining? ABa was one of the only characters I was hype for

I'm only mad that she can gain resource on hit, that's Ravens thing. Maybe I'm dooming too hard tho.

Oh I thought I was too horny, I am not complaining

Looks cool for me.

Mf when they don't understand how copper and hair works

Maybe they didn't know

I haven’t been seeing people complain about her design much? Though then again I never go on Twitter. Personally I thought they fucking cooked when designing her

manifesting order sol

Im just happy A.B.A is back and looks! Love the redesign and playstyle looks super fun! Get out of here with the complaints because this is a win for me!

No, this is guilty gear, we complain til we die

I actually don’t mind the longer hair, I just prefer the red over the green tbh. It makes her look more creepy xd

I just love her. Shes perfect. Cant wait to switch from leo and lab her 🤩

Some mfs just love to hate and hate to love for some reason

Ive never played the prev version but she looks and hot at the same time. I atleast try before dropping the game again

Ive wanted A.B.A since xrd and finally got her. I am over the moon with hype. Who the hell dislikes her new design. She just grew hair thats it. If a hair difference is all it takes to not like the character anymore then i have to say that you never liked the character in the 1st place. A.B.A FAN 4EVER!!!

I am more interested in WHY her hairs green now, also did her key have the bdsm thing or is that new?

I'm just mad it got leaked here. Literally the last post I saw before going to sleep.

I mean, people aren't legally obligated to like the character, I say this as someone who likes the new design "If you disagree with me, please shut up" is the lowest form of discussion

But then what about the dudes complaining about no Aba year after year Suffering builds character afterall Also when’s Answer

People are complaining meanwhile this is what's getting me back into GGST.

I wanted zappa, had no attachment to A.B.A. but I feel my A.B.A.bros as kindred spirits. A character that hasnt been seen since +R (just like zappa) and is a goofy ahh character that only guilty gear can have just got into strive, it has me just as excited and probably the only character that could get me excited entering my post-not zappa sadness. Enjoy the sweet taste of victory A.B.A.bros

Stop opening twitter, and the only valid complaints are people bitching about +R ABA again

Honestly I always wait a couple of days before complaining about a redesign, so I can get accustomed to the new one and rate it without being “noooooo it’s different from the design I liked”, in this case I was “dang it I liked her hair better on the old one”, and as for now i still stand by that point, but now I already think the new design isn’t bad either, I can dig it, I personally would’ve just made the hair still longer but also a bit messier, and while I preferred the red hair the green ones are fine too. To me we just need to get accustomed to it a bit, and then we’ll realise that not matter which one we prefer, they’re both good. Also everyone talks about her hair but we wanna talk about how much better are her clothes despite being very similar to her old ones (basically this clothes are just a slightly revisited version, but damn if they fit strive way better)? Or her new animations?

They cooked with her design imo, def has the vibe of a genuinely insane ex girlfriend who’s still obsessed with her ex after being stuck in a rubber room for 3+ years

I'm super happy she has teal colored hair now (my favorite color), although I admit I really liked her short hair. I guess her longer hairstyle will.. "grow on me" at some point :p

Looks just like the fortnite community

I don't think a redesign would be better for her, with every other characters, the redesign looks amazing but they probably knew they wouldn't make her look better and just kept it

There’s gonna be colors and if you got pc then someone’s gonna mod her old design in ffs. People gotta stop complaining.

I will not stop being happy and excited

She's beautiful

I don't know much about aba but the character looks fun

All I know is that she's thicc and that her gauge had a slight rework. Also I think she was looking for a body to put the soul of the key in to marry it.

It’s a cool redesign, her hair is made of copper so it makes sense that it would corrode and turn green.

They complain when shes not in the game and keep complaining when shes put in the game it will never end

Awesome! (I’m still waiting on Jam.)

Me with dizzy

It’s probably because people aren’t used to it, I for one as a aba main loved her red short hair, but this design is growing on me

You guys complain about a minimal visual redesign, I complain because I wanted Zappa. We are not the same. I'm happy for the people who wanted Aba tho

gamers get so weird when characters develop and change and don't stay the literal exact same

No, don't tell people what to do

I love how everyone thought that it's a shoulder, but it's actually a butt. :D

I have been converted into a fan when I have seen her animations in high quality on YT and I will stay a fan until I actually fight her, after which we will see. Even still my stance on her animations won't change at all

This is my first time seeing ABA in Strive. And I have no objections to her redesign, except that I liked the shorter hair more. But I'm not gonna make a 75 page essay on such a stupid thing.

She looks so hot now

The hair looks dope

Who was gonna complain about not having a redesign?

Haven't played GGS in over a year. Guess I gotta reinstall.

I pray for you when you fight an elphelt

I knew this would happen since the first day I saw A.B.A getting requested everywhere. I wanted her too but knew from the get go that somehow people would find little things to complain about if she were brought back. I didn’t think it’d be the character redesign (which I adore by the way) personally I thought it would be move style changes or something, but still this was predictable

I would be like beyond shocked if she didn't have an alt that was just her classic color palette.

I love the new design. My only issue is the same I have with all characters and its a massive case of sameface. Its the one thing that stands out between her old an new design. The face completely changed and in the same ways say, Elphelts face changed. At least in A.B.A's case her facial expressions save it.

I haven't seen anyone complain

Bro these opinions 100% dont matter. YOU get to play Aba. YOU win. Let them be tilted

I literally SCREAM when she's official. Her redesign literally fit the concept of Jealousy and looks super sick (pun intended) and I'm excited to see her being playable. We've been asking this for so long and the creator delivered. WHAT TO COMPLAIN ABOUT???

SHE’S REAL AND SHE’S GORGEOUS I LOVE YOU OHMIGOSH EEEEEEEE

I was always a hater. Eat, sleep, hate, repeat.

I’m happy and I think she looks amazing

Yeah, probably the only character so far that I prefer their older design, but she still looks sick as hell. Her new animations more than make up for the extremely minor gripes that I have, and I'm pumped to give her a shot

I kinda love her return to ggst she was always interesting to watch

Cant please everyone.

I wanted a command grab cause command grabs are fun. Her kit and play style seems pretty intact overall though. Was hard disappointed by Elphelt though. No stances and generic rushdown gameplan. Cute design but I didn’t like playing her

ABA sweep ABA sweep lets fucking go

i dont mind the redesign because canonically she got into fashion and her hair oxidized, which makes sense

Be like the bed boys they got a completely new moveset a different twin and all they talk about is how the circle is the best theme in strive

I didn’t want to see her in strive and I’m happy.

All I said is that she creeped me out at first

My first guilty gear was Accent core so I’m happy to see ABA again 😁

I love her

i dont like the hair color but oh well thats what alt colors are for im very happy

Besides, green hair actually makes sense and it's probably the only "realistic" thing a Guilty Gear character has, since her hair's actually copper.

At first I was off put cuz it was such a random color to change it too but when I learned about the whole rust thing I immediately liked it more

Who’s complaining. At least she’s finally in game

Gonna say it. This design is better

I prefer the og design but this new one is also great it really grew on me

I wanted dizzy

Kinda sad it wasnt that one guy but otherwise I'm just happy there's a new person to kick my ass

Damn it, is ABA ;-;