GUILTY GEAR -STRIVE- Season Pass 4 (DLC)

I went in expecting the usual Arc System Works DLC playbook - a couple of returning veterans, one fresh face, a stage or two - and Season Pass 4 mostly delivers that, then throws a curveball at the end that nobody saw coming. The pass covers four characters rolled out across late 2024 and into 2025: Queen Dizzy and Venom, both series stalwarts returning from Guilty Gear X, plus Unika, a brand-new fighter tied to the Guilty Gear Strive: Dual Rulers anime, and Lucy from Cyberpunk: Edgerunners - the first guest character in the entire Guilty Gear franchise. Dizzy and Venom are the comfort-food picks. Long-time GG fans have wanted both back since Strive launched with a slimmer roster, and Arc delivered on the nostalgia front. Venom in particular translates his pool-ball-based mix-up kit into Strive's more streamlined Roman Cancel system with satisfying results - his playstyle stays distinct without feeling like a relic. Unika gives the anime crossover crowd a fresh kit built around the new lore, though her moveset is harder to pin down without experiencing her directly. Lucy is the genuinely polarizing pick: a cyberpunk motorcycle fighter dropped into a fantasy brawler. The choice raised eyebrows at announcement, but Arc has a long track record of making guest characters feel mechanically justified even when the lore fit is strange. Beyond the character roster, Season Pass 4 bundled in two new battle stages and - this is the piece that matters most for competitive and casual players alike - coincided with the introduction of the Team of 3 mode. That mode pits two online squads of three players against each other, with Main and Assist roles that can be swapped mid-fight. It shifts Strive from a pure 1v1 product into something closer to a team-game experience, and if your friend group has three people who play, it suddenly makes Strive much more of a Saturday-night game. The season pass purchase bonus also throws in a Premium Color Pack covering all 31 characters, which is a nicer bonus than the usual two or three character-specific tints. The honest caveat: if you are not already invested in Strive, Season Pass 4 by itself is not an entry point - it requires the base game and assumes you care about fighting game roster depth. If half of your interest rests on Lucy from Edgerunners specifically, just buy her as a standalone character instead of the full pass. But for active Strive players who want continued fresh matchups, legitimate legacy returns, and a mode that opens the game to group play, this pass earns its keep across a long rollout window. Alex, Scout Team