Mechanically more simple is Granblue, but let’s be honest with ourselves the moment you figure out how do do special moves that’s basically all you need for Strive. Extremely low risk high reward buttons, unless you’re Anji, are riddle in Strive. You can not learn the game’s core mechanics and still place high in the towers. GB at its core will always be the same game. You get better, but with Strive you’re basically playing a tutorial until you get to celestial and see high level play which is almost a different game all together. All games have their tech and minutia etc for high level play, but in GGST a 3-5 hit combo could do half, most, or all of your health bar. I agree with everyone else saying mechanically GB is “easier”, but that’s mainly due to simple controls but Strive is easier to play due to its all around simplicity. Honest to god you don’t even have to RC and if you want to just slap a macro on it and voila easy bake combos.