Lucy has crossed into four very different games. Only one made me feel like she actually belonged there.
The comparison image doing the rounds puts Wuthering Waves, Fortnite, Guilty Gear -Strive- and Apex Legends side by side. It invites an easy beauty contest, but a good Cyberpunk: Edgerunners crossover also needs something worth doing once the screenshot is taken.
So I’m ranking the four released collaborations on two things: how well they translate Lucy’s design, and how much actual game they put around her. This is an editorial take on the official trailers, character details and event announcements, not a claim that I’ve personally played every version. The Lucy in the centre of that comparison is the anime reference point, not a fifth game. As we found when fans debated a more realistic Night City, technical polish is only part of keeping a distinctive look.
1. Wuthering Waves — the one that understands Lucy
Wuthering Waves wins because it treats Lucy as more than a costume. Her pale hair, cool expression and sharp anime silhouette survive the move into another game’s visual language. She looks like Lucy even before the camera settles on her outfit.
The payoff is playable content. Lucy and Rebecca joined as characters, and Kuro Games’ collaboration trailer gave the pair their own story presence. Rebecca was available to claim free during the event, while Lucy’s combat showcase showed a moveset built around her rather than a borrowed avatar in her clothes. That is the standard a crossover should aim for: recognisable characters who can do something specific in the game.
The catch is the event and character-collection structure. If you arrive late, the route to that content is less straightforward than buying a permanent fighter. Still, on design and substance together, this is the easiest number one.
2. Guilty Gear -Strive- — the best-looking Lucy you can fight with
If this list were judged on a single character render, Guilty Gear -Strive- could take the crown. Its hard outlines, expressive animation and deliberate colour make Lucy’s fringe, eyes and detached confidence feel at home. This is what happens when a game has the visual vocabulary to meet the anime halfway.
She is also a proper playable fighter, with monowire and hacking woven into her attacks. The release package added six Cyberpunk music tracks, plus David and Rebecca avatar parts and gallery items. Hearing “I Really Want to Stay at Your House” around a Lucy match does a lot of emotional work without pretending to be a new episode of the show.
This is a paid character DLC, though, and the crossover is concentrated in fights and extras. It cannot match Wuthering Waves for the feeling of stepping into a collaboration story. For anyone who cares most about Lucy’s look and moves, it is a very close second.
3. Fortnite — plenty in the bundle, less in the face
Fortnite gets the outline right. The hair, clothing and overall shape make Lucyna Kushinada immediately readable, and the David’s Jacket style option is a thoughtful touch. The bundle also includes Lucy’s Monowire, a float emote, a Rebecca plush and the show’s signature song. There is even Rebecca’s Guns in the Override gameplay update. This is more than a solitary shop skin; we broke down the wider Override crossover lineup when it arrived.
But look at Lucy’s face next to the anime and some of her sly, distant personality disappears. The features feel softened into Fortnite’s house style. It is recognisably her, yet it lacks the precision that makes the Guilty Gear version so striking. On a crossover this prominent, that feels like a missed opportunity.
There is fun here, especially if you want to take Lucy into matches with friends. I just wish the character model had received as much attention as the accessory list.
4. Apex Legends — a brilliant event wearing the wrong face
This is the frustrating one. Apex Legends did not phone in the event itself. Respawn’s official rundown describes a Night City makeover for E-District, Sandevistan dashes, Blackwall Breach, cyberpsychosis and a Skippy Alternator. If I were ranking only what you could play during the event, Apex would climb.
Its Lucy design is where it falls apart for me. This is Axle dressed as Lucy, and it looks that way: a more realistic face, a different presence, the famous hair and outfit doing nearly all the identifying. Instead of the elegant, dangerous runner from Edgerunners, I see a convincing convention costume inside another game’s character model. That may be inherent to putting crossover outfits on existing Legends, but it still affects the result.
The event ran for a limited window, too. Its most inventive ideas could not become a lasting home for these characters. Apex built Lucy a version of Night City, then sent someone else in her jacket.
The ranking comes down to that balance. Wuthering Waves gives Lucy the most complete guest appearance; Guilty Gear makes her look spectacular; Fortnite surrounds a merely decent model with a generous crossover; and Apex offers the richest temporary playground while losing the woman at its centre. Which trade-off would you take?
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