Of course this game is going to have major criticism. It's going up
against the behemoth Super Smash Bros. Keep in mind Super Smash Bros
comes out once per console so Nintendo has plenty of years on Superbot,
the primary developer for Playstation Allstars Battle Rolale which I
think is a horrible title, which was created three years ago.
This
being the first game, the original Super Smash Bros starts with only 12
characters. This one has 20. I don't know who Fat Princess is but I am
familiar with the others.
These are the only things holding me
back from enjoying this game more then Super Smash Bros (now referred to
as SSB) 1) There are no smash attacks. Maybe because SSB is titular for
"smash"ing, but it is an essential part of my gameplay and probably
everyone's. 2) You can't use the analog stick to jump. I still haven't
gotten used to it. 3) Instead of being knocked of the stage, you are
killed(?). It's more fun for someone to knock you to the edge of the
stage but you make it back to someone waiting to finish you off. 4)
Because you can't be knocked off the stage there is no recovery attack
which makes sense, but I find myself trying to make a triple jump or
attack someone coming from a platform below. I haven't played every
character, but Cole does have an attack that shoots him up but it has to
be done standing, not freefall. 5) In SSB I seemed to always be facing
an enemy unless I was running away. In this game I seem to always be
facing away and it takes precious milliseconds to react.
Now the
things I like about the game over SSB. The characters have 3 attack
buttons instead of 2 which allows for plenty attacks and specials like a
traditional fighting game (I consider SSB to have its own category),
but there are no smash attacks which makes all these attacks dull and
not very explosive. 2) I like the fact that a meter builds up for a
super attack but I don't like that it makes it a race to who gets there
first gets the kill. If it just did damage I'd like it better and still
have to smash someone off the level.
If you don't think of this as Super Smash Bros competition it's a great game. But It has a ways to go to catch up.
