The announce of the fighter pass #2 for Smash Ultimate was, for me, a huge disappointment. I don't think we need any more characters in this game, or at least, I don't think new characters is the priority for this game. There are tons of things that could, in my opinion, make the game way better than your or my favorite pick for the next fighter pass.
First, we have already A LOT of characters, with Byleth, we have 75 unique characters. If you are a video game fan and if you love Smash Bros, there exists at least ONE character that will suits your playstyle. If not I don't think a new character will change the way you will look at the game, it's probably the game in itself that is not for your taste. We could expand the roster infinitely and we will never make everyone happy, at some point it's good to stop and think about something else. And oh boy there is a lot to think of.
Second, the game focus too much on characters and forget about anything else. Where are the new solo modes ? Sakurai said that homerun contest will be the last mode to be added in the game but we will still get fighter until februrary 2021 ??? Why not a target mode tailored for every fighters ? That would be hard to make but I am willing to pay for that. I am also willing to pay for new solo content, like why not a story mode ? There are so much more to add in this game than just characters. We could also get new stages not linked to new characters, with a much more detailed layout than the typical travelling stage with a bridge and 2 plates. That is sad to focus only on characters, after all, Smash is also well known to have great single player content.
Third, the game in itself is far from perfect. The patches so far are kinda lackluster, they always fail to adress the major issues with the game. Why is the online mode as bad as it was one year ago ? Why the buffer is still so bad ? Why is the input lag still so high ? Why is training mode so bad ? Why are their so few options online ? Where are Squad Strike and Special Smash online ? Why so many characters are not getting buffs or even fixes despite all of us knowing about them for quite sometimes. I could go on, I have my own grips with the game (how I think recoveries are broken in this game) and I guess you have too. My point is that instead of adding new characters, maybe the team should focus on fixing everything wrong in this game. There are so many clips of characters behaving weirdly because some of their moves don't interact properly with another character's moves. You may say then "but blackquill, requesting solo content and also requesting bigger patches is not really clever right ?" and you are ! If I had to choose between more content or a more polished game I would choose the latter one. I was making a suggestion on what kind of content I would see instead of characters.
Last, it would be good if Sakurai stops working on this game, taking vacation and making another game that isn't smash bros is good.
Well that is all and that is why I don't want more newcomers in Smash Ultimate. The roster size is becoming more and more of a burden. Yes, it's nice to have new characters every two or three months but the thing is, if you come back on the game only to play the character and end up not loving him, you sure are not going to play a lot more afterwards. But instead, if you get great single player content, a new interesting mode or even an online mode that is not rage inducing, you are more likely to play more because the overall quality of the game has been improved. Adding a new character has not as much impact as you guys may think.Also Byleth is so bad and uninteresting moveset wise, I am looking forward more to the new patch than the character
tl;dr : too many characters, dev team should focus on more various contents and make bigger patches instead.
First, we have already A LOT of characters, with Byleth, we have 75 unique characters. If you are a video game fan and if you love Smash Bros, there exists at least ONE character that will suits your playstyle. If not I don't think a new character will change the way you will look at the game, it's probably the game in itself that is not for your taste. We could expand the roster infinitely and we will never make everyone happy, at some point it's good to stop and think about something else. And oh boy there is a lot to think of.
Second, the game focus too much on characters and forget about anything else. Where are the new solo modes ? Sakurai said that homerun contest will be the last mode to be added in the game but we will still get fighter until februrary 2021 ??? Why not a target mode tailored for every fighters ? That would be hard to make but I am willing to pay for that. I am also willing to pay for new solo content, like why not a story mode ? There are so much more to add in this game than just characters. We could also get new stages not linked to new characters, with a much more detailed layout than the typical travelling stage with a bridge and 2 plates. That is sad to focus only on characters, after all, Smash is also well known to have great single player content.
Third, the game in itself is far from perfect. The patches so far are kinda lackluster, they always fail to adress the major issues with the game. Why is the online mode as bad as it was one year ago ? Why the buffer is still so bad ? Why is the input lag still so high ? Why is training mode so bad ? Why are their so few options online ? Where are Squad Strike and Special Smash online ? Why so many characters are not getting buffs or even fixes despite all of us knowing about them for quite sometimes. I could go on, I have my own grips with the game (how I think recoveries are broken in this game) and I guess you have too. My point is that instead of adding new characters, maybe the team should focus on fixing everything wrong in this game. There are so many clips of characters behaving weirdly because some of their moves don't interact properly with another character's moves. You may say then "but blackquill, requesting solo content and also requesting bigger patches is not really clever right ?" and you are ! If I had to choose between more content or a more polished game I would choose the latter one. I was making a suggestion on what kind of content I would see instead of characters.
Last, it would be good if Sakurai stops working on this game, taking vacation and making another game that isn't smash bros is good.
Well that is all and that is why I don't want more newcomers in Smash Ultimate. The roster size is becoming more and more of a burden. Yes, it's nice to have new characters every two or three months but the thing is, if you come back on the game only to play the character and end up not loving him, you sure are not going to play a lot more afterwards. But instead, if you get great single player content, a new interesting mode or even an online mode that is not rage inducing, you are more likely to play more because the overall quality of the game has been improved. Adding a new character has not as much impact as you guys may think.
tl;dr : too many characters, dev team should focus on more various contents and make bigger patches instead.
