As a casual player, the only thing that annoyed me was tripping. The game had tons of content, a huge cast, a ton of stages, smash ball, a full single-player, boss rush, it's a really great game.
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Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Review Thread
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Likewise.
Well, didn't play Smash 3DS for too terribly long either because I wasn't enjoying the combat feel there much either, even if it was already better than Brawl by a good margin.
The funny thing is, if Nintendo ported Smash 4 with no WoL and no gameplay or physics changes at all but adding a cell shaded coat of paint to drastically change the look, nobody would be saying it's a port, lol.
As someone who has never touched the 3DS version, the best part of this game is going to be playing in the "new" and improved stages (plus the improved old ones). I find them to be stars in the game as important as characters.
Can't wait!
Can't wait!
I mean, as a casual player I loved Brawl's additional content, but the moment to moment gameplay felt like a step down thanks to the general lack of air mobility and how it felt impossible to land any sort of simple combos. I'm not at all a pro or even close to playing on that level, but the actually playing it felt like a step backwards even though I loved the variety of characters and stages and random chaos.
It's not like Melee wasn't also choc full of casual content either, so while I missed being able to play as the new characters it still ended up being more fun to play when we felt like popping it in. We'd generally alternate between the two.
Brawl is fantastic. It not being competitively viable doesn't change the fact that it was a fun game with an immense amount of stuff to do. Its merits as a video game, especially in the time and platform it released, definitely merited it a 93.
If any game deserved to score lower it was Smash Wii U. Its character roster and streamlined gameplay were great but its only meaningful contribution beyond that was Smash Tour and 8-Player Smash, both of which can be summarized as a chaotic mess.
How is this a game that doesn't get 10/10s across the board? like...what do people take points from?
Smash 4 would have been so much better as a single product. Hate the 3DS version.
Brawl was absolutely amazing for its time, and the amount of new content made it an ambitious game in the eyes of many EVEN amongst all new HD games being released. It wasn't until the competitive scene grew larger that the narrative started to shift. In fact, I'm pretty sure a lot of the original contention for the competitive scene (at least from casual players), is because this game, a game that they absolutely loved and had some of their most memorable gaming moments in, was increasingly being labeled the worst in the series or outright "bad".
Games aren't school assignments. You don't start at 100 and deduct points for every flaw.
A slightly more accurate (but still very reductive) analogy is that games start at 50, and then reviewers add and subtract points based on what they find engaging or not.
"In spite of a good solo mode, rich content and a decent technical side, Super Smash Bros seems more like a Deluxe version than a Swicth-specific production. Unless you're a fan of the IP, this game is far from a must-have." -JeuxActu
Basically from reviewers still calling it a port? lol
For someone who has never played these and doesn't find them fun and just mindless and boring would I like this one?
how do you not find something fun if you never played any?
It you don't find it fun, then this is the ultimate package of everything you haven't found to be fun for the last 20 years.
I just realised that my account is locked to Ireland while I have moved to Germany. Still 50 minutes to go.
This is first time I am going to play Smash since Brawl and Melee is a game I have A LOT fond memories of. Extremely excited to get into this. I even bought my first amiibo (Inkling-girl) to play in-game with.
This is first time I am going to play Smash since Brawl and Melee is a game I have A LOT fond memories of. Extremely excited to get into this. I even bought my first amiibo (Inkling-girl) to play in-game with.
It's difficult to say if you haven't played any of them. What made you find them mindless and boring?
That is a fantastic post. Just superb.
Yeah, this won't convince anyone who didn't like it in the past.
Brawl's such a weird game. The moment my friend and I put it into the Wii, we noticed that something felt off about it. The game felt kind of sluggish and floaty. This didn't stop us from enjoying the game, but that memory sticks out. The Subspace Emissary was an awesome, dumb blast of fan service with enjoyable plot points. It was a blast to play in college with people, but Smash 4 easily supplanted upon its release. I guess Smash is like pizza, even when it's "bad," it's pretty good.
Just the look of it and gameplay seems boring. Not into games like this generally. Maybe would have been better with rpg mechanics like Dissidia on PSP maybe. Think I'll pass. It's good if you love Nintendo and the characters fighting each other and human friends who like it too but it just seems mindless and uninteresting for me.
This is the main reason I haven't bought a Switch game since Odyssey and BotW. But anyway looks like this game is not for me. It looks charming and cool but the gameplay? Have zero interest in learning the mechanics.
Nope, because of your preconceived bias towards the game series in general. You shouldn't even bother with this game and any subsequent entries into this series in general.
The single player adventure mode does have RPG mechanics but if you don't like the base gameplay of the series you're just not gonna like it. You do you.
Well, there is spirit mode where you can equip your player with attributes like the badge system from Paper Mario and TYD. If the look of the base games is not for your liking, though, it's best not to buy it. Perhaps you can try the other games in the series first to see if it's actually fun to play for you.
I'm actually a Mario mega man main but he is my third most used so basically a main lol
You have no god damn clue what you are talking about. It's not even remotely the same situation as Mario Kart.
I mean i still prefer the concept of sidescroller platformer being improved and refined over just a bunch of event battles but w/e
Some grade A trolls in here.
They never played the game, they don't even know if they would like it.
I think they meant the ingame trophies that have been a staple of the series.
Nice
This will be the first Smash game I'm giving a chance to so I'm not sure which three I will main. I guess tournaments.... finish this thought later. Youngest acting out
I'm not sure if I should get it tonight and it be a early Christmas gift to my eldest or actually wait until Christmas. Lol
18 pages? Guess Smash is no Xenoblade 2 :D
Looks like there's no real controversy this time, which seems like a first for a big game.
as far as Smash titles meta, to me All the Smash's easily deserved above a 90 metacritic.
The only argument against one might be Smash 64, but I'd probably still give it a 9 since it was first, and was still dang good.
Spirit Tracks Overworld
Rogueport
Magicant
Looks like there's no real controversy this time, which seems like a first for a big game.
as far as Smash titles meta, to me All the Smash's easily deserved above a 90 metacritic.
The only argument against one might be Smash 64, but I'd probably still give it a 9 since it was first, and was still dang good.
Spirit Tracks Overworld
Rogueport
Magicant
Surprised the reviews are as low as they are. Was expecting 95-97 range.
Passing on this either way, Smash always felt more like a party game than a serious fighter.
Passing on this either way, Smash always felt more like a party game than a serious fighter.
It... well... it plays more similarly to Melee than any other non-Melee Smash game.
I think about this a lot, how cool it'd be to have all these characters in a platformer together with a decently written story justifying it all.
But I wonder, would you just use a completely different control scheme for that mode? Because the fighter controls just don't feel very good to me in the context of a platformer. Having dedicated platformer controls would go a long way to making the single player feel like a full fledged game.