IGN - The game's director talks major hurdles, ambitions, and the ghost of Super Smash Bros.
It’s tough making fighting games in America. It’s even tougher to make fighting games in America that people will pay attention to. Omar Kendall knows this - he's a veritable veteran of the genre in America. Kendall’s most recent project, PlayStation All-Stars: Battle Royale, is a fighting game designed for both the hardcore and casual bracket.
While Playstation All-Stars Battle Royale didn't get the best review, there are still some aspects of the game that deserve some credit.
Though PlayStation All Stars Battle Royale is a bit of a cult classic, it could have been a big hit if it launched in 2022 instead of 2012.
It wouldn't have mattered, Sony would've rushed it out and left it to die. More so now than before with their focus now being on SP narrative driven AAA games.
Oh, but somehow Smash Bros. 64 made it work?
It just couldn’t compete with Smash Bros. and it wasn’t a free-to-play game like Multiversus.
I think it released at the right time. It's just after the success of Smash and Multiversus, it's finally time for a sequel.
I'd be all in on a remake or remaster of the original. I enjoyed it because I didn't sit there and compare every aspect to SSB. I just enjoyed it as it was.
Sony should make part 2 and dump a good amount of money on it. Scrap super only kills and it's bound to succeed.
God of War: Ragnarok has plenty of fun references to PlayStation history, but now fans have discovered a conversation that calls back to PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale — the crossover fighting game released for the PlayStation 3 and PlayStation Vita.
That’s interesting. It actually does make it canon lol. He mentioned it in a mainline game. I’d say that’s pretty cool.
I feel like the only person in gaming to be excited about this game.
If any of you have doubts I recommend you try it for yourselves before you judge it, it's a heck of a lot of fun.
Easy to get into but hard to master.
***"Kendall’s most recent project, PlayStation All-Stars: Battle Royale, is a fighting game designed for both the hardcore and casual bracket."****
I've been saying that, but haters think otherwise.