Square-Go writes:
"It’s safe to say, right off the bat, Playstation All-Stars’s line-up lacks the lustre of Nintendo’s own. Where Smash Bros gave us Mario battering Link and Samus, here we have Fat Princess going toe-to-toe with Sweet Tooth. Cole MacGrath laying into Colonel Radec. You can’t blame Sony for lacking the rich seam of character history that Nintendo are able to tap, but for what’s billed as a celebration of all things Playstation the 22-strong character roster feels a little incomplete. Favourites like Kratos, PaRappa, and Sackboy are squeezed in alongside a handful of third-party offerings, like Heihachi Mishima from Tekken and Raiden from Metal Gear Solid. But names like Lara Croft, Crash Bandicoot, and the like would have helped to flesh out a fairly limp selection. We can only imagine they’re saving the best for paid DLC in the near future."
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.
Yes the power kills spoilt it completely WTH was they thinking you should have hp bar that's it
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'm sorry but Nintendo pretty much only has Zelda, Mario, Metroid & Pokemon franchises to choose from so it's pretty darn easy for them to get all the favourites, particularly because they own them all. On the other hand Sony only have one character from a huge selection of different franchises so I'd personally say there is far more variety.
That said I'd agree that the roster could be better with Snake, Crash, Spyro, Lara etc.
It’s safe to say, right off the bat, SSBB'S line-up lacks the lustre of Sony's own. Where Smash Bros gave us Princess Peach battering Olimar and Captain Falcon, here we have Kratos going toe-to-toe with Nathan Drake. Jak and Daxter laying into Ratchet & Clank. You can’t blame Nintendo for lacking the rich seam of character history that Sony are able to tap ...
PSASBR>SSB.
I'd grown up playing (each one, 1 2 and 3) smash bros daily. I'd always thought it was the best game ever, and that nothing could beat it. It WAS my life. I literally lived off of it.
Then I played the PSASBR beta... the BETA.
And I declared the BETA better than any smash game IN MY OPINION.... (Note, 'In my opinion')
if only we gamers have a constitution for gaming. we have way too many politics in gaming that its hard to believe if reviews are genuine belief or is it marketing strategy?
with that said i honestly disagree with anyone who believe this game is worth 3/5 or above.
Thanks for all the funny comments above. I did not realize people could be so fanboyish. The truth is always stronger than opinions, and Nintendo is the truth.
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