“It’s a Smash Bros clone!” Yes internet, PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale, henceforth known as PABR to save my sanity, is a mite like Nintendo’s brand icon brawler. Back in the day I spent a few hundred hours with Melee, and upon booting up PABR the menus and the modes and the collectibles and the flashy opening video are all extremely familiar.
Crucially the fighting is different, the online exists, and there’s been a refreshing lack of cloning going on in Sony’s All-Star recruitment agency.
7.5/10


