Kratos is not overpowered. His attacks and combos are almost exactly the same as God of War which most people know, so hes like the mario in the crowd. You know what to expect from him. Its alittle rough getting close since he has great range, but I almost never lose using Sly, and I'll tell you Sweet tooth, Fat Princess and Kratos has never one against me using Sly. Everyone is simple to counter. When I first played Sly I thought he had a big disadvantage because he can't air dodge, roll and block, but after really thinking about it he has a teleport, and a counter, and now I take full advantage and I am Always dodging supers now. People usually ger killed by Radec's level 1, here is a secret, just watch the target, if its red while shooting it will home, and if it does while using sly, use his super jump abilitywhen it gets close to jump over it then teleport back in front and use the slam attack to get to the ground safely. And another tip most Radec's shots have no affect on slys bomb barrel.
But I really love the competitive nature in this game, everyones doing something to gain AP and stop each other from gaining. Nothing feels better then when Parappa or Fat Princess gets a level 2 and chase you with it and the murray body slams Parappa off his skateboard or Fat Princess off her bootleg Chocobo lol. Wasting the level 2 efforts lol. The sense of survival but having to be extremely offensive makes it soo great. Because it doesn't matter what they do to someone, cause you don't get the benefits when the person they jumped comes for you lol. I've always hated time matches in every fighting I've played and always turn off time. (put on stock in smash) and play. But this was honestly the most fun fighting game I've played since SSBM on gamecube, and this is a beta, so I can't wait for the final product.
