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JWeinCom on 25 October 2012
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Yeah my numbers are grossly inflated and quite frankly random. The 9 reasons are all things that will contribute to sales, just not that much. However I would like to respond to two of the things you said.

6. No it really is getting almost universal appraisal. Some don't like it, some hate it, but a vast majority find the combat and super system stellar. This is a hard point to prove/ disprove though.

8. I should have explained better, I'm sorry. The game does not nerf in real time during a match. What is happening is Superbot looks at all the data and determines who the best players are online and who they are playing as. They can see how many supers and kills are achieved and then say on average character a kills 50 times a match while character b kills 5 times a match. They nerf character a and release an update that automatically gets installed when an online match is started (or something like that). Basically tiers are calculated and then ever so slightly the characters are adjusted to balance out the system. There is also a combo ending code that makes infinite combos impossible so a metaknight type character can't exist.

6.  That's not the impression I've been getting.  Here are some things I've seen.

http://stickskills.com/2012/10/21/playstation-all-stars-battle-royale-beta-impressions/

http://www.latinospost.com/articles/6041/20121025/playstation-stars-battle-royale-review-roundup-critics.htm

Not everyone is loving it, and I've seen few people are calling it stellar.  The impressions I've seen range between mildly negative or mildly positive, with some more extreme people. 

8.  Ok, that makes more sense but here's a couple of points to that.

a) Knowing a character is broken doesn't necessarily make fixing it easy.  Patches take time, and even with patches, it can be tough to balance fighters.

b) A constantly shifting metagame isn't necessarily good for a fighting community.  When there are huge balance issues, they need to be fixed, but constant changes make it hard for a metagame to develop.

c) Having a combo ending system would not do anything to prevent a Metaknight like character.  Metaknight does not have any infinite combos or anything of the sort.  What makes him good is a combination of range, mobility options, and speed.

I have no desire to argue reviews but those are filled with failure. Play the game for more than just a few matches and you'll realize how stupid their complaints with fighting are. It is problematic because the beta has only a quick tutorial so many people are calling it quits before understanding how to play. Like for example in one video review I watched they didn't know you can be killed while preforming a super. Reviewers mostly suck at their job lol

Some complaints were silly but alot of them were on the mark.  But, whatever the reason, the bottom line is that those people didn't like the beta, and if you look in any forum (including this very topic!!!) you'll find other people who didn't like it.  You can't just say that the game is earning universal praise and then dismiss anyone who doesn't like it.