PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale review thread

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JWeinCom said:

S.T.A.G.E. said:

Slimebeast said:

Dante's Inferno 75% Meta - "shameless God of War rip-off got what it deserved"

(Sony fans' comments here: http://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/thread.php?id=96873 )

All-Stars Battle Royale 76% Meta - "WTF, unfair reviews of a great game!"

Dantes inferno did not pushing anything that god of war did, It was just a reskinned game. Allstars was setup to be simple, but can be taken seriously as a tournament style brawler. It took what SSMB did to the next level, the presenation just sucked, thats all. I am in it for the core mechanics and the characters and dlc, not any

I love people trying to say this game is deeper and more nuanced than a franchise that's been being dissected by incredibly gamers for upwards of a decade.  Gives me a nice hearty chuckle.  Maybe PSAllStars will be a more tourney capable fighter than Smash (I don't think it will be) but if it is it will take a dedicated community years to help it reach that level.

Reviews seem fair.  Based on the engine alone, I'd give it an 8ish score if you were to view the game in a vacuum.  Judging by reviewers comments, the presentation and extras are meh which should bring it down a bit. 

The presentation and gameplay flaws are what makes it an eight to me and I agree that eight  is what it should be. The lowest score should be 7.5 at the worst. At its core the mechanics from the demo are quite strong and I've played smash, but theres just something about this one. Just my opinion though.