Well, an opinion is an opinion, but (I'm trying to put it very carefully here) I do not agree with many of the arguments used. For one, the text is a little unclear; you can see that the writer doesn't like some things, but it's very hard to understand what it is exactly. What's his point in the end?
Second, I do not believe in this 'sense of detachment' and 'distance between input and output' he talks about. Of course, if everything happened at the exact moment you pushed the button, you'd have people performing ten attacks at once through fast button mashing. And maybe you can't do anything during another attack, but so what? What kind of idiot would be bashing buttons in the middle of another animation and actually be bothered by it?
He seems to portray Brawl as a cheap moneymaking tool, used to promote Nintendo and its franchises. Of course it is promotion, but if this game was made only to make money... why add Subspace Emissary? Third-party characters? Co-op? Lots of people would've still bought it without (some of) those features, but they were put in nonetheless. Brawl is a generous fan package if I've ever seen any, and allegations of cheap money motives are... questionable.
And what's wrong with this whole 'skilled play' story? God, have we learned nothing? 'Well you may be good but f*ck u, it's a kiddy game anyways and I own you in Halo'. 'Childishness' and skilled play do not exclude each other, not at all, and especially in a game like this, honing your skills is very rewarding. Maybe that guy thinks different, but he probably knows just as good as I that his view is not shared by most people, and he still presents it as a 'subjective fact'. And that story about emptiness... o please dude, I feel so sorry. Sorry you wasted your time playing one of the greatest games ever. You should get your money back.
'Super Smash Bros. Brawl represents the worst side of gaming'.
Yeah I agree. Generous packages, fan service, and quality should be banned out of the shelves. Hell, we need more shovelware!
I drink your milkshake.
