Hiku said:
What about it felt that way for you? As for the game itself, it feels to me like the complete opposite so far. Maximillian streamed it the other day, and was really impressed by the character animations. He even went as far as to say that Tom & Jerry may be the best animated fighting game character he's ever seen. (And he studied animation for 10 years, and is obviously big into fighting games.) I like the layout of the menus, and the look of the characters is very Warner Brothers like. Velma is similar to Phoenix Wright in Marvel vs Capcom 3, and then there are a lot of other quirky characters that I don't even know who to compare them to. Another thing is the voice acting. On top of getting the original or current voice actors for these characters, I noticed that they have specific lines recorded against specific characters, and when teamed up with them. Here's one between Batman and Arya Stark
And when you beat up a character, your character may start talking shit about them, with specifics that apply to that character. Every time you play, you feel like you make some progression because there are a lot of fun things to unlock. Each character has some sort of co-op oriented ability in the movelist that helps their team mate btw, as the 2 v 2 mode is something the devs want ppl to have fun with. I also unlocked the "Th.. th... th... that's all folks" knockout animation. Here's me getting it after I knock out a Tom & Jerry. But there's another interesting thing in that clip. The devs said that characters will be unlockable for free. Very impressed so far. Can't believe this is F2P. |
It could very well be the skeptic in me, but it's also true it's really not out, yet. That, and I've had plenty of GOOD experiences with F2P games.
At the same time, I'm also very immune to the "new shiny thing" that tends to happen when people play new stuff. I didn't say it looks BAD, I said it seems underbudgeted. That could ALSO be the fact that I'm watching/seeing some VERY iconic characters, so my expectations go up.
I mean, there was a lot of hype around Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl, and it's just... there, now. I'm worried that this might end up the same thing even though they're using F2P to draw in that initial wave of millions of players.
I ALSO accept that none of these games will have the legacy behind them that Smash Bros does, so it's REALLY hard to touch that level of staying power. So yea, I'm simply skeptical. Skeptical is not negative nor positive, just me looking at it curiously and wondering why the CG cinematic didn't have the "punch" of polish it probably deserved considering the roster we're looking at, and how F2P games often have a lower initial investment by the developers/publishers because they're operating at a loss until the microtransactions start paying. Of course, the irony of this is that I've been working on a video discussing F2P and MTX, though not quite in this light lol