Adsolution wrote:Well, it obviously is a Smash Bros ripoff. However, I think they put way too much effort into making it that, and too little effort into coming up with creative ways to make it an original game. They could have done far more with it if they'd not gone down the route that they did.
It's not a bad game, simply okay, but it in no aspects does it surpass Smash Bros.
It's not a rip-off of Smash at all, because the meta game is completely different, and you're pretty much doing the exact opposite of what you do in Smash (i.e, trying to draw opponents in at all times for combos, unless you're a ranged or strategy based character). One thing I think All-Stars actually does better than Smash is varying the characters - regardless of whether or not you like the roster, in terms of their movesets, it trumps Smash in terms of variation between them. It also trumps Smash's training tools. I also like how All-Stars gives you the option to switch off stage hazards.
I like Smash better because it has more content and is more refined due to how long it has been around (All-Stars could do with a few tweaks to how it feels, and iron out some bugs - it has been a while since I played it though), and there is of course the matter of Smash feeling much more "all-star" in it's cast and stuff like that (basically, Smash is much better for the whole "celebration of a company" aspect), but with a sequel or two and more refinement and content, it could easily rival Smash.
Literally the only two similarities between Smash and All-Stars are that it crosses over franchises, and that they are 4-player "platform" fighters. They are part of the same sub-genre, but are still extremely different.
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So yeah, I actually really like All-Stars too. It has flaws, but it's a bloody engaging fighting game when you're up against good players.
I admittedly stopped playing after I reached Rank 999 with Sackboy (my main man! I can pull off crazy stuff with him, including a combo that can rack up to 170 AP, if IIRC
). But if anyone wants to have a few friendly games with me, or help them out in 2v2, I'd be willing to play again.
I've actually been asked to bring in games to play as part of a class tomorrow in college, and this is one I'm bringing in (I would bring SSBB too, but that requires bringing in GameCube controllers and what not, which are bulky and difficult to fit in my bag - plus, when one of our tutors asked us what systems we had at the beginning of the year, the whole class scoffed at the idea of having a Wii or Wii U when the tutor mentioned those consoles).
