BenSkywalker
Diamond Member
That's what I thought for about the first half hour playing it. Then we started focusing on what was different, and it is actually a *lot* different in terms of mechanics.
You are insanely bad at the game if you only get to kill people a couple times per match. Running 3 minute rounds we were pushing into the 20-30 kill range per player after a few hours with it(that lowered a bit once we started getting the hang of positioning and defensive techniques a bit better, but getting to 1x is *very* quick).
Which characters? Some are better for button mashing, but they seem to do a bit worse when you learn some mechanics. Most of the really good button mashing characters seem to have more trouble with combos and juggling.
After spending some time with it I'd say it qualifies as a fighter. Now to be honest, that was actually disappointing to me on some levels as I was *hoping* it would be a SSB clone with Sony characters, playing SSB half smashed is a popular past time with many of my friends, after spending a day with it it was clear that this was closer to MvC then SSB in terms of depth and complexity and didn't lend itself well as a party game(unless everyone sucks 😛 ).
