Playstation All-Stars Battle Royale - Sony's version of Super Smash Bros

• Rin wrote on 2012-04-27 14:56
  [video=youtube;v1bQSw7FOUQ]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v1bQSw7FOUQ[/video]
  
  Preview of the game by Destructoid can be found here.
  
  Basically, if you already know how to play Super Smash Bros, you'll easily be able to pick up and play this game.
  
  Instead of a Smash Ball for Final Smashes, players build up a gauge by attacking, and the gauge can go up to 3 levels. You can knock some of the gauge points out of an opponent and steal those points.
  
  Stages will usually be crosses between different IPs, rather than just representing one IP.
  
  Well, at least the graphics will be based on PS3's hardware if none of the above appeal to anybody?
• Shisummy wrote on 2012-04-27 16:50
  -must buy- <3
• Paul wrote on 2012-04-27 17:05
  Will probably get just because I need a multiplayer game to play that doesn't involve FPS for my brother. Overall, I don't really care much about the cast as none of them interest me, at least the characters I've seen or heard of.
• Zxavier wrote on 2012-04-27 17:47
  im not sure how to feel about this, i like the idea of a SSB game that doesn't involve the nintendo roster, but at the same time, this looks like a rip-off cash in just to take a bite out of nintendo's line of popular gaming franchises.
  
  the game itself does look pretty and im curious to see the mechanics of the game. anyone else notice that "fat princess" plays a bit like peach?
  might actually cave in and buy a ps3 now.
• Cucurbita wrote on 2012-04-27 17:48
  My only real complaint is that the art direction seems flawed if they need to highlight every character with an obnoxious white glow to make them stand out from the background. You could see characters just fine in Smash Brothers.
  
  Non-game related complaint is that there are so many sony fanboys who are defending this as something that is completely different and saying its not a rip off to smash brothers in the slightest.
• Zxavier wrote on 2012-04-27 17:51

  Quote from Cucurbita;850278:

  My only real complaint is that the art direction seems flawed if they need to highlight every character with an obnoxious white glow to make them stand out from the background. You could see characters just fine in Smash Brothers.
  
  Non-game related complaint is that there are so many sony fanboys who are defending this as something that is completely different and saying its not a rip off to smash brothers in the slightest.

  
  
  
  it obviously is though, i mean look at it. same health bar idea, same concept, they have super moves. its smash bros on the ps3. why cant fans admit that and just enjoy their fun looking rip-off?
  
  also next i see microsoft trying to do the same thing, only it'll be a massive FPS game with master chief and Shepard and every single COD nameless soldier showing up to kill each other. it'll be called frat boys wet dream: the game"
• Zxavier wrote on 2012-04-27 17:51

  Quote from Cucurbita;850278:

  My only real complaint is that the art direction seems flawed if they need to highlight every character with an obnoxious white glow to make them stand out from the background. You could see characters just fine in Smash Brothers.
  
  Non-game related complaint is that there are so many sony fanboys who are defending this as something that is completely different and saying its not a rip off to smash brothers in the slightest.

  
  
  
  it obviously is though, i mean look at it. same health bar idea, same concept, they have super moves. its smash bros on the ps3. why cant fans admit that and just enjoy their fun looking rip-off?
• Rin wrote on 2012-04-27 18:16

  Quote from Zxavier;850277:

  im not sure how to feel about this, i like the idea of a SSB game that doesn't involve the nintendo roster, but at the same time, this looks like a rip-off cash in just to take a bite out of nintendo's line of popular gaming franchises.

  
  
  There have been previous 4-player knockout brawlers before.
  
  Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Smash Up and Cartoon Network: Punch Time Explosion.
  
  And yes, they all use the basics and fundamentals of Super Smash Bros. All of these titles have been compared to as clones of SSB.
  
  Wish there was more originality like Power Stone.
• Kyubey wrote on 2012-04-27 18:17
  >playstation all stars
  >fat princess check disregarding it's a completely dead game atm
  >no crash bandicoot
  >no sir daniel fortesque
  >no jak&daxter
  
  SONY, I AM DISAPPOINT
• Mentosftw wrote on 2012-04-27 18:26
  As Rin said earlier, there have been many companies who tried this with varying levels of success.
  
  I seriously don't think Sony has what it takes to make a hit like super smash bros. since the Sony characters aren't as coherent and recognizable as the Nintendo ones. With the Nintendo ones, they all have some kind of similar art style and just this bond that really feels like they can be in a single game. With the Sony characters, they just feel very ragtag, randomly selected and just thrown in there. Nintendo characters have been built up through decades and some are really household names like Mario, Luigi, Zelda, Link, Kirby etc.
• Paul wrote on 2012-04-27 18:47

  Quote from Cucurbita;850278:

  My only real complaint is that the art direction seems flawed if they need to highlight every character with an obnoxious white glow to make them stand out from the background. You could see characters just fine in Smash Brothers.
  .

  
  
  

  The aura glow around the characters signifies that your Super meter is full. It is not always present.

  
  http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=471923
  
  Anyways, the roster list of characters isn't completed but there are plenty of rumors going around already
• Xemnas wrote on 2012-04-27 20:49
  Say....... Why hasn't ANYONE called MK/MvC/Etc. a rip off of Smash Bros, or vice versa?
• BobYoMeowMeow wrote on 2012-04-27 22:11
  Sony is like 10 years late in making this
  some of those "Sony" characters are from the PS2 era
• Second wrote on 2012-04-27 22:12

  Quote from Kyubey;850300:

  >playstation all stars
  >no crash bandicoot

  
  Crash bandicoot hasn't been a playstation exclusive since naughty dog stopped making it.
  Maybe a Singstar character lol
• Kyubey wrote on 2012-04-27 22:45

  Quote from Second;850418:

  Crash bandicoot hasn't been a playstation exclusive since naughty dog stopped making it.
  Maybe a Singstar character lol

  
  
  same thing as solid snake barely appeared on nintendo consoles and yet appeared on ssb. I grew up playing ps1 then ps2 and now ps3, crash bandicoot was one of the 1st titles i picked and was quite disappointed after naughty dog dropped it (to pick jak&daxter series on ps2, kinda of a lose/win here though)
  For me it's a classic that deserves to be on it