This should've been called Warner Brawlers. Anyway, it's hard to really judge everything about this game, considering it's still in beta/early access/whatever, but there's a few lines in the sand I'm drawing;
1. If you're dedicating yourself to 1v1, you're going to have a bad time. This game is very blatantly designed around the 2v2 dynamic. 1v1 was merely included out of obligation/expectancy that is the nature of this formula. We are no longer in the period of happy accidents, this isn't 2001 anymore. And speaking as someone that's played Smash with its competitive norm for nearly 2 decades, Multiversus 1v1 is not fun at all (IMO).
2. Trying to play this like Smash Bros. also guarantees that you'll have a bad time. Just like how if you try to play Marvel VS Capcom like Tekken. It's time already that we start understanding that there's more than 1 way to make a competitive [REDACTED].
3. Playing as Iron Giant after having seen the movie implies a moral cavity within yourself. I won't give any friends shit for playing as him, but I don't ever want to touch the character. Just seeing the defensive transformation put into play is odd. That shit drew me to tears when I watched the movie as a kid, knowing the struggles and heartbreak this robot was facing, and giving into the darkest part he was fending off for the entire movie. It was scary! And seeing it bounce and blast around as a clutch move in this game . . . just feels weird.
Presentation feels only partially finished, but even what is already there, it's leagues ahead of Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl, which shamefully disregarded how important presentation is in order for one of these games to do well.
I guess I'll update this when it hits 1.0, but so far I'm enjoying it as a brain-dead Finn player.
EDIT: Finn nerfed to shit. Now I'm a Batman player.
1. If you're dedicating yourself to 1v1, you're going to have a bad time. This game is very blatantly designed around the 2v2 dynamic. 1v1 was merely included out of obligation/expectancy that is the nature of this formula. We are no longer in the period of happy accidents, this isn't 2001 anymore. And speaking as someone that's played Smash with its competitive norm for nearly 2 decades, Multiversus 1v1 is not fun at all (IMO).
2. Trying to play this like Smash Bros. also guarantees that you'll have a bad time. Just like how if you try to play Marvel VS Capcom like Tekken. It's time already that we start understanding that there's more than 1 way to make a competitive [REDACTED].
3. Playing as Iron Giant after having seen the movie implies a moral cavity within yourself. I won't give any friends shit for playing as him, but I don't ever want to touch the character. Just seeing the defensive transformation put into play is odd. That shit drew me to tears when I watched the movie as a kid, knowing the struggles and heartbreak this robot was facing, and giving into the darkest part he was fending off for the entire movie. It was scary! And seeing it bounce and blast around as a clutch move in this game . . . just feels weird.
Presentation feels only partially finished, but even what is already there, it's leagues ahead of Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl, which shamefully disregarded how important presentation is in order for one of these games to do well.
I guess I'll update this when it hits 1.0, but so far I'm enjoying it as a brain-dead Finn player.
EDIT: Finn nerfed to shit. Now I'm a Batman player.