Melee's knockback formula is like my E=MC².
The beautiful, dense web of the state machine behind its character controller is like my Starry Night.
So many things went right with Melee. The open ended damage percent and ring-out systems interact gorgeously with the way the game treats each character as its own physics object moving through the simulation. Flexible mechanics like wavedashing, DI, SDI, the depletable analog shield, and the tech system create near limitless potential for expression in offense, defense, and even basic movement. A single jump in Melee has 5 separate decisions baked into it that determine where you'll land. The open ended nature of the game combined with its extremely high execution ceiling reward dedication to technique, highly nuanced matchup strategy, and situational awareness like perhaps no other game.
20 year Melee veterans will boot up tonight and pull off some wild shit they've never seen before, and if pressed about it they'd just tell you "I knew it would work."
It is the intuition-based fighting game.
The beautiful, dense web of the state machine behind its character controller is like my Starry Night.
So many things went right with Melee. The open ended damage percent and ring-out systems interact gorgeously with the way the game treats each character as its own physics object moving through the simulation. Flexible mechanics like wavedashing, DI, SDI, the depletable analog shield, and the tech system create near limitless potential for expression in offense, defense, and even basic movement. A single jump in Melee has 5 separate decisions baked into it that determine where you'll land. The open ended nature of the game combined with its extremely high execution ceiling reward dedication to technique, highly nuanced matchup strategy, and situational awareness like perhaps no other game.
20 year Melee veterans will boot up tonight and pull off some wild shit they've never seen before, and if pressed about it they'd just tell you "I knew it would work."
It is the intuition-based fighting game.
raccoons4444
1 year ago