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Posted: Sun Apr 13, 2008 4:02 pm
by AntLibertine
Games!!! wrote:Time for some impressions on this - I absolutely love it! biggrin.gif
It's the most complete game I have ever played, they've managed to fit in so much stuff and it's so obvious they had an absolute blast making this game - it really shows itself while playing. Of course the fan service in this game is absolutely amazing, and sometimes I feel so happy for noticing a tiny little reference or know what an obscure trophy is before going to look.
As for the gameplay, well it's easily as good as it was in Melee, perhaps ever more perfected. I have noticed they've toned down some characters (Marth), and toned some up (Fox and Falco), making for a much more balanced game where no character has that much of an advantage over the others.
I've heard some negative comments, but I really like The Subspace Emissary, the gameplay is really fun (Although I have heard it takes a turn for the worse with the last level), and the cutscenes in it are pretty good.
Playing to get all of the challenges, and unlock the stuff behind the doors is awesome, and adds so much longetivity to the game.
And did I mention the music? OMG it's amazing. The main theme - win, and I love the fact that they've orchestrated so many old Nintendo tracks for this game, they all sound really good (I mean they even orchestrated the music played on the route between Pewter City and Veridian City in the original Pokemon for God's sake!).
The stage builder, although a bit limited, is good fun too.
So yeah, basically it's as simple as this - every Wii owner has to get this! I can imagine even if you don't really like fighting games it's worth it (I don't, and I love this), as you can just button bash and have a blast!.
*Jealous*.
I so do want to hear a release date......
Posted: Thu Apr 24, 2008 10:19 am
by MikeHaggar
Posted: Thu Apr 24, 2008 11:53 am
by leeray666
Finally... Three and a half months late though.
Posted: Thu Apr 24, 2008 12:36 pm
by aidanon
Finally indeed.....probably won't be buying then though as I have exams a month after that. 3 months ago that wouldn't have been a problem!
Posted: Thu Apr 24, 2008 2:45 pm
by AntLibertine
Yay, its disappointing to wait this long but its not as bad as some were predicting. Can't wait to get it.
Posted: Thu Apr 24, 2008 3:36 pm
by Surly
Properly can't wait for this. All my exams are long finished by then so I'll have plenty of time to get stuck in.
Posted: Mon Jun 09, 2008 9:18 pm
by magicmilner
So it's only a few weeks away now this is the only game I want to get on Wii this year (ATM anyway) looking forward to playing it but I prob will wait and get it later on
Posted: Mon Jun 09, 2008 9:28 pm
by MS1
Massively excited ,June 27th my daughters birthday and the release date of Bad Company as well!
Posted: Tue Jun 10, 2008 10:05 am
by simonsta
MS1 wrote:Massively excited ,June 27th my daughters birthday and the release date of Bad Company as well!
sounds like you wont be celebrating her birthday with her...
Posted: Tue Jun 10, 2008 12:33 pm
by leeray666
OK, when you peeps finally get the game we should set up a couple of tournaments in the online section.
Posted: Tue Jun 10, 2008 12:54 pm
by blagmasterg
Definitely. I am SOOOOOOOOOO looking forward to this. Perhaps I should start playing some Melee to get my eye in (hate to admit it but have never really played a Smash Bros game before
)
I look forward to getting my ass kicked by my fellow forumites tho!
Posted: Mon Jun 23, 2008 3:40 pm
by -Jay-
To those who imported this early - how's it holding up? Were your early impressions accurate? Still playing it?
Posted: Mon Jun 23, 2008 4:13 pm
by Mooglepies
During the first few weeks I must have clocked up around 30-40 hours.
Bottom line is, if you are a nintendo fan, or indeed a fan of gaming culture during the last 20 years it really deserves a look in.
I've not touched my wii in the last 6 weeks, but I've had a lot of friends away during that time, so I caveat it with the below.
It's certainly riotous in local multiplayer (getting exponentially better as more players are added) but the online play suffers from being, well, shit. Inconsistently laggy, useless random play functions (if one player drops the computer takes over from them). Singleplayer mode is expansive, if not innovative.
If you really enjoy smash, then the online play is saved by the 1v1 play as it's basically the same as competitive play, but they need to sort the lag out as it's horrendous.
From a content perspective though, it's stunning. THey didn't quite deliver on the "No Clones" front, but the characters are almost all individual enough to make it fine, and the amount of stages is awesome even not taking into account the stage creator. The item selection is fair, but it seems a little less inspired and varied than Melee.
By far the best part of the game is the sound. It's perfect, for any fan of gaming during the last 15-20 years. Sakurai seems to have pulled out all the stops to get orchestrated music and it makes such a difference. I could spend days listening to the game.
There is also some irony in the fact that nintendo owners had Snake, and indeed some of the soundtrack to MGS4 before PS3 owners did, but that's besides the point.
Posted: Mon Jun 23, 2008 4:44 pm
by -Jay-
Thanks for taking the time to type up all that
Really useful feedback, cheers.
Posted: Mon Jun 23, 2008 4:47 pm
by Hendo
Yeah I did the same where I hammered it for a few weeks and then Mario Kart came out, then GTA IV and then Rock Band so I haven't touched Smash Bros. in quite a while.
It's not a slur on its quality though, more that I'm a gaming whore.
I'm looking forward to more people picking up the PAL version as it'll mean me getting right back into it.
The bottom line is that if you loved Melee then you will love this. More of the same with few noticeable gameplay changes but new characters, stages and extras. In fact, there's enough stuff packed in that I would only just have finished doing everything now if I had been playing every day since I got it.