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When brawl was first released I almost wanted to quit the whole smash series; honestly. The community got to me. And as somewhat of an aspiring game designer another part of me was lost. I'm confident is saying I could beat half the people complaining about brawl's lack of depth and need for skill to do well in their melee. I'm not some disgruntled melee player who found a nitch.
And it's the arguments that I find ironic. For one lack of balance. When in melee only 5 or 6 characters were tournament viable simply because of chain grabs that lead to death KOs. But Dedede does it the length of a stage and suddenly brawl is horrible and unplayable because of it.
For two lack of comboing =/= lack of depth. Hell, the term "lack of depth" is so vague it is impossible to even really argue against. What does that even mean? No Advanced Tecniques? No wave dashing?... That doesn't make a game deep by any stretch. There is much more than what is just on the surface in brawl and that is what makes a deep game. Spacing, baiting, pressuring opponents, a complex edge game. These aren't aspects of the game you are just going to stumble on to. Yes, I intended that pun.
And tripping! My god, man up, own your choices. If you consider yourself a high level player you'll understand the risks associated with the choices you make. Running means you have a chance of tripping. if you can't afford to trip then you can't afford to run it is a simple concept.
I don't know maybe people don't like the game because it is now easier to get back to neutral for defenders. In melee advanced play any single hit that connected became an up hill battle for the person of the defense. Now it been switched and the attacker has to work now to keep that momentum going and own his advantage.
In the end there is no overall better or worse. There is a "better for me". If you don't like a game don't play it. And don't get me wrong I love to hear people's opinions on why they'd rather play one over the other. I've had many a discussion on the topic before. But I hate lame blanket unarguable reasoning as to why this game is bad when that is far from the case.
When brawl was first released I almost wanted to quit the whole smash series; honestly. The community got to me. And as somewhat of an aspiring game designer another part of me was lost. I'm confident is saying I could beat half the people complaining about brawl's lack of depth and need for skill to do well in their melee. I'm not some disgruntled melee player who found a nitch.
And it's the arguments that I find ironic. For one lack of balance. When in melee only 5 or 6 characters were tournament viable simply because of chain grabs that lead to death KOs. But Dedede does it the length of a stage and suddenly brawl is horrible and unplayable because of it.
For two lack of comboing =/= lack of depth. Hell, the term "lack of depth" is so vague it is impossible to even really argue against. What does that even mean? No Advanced Tecniques? No wave dashing?... That doesn't make a game deep by any stretch. There is much more than what is just on the surface in brawl and that is what makes a deep game. Spacing, baiting, pressuring opponents, a complex edge game. These aren't aspects of the game you are just going to stumble on to. Yes, I intended that pun.
And tripping! My god, man up, own your choices. If you consider yourself a high level player you'll understand the risks associated with the choices you make. Running means you have a chance of tripping. if you can't afford to trip then you can't afford to run it is a simple concept.
I don't know maybe people don't like the game because it is now easier to get back to neutral for defenders. In melee advanced play any single hit that connected became an up hill battle for the person of the defense. Now it been switched and the attacker has to work now to keep that momentum going and own his advantage.
In the end there is no overall better or worse. There is a "better for me". If you don't like a game don't play it. And don't get me wrong I love to hear people's opinions on why they'd rather play one over the other. I've had many a discussion on the topic before. But I hate lame blanket unarguable reasoning as to why this game is bad when that is far from the case.
