I'm sure I'd like Project M if I played it, but the team is getting recognition off someone else's work when it's clearly SSBB with technical updates.
It would be different if it was it's own game like that Sonic Racing title and you wouldn't need the Brawl disc to run it too.
Excuse me, do you know how much they editted this game?
They changed the:
Loading screens
Menu look.
Character Select Screen.
Pretty sure they made their own stages out of scratch (correct me if I am wrong)
Stage Select Screen.
Every character in the demo has just about every move editted and some moves that have completely new animations.
Hitstun changes, gravity changes, shield changes, etc.
No, they aren't making a whole new game. And yes, it's probably a lot more work to make a new game compared to this. But the quality is very good and fairly glitch-free. They did work to get this feeling like melee, and this isn't even the full release yet. If you can't praise people for editting a game this well, I don't see why people expect companies to balance games or fix glitches in patches.
They are getting recognition because they are
doing a good job, not because lol they editted brawl.