AIM0001
Smash Lord
- Joined
- Oct 3, 2007
- Messages
- 1,152
Ok now that all the DLC has finally been released. I'd like to hear the fan base voice their opinions and give an honest review on how we felt about Smash 4's first go at providing us with additional content. I'm not going to write a book but I'll share a few bullet points. I'm more interested in other people's reviews than people reading how I felt about the DLC.
REVIEW
STAGES
I found the DLC's biggest strengths was the variety of stages they gave us. A good balance of returning and brand new stages. To be quite honest I felt the stage roster at launch to be the weakest and most underwhelming to date. The boss feature ended up backfiring IMO. It ruined stages like Gaur Plains and Dr. Wily Castle. A handful of new stages had one too many transitions. Most if not all DLC stages were great and really helped solve the problem I had with this game.
CHARACTERS
The character DLC was good but not what I was hoping. The 3rd parties were a pleasant surprise and probably the highlight of DLC. I think the weak points of character DLC had to be the decision to put not one but two Fire Emblem characters. This isn't geared towards Roy fans or to those who actually requested Corrin which I'm not sure how many actually wanted him in. For the simple fact that FE had almost as many character as the Mario and Pokemon franchise, I did not see the need to add more. It irks me how Sakurai continues to ignore Zelda/DK/Star Fox franchises(to name a few.) Mewtwo gets a pass IMO. I suppose we will have to wait until Smash NX to see if other Nintendo franchises get the love they deserve *cough* K Rool..... My final complaint was before DLC I found the roster to be a well balanced cast of characters that caters to just about all play styles. But after all 7 DLC characters came out I kinda looked at the roster that was half anime and swords and not to mention the select a character placements to be messy and not having all characters organized by franchise. Just a little gripe.
VERDICT: 8.0
PROS
- Great stage DLC (Pirate Ship, Hyrule Castle 64, Clock Tower)
- 3rd party surprises! (Ryu, Cloud, Bayonetta)
- Mii costumes were a nice little touch.
-DLC music
CONS
- 2 Fire Emblem characters?
- No Melee stages for DLC?
- Non 3rd party DLC characters paled in comparison.
FINAL SUGGESTIONS
- DLC items maybe in the future? Might help spice things up. Think about it!
- Do the vote thing again but choose top 2. Also open voting up to stage ideas too.
REVIEW
STAGES
I found the DLC's biggest strengths was the variety of stages they gave us. A good balance of returning and brand new stages. To be quite honest I felt the stage roster at launch to be the weakest and most underwhelming to date. The boss feature ended up backfiring IMO. It ruined stages like Gaur Plains and Dr. Wily Castle. A handful of new stages had one too many transitions. Most if not all DLC stages were great and really helped solve the problem I had with this game.
CHARACTERS
The character DLC was good but not what I was hoping. The 3rd parties were a pleasant surprise and probably the highlight of DLC. I think the weak points of character DLC had to be the decision to put not one but two Fire Emblem characters. This isn't geared towards Roy fans or to those who actually requested Corrin which I'm not sure how many actually wanted him in. For the simple fact that FE had almost as many character as the Mario and Pokemon franchise, I did not see the need to add more. It irks me how Sakurai continues to ignore Zelda/DK/Star Fox franchises(to name a few.) Mewtwo gets a pass IMO. I suppose we will have to wait until Smash NX to see if other Nintendo franchises get the love they deserve *cough* K Rool..... My final complaint was before DLC I found the roster to be a well balanced cast of characters that caters to just about all play styles. But after all 7 DLC characters came out I kinda looked at the roster that was half anime and swords and not to mention the select a character placements to be messy and not having all characters organized by franchise. Just a little gripe.
VERDICT: 8.0
PROS
- Great stage DLC (Pirate Ship, Hyrule Castle 64, Clock Tower)
- 3rd party surprises! (Ryu, Cloud, Bayonetta)
- Mii costumes were a nice little touch.
-DLC music
CONS
- 2 Fire Emblem characters?
- No Melee stages for DLC?
- Non 3rd party DLC characters paled in comparison.
FINAL SUGGESTIONS
- DLC items maybe in the future? Might help spice things up. Think about it!
- Do the vote thing again but choose top 2. Also open voting up to stage ideas too.