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Well, to be completely fair to MV, it has a focus on team-based play, which I don't think has been done in the genre before. That'll be interesting.
This really isn't a good argument when modding depends entirely on which version you bought and having the knowhow to do that yourself seperately from the game. I really don't get why people are so defensive about this point in particular getting crticized as it's the industry standard and Rep implied it's even being addressed as we speak meaning the people making the game feel it's a legitimate criticism to make. Besides, Multiversus is a good thing, nothing wrong with healthy competition that can make both games grow
Mostly I'm worried about people ignoring potentially scummy things about MV like it probably being P2W just because there's a game where Spongebob doesn't talk. F2P can be a blessing but also a curse.
I'd get that but it's not the same as getting upset at people for saying MV has better presentation, which like it or not, is a fact. I strongly dislike predatory practises like microtransactions for a chance to get a desirable costume as it targets people who have gambling addictions, especially when it's so easy to abuse digitally at the ease of your phone or console. That being said, I don't get upset because people have the audacity to like it over the game I prefer.
Okay but still, most of the things MV has over NASB supposedly are planned for NASB updates, so there's not going to be any real reason to play MV unless you don't wanna pay $50 or prefer Batman anyway.
but u do realize that mv is much different from any other platform fighter. And also why wouldn't someone want to play it? It's free, so if u don't like it, it's fine since you didn't pay anything
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Do you have a source on that by chance?
on twitter they talked about perks and looking at currency it seems to only be used for battle passes atm
To be honest, I've just... stopped watching all "WORST GAMES OF [year]" content, regardless of if I like the creators who make them. Games are really hard to make good, especially with corporations often burderning developers with timeline requirements or adding in monetization methods the developers don't actually want to include. The "worst games" of a given year tend to be ones with sad development stories, not funny haha "Wow, karma bit you on the ass" ones, so over-the-top preformative anger for a camera just... doesn't do it for me anymore.
This is why I generally prefer people who review "interesting" games over only "bad" games. Even if it didn't come out quite right, there can still be good ideas in it.
AVGN's the only one who could do it right. COULD, as this year's AVGN episodes were mostly godawful.
People tend to confuse "worst game of the year" with "most disappointing". Recently, I saw a lot of people calling Balan wonderworld and Battlefield 2042 "the worst game of the year". While those games are not amazing, they're clearly not the worst. Just look on the eshop or Steam and you'll see a bunch of games released this year that are far worse than those. But people are so focused on Balan and Battlefield because they came from big developpers and there was some hype around them.
Personally I think there's a HUGE difference between Balan/BF2042 and NASB. It should be obvious: Nick just needed more time in the oven, while Balan/BF2042 HAD plenty of time in it.
Probably not the best thread to be posting that in tbh.
Yeah, I got screwed by that.
Agreed. I'd much rather someone doing an analysis of the interesting parts of game then someone screaming about how the hard-working typically-overworked-and-underpaid developers didn't make the stage backgrounds pretty enough or what-have-you.
That's definitely a factor, yeah. The actual objective "Worst Games of 2021" are probably all barely-functional games put up by amateur developers on itchio, but people (correctly IMHO) recognize that making a video full of dunking on people who are trying to get into game development for not making a fully-functional masterpiece on their first try would be very cruel and basically just bullying. So instead you have to overreact to games that are generally fine, but not amazing and maybe not always worth their asking prices.
I made a status a while back on why I think people disliked NASB, I'll just copy paste it here.
Honestly Multiversus might be hit even harder with a lack of interest after it comes out. It wants to be more appealing to casuals with its slower, team-based gameplay, safer roster, and the fact that they made sure it had voices from the start, but still has most of the same budget issues that drove casuals away from NASB if the roster's smaller and the graphics are just as cheap-looking. So casuals will just see yet another cheap Smash wannabe and hardcore players won't get fast, deep gameplay.
This. The Smash Bros. fanbase and Platform Fighter fanbase are very different beasts. The genre will never grow as long as people keep labeling everything as a "Smash Killer". Also, what are these "mystery platform fighters" you speak of?
One of the initial Multiversus leaks said two other major companies are making platform fighters of their own.
NASB will never be a laughing stock since it carries the Avatar market, a universally appealing IP. It will be played like Melee for years to come. Only thing I can't bare thru about the roster is Ren And Stimpy.
Sign Must really want to trigger Nelsonguy, hah dude? This post is a bit rude.
Yup. Sign I'm sorry another poster mentioned Multiversus in the Nick thread. You seem to want to see MV's downfall than anything. And you might get your wish.
I wasn't even triggered by his post, I was just carrying on with the discussion. Which was about whether or not the lack of money invested into it means NASB is a bad game, and I simply believe MV's budget isn't much higher.
Well, I'm at least glad NASB didn't end up on Rabbidluigi's Worst Games of the Year List.
Better mechanics? How? MVS' devs have shown little to none about the game much less any deep dive into the mechanics. Unless you consider the grindy F2P based perk system a gameplay mechanic.
Yes, it was little bit rude.
Yeah, but I talk about gameplay here.
Barely. It's just voice acting and...nothing else.
Again, F2P isn't always a get-out-of-unpopularity-free card.
And that will indeed be what ensures F2P isn't going to mean it'll dominate the world of platform fighters.
Yep. Considering the devs still haven't really explained how exactly the Free-to-Play model's gonna work, it's still very much possible for this to sink the ship.
Hell, F2P isn't solely why Fortnite and LoL are super-huge. It's because there's clearly been a lot of money invested into them, from crossover deals to TV series to esports leagues from both. Furthermore, there's been plenty of cases where multiplayer games go F2P as a last-ditch effort, and it only barely helps their popularity if at all.
