Here's my problems with Smash 4 :
1) The single-player is bland. Melee and Brawl had great single player modes. SSE and Adventure mode are awesome. Smash 4 gaved us a boring Smash Run with only one map and the horrible Smash tour. Classic mode doesn't save it, it's boring and frustrating for nothing. And the Master orders (and crazy ones) are repetitive.
Really, the single-player in other Smash games was necessary for unloacking stages and characters. Smash 4 removed that. And it's not the Master Core that will make the single-player better.
2) Competitively, it's repetitive. You can see how hard they tried to make it for everyone. Every combo comes from a throw or a dash attack. They are always the same and can't do anything appart for grinding damages. The only original combos you'll see plays on the player confusion. Other than that, the K.O abilites are either too small or too big. Take a character like
![Mario :4mario: :4mario:](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7)
or
![Samus :4samus: :4samus:](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7)
: they have a hard time to actually do a K.O and can't K.O properly at low percents. But characters like
![Diddy Kong :4diddy: :4diddy:](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7)
or
![Lucario :4lucario: :4lucario:](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7)
got easy ways to K.O, too easy for being competitive. Compare it too Melee or Brawl and you'll see that it was easier to have K.Os.
Overall, the competitive stuff feels clumsy in this game. " C'est pataud " like we say in France.
3) Too much content, too much stuff left out. Smash 4 has a lot of stuff, yes. But do you really need them ? 8 player smash is not that played, Smash tour is a flop, nobody plays bomb smash, the street pass minigame is forgotten by many, custom equipements are never played ect...
The roster is nice yes, but honnestly, do you really feel that the things around it are useful ? All of those modes, made for multiplayer are overall never used. Smash 4 is big, yes. But sometimes, more is not better.
I like Smash 4, I really do. But it's not my favorite. Melee will always be better in my eyes. And at least, I can use
![Dr. Mario :drmario: :drmario:](/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/drmario.png)
here.