The One Big Problem

[VKatana]

After playing around 500 matches in online, I'm completely disgusted by how defensive this game is. I wanna preface this by saying this could completely be biased based on my own personal experiences, but the game is too damn defensive. A ton of players will spam roll in the same direction as you until they have the opportunity for a punish, which at times can literally be up to 9 or 10 rolls. Winning a match doesn't feel satisfying, it just feels like you screwed up less than the other person and got punishes. Camping, as far as I've seen, is a gigantic problem. In short, this game just has too many safe options, lots of characters with majority projectile moves who consistently spam or camp, and it just makes the game incredibly difficult to enjoy. Has anyone else been having this experience?

 

[Fabulous Golden Falcon]

Trust me when I say that this game can be played offensively. It all depends on the player's playstyle. Online is filled to the brim with people who play annoyingly, like spamming, camping etc.

 

[Fabulous Golden Falcon]

But I agree that defensive players are much more common than offensive ones. It has halted my enjoyment of the game to a certain extent.

 

[Doval]

Online and offline are two different things, For Glory is not a tournament environment and random internet strangers are probably not top tournament players.

None of your observations are really relevant to competitive play.

 

[dguy6789]

Online and offline are two different things, For Glory is not a tournament environment and random internet strangers are probably not top tournament players.

None of your observations are really relevant to competitive play.

Glad I found a post like this so I didn't have to make it.

Personally I have quit playing online entirely due to how nonrepresentative it is of how the game plays offline.

 

[Cpt.]

I agree that defensive play is much better now, but once we get gamecube controllers again it will be better for offensive players.

 

[MattTheGameFreak]

Personally I don't mind defensive play, but defensive play does not really win matches. Offensive play is very much in this game. I once fought a Diddy Kong... He decimated me with quick, near flawless attack patterns. It was amazing. He was the best Diddy player I've seen in Smash 4 or Brawl, and he was offensive 100% of the time.

I will say that I've never had a problem with someone rolling 9 to 10 times. Usually I stop rolling when they start doing it a lot and punish with wide-sweeping attacks with Ike.

 

[mangamusicfan]

Dependse on your play style.
you can play it offensive if you know how to.

 

[LancerStaff]

The best players I've fought are almost always on the offensive. To me, the whole offense/defense balance looks reasonable this time around