Quillion
Smash Hero
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I'd been a big fan of the series since Melee, and I've even gone back and played a bit of 64 during that time. With every previous game, I've played them extensively, trying every character in VS mode and playing through all the single player content I can. But with Ultimate, I just don't feel that spark anymore. I keep getting the impressions "I've been playing as these same characters for years" and "I've been playing this same general game for years," and both bother me.
People will bring up that the game feel between each installment has been different with general physics changes and specific frame and damage changes. I get that those things matter a lot at the high level, but to me, that's like saying Twilight Princess's regular sword combos and additional sword skills get said game out of Ocarina of Time's shadow, and enough people will disagree to make that wrong. It's also like saying the Pokémon Black and White's faster movement and battle pace makes it completely different from Diamond and Pearl.
People will also bring up that the series continuously introduces new characters with new moves and abilities, but doesn't Pokémon do that too? The latter series can't escape the criticism of being stagnant on account of new characters and moves being added, so why does Smash?
I wouldn't say Smash is all the way there in regards to being stagnant; the game has only had five main series installments after all, not really much in the grand scheme of things. But if nothing is done to address this by the sixth game, the series will just become as stale as Pokémon.
People will bring up that the game feel between each installment has been different with general physics changes and specific frame and damage changes. I get that those things matter a lot at the high level, but to me, that's like saying Twilight Princess's regular sword combos and additional sword skills get said game out of Ocarina of Time's shadow, and enough people will disagree to make that wrong. It's also like saying the Pokémon Black and White's faster movement and battle pace makes it completely different from Diamond and Pearl.
People will also bring up that the series continuously introduces new characters with new moves and abilities, but doesn't Pokémon do that too? The latter series can't escape the criticism of being stagnant on account of new characters and moves being added, so why does Smash?
I wouldn't say Smash is all the way there in regards to being stagnant; the game has only had five main series installments after all, not really much in the grand scheme of things. But if nothing is done to address this by the sixth game, the series will just become as stale as Pokémon.