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Icons: Combat Arena (Smash Melee clone by makers of Project M) Gameplay Trailer
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Im_So_Pringles
Member
Animation needs a ton of work.
Mr. Smiley
Member
yeah that looks rough.
Interested to see more of it develop.
Interested to see more of it develop.
NinjaCoachZ
Member
Those sound effects need some work but what bugs me more than anything is those character designs look straight out of the early 2000s.
FUNKNOWN iXi
Member
I hope they have more interesting characters than just bipedal humanoids. I hope it turns out well because I'm certainly not getting that Smash itch scratched by Smash 4.
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Hero Prinny
Member
ehh not digging those character designs at all. Like they started out kinda eh but they kept getting worse as the trailer went along. Hopefully the rest of the cast looks better and the game is fun. As of right now though, I'm not interested.
lol ya thats the same thing i thought
lol ya thats the same thing i thought
Well, they sure did the minimum to clear copyright infringement. It's kinda funny though, the general soullessness presented is exactly what I see with competitive Smash. The trimmings, items and chaos really make the game for me. But it'd be cool if they could get the competitive community on board, you can at least tell they are passionate.
abstract alien
Member
Mediocrity at its finest, I guess.
papertoonz
Member
No shame at all.
not even gonna try to hide it
No shame at all.
Hello M@rth
At least they avoided the mistake of a "realistic" artysle because with a small budget, that wouldn't work.
But something still seems off on the art. And that's very important.
Cause if this game had a great art style, the comments would probably be a bit different.
i also think they should've made sure their trailer had more hit and dust effects, and good sounds effects. Cause that makes a HUGE difference. That needed to be there imo. I think it will be added eventually but first impressions are key. (also needed a slightly better cut trailer)
trying to be kinda constructive
pretty much
But something still seems off on the art. And that's very important.
Cause if this game had a great art style, the comments would probably be a bit different.
i also think they should've made sure their trailer had more hit and dust effects, and good sounds effects. Cause that makes a HUGE difference. That needed to be there imo. I think it will be added eventually but first impressions are key. (also needed a slightly better cut trailer)
trying to be kinda constructive
pretty much
Red Rudolph
Member
Think they should've waited a little longer before their debut. This looks really rushed.
Aaronrules380
Member
No shame at all.
Creatively bankrupt.
Like it's cool if you want to make a new fighting game that's "like Melee"
But at least attempt to do something new and interesting rather than just reskinning melee/project m and calling it a day
I'm pretty sure the copy pasting is very deliberate because this is essentially a game for Melee players who may not want to let go of the characters they're used to. Looks shameless at first but makes sense.
Hell, recreating those along with the physics must have been some serious work, so this is impressive.
Hell, recreating those along with the physics must have been some serious work, so this is impressive.
Wyndstryker
Member
Given that they are coming purely from taking Melee and reskinning it and going from there, I can understand the lack of aesthetics at this time.
It's something to look forward to though if it does well.
It's something to look forward to though if it does well.
ShinRPGamer
Member
No shame at all.
That Marth reskin looks good.
Lyn, Knuckles, Issac and Sami died for this.
Dr. Buni
Member
Yeah.
I mean, I have no problem with that, but if I wanted a Smash clone, I would play Rivals of Aether instead, since it has more originality.
papertoonz
Member
if they didn't kill them Nintendo would have killed them at some point
KZXcellent
Member
Since they're emulating Melee I'd hope they'll make a roster that varied and viable beyond a Fox-type and Marth-type.
Aaronrules380
Member
I think recreating melee (or any fighting game really) is one of the most boring and creatively bankrupt things possible. If you're going to make a new game, try to make something new and different about it. This is why I laugh when people say Project M were better game developers than the actual smash teams. It's very goddamn easy to copy, it's much harder to try and introduce something new
tirkaroKujo
Member
Been following this game since its inception about a year ago, and I can say that uuuhh....
Well it definitely needs some more polish, lol, and the art style sadly feels pretty generic, but at least the core basics still seem to be there. Lady Marth seems like its cutting a bit close though.
Well it definitely needs some more polish, lol, and the art style sadly feels pretty generic, but at least the core basics still seem to be there. Lady Marth seems like its cutting a bit close though.
SatoAilDarko
Member
Straight up copying characters is crazy.
Can't they try to make them more unique?
I liked PASBR for being different as well as some pretty solid fan service.
Can't they try to make them more unique?
I liked PASBR for being different as well as some pretty solid fan service.
I guess it makes sense that they want to show off the staple characters for Smash. Fox, Marth, and Captain Falcon. They did have Ganondorf with a dropkick in that green character so that's kind of neat. But yeah they really have to show a couple of their unique characters to separate them from Smash a bit.
RadioJoNES64
Banned
Oh hi Marth.
Ghost is Bad
Banned
what a shameless ripoff lmao
CommandThrower
Member
I imagine that some animations will get tweaked and perhaps changed as time goes on.
I wouldn't mind playing this! It being free to play is very nice!
I wouldn't mind playing this! It being free to play is very nice!
Lord of Ostia
Member
Seriously, what's even the point?
Dr. Buni
Member
PSABR was super fun. It was just... goddamn ugly, so so so ugly.
Aaronrules380
Member
I'm honestly wondering if this even does go far enough to avoid breaking IP laws from what we've seen
Remember that time Sony was making a Smash Bros. game and we all thought "I hope they don't just straight clone Smash", and then the game came out and we were like "Sorry, we were wrong, you should have just copied the code or something".
Wavedash has some former Project M devs on board. This is a game dedicated to bringing out a platform fighter in the style of Melee, and there are certain staples that you have to bring along if you want to win that audience over. Marth and Fox are iconic, they need to be there. Shine needs to be in that game for people to give it a shot, Ken combos need to be there, I bet you anything that a character will have Falco pillars. They're making the correct moves by evoking it so clearly and shamelessly. They'll probably bring unique characters too, but they need the Ryus and Kens there.
Animations look rough, but pre-alpha.
I'm excited about it, but I really hope they can clean it up and their F2P model isn't trash.
Wavedash has some former Project M devs on board. This is a game dedicated to bringing out a platform fighter in the style of Melee, and there are certain staples that you have to bring along if you want to win that audience over. Marth and Fox are iconic, they need to be there. Shine needs to be in that game for people to give it a shot, Ken combos need to be there, I bet you anything that a character will have Falco pillars. They're making the correct moves by evoking it so clearly and shamelessly. They'll probably bring unique characters too, but they need the Ryus and Kens there.
Animations look rough, but pre-alpha.
I'm excited about it, but I really hope they can clean it up and their F2P model isn't trash.
JoeyJungle
Banned
I hate this character artstyle. I'm not sure what to call it, but it's everywhere nowadays. Pretty much all of Blizzard's games (WoW, Diablo 3, Overwatch to an extent), The Darwin Project (game with the screaming announcer from the MS press conference), Dauntless (that Monster Hunter f2p clone), and now this.
I guess it's just bright colors with flat character textures, it looks so ugh to me.
EndlessSky
Member
As a melee player, I have to say that I have yet to see a platform fighter outside the smash series look good overall. They all just seem janky. I think it's a combination of not having good looking characters (which you probably can't beat the history of nintendo franchises) and the sound design for them always seem off. They aren't heavy sounds, makes it seem the hits are weak.
jediyoshi
Member
Project M is a dead end in terms of growth, a project of their own isn't. Unless you're under the impression the Smash modding scene is at an uptick for some reason.