Just purchased Ultimate, and actually got here through Googling “why don’t I like smash bros?” like it were a mildly embarrassing medical condition. I have bought the N64 version, the GameCube version and the Wii version and something about it always leaves me cold. I love mayhem, I love multiplayer, I love Nintendo nostalgia, I love pure visceral gaming a la Wario Ware/Super Monkey Ball etc, I love fighting games (even ones with more of a learning curve/concept behind them - Power Stone for example) I love the bizarreness of all the beloved video games characters fighting it out, but for some reason which I can’t put my finger on, I’ve almost instantly become bored half an hour in. And that half an hour is invariably fairly unenjoyable to me. I realise there is some element of it its mechanics I must not “get” but semi decent Smash players have taught me some things, I’ve played with good crowds of like minded people in a fun multiplayer situation among other multiplayer titles but even many of those people seem a bit “meh” about it and keen to return to Monkey Ball or something else. I wish I got it, because I dearly love the premise, the roster, the chaos of it all. But. No. I haven’t traded in or sold the N64, GC or Wii one so part of me must still hold out hope it clicks one day...
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Re: Soapbox: I Don't 'Get' Smash Bros. And I Just Don't Know Why
@EyalOged
Well considered reply, thank you! I really wish I got its nuances, I might persevere a bit longer with Ultimate.
Re: Soapbox: I Don't 'Get' Smash Bros. And I Just Don't Know Why
Just purchased Ultimate, and actually got here through Googling “why don’t I like smash bros?” like it were a mildly embarrassing medical condition. I have bought the N64 version, the GameCube version and the Wii version and something about it always leaves me cold. I love mayhem, I love multiplayer, I love Nintendo nostalgia, I love pure visceral gaming a la Wario Ware/Super Monkey Ball etc, I love fighting games (even ones with more of a learning curve/concept behind them - Power Stone for example) I love the bizarreness of all the beloved video games characters fighting it out, but for some reason which I can’t put my finger on, I’ve almost instantly become bored half an hour in. And that half an hour is invariably fairly unenjoyable to me. I realise there is some element of it its mechanics I must not “get” but semi decent Smash players have taught me some things, I’ve played with good crowds of like minded people in a fun multiplayer situation among other multiplayer titles but even many of those people seem a bit “meh” about it and keen to return to Monkey Ball or something else. I wish I got it, because I dearly love the premise, the roster, the chaos of it all. But. No. I haven’t traded in or sold the N64, GC or Wii one so part of me must still hold out hope it clicks one day...