Jake from Adventure Time utilizes his uncanny transformation prowess to noodle and shapeshift his way around the battlefield. Arya Stark from Game of Thrones uses her deceptive training to steal her opponents' faces, granting her a selection of their powers. LeBron James from Space Jam, and to a lesser extent the NBA, ricochets basketballs with GOAT-like authority. These quirky brawlers not only sport their own signature kits of attacks but many present abilities unlike anything in Super Smash Bros.Įvery character in MultiVersus brings something unique to the experience and deducing their nuances supplies endless opportunities to evolve and adapt as a player. You'll hear community members draw parallels between varying movesets by making statements like 'oh, so he's a Captain Falcon clone' or 'this character is basically Link.' One of the most impressive elements of MultiVersus is how it circumvents these stereotypes to introduce an impressive roster of imaginatively designed characters.

MultiVersus meaningfully embraces the competitive fundamentals established by its obvious inspiration to deliver an excellent brawler with tight, engrossing gameplay and thoroughly creative characters.Ĭharacters in rival platform fighters are frequently likened to archetypes popularized in Super Smash Bros. Over the last couple of weeks, I’ve sunk nearly 50 hours into this platform fighter and find myself compelled to engage in matches every single day. Player First Games has convincingly demonstrated its love of genre contemporaries by crafting one of the best-playing fighting games in recent history. My concerns dissolved the second I got my hands on MultiVersus. Sure, I chuckled at the bonkers premise of Ultra Instinct Shaggy scrapping with Batman and Bugs Bunny but would it be enough? Despite an impressive catalog of characters and licenses, other mascot-centric fighting games like PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale failed to capture the essence of what makes Super Smash Bros.

Interactive Entertainment unveiled MultiVersus, its free-to-play foray into platform fighting, I was skeptical of its potential.

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