
Team matches are a thing in Smash, but there are actually skills tailored toward supporting your teammate. is that there is a real focus on two-on-two matches rather than going mano a mano being the default and featured setting (although you can obviously do free-for-all battles). Like you explained in your feature, the visual design and little touches really go a long way toward making it a celebration of the included series.Īnother major difference from Smash Bros. Really, that’s what surprised me the most in general, just the surprising amount of care that went into every element. Yeah, I definitely dug the ability to combo together the light attacks and clearly a lot of care has gone into the combo and combat systems. You can also tell that a lot of work went into the mechanics behind combat, as there are in-depth advanced tutorials that properly explain the somewhat complicated fighting game terms that are present in MultiVersus. Having played both the Cartoon Network and Nickelodeon fighters, I found that combos and dodges feel far more natural in MultiVersus than in any other similar game I’ve played. Spencer Legacy: I was surprised at how smooth the overall flow was, given most platform fighters tend to feel more than a bit awkward. RELATED: MultiVersus Open Beta Announced Alongside 3 New Characters

How was your experience in getting used to the flow of gameplay? But there are enough differences, from the lack of items to the charge attacks being pretty different from the smash attacks that use the right analog stick in Smash Bros. It has the damage meters, you get sent farther the higher your damage meter is, and it has a similar special attack system. MultiVersus is in a strange sort of middle ground. but don’t really copy the formula exactly. I always have a bit of a hard time getting into some of these platform fighters when they’re so much like Super Smash Bros. I walked away pretty impressed, even if the game wasn’t exactly what I expected. Tyler Treese: We’ve both been able to check out the MultiVersus closed alpha.

To fit the spirit of the game, below is a conversational preview with our thoughts on MultiVersus. While it’s a bit absurd to see Tom and Jerry beating up poor Velma, the fighter is a polished love letter to the characters. brawler is a ridiculous fighting game filled with a wild mixture of characters from franchises ranging from Batman to Game of Thrones. ComingSoon’s Tyler Treese and Spencer Legacy both spent plenty of time with the MultiVersus closed alpha on PlayStation 5.
