Review: Super Smash Bros. Brawl
2:57 PM, March 11, 2008
I gave the game a "B", which I know sounds like a harsh score compared to most reviews.
But I think a lot of critics are glossing over numerous technical flaws in this game out of their sheer love for all things Nintendo.
Look, I get that. As a former Sega Genesis owner (and one of the three Sega Master System owners worldwide, before that), I understand allegiance to beloved games and characters and franchises.
I still remember Streets of Rage and Golden Axe and even Altered Beast with fondness out of all proportion to the actual quality of those titles.
But that doesn't mean a critic can surrender their responsibility to honest judgment.
The fact is that SSBB has pedestrian graphics even for the Wii, is difficult to control with the Wii remote, has a clumsy online mode, and a boring singleplayer campaign.
Now, my criticism won't matter a whit when it comes to sales. SSBB will surely be one of the best selling games of 2008. And a lot of gamers will have a blast with the multiplayer mode for a long time.
But this notion that SSBB is a perfect game is absurd.
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you are such a wii hater and all you could talk about was the sega master systymand shit like that (wii hater)!
FROM VICTOR: Well, I did name Wii Sports my Game of the Year for 2006, but yeah, I'm just a hater.
no your a (Edited by Doug) dumb-(Edited by Doug)...who the (Edited by Doug) do you think you are. Have you even played Brawl? Oh I'm sorry that microsoft only makes games that are exactly the same as gears of war or Call Of Duty. Sony makes better games than microsoft. Microsoft should just make computers..but they can barley do that. You live in dallas. What do you know about technology. Im sure there are some (Edited by Doug) working where you work. Your pathetic. You are a hater. you having a sege master system doesnt mean (Edited by Doug). doenst mean you know everything about games. your a looser. really you are. comment me back when you beat subspace and get all of the characters..then tell me how overrated brawl is. Oh and by the way. I got brawl on opening night 12:00! I beat subspace emissary in less than half a day AND i have about 62 percent of the game complete (trophies and stickers). I even stayed home from school. WHY??? because its a great game that is worthy. I dont care who you are you will have fun playing this game..people will love it..and they already do love it...but of course you probably wont since you have the sega master system..(wish i had one)
FROM VICTOR: Who do I need to be? I wasn't aware only Nintendo fanboys are allowed to review Nintendo games.