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Starting today, Warner Bros. Games the formal veil of his worst kept video game secret in years: Multiverse† When we saw the leaks about this upcoming free-to-play PC and console game, which stars various intellectual properties from WB and Time Warner in a cartoon-like lead role, Smash Bros.-style arena fighter, we had our reservations. Tried to seriously rival WB with Nintendo’s greatest fighting game by pitting Arya Stark against… Shaggy from Scooby Doo† Whose dream cartoon face-off is that?
A few days ago, WB invited us to go hands-on to see for ourselves what the game looks like leading up to today’s launch of a closed alpha test to answer these kinds of questions and more. So far we have left impressed and surprised. In a world that didn’t necessarily need another Smash Bros. clone, the developers at Player First Games have seemingly cracked the code – and created something that could coexist with, if not surpass, Nintendo’s massive hit. (Even better, at first glance the F2P stuff seems acceptable!)
Block less, collaborate more
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Most of the basics of the “arena fighter” genre, as established by Smash Bros., have been incorporated into WB’s latest fighting game. Instead of an energy bar à la . to wear out street fighter† Multiverse players try to “take out” their enemies by taking damage and setting up knockout blows. Movement is beautiful super mario– as in terms of running and jumping between floating platforms, and players have a range of basic and special attacks that don’t require complex joystick and button combinations.
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The biggest differences in Multiverse come from the game’s focus on two-on-two combat, as opposed to the one-on-one and free fights traditionally seen in smash clone. the most of MultiverseCurrent cast members have at least one maneuver in their arsenal that benefits a teammate, although these moves also double as great solo combat options when you’re not teaming up with someone. Wonder Woman can generate a shield for allies; grenade from Steven Universe can cast a bolt that both harms enemies and boosts allies; while a new game specific creature called Reindog can fake like the Medic from Team Fortress 2 and connect a power boosting line to a teammate.
The rest of the game’s mechanics have shifted from the Smash Bros. archetype to encourage players to use their special co-op powers. First, no shields exist; you can’t stay in the background and hold a shield button to block incoming projectiles, and you can’t tap a “perfect block” at the right time to counter a melee attack. Any team that has a defensive or shielding skill will want to lean on that to some degree. A standard “grab” button does not exist in this game either; certain characters have grabs as special abilities instead.
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