PlayStation All Stars Battle Royale

[Spiderpig24]

Developed by | Superbot Entertainment
Published by | Sony
Release date | Holiday 2012

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Confirmed characters:
Sly Cooper
Kratos
Fat Princess
Sweet Tooth
Radec
Parappa

Cameo Appearances:
Buzz!

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Official Reveal Trailer


Spike TV Reveal: http://www.gametrailers.com/episode/...rs-tv/152?ch=1

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Images:






The LBP level builds itself while you are playing.

[Pleiades]

As far as appearances go, I must say I'm a bit surprised by how very similar it is to Smash Bros. The gameplay mechanics seem more or less identical, but of course more in-depth analysis would be required to confirm a statement like that. It does look like Superbot is emulating Nintendo's own crossover's chaotic madness well, if in their own way. The stage mixups are a clever new device, especially promising after seeing the self-developing world of LittleBigPlanet meet with Buzz trivia questions.

Kratos and Sweet Tooth were obvious, but I'm also glad to see Sly and Radec (really the only viable Killzone character) be chosen as well. I'm overjoyed to see PaRappa, if only to confirm that Sony hasn't forgotten their past. I'm still baffled by Fat Princess' inclusion, though.

My main focus of interest now is third-party support, and who Superbot has in mind to fill those guest slots. And who in the Sony universe could act as a "boss" character?

[Luigi53]

My main focus of interest now is third-party support, and who Superbot has in mind to fill those guest slots. And who in the Sony universe could act as a "boss" character?

I'm honestly seeing Solid Snake at the moment, and maybe even Ezio Auditore. The boss character I would honestly love to see is every villian of the character that makes it into the game.

[Pleiades]

I'm curious if that "Michael" video really does have anything to do with this. If so, the third-party support could be clearer than we think.

The villain concept wouldn't necessarily work. For one thing, Radec is the villain of the game he's hailing from.

[Luigi53]

The villain concept wouldn't necessarily work. For one thing, Radec is the villain of the game he's hailing from.

Well, I guess not every villian, but still, it'd be a pretty neat feature. Also, the release date is currently Holiday 2012.

[madoublex]

I was there. THERE MAN

[Eggboy'13]

Hey Sony, remember Arkham City? and how it's all popular and stuff?
Yeah, put Batman in this game plz.

[Throavium]

The graphics leave me very unimpressed, I hope that's due to this being early in development. The colors look washed out, and what's with the white glow over the characters?

[Pleiades]

The graphics leave me very unimpressed, I hope that's due to this being early in development. The colors look washed out, and what's with the white glow over the characters?

This stood out to me as well. A technical showcase it may not need to be, but bumping up the colors a few notches wouldn't be ill-advised. Even the LittleBigPlanet stage was looking a bit drab.

[Spiderpig24]

I would agree with the colors, surely they will be fine tuned as the game gets deeper in development. Seeing as this is the first public showing of the game, they will be getting a lot of feedback to take into consideration.

[Throavium]

Man, these graphics are Wii tier, come on SuperBot, don't ruin a good idea.

[Spiderpig24]

Man, these graphics are Wii tier, come on SuperBot, don't ruin a good idea.

I was beginning to think the same, but watching the official HD video from Sony (Now in the OP), it does seem to look better.

[Eggboy'13]

Melee Master Race

[roza]

Melee Master Race

True dat

[Eggboy'13]

I'll still kinda want to try it..

[Spiderpig24]

The gameplay mechanics, as of now, are nothing like Smash Brothers by the way.

[Pleiades]

Collecting AP is an interesting concept, and definitely helps distance All-Stars from the Smash Bros. name. It brings up other concerns though, which were discussed in those GameTrailers videos. The constant sense of danger and urgency is lost on a game in which it's impossible to take damage beyond the three-tiered super attacks. I can only hope more traditional modes (super meter replaced with HP?) are included in the final product.

[Js2Kings]

The gameplay mechanics, as of now, are nothing like Smash Brothers by the way.

They're are a few like directiona; specials/smashes. But everything else is different.

The only two things I'm worried about not being like SSBB is the environment playing a real role against you (like being killed by it), and not showing the score. Well that latter could fixed easily but I worry about the environmental elements.

[roza]

http://uk.ign.com/articles/2012/05/1...-battle-royale

Snake. Snake!? SNAAAAAAAAAAKE!!!!!!!!

[Daemon]

http://vgboxart.com/forums/showthrea...-Battle-Royale