Riot was working on a Smash Bros-style fighting game, but MultiVersus helped convince it to pull the plug (www.pcgamer.com)

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[-] Noctis@lemmy.world 26 points 1 month ago

Multiversus so bad it's now killing other games.

[-] JokeDeity@lemm.ee 14 points 1 month ago

Every Smash clone tries to be innovative in the worst ways.

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[-] DarkThoughts@fedia.io 14 points 1 month ago

To be fair, I think a PC / cross platform game would have more success due to a wider audience. But a lot of those clones often fail to understand the very basic things that make Smah Bros such a great title.

[-] Dudewitbow@lemmy.zip 6 points 1 month ago

as far as platform fighters go, Brawlhala actually did decent.

[-] JillyB@beehaw.org 2 points 1 month ago

Also Rivals 2 will likely do well. If anything, we're seeing platform fighters getting more and more recognized as a genre rather than one game and a bunch of clones.

[-] Dudewitbow@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 month ago

yeah im hoping rival 2 does well long term. also hope that custom content community if possible thrives with it.

[-] WanderingVentra@lemm.ee 4 points 1 month ago

I thought the Nickelodeon one had a lot of potential but they really fumbled it with the small cast, lack of voice acting, and bad netcode in the beginning. It was eerie seeing the Nickelodeon characters be utterly silent while hitting each other.

[-] Visstix@lemmy.world 10 points 1 month ago

I feel like a well executed game would do well. That's not what multiversus is.

[-] tacosanonymous@lemm.ee 6 points 1 month ago

Deciding not to make "meta" trash is a good decision.

[-] ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 month ago

https://2xko.riotgames.com/en-us/

Maybe a better reason not to have it is because they already have a fighting game

[-] JillyB@beehaw.org 1 points 1 month ago

Agreed. I think 2XKO could be big enough and accessible enough to bring in Smash players. Riot probably realized they were cannibalizing their own hit game

[-] MacedWindow@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago

Making a smash clone before ultimate dropped was smart. The market was clearly ready for a good platform fighter and Sm4sh was easy to upstage. But now its a lot more questionable. You have to have everything right, gameplay, roster, marketing, and luck to stand a chance.

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