Brawlout

« Good but limited Smash Bros. like game that can conquer the hearts of those that are waiting for a real Smash Bros. game while they're waiting. »

« It is easy to call Brawlout a Super Smash Bros.-clone. It is, but this game choses competition over party and if you are ready to do a lot of grinding, you will thoroughly enjoy this game. »

« The biggest problem of Brawlout is his lack of identity. A funny and aggressive fighting game for Switch with interesting game mechanics and a lot of single-player and multiplayer content. Perfect for local play with other three friends. »

« So is Brawlout a good game? Yes, for the most part, it offers everything I would hope to see in a fight arena game. However, a lack of ingenuity in design and some awkward paywalls in the store may find this title on the wrong side of a TKO judgment come round 12 in the ring. »

« Brawlout had an uphill battle going into its Nintendo Switch launch, and while the fighting is good the lack of variety in the roster coupled with the steep learning curve brings the whole experience down a few notches. »

« Brawlout, especially in local multiplayer, is immediate and fun to play. »

« Brawlout’s core action is a lot of fun; with a huge amount of ideas inspired by genre greats such as Super Smash Bros., the action feels tight, fast, and can be a pleasure to play. The limited character roster means that attack variations can only go so far, and some performance hiccups prevent Brawlout from being truly wonderful, but for an on-the-go, cheaper alternative to a game that hasn’t even been announced for the console yet, this isn't a bad choice – just make sure to keep the issues we mentioned in mind. »

« Brawlout is positioning itself as the sort of indie Smash, especially with its addition of Hyper Light Drifter and Juan into the mix. With proper post-launch support, and most importantly, an audience, it could grow and fill that Bowser-sized hole that Smash Wii U left. Until then it'll serve as a fun party game that could be a little more. »

« Le jeu a l'air d'être sorti sur Gamecube, mais on peut wave dash, donc c'est cool! »

« [SPOILER ALERT: This review contains spoilers.] »

« Es un buen juego para jugar con amigos no es una maravilla gráfica pero cumple para lo que fue creado divertirnos »

« Let me start by saying: I love what this game tries to do. It is a fun platform fighter, and I believe a love letter from the developers to the Smash Bros fan base. As a die-hard Smash fan, it is hard for me to not compare this to Smash in my mind. However, I do believe that I am fair in my assessments. I believe that the developers were trying to take the competitive aspects of Smash, create their own unique characters mixed with some beloved indie game characters, and create a different sort of platform fighting experience. And I belive they were successful in that regard. Gameplay is fun, fast, and more aggressive in nature than my beloved Smash Bros. And even though its arguably not as in-depth as Smash is, perhaps in part to a smaller player base advancing the meta, this game still has advanced levels of gameplay that players can wish to aspire to if they are so inclined. This game does lack a bit of the refined power felt when playing other Smash entries. KOing someone in Smash -- whether in Melee, Brawl, Ultimate, etc -- still has a tactile feeling of a kill. I don't seem to feel that while playing this game. Still, this is a game for a few quick fun rounds of couch matches if you want to switch things up a bit from Smash in a casual way. Just not nearly as satisfying, IMO. Kudos to the developers, though, for still making a fun game that is obviously infused with great passion. I'd be curious to see what a sequel would look like, to be honest. »

« The only good thing about this game is that it makes me appreciate how well the Smash series is designed. Oh wait, I learned that when I excitedly bought Playstation All Stars and was disgusted with how awful that game turned out. So, I suppose that means there's nothing good about this game. I don't hate the character designs for Brawlout, but I don't like them either. That wouldn't matter if the controls could even closely resemble Smash, but they just feel cheap and messy. As a fighting game, it's a party game at best, I don't think we'll see this at EVO. I wish the Drifter could be taken out and moved into a game that deserves the cameo. Moral of the story? If you don't know how to clone Smash, please don't bother trying. »

« I thought that I should alter my review of Brawlout, since the version 1.5 update has finally been released and has improved elements of the game. It's still inferior to the Super Smash Bros. series (Super Smash Bros. Ultimate will almost certainly be better value for money), but Brawlout's a good (albeit similar) fighting game on its own. The character roster is mostly original characters, with all the unlockable characters being somewhat different "variants" of the original characters available from the start. Guest characters consist of The Drifter from Hyper Light Drifter, Juan from the Guacamelee! games, Yooka and Laylee from Yooka-Laylee fighting as a '2-in-1' character (kind of like Ice Climbers, Rosalina & Luma, and Duck Hunt Duo in the Super Smash Bros. series), and the protagonist of Dead Cells. The roster is still pretty limited in variation overall though. Some new features have been added since launch. Team matches can now be played, and you can play a "party" mode with various settings such as constantly dropping bombs or starting with a "sudden death" scenario. Also, premium currency is now completely gone (yay!), with your only currency being coins that can be earned relatively easily. This makes unlocking things easier and more fun. Oh, and there's also a new stage from Yooka-Laylee, featuring music from that game. Similarly, there's also a Dead Cells stage. I'm hoping for Hyper Light Drifter and Guacamelee! stages in the future too. The game still lacks items though, and having characters "level up" can still be tedious. On the whole though, Brawlout has shifted from "mediocre" to "good", prompting me to change my score from 6 to 7. »

« I do not care that this game ripped off Smash, I care that it was a bad rip off of Smash. The characters felt really bland and had uninspired moves. The stages left something to be desired. The sound effects for an attack hitting were the same exact bland "hitting sound effect" that started to get on my nerves. Avoid this game. »

« its a decent smash bro like game . good to play with friend, not a ton of content . my only gripe with the game is loading time my god is it long and the CPU are a little too hard in my opinion or my i just stink at the game . the roster isn't much but there interesting at least »