Board 8 > I recently started playing Playstation All-Stars Battle Royale

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It was only $8, so I decided to give it a try. I might see if there's anyone playing online toward the end of the month, but for now, I'm just trying out each character (via random selection) in Arcade Mode (I think that is what it's called).


Ratchet

He's not stiff, but he's kind of clunky and awkward. His moves aren't as instantaneous as I would have liked, and the net result is several movies being telegraphed and easy to avoid or disrupt. It was his upper moves that tended to feel right and be the most effective to me, but it gets a little boring using the same five-ish moves over and over. Aerial attacks were a great disappointment. His super moves, on the other hand, are excellent and had a high success rate.


Sweet Tooth

Jumping is a bit awkward with him, but I assume this is prevalent for the vast majority of characters. I really liked 80+% of his moveset though, which not only makes him to fun to change things up with, but can make me unpredictable. He doesn't have much range for someone with firearms, but his triangle shotgun attack is brutal. That thing can send someone flying, disrupt seemingly any attack, and yield a lot of AP. It's a shame that his super moves are a letdown. I don't bother going for the 2nd or 3rd stage of them.

The missile is hard to control and just way too easy to avoid. The third thing is easier to control but isn't much harder to avoid. The The initial one seems to be the one that I have the best success rate with despite arguably being the easiest to avoid.

The bottom line is that I could see myself using him online despite my feelings toward the very things I need to pull off super moves in order to win.
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Current Rankings
1. Sweet Tooth
2. Ratchet
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Tag

This is one of my all-time favorites that I don't feel was ever given a fair chance. Maybe it's not the next Smash but it's a damn fun game

Sweet Tooth was one of my favorites. The shotgun and molotovs make him great for close-to-mid-range crowd control.
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I have fond memories of playing it with friends in college even if it was cheap as f*** sometimes. Parappa and Nathan Drake player here with a bit of Sly Cooper and Dante on the side.
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Interested to see who you view as the best characters to use.
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From what I remember playing Raiden and Kratos were basically broken which is why one of my friends mained them only and thought he was good at the game. And then I think I remember Sackboy being insanely good but he got nerfed or something
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Raiden is top tier. Kratos I think they toned down a bit with some patches and Sackboy got nerfed hard (although I don't know how).
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I'm sorry you had to do this
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Raiden and Kratos and Kat = best characters in the game
Nathan Drake = also pretty good
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You paid $8 too much.
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Arti posted...

I'm sorry you had to do this

JONALEON1 posted...

You paid $8 too much.

Johnbobb posted...

never given a fair chance

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I think it's very circumstantial. Had I not had a group of friends to play it with I prob would never have played it and discovered it can be quite fun.
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i think this game has to be one of the most polarizing games around
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I tried playing this for a bit when it came out. I had no desire to keep going with it.
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I platinumed the game and feel comfortable saying it's one of the worst games ever made I'm so sorry
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ninkendo posted...

I platinumed the game and feel comfortable saying it's one of the worst games ever made I'm so sorry

I also platinumed the game and I consider it one of my favorites :O
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I platinumed the game and considered it to be worth the five dollars or so that I spent on it, but it wasn't really good.
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I also got the plat and I can safely say that I paid too much for it
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ninkendo posted...

I platinumed the game and feel comfortable saying it's one of the worst games ever made I'm so sorry

this except I platinumed it twice
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My three buddies and I had a real good time! The menus and single player options make the game feel like some shovelware ios port off Steam, but the actual combat is better and deeper than people give the game credit for. Even the game's controvertial kill system wasn't so bad. We found first to 7 was the best number. Made it so there was no one best way to win, and that there was always a risk/reward element to getting that last kill.

Parappan for life. Gotta believe!
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i'm pretty sure that's @rammtay favorite game
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Johnbobb posted...

Arti posted...

I'm sorry you had to do this

JONALEON1 posted...

You paid $8 too much.

Johnbobb posted...

never given a fair chance

ninkendo posted...

I platinumed the game and feel comfortable saying it's one of the worst games ever made I'm so sorry

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Sir Daniel

+ Surprisingly agile and nimble both offensively and defensively
+ Sword attacks may not be fast, but they have great reach and connect well
+ Easy to control the flow of the match if 1 or even 2 on 1

- Seems difficult to get AP with because...
- Several moves are very difficult to pull off on flat stages. Also...
- 1st and 2nd super moves are practically worthless on said stages
- Throw moves take too much time

Bottom Line:
Fun character, but it can get frustrating on some stages since it will take forever to finish. Sadly, I don't seem myself using him online assuming that Super Kills are required across all match types.
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Current Rankings
1. Sweet Tooth
2. Sir Daniel
3. Ratchet
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Sir Daniel I wanted to be good but never got the hang of him, mostly for the reasons you said
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After reading some of the other posts, I should note that I haven't downloaded any patches yet. I booted the game offline each time, though that could change next week.
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Heihachi

+ Plethora of useful attacks. I probably use about 85-90% of them in a given match.
+ Great super moves, most notably the bear on level 2
+ He's an absolute boss in the air

- Has no reach
- Fewer attacks than I assume most characters since I noticed at least one move was an additional dodge
- Honestly, he's kind of bland with such a vanilla moveset. I guess that should be expected when you put a fighting game character from a 2D plane, 1 on 1 fighting game into a game like this.
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Current Rankings
1. Sweet Tooth
2. Heihachi
3. Sir Daniel
4. Ratchet

I was absolutely torn on who to rank higher between Sir Daniel and Heihachi since they are so different in terms of pros and cons. Do I value fun factor or likelihood to win with more? In this particular case, I went with the latter, though I won't guarantee that will always be the case.
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It was a decent game but I got tired of it pretty quick. Mained Sackboy because I didn't like any of the other characters
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Heihachi was so much fun to use. His Beach ball was such a nice little Easter egg
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I tried it and didn't understand it. What does a space shuttle have to do with him? I was also under the impression that it only applied to a single opponent, so I went with the bear one since I would routinely get 2-5 kills depending on the amount of opponents.
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It's a good thing he has a great level 2 instead
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I forgot to mention this yesterday, but in regards to Sir Daniel matches taking forever (in untimed rounds), I had one match go to triple overtime and another to double overtime because they were on one-level stages or two-level stages where Sir Daniel's first two super moves were still useless.
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Yeah one of the things I love most about the game is all the little throwbacks you can see in the movesets and alternate costumes
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Heihachi was great to use and had nice AP gain from what I remember.
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As a big fan of Super Smash Bros, I actually really like the concept of this game even if it's an attempt to cash in on the SSB fanbase (I refuse to call it a "blatant copy" or "rip off" because I believe crossover fighters should become a norm in the market)

I'm actually really sad that it seems to have flopped, it looks fun.
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I think my kids play this game way more than Smash Bros.
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BowserCuffs posted...

I'm actually really sad that it seems to have flopped, it looks fun.

The game is super cheap now, you can get it for a couple bucks. I'd definitely recommend getting it; it's a great go-to party game (especially if you have friends who are Sony fans).
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Johnbobb posted...

BowserCuffs posted...

I'm actually really sad that it seems to have flopped, it looks fun.

The game is super cheap now, you can get it for a couple bucks. I'd definitely recommend getting it; it's a great go-to party game (especially if you have friends who are Sony fans).

If I had a console that could play it, I would get it.
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I will do two characters for tomorrow to make up for not doing one today
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Update tonight
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Fat Princess

+ After having been the victim of her first super move for so long (it is the reason I had that aforementioned triple overtime match), I can say that it is excellent to use
+ Her second super move might be better than Heihachi's since I have more control
+ Watching her throw makes me laugh
+ Excellent triangle moves

- Circle moves yield little in AP and have low accuracy
- Combination of sluggish maneuvering and fast attacks makes it hard to get fully comfortable
- Related to the above, I feel like I am reacting to opponents far more than setting the tone

Bottom Line:
Her polarizing attributes make it hard to see me playing as her in the future, but she is fun at her core.
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for a long time she was the favorite competitively, due to her down square (I think) and Lvl.1 super being basically a guaranteed kill each time
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PaRappa the Rapper

+ Punching barrage move is outstanding
+ Due to his small size, his Level 1 super move is actually quite effective (unlike Sir Daniel)
+ May have set the bar with the greatest Level 2 super move, but...

- I swear that his Level 2 super move depletes the bar faster than let's say Heihachi or Fat Princess who have similar styles
- Lacks "wow" factor
- It seems that when multiple people attack each other at roughly the same time, PaRappa always loses out
- "I gotta believe!"

Bottom Line:
It's hard to put into words, but PaRappa seems like the kind of character you would use if this was your first fighting game but one you will never touch again once you get used to the game.
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Current Rankings
1. Sweet Tooth
2. Heihachi
3. Fat Princess
4. Sir Daniel
5. PaRappa the Rapper
6. Ratchet

I'm not even a third of the way through this and I am already finding it quite difficult where to place people. Sweet Tooth is definitely in a class of his own for the time being though. I know that for certain.
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KCF0107 posted...

- I swear that his Level 2 super move depletes the bar faster than let's say Heihachi or Fat Princess who have similar styles

I think it's because it's easier to get kills with

Even though Parappa burns out quick I still get more kills with his Lvl. 2 than anyone else's typically
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KCF0107 posted...

2D plane

Heihachi is from a 3D game though
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Aren't Tekkens 3D fighters played on a 2D plane like Soul Calibur and Street Fighter?
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Are your rankings based on how you like the character or how good you think they are? So far based on competitive tier lists, I think Parappa would be 1 and Sweet Tooth would be one of the bottom two lol
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KCF0107 posted...

Aren't Tekkens 3D fighters played on a 2D plane like Soul Calibur and Street Fighter?

Soul Calibur and Tekken are 3D planes
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