Super Smash Bros. Brawl

A Review By Dean Clarke
This review is my personal opinion and should be used as a guide. all ratings are out of 10

GamePlay

Super Smash Bros. Brawl is a fighting game that is like a party with all the best and coolest people involved, the gameplay is very easy to master for begginers its just button bash but as you get more advanced you will find your own character for its and your gameplay strength, depending on wether you are a long range person, fast attack, or slow and powerful, etc. the game plays really well with a great button configuration that makes it easy to use and smooth visuals.

As you progress through the game you really do start to see the hard work nintendo have put in, esspecially when you start unlocking the millions of characters they put on the game, and playing them to see references to thier game, E.G. mario shoots fire balls and links final smash involves a triforce (sort of)

GamePlay = 10

StoryLine

Believe it or not this is the first super smash game with (what i consider) a real story line, even if it is vague, the very basic story line make the game easy to understand and very simple for young childeren and people playing half way through the game, however leaves us core gamers wanting more, the plot is that a dark energy type thing is invading the nintendo universe (now including sonic and snake), making copies of characters to fight the origionals, you lead your character (teams as your progress) through a maze defeating the fake characters, real character and the ocasional boss. Bowser and ganondorf apear to be the people heading the attack for there leader the master hand, however the master hand is being used as a puppet by (i'll leave you to figure this part out, after all its the only spoiler).


StoryLine = Only 4 (but im not really including this to much for the overall result

Graphics

There graphics on this game are beautiful and some of the best the Wii has to offer, the art style of the game depends on the character for example cartoon for toon link, realistic for ganondorf, and massive head for lucas , these graphics for a Wii game can only be beaten by Mario Galaxy.


Graphics = 10

Replay Value

Super Smash Bros. Brawl has a ton of replay value due to the simple nature of the game its almost all replay value, and with additional controllers (and friends) you will be entertained forever.


Replay Value = 10

Other Notes

Billions of characters (okay exaduration alert )
Character style matchs the game
LINK AND TOON LINK ARE IN IT (My favorite characters in this game)
Sonic

Unfortunatly i could not find any bad points, but thats a good thing

Overall

GamePlay = 10

StoryLine = Only 4 (but im not really including this to much for the overall result

Graphics = 10

Replay Value = 10

OVERALL = 9.5 out of 10, OUTSTANDING


Please note that this is my second ever review, any spelling mistakes or errors etc will be corrected if you post them in the comments area

i think story deserves a 10 or at least a 9.5

my reason is that they were able to tell a story without the use of words, and in my opinion, they presented it very well

nick0320 wrote:i think story deserves a 10 or at least a 9.5

my reason is that they were able to tell a story without the use of words, and in my opinion, they presented it very well

Yeah i know but due to lack of story i gave it low marks however never really used it as much when doing the overall result as in the story sure you cant let them talk (that would be wiered, is there actually a nintendo character (that you play as) that talks? except star fox) but i feel they could have done a bit more, the cut sceens were short and most of them were basically Bad Guy, Fight, Evil robots with bomb. i feel they are going for a storyline soon though, number 1 had no story, melee had a small story in adventure mode (nothing major) then this one had a story but a very short one

dclarke742 wrote:

nick0320 wrote:i think story deserves a 10 or at least a 9.5

my reason is that they were able to tell a story without the use of words, and in my opinion, they presented it very well

Yeah i know but due to lack of story i gave it low marks however never really used it as much when doing the overall result as in the story sure you cant let them talk (that would be wiered, is there actually a nintendo character (that you play as) that talks? except star fox) but i feel they could have done a bit more, the cut sceens were short and most of them were basically Bad Guy, Fight, Evil robots with bomb. i feel they are going for a storyline soon though, number 1 had no story, melee had a small story in adventure mode (nothing major) then this one had a story but a very short one

that makes sense

yupp. I never liked super smash bros. All you did was kill nintendo characters, no wonder mario is at a standstill in the game industry (probably at hospital recovering from another super smash bros injury).

abd5530 wrote:yupp. I never liked super smash bros. All you did was kill nintendo characters, no wonder mario is at a standstill in the game industry (probably at hospital recovering from another super smash bros injury).

WHHHAAAATTTT!!!!! you dont like smash bros. did you play it with other people?, i love that game, so does almost everyone i know, especially considering you can hack it and mod the characters

Well, its ok. but i never liked the style.

im the type of fps and adventure gamer, not an rpg/just attack and do nothing else

abd5530 wrote:im the type of fps and adventure gamer, not an rpg/just attack and do nothing else

I like all game genres, drving for burn out, FPS for most games, adventure (probablly my favorite) etc etc

dclarke742 wrote:

abd5530 wrote:im the type of fps and adventure gamer, not an rpg/just attack and do nothing else

I like all game genres, drving for burn out, FPS for most games, adventure (probablly my favorite) etc etc

fps has got to be my least favorite (mainly because it just takes a dedicated weekend to make one.) i love all other genres. smash bros. being a total origional style gameplay. plus the multiplayer never gets old!

You make homebrew games?
COOL!
do you need a special license or something?
When i make a game i either make it on lbp or gmod it.

abd5530 wrote:You make homebrew games?
COOL!
do you need a special license or something?
When i make a game i either make it on lbp or gmod it.

i never liked gmod lol and yes i make homebrew games. no special licence needed just time (and lots of it) theres engines all over the place that you can learn to code on (my favorite being the unreal engine), or you can built your own engine using C++ or C#

i understanded the first part but what is c++ or c#?

abd5530 wrote:i understanded the first part but what is c++ or c#?

They are programming languages, most games are programmed in C++

okay. i can hex view them and each comes out different

dclarke742 wrote:

abd5530 wrote:i understanded the first part but what is c++ or c#?

They are programming languages, most games are programmed in C++

nintendo builds a new engine for almost every game they make except for small exceptions where they just made small changes to the engine (super mario galaxy and super mario galaxy 2)

the most user friendly engine in the world: unity3d
the most complicated engine in the world: final fantasy 13 engine
the best graphics engine in the world: hedgehog engine
my favorite engine that i have access to: unreal development kit
my favorite engine that i dont have access to: hedgehog engine

yeah, i like unreal.

abd5530 wrote:yeah, i like unreal.

Me too, unreal is deffinatly my favorite engine, i mean just look at the games it produces

they are high an quality. I think rare use the unreal engine.

abd5530 wrote:they are high an quality. I think rare use the unreal engine.

rare builds their own engines. which im so glad that they do they make the best engines. the ones from n64 were perfect

i loved perfect dark, that was the best n64 game ever! (apart from goldeneye)

abd5530 wrote:i loved perfect dark, that was the best n64 game ever! (apart from goldeneye)

Zelda
Mario
Goldeneye
(oh and i liked yoshi story, it was actually a decent game)

Perfect dark was good but not great, there were so many good games it had to compete against

dclarke742 wrote:

abd5530 wrote:i loved perfect dark, that was the best n64 game ever! (apart from goldeneye)

Zelda
Mario
Goldeneye
(oh and i liked yoshi story, it was actually a decent game)

Perfect dark was good but not great, there were so many good games it had to compete against

rareware makes the best engines ever but it didnt like perfect dark i liked these

banjo kazooie
banjo tooie
donkey kong 64

best games ever. too bad microsoft bought them so their games stink now

nick0320 wrote:rareware makes the best engines ever but it didnt like perfect dark i liked these

banjo kazooie
banjo tooie
donkey kong 64

best games ever. too bad microsoft bought them so their games stink now

I remember playing tose games with my cousion they were awsome, but i agree Microsoft killed them ( except DK as nintendo own that) and banjo kazooie on xbox is filled with inuendos and its a kids game

dclarke742 wrote:

nick0320 wrote:rareware makes the best engines ever but it didnt like perfect dark i liked these

banjo kazooie
banjo tooie
donkey kong 64

best games ever. too bad microsoft bought them so their games stink now

I remember playing tose games with my cousion they were awsome, but i agree Microsoft killed them ( except DK as nintendo own that) and banjo kazooie on xbox is filled with inuendos and its a kids game

banjo died and left his geek cousin for us to play with. donkey kong is still awesome but i fear there will never be another 3d style dk game becasue of rareware

ah, rareware. I remember playing donkey kong country on the snes. Fab. First donkey kong i ever played.

abd5530 wrote:ah, rareware. I remember playing donkey kong country on the snes. Fab. First donkey kong i ever played.

same here doney kong on snes was awesome and funny enough, better graphics than donkey kong 64

nick0320 wrote:same here doney kong on snes was awesome and funny enough, better graphics than donkey kong 64

I cant wait to play the new one, but i have to admit that its not my most antisipated game

dclarke742 wrote:

nick0320 wrote:same here doney kong on snes was awesome and funny enough, better graphics than donkey kong 64

I cant wait to play the new one, but i have to admit that its not my most antisipated game

its one of my most anticipated. more than kirby anyway. donkey kong comes right before zelda and kirby and right after metroid other m and epic mickey. so its right in the middle

nick0320 wrote:its one of my most anticipated. more than kirby anyway. donkey kong comes right before zelda and kirby and right after metroid other m and epic mickey. so its right in the middle

Thats roughly where i would put it, i think other M and donkey konk are closely matched,

So my most antisipated Wii games go:
1. Zelda
2. Kirby
3. Donky kong/other m
4. other m/donkey kong
5. epic mickey

I cant wait to see portal 2, gears 3 and halo reach (there are a lot of other games too but it would take to long to write)

dclarke742 wrote:

nick0320 wrote:its one of my most anticipated. more than kirby anyway. donkey kong comes right before zelda and kirby and right after metroid other m and epic mickey. so its right in the middle

Thats roughly where i would put it, i think other M and donkey konk are closely matched,

So my most antisipated Wii games go:
1. Zelda
2. Kirby
3. Donky kong/other m
4. other m/donkey kong
5. epic mickey

I cant wait to see portal 2, gears 3 and halo reach (there are a lot of other games too but it would take to long to write)

im talking about wii games. i cant wait for portal two. and you put epic mickey last. but i guess its supposed to have an engine similar to the kingdom hearts 2 engine so im freakin excited for it