Brawlhalla

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6.9

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  1. reviewinggamer
    Dec 6, 2017
    4
    An okay game that's really unbalanced with OP weapons and spamming players. Aside from that, the graphics are nice and the game is fun to play if you can get away from the spammers and the bad players. Controls are good but you can easily forget the controls. Easily. The fact that you have to pay to get exclusive stuff and the somewhat bad updates keep me from giving this a good score.
  2. Rapture_Veri
    Nov 1, 2018
    0
    This is one of the worst games I've ever played.Its a smash bros clone full of micro transactions.
  3. RedTeamUlysses
    Jun 29, 2016
    3
    There's a reason i score it badly. it's a great option for people who don't own a wii or anything to play smash, buut there's a problem... unbalanced as hell. Legends like Hattori, and ESPECIALLY Ada (the bane of my existence) are EXTREMELY spammy and unbalanced. Queen Adi (or whatever her name his) has a high-damage spamable attack that strikes in a 180 degree radius around her instantly.There's a reason i score it badly. it's a great option for people who don't own a wii or anything to play smash, buut there's a problem... unbalanced as hell. Legends like Hattori, and ESPECIALLY Ada (the bane of my existence) are EXTREMELY spammy and unbalanced. Queen Adi (or whatever her name his) has a high-damage spamable attack that strikes in a 180 degree radius around her instantly. Ada is the very definition of spam, and Hattori is just extremely cheesy. I go into ranked games and find nothing but Queen, Ada, and Hattori; and it's a living hell. When they decide to balance their goddamn game, then i'll be willing to give it a rating it should have.… Expand
  4. JESTERRRRRR6
    Mar 10, 2017
    0
    Hitboxes are incredibly odd, more often than not they are not aligned with the character. Seems to be a case of lazyness - different weapons make you run differently but the hit circle stays in the same place (yes it's just one large circle) meaning some characters circle appears to be behind them.

    Input is ignored on a regular basis leaving you wondering why your character didn't do    Hitboxes are incredibly odd, more often than not they are not aligned with the character. Seems to be a case of lazyness - different weapons make you run differently but the hit circle stays in the same place (yes it's just one large circle) meaning some characters circle appears to be behind them.

    Input is ignored on a regular basis leaving you wondering why your character didn't do what you pressed. Sometimes input seems to merge between frames making you do the wrong thing.

    Balance is a joke - in the most recent tournament the last 8 players all used the same weapon and only 10/30 characters where even used.

    Dodge mechanics is like a movement dash in one direction during which you are invulnerable. The result of this is that everyone plays passively waiting for the enemy to attack so they can dodge and attack. Players who are losing will just sit on the edge of the map (yeah you can wall grab) waiting for the timer to run out so it becomes even again (sudden death).

    Ultimately it is a smash clone that runs poorly (fps lag on a 2d game - result of using flash) and annoys you more than anything else. Devs don't know what they are doing.    … Expand
  5. anyska
    Jun 29, 2017
    0
    One of the worst games I've encountered. The only notable aspect of the game is the ranked system which allows users to be paired up against random opponents based on region. With the lack of diversity in maps, it gets stale very quickly.
    The weapons are very limited and it usually comes down to who has the least amount of lag what with their very frequent lag spikes. As for the game    One of the worst games I've encountered. The only notable aspect of the game is the ranked system which allows users to be paired up against random opponents based on region. With the lack of diversity in maps, it gets stale very quickly.
    The weapons are very limited and it usually comes down to who has the least amount of lag what with their very frequent lag spikes. As for the game itself, it can be described as a dodge-fest. Just learn which weapons do which moves and prepare to dodge at any instance.
    There is for some odd reason the ability to talk to the opponent after the battle which only gives those with pent-up rage a medium to flame the other user or tell them that they're garbage at the game.
    So to sum up, lack of diverse gameplay, horrible servers, toxic community - a recipe doomed to leave a bad taste.    … Expand
  6. sir_tiffy
    Jun 29, 2017
    0
    What an abomination of a game and a colossal waste of disk space. Whoever created this definitely didn't have fun in mind. Bash c, x, and z, and you're good to go! Horrible game, wouldn't play it even if they paid me to.
  7. SuperSourSauce
    Nov 1, 2017
    0
    Meleehalla was better!!!

    How about fixing the servers? Why invest all that time getting good with a character only to take your skills online and get destroyed because you're teleporting all over the map? Only a game that's unplayable deserves a score of zero, and Brawlhalla's online servers earn it such a dishonor. Think it's just my ping? WRONG! I have fast cable net with low    Meleehalla was better!!!

    How about fixing the servers? Why invest all that time getting good with a character only to take your skills online and get destroyed because you're teleporting all over the map?

    Only a game that's unplayable deserves a score of zero, and Brawlhalla's online servers earn it such a dishonor. Think it's just my ping? WRONG! I have fast cable net with low ping. Google "Brawlhalla server lag" and you can read all about the many others having the same problem.

    And dear god... did Blue Mammoth seriously remove the ability to dodge attacks in their latest patch?! Stick with Smash Brothers, boy and girls. I kept the faith in hoping this game would eventually turn a corner, yet it's only getting worse.    … Expand
  8. Cioby
    Jul 18, 2018
    0
    Worst mechanics in a game, period. Abusing the same broken mechanics can make you live longer also, while your enemy could die with half his life in 1 hit. Because **** you that's why.
  9. UHFKnight
    Apr 14, 2018
    4
    The hitboxes are very, very bad
    Almost all characters are the same. Same weapons, same taunts etc.
    I'll be honest, it is fun to play the snowball with friends, but the rest is just not fun
    This is basically Super Smash Bros, but terrible.
  10. brawlhallahater
    Aug 25, 2018
    0
    this game sucks, go back to smashbros. I bet you're all ugly irl. I hope this game gets removed from all people access and it should cost 1000$ so that no one would **** buy it. hope you all can understand what you have done contributing to this game. please never, and i mean NEVER play this game ever again. sincerely, brawlhallahater
  11. KekkoRebu
    Dec 6, 2018
    0
    Game is just hot garbage, do yourself a favour and don't play this ever, pathetic
  12. DashaSoul
    Apr 9, 2019
    0
    Garbage, don't reccomend it. It's just a bad game. aAnd just to ge to 75 characters: bla bla bla bla bla
  13. Fatryon
    Feb 6, 2020
    4
    Un smash para pc, honestamente no puedo recomendarlo, si bien es bastante pintoresco, es bastante aburrido
  14. AJCk19
    Nov 15, 2022
    2
    A cheap version of Super Smash Bros. Which had enough marketing from Twitch.tv to be somewhat relevant. Back in the days, games like this would have been made fun of for being a cheap steam game, and a easy target for Jim Sterling.

    However, if this game just got WAY more polish! I can see myself liking it. And we can see a future contender that could compete with SSB. Which will make    A cheap version of Super Smash Bros. Which had enough marketing from Twitch.tv to be somewhat relevant. Back in the days, games like this would have been made fun of for being a cheap steam game, and a easy target for Jim Sterling.

    However, if this game just got WAY more polish! I can see myself liking it. And we can see a future contender that could compete with SSB. Which will make the whole brawl fighting game market better, seeing that SSB has dominated for so long.    … Expand
  15. Cryos
    Dec 12, 2022
    3
    If you ever wanted to know how awful a fighting game would be without the ability to block, gigantic, spammable hitboxes and high movement speed leading to most matches being a waiting game, then play Brawlhalla. If you're thinking of making a fighting game I would suggest playing Brawlhalla to see what not to do.

    The netcode and infrastructure is really good. But really it's a shame    If you ever wanted to know how awful a fighting game would be without the ability to block, gigantic, spammable hitboxes and high movement speed leading to most matches being a waiting game, then play Brawlhalla. If you're thinking of making a fighting game I would suggest playing Brawlhalla to see what not to do.

    The netcode and infrastructure is really good. But really it's a shame because its completely wasted. If only it could be transplanted to a better game.    … Expand
  16. Kostas101
    Oct 30, 2021
    4
    It's fun but it relies on weapons way too much, so in the end, every character plays the same, only the animations are different. Not only that, but it doesn't have many gamemodes, there's no variety, making the game very repetitive.
  17. DingerDonger
    Jun 27, 2020
    1
    What happens when you take Smash Bros and remove all the aspects that make it a good, competitive game? You get Brawlhalla. Items spawning at random, advanced techs missing (the devs actually REMOVED DI from the game!), clunky movement, and an emphasis on teams make this an absolutely terrible experience. Even Rivals of Aether and Icons are better than this garbage fire.
  18. Akopov7818
    Aug 23, 2020
    0
    Matchmaking-0
    Controls-0
    Hitboxes- -1
    Donates- over9999999
    Very, very bad fighting. 0/10
  19. okifio
    Dec 4, 2020
    0
    el juego se trata de spammear armas y usar siempre ada queen nay y algunos mas que son los mas facil de spammear... arreglen su juego y haganlo mas justo
  20. CheeseIsGood
    Dec 30, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. This game is just a broken terrible rip off of super smash bros and the community is super toxic.… Expand
  21. henriqueecox
    Mar 6, 2021
    1
    Matchmakind de merda, desbalanceado pra caralho, prata joga com platina, vai tomar no cu
  22. WashedPotatoes
    Jul 21, 2022
    2
    screw this stupid game stupid game i need 75 characters ...................
  23. Aurelios
    May 2, 2021
    0
    I've never seen a more poor designed game in my whole life, this game is very bad at everything. It is among the worst fight games in the world.
  24. OleOfTime
    Jul 3, 2021
    4
    Brawlhalla is worth trying but it feels like a cheap Super Smash Bros. clone for the PC.
  25. Rm4n
    Jul 17, 2021
    0
    worst game ever made smash rip off bad game i only play good games so i dontg like this bad story emoji movie movie better
  26. TheLinkgirl
    Jul 13, 2023
    2
    Not everything here is terrible, but what lies at the core falls flat. Brawlhalla is a 2D platform fighter, similar to Rivals of Aether or, more popularly, Super Smash Bros. Unlike those games, Brawlhalla adopts an interesting kit concept: characters don't have individual kits, but rather they have combinations of weapons which have their own kits. You might share one weapon type with anNot everything here is terrible, but what lies at the core falls flat. Brawlhalla is a 2D platform fighter, similar to Rivals of Aether or, more popularly, Super Smash Bros. Unlike those games, Brawlhalla adopts an interesting kit concept: characters don't have individual kits, but rather they have combinations of weapons which have their own kits. You might share one weapon type with an opponent, but not the other. While this is interesting as a concept, it's... not actually that fun, and ends up making most of the game around it feel very flat. I don't think Brawlhalla is a completely worthless product, but it feels like it's a considerably worse version of many other games out on the market.… Expand
  27. K3R0R
    Oct 18, 2021
    0
    Worst mechanics in a game, period. Abusing the same broken mechanics can make you live longer also, while your enemy could die with half his life in 1 hit. Because **** you that's why.
  28. Davidnotavailab
    Jul 1, 2023
    4
    Litteraly the **** game ever. FIrst of all only online, and there a are a lot of **** hackers that dont get banned, even tho u report them. The co op mode is pretty simple **** mods, **** u ubisoft i hope u ****ing die
  29. Zizzi
    Jan 30, 2022
    2
    Bad smash bros copy.
    Played it since 2018 and I gotta say it was fun while it lasted, I recomend only playing with a friend, or esle things will get boring pretty quickly.
    After such a long time, the game has become stale, boring asf.You jump in, hopeful to find people somewhat good and that are trying to play casually as you but end up facing tournament-like sweats, spammers and toxic    Bad smash bros copy.
    Played it since 2018 and I gotta say it was fun while it lasted, I recomend only playing with a friend, or esle things will get boring pretty quickly.
    After such a long time, the game has become stale, boring asf.You jump in, hopeful to find people somewhat good and that are trying to play casually as you but end up facing tournament-like sweats, spammers and toxic salty taunters.
    Hate how many methods are in this game to lure the player into being a scumbag (taunts, post match “emojis”, spamming sigs or same stupid op combos).
    Brawlhalla is extremely limited in matter of mechanics and lacks variety, as the characters are only reskinned and tweaked to represent their stats and a set of 3 special signature moves are assigned to them, the rest is literally the same.
    I only play it once in a while with a friend, doing 2vs2s but it’s only a matter of time before we both quit, disappointed with both the game and the extremely toxic community.
    Tip for new players: leave this trash where it belongs and get yourself a copy of smash bros, if you can.    … Expand
  30. rome_del
    Mar 1, 2022
    3
    I've allways liked fighting games such as mortal kombat, street fighter or super smash bros. And there is one thing in common with those game, they have unique characters with a unique moveset. We can take the exemple of Ryu and Guile or even Vega. For MK you have such characters like Raiden and Sub-Zero. And for super smash bros, wich is the biggest crossover figthing game of all with 82I've allways liked fighting games such as mortal kombat, street fighter or super smash bros. And there is one thing in common with those game, they have unique characters with a unique moveset. We can take the exemple of Ryu and Guile or even Vega. For MK you have such characters like Raiden and Sub-Zero. And for super smash bros, wich is the biggest crossover figthing game of all with 82 character, everyoneof them has it's own moveset and gameplay.
    Brawlhalla, for every character has the same moveset, even the weapons are the same. I feel that the lack of uniqueness makes the game bad. Plus everyone is op since they have the same framedata and can spam their combo with no endlag. This is something that makes the game sometime unplayable and makes it lame. The upgrading system, this upgrading system it's based on the level of your charater, these upgrades can go from a new skin to an upgrade of your stats wich makes, again, the game super unfair and uncompetitive, since the match making is not equal in anyway. This means that you can be a noob and figth against an upgraded character wich is playaed by a toxic spamer. Let's not forget about the fact that you don't unlock new characters like in others fighting games, you have to pay for them to be unlocked.    … Expand
  31. Drtikulky
    Oct 12, 2022
    3
    Can be fun with friends but it is and feels so unbalanced. Low amount of maps and a bad server connection, sometimes it feels like you are fighting in a dream in slow motion where you cannot hit anybody, I haven't had this issue in any other MP game.
  32. Quazder
    Aug 22, 2023
    0
    Not good for mental health, people playin it must be NPCs or just ill.
    (+) high skill cap

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  1. PCMag
    Sep 7, 2020
    70
    Brawlhalla may lack the Super Smash Bros. franchise's polish, name recognition, and generous content offerings, but it’s still a worthwhile entry in the platform fighting genre that you can enjoy for free.
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  2. GameCrate
    Nov 2, 2017
    70
    Brawlhalla is a fun game that everyone should try at least once. It’s just not necessarily a game that everyone will want invest a lot of time or money on.
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