See PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale in Action

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From what I understand this Super Meter is the main focus on how the game is played since characters can only be KOed by a super. While this concept is a welcome changed from the percentage meter from Super Smash Bros. it does raise some concern that there won’t be as much strategy as there potentially could be. Correct me if I’m mistaken but, in the game’s current form, characters can build their Super Meter by attacking other characters or by picking up special items, but once that Super Meter fills it never depletes again unless it’s from a special item. This means that there is no real penalty for your character being hit which means the player won’t be as immersed in the games mechanics. Blocking would be trivial since there’s no loss of life upon being hit. In addition stages like the Hades that have hazards also become trivial since there is no penalty for being hit apart form a slight stun period., leading to an opponent’s attack that, unless it’s a Super Move, will also have no effect on your character’s life either.

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It would be such a shame to see those beautiful stages with cross-franchise twists got to waste which is why I propose a mechanic that adds more risk to your character should be included in the final product. Somehow your character should be penalized for being hit either by draining their Super Meter or something similar to that effect. If a player last portion of their Super Meter when hit by normal attacks, blacking would play more of a pivotal role in gameplay while at the same time making the stage’s hazards all the more gangerous. Now players will have more incentive to doge Hade’s

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Another prospect to consider for this game in addition to “Meter Drain” is to be able to take down your opponents even without a super meter with a mechanic called a “Zero Meter” or “Negative Meter” the idea is that every character starts off in a match with full Special Meter Bar but CANNOT use this bar to perform a special. Instead a character must build up a second bar through normal combat means in order to use a Level One Super. Consecutively a Level Two Super would need three total bars and a Level Three Super would require four but the idea is, after a super is performed, the character is still left with the single Super Meter Bar they began the match with.

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Having proposed this concept of a “Zero Meter” I think it would benefit in creating variety in gameplay, but at the same time I realize that is a larger deviation from the game’s original concept than my previous suggestion of “Meter Drain.” As such I consider this a dea more of a suggestion of something I’d like to see rather than a necessary game mechanic like losing a portion of your Super Meter when your character is hit. I only ask for whomever is reading this to simply consider this as a possibility.

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That’s all I wanted to say in terms of game design, now I’d like to take a moment to list some theird party companies and their respective characters that I’d like to see in this title and briefly discuss why they would be good choices for this game:

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First and foremost is Square Enix and their respective characters from the “Final Fantasy” and “Kingdom Hearts” series. Square Enix would be a smart choice to include as a potential third party both for the number of console exclusive titles that debuted on the Playstation 2 and for the large fanbase for their characters. Square Enix has a wide cast of characters to choose from spanning through three generations of consoles which means that Sony can grab a wide cast of potential characters from just a single third party. The characters I would most want to see in Playstation All-Stars are Sora (possibly Riku) and a Heartless From the Kingdom hearts series as well as Cloud Strife and Sephiroth from Final Fantasy 7. These characters are the most recognizable and will please the most amounts of fans who will be playing Playstation All-Stars.

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The one company I would recommend AVOIDING for this game is Capcom. Despite their massive fighting roster and list of crossover fighters, the videogame community is not very happy towards that company. I would hate to see this wonderful title tarnished by the baggage Capcom would bring and fear even more for the types of business practices they might try to pull if given the chance. There are plenty of other third party to choose from with far more credibility, Sony doesn’t need to include them simply because they’ve made other fighting games (and in my honest opinion Sony is better off without Capcom).

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Lastly the yet-to-be-confermed first party characters and stages I would like to see are:
Ratchet and Clank from Rachet and Clank
Jak and Daxter from Jak and Daxter
Cole MacGrath from Infamus
A Sackboy from LittleBigPlanet (would be interesting if he were a customable fighter, editing moves as well as his appearance)
Ellen from Folklore
Nariko from Heavenly Sword
The “Apprentice” from Sorcery
Nathan Drake from Uncharted
A completely original character that would debut in Playstation All-Stars, it would be a grand opportunity for a new character!!!

And stages:
I would love to see a Whipeout spliced with Modnation Racers Stage
The “Sinking Ship” from Uncharted 3 or the “Train Ride” from Uncharted 2
An Ico stage
An echocrome stage
A Folklore Stage
A Heavy Rain Stage
A Sport’s Champions Stage
A Resistance Stage
A Sorcery Stage
A Starhawk Stage
A Start the Party Stage (that actually works with the Plastation Eye for those who own one to show the players in the background of the stage)

That’s everything, I hope this helps the Playstation community as I’d like to do my duty and provide constructive feedback to a company that is willing to listen.