MultiVersus meaningfully embraces the competitive fundamentals established by its obvious inspiration to deliver an excellent brawler with tight, engrossing gameplay and thoroughly creative characters.Ĭharacters in rival platform fighters are frequently likened to archetypes popularized in Super Smash Bros. Over the last couple of weeks, I’ve sunk nearly 50 hours into this platform fighter and find myself compelled to engage in matches every single day. Player First Games has convincingly demonstrated its love of genre contemporaries by crafting one of the best-playing fighting games in recent history. My concerns dissolved the second I got my hands on MultiVersus. Sure, I chuckled at the bonkers premise of Ultra Instinct Shaggy scrapping with Batman and Bugs Bunny but would it be enough?
Despite an impressive catalog of characters and licenses, other mascot-centric fighting games like PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale failed to capture the essence of what makes Super Smash Bros. Interactive Entertainment unveiled MultiVersus, its free-to-play foray into platform fighting, I was skeptical of its potential.
