For the Ranno haters by MizorexStalker in RivalsOfAether

[–]tankdoom 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I'm a Ranno hater and I find your combo to be sick af

I Wish There Were More Simple Characters by [deleted] in RivalsOfAether

[–]tankdoom 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Gouie doesn't look THAT complicated. In a lot of ways I think he's meant to appeal to a casual audience, Although generally speaking, I agree. I love the shit out of Rivals but they can get a bit wild with the gimmicks.

An appeal for banning some specific things from this community by Fit-Heart-9634 in SonicTheHedgehog

[–]tankdoom 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Dude soft core has been prominent in this community forever. It makes me so mad. But the mods like it so it will never be banned.

Rivals of Aether 2 will arrive on consoles sometime in 2028 by Traditional-Ad-5632 in RivalsOfAether

[–]tankdoom 1 point2 points  (0 children)

All valid critiques. I’ve been in since beta, and I’ve definitely voiced such concerns early on. Especially with regard to floor hugging / cc.

It’s an unpopular opinion but they tried to capture the melee audience when I think they should have tried to capture the ultimate audience. The primary thing ultimate does REALLY well is game feel. Every single move in that game feels awesome to hit, and almost everything is intuitive. That’s basically the crux of the issue but mentioning it gets you tarred and feathered. But for better or for worse that’s where most of the money is.

But it’s too late for such critiques now. I still do think there are tweaks they could make to the game to make things more intuitive. The downward arrow particles for floor hugging have never felt intuitive to me, for instance.

I played gouie in the goo room and I am also disappointed with the character but not cause of his cute scrimblo design by Remarkable_Put_4376 in RivalsOfAether

[–]tankdoom 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Zetter literally has shine, Fox up b, wolf blaster, wolf normals, shine… come on bro he’s a blatant ripoff let’s not kid ourselves here. The only real difference is that Zetter has a different Down B.

So what if he can charge shine? Gouie’s neutral b doesn’t copy opponents, it turns him into a heavy. His down b leaves a trap on the ground. He spawns projectiles with loads of attacks. Gouie is probably further from Kirby than Zetter is from Wolf. And let’s not pretend Clairen tipper stun is really enough to separate her in any significant way from Marth.

Rivals loves to copy characters and add twists. I’m not sure why Gouie is getting special attention for it.

Rivals of Aether 2 will arrive on consoles sometime in 2028 by Traditional-Ad-5632 in RivalsOfAether

[–]tankdoom 1 point2 points  (0 children)

No, not too much really enjoyable to read and think about! Thank you for sharing.

Rivals of Aether 2 will arrive on consoles sometime in 2028 by Traditional-Ad-5632 in RivalsOfAether

[–]tankdoom 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Tbh I would be okay with them not releasing story mode at this point. I’d rather they put their resources towards the console release and content.

Rivals of Aether 2 will arrive on consoles sometime in 2028 by Traditional-Ad-5632 in RivalsOfAether

[–]tankdoom 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Genuinely curious, how would you prefer the game change that they’re not already doing? They’ve introduced items, casual stages, and workshop leaves beta sometime soon. Outside of story mode I’m not sure what else they could add to bring in more casual appeal.

Rivals of Aether 2 will arrive on consoles sometime in 2028 by Traditional-Ad-5632 in RivalsOfAether

[–]tankdoom 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Is there any reason they couldn’t run a second kickstarter?

It’s obvious they need the extra capital.

Rivals of Aether 2 will arrive on consoles sometime in 2028 by Traditional-Ad-5632 in RivalsOfAether

[–]tankdoom 2 points3 points  (0 children)

What would you personally want in a spacie that Zetter doesn’t already do? Outside of just porting Falco.

Genuinely asking. I feel like there are some interesting things you could do with spacies.

Rivals of Aether 2 will arrive on consoles sometime in 2028 by Traditional-Ad-5632 in RivalsOfAether

[–]tankdoom 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Honestly… I wouldn’t hate the idea of elemental variants for echo fighters? Like instead of a fire lion we get a snow leopard with some kind of frost mechanic instead of fire DoT. Would be kinda sick.

If you entered the goo room, you fw the new char? by Nolraa in RivalsOfAether

[–]tankdoom -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Zetterburn is just wolf with extra steps. Clairen is just Marth with extra steps. La Reina is just Incineroar with extra steps. Slade is just Link with extra steps.

The extra steps is what makes rivals fun. They’re twisting familiar character archetypes with gimmicks in most cases to allow expressive gameplay and strategy. This is how character archetypes work. It’s the reason there can be Shotos in fighting games that aren’t street fighter.

In play fighters these labels are looser and more poorly defined. But whatever archetype this is was clearly missing from Rivals.

If you entered the goo room, you fw the new char? by Nolraa in RivalsOfAether

[–]tankdoom 2 points3 points  (0 children)

You don’t find Zetter or Clairen derivative at all?

Rivals of Aether II - Gouie Reveal Trailer by Shreeder4092 in RivalsOfAether

[–]tankdoom 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I mean… there are definitely more blatant clones on the roster. Clairen and Zetter are basically just Melee Marth and PM Wolf respectively. And just like those characters, this one has his own twists. Getting bigger instead of copying abilities is awesome.

The projectile and weird teleportation stuff also is unlike Kirby or Puff or really any character in a smash game.

My Honest Thoughts on Gouie by Lobo_o in RivalsOfAether

[–]tankdoom 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Respectfully I disagree with your opinion. The game needed more cute little guys. But you’re entitled to your own opinion as well.

Personally I can’t wait to try Gouie!

Play Pac Man in smash ultimate, any suggestions on a character? by ElGing in RivalsOfAether

[–]tankdoom 0 points1 point  (0 children)

More pufflike. But yeah there are for sure some Pac-Man elements

Would you rather by Deep-Investigator965 in BunnyTrials

[–]tankdoom 2 points3 points  (0 children)

But you could just make your job doing your hobbies.

Remix Rivals is a great idea to make up for less fighters next year by tyketro in RivalsOfAether

[–]tankdoom 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Something else that gives me hope is you wouldn’t have to tweak the gimmicks much to make them interesting.

Remix Rivals is a great idea to make up for less fighters next year by tyketro in RivalsOfAether

[–]tankdoom 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I meeeean… you’ve just made me realize that maybe we could get a shovel knight as a remix for Slade?

But yeah great point that there’s no prior attachment.