1/7/2024 0 Comments Rivals of aether rankings![]() ![]() There’s a warrior lion with a fiery mane, a ripped beetle man who can pull rocks from the ground and an elk who can engineer lightning from her hooves. Each manipulates the element fire, earth, water or air, creating a rock-paper-scissors dynamic. Unlike 2012’s All-Stars Battle Royale for the PlayStation Vita, a platform fighter featuring Sony mascots, Rivals of Aether came up with a fresh, original cast of heroes. It features original, humanoid animal characters drawn in soft pixel art. “We have seen some Smash-style games in the past,” Rivals of Aether developer Dan Fornace told me, “but often, they are looking to replicate the ‘mascot brawler’ aspect of Smash and not the ‘platform fighter’ aspect that we see at tournaments.” Rivals of Aether is a platform fighter out now on Steam Early Access, to be released next week. For players searching for the same formula with more unique fighters, a more responsive dev team and a less inundated competitive scene, these games can offer a lot. They’re variations sporting a more grassroots spirit than Super Smash Bros‘. In some, you can triple-jump or parry instead of shield, but the formula is there it just got a makeover.Ĭalling them “rip-offs” would be ungenerous. ![]() If you’ve played some Smash and pick up any of these games’ betas, the gameplay and user interface are intuitive. You can shield against other players’ attacks, fight in the air or string together moves in punishing combos. Players battle it out with their choice of character on one of the game’s platform-based stages. Rivals of Aether, Brawlhalla, and Melee Masters are all upcoming indie platform fighters riffing on the theme Smash has been singing for two decades - one that 2013’s Towerfall circled with its archery-based play. 18 years after Super Smash Bros‘ initial release, a slew of indie games are challenging its dominance of the platform fighting genre.
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