Thanks to some flaky fakes, PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale is back in the headlines. There's no sign that Sony's going to revive the mascot mash-up on the PlayStation 4, but the renewed interest invites an interesting question: should it? And if your answer to that is a resounding yes, then what direction should the successor take?
The original was obviously heavily influenced by Smash Bros, but it did try to carve its own path – much to the dismay of some. Would a closer replica see success, or should the platform holder take things in a different direction? It's not like PlayStation protagonists are household names on the scale of a Mario or Donkey Kong, so perhaps something a little more hardcore would work?
We discuss all of these points in the video embedded above, but we want to hear your thoughts as well. Which characters are absolutely essential? Who should the developer be? And what things would you do if you were recruited to serve as a producer on the hypothetical game? Brawl your way into the comments section below, and let us know.
Should there be a PlayStation All-Stars sequel on PS4? (102 votes)
- Yes, absolutely no question about it
- Erm, I'm not fussed either way really
- No, leave that monstrosity in the past
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What style would you like the sequel to adopt? (95 votes)
- I'd like it to be just like the first game
- It should be closer to Smash Bros, please
- How about an arena brawler like Power Stone?
- They should make a 2D brawler this time
- I have a completely unique idea actually
- Like I said before, I really don't care
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It never made any sense to me that Sony made a 2D fighter populated by characters made famous in 3D world games. If Kratos, Jak, Ratchet and Drake are gonna go at it, let them go at it in a 3D arena.
But no, just forget the whole thing and move onto to something original, like a mascot filled kart racer.
YES PLEASE!
Heck NO. i hated it.
God another 4 player brawler with PlayStation characters on PS4 would be so awesome!
yes 100% but just use PlayStation exclusive characters
Make it MOBA featuring PS characters and maybe some extras along the way.
I'd love to see a sequel but more in the vein of the Marvel Vs Series rather than Smash.
Well, start with a catchy name. Then try to do something more original and put a very good studio at the helm. And leave the multiplat characters at 3 or so.
TLDR make a spiritual successor, not a sequel.
I really do think Crash and Spyro are going to be in a sequel (if it happens) for sure. Given that the original All-Stars was released in 2012 which was before Sony become wildly successful with the PS4. Also now they have a strong relationship with Activision with Call of Duty and Destiny being marketed with the PS4, and the fact that they worked together to bring the new Crash game.
Also Lara Croft is likely now too since the only reason why she wasn't in the first was the Crystal Dynamics wanted everyone to play as Lara first with the new Reboot game. They said they would have loved to put Lara in the game later via DLC.
I think they can do it again honestly. And I hope its a 4 player brawler like Smash this time around.
I'd love to see another one more in the vain of Smash.
I'd like to see a Dynasty Warriors game starring Playstation mascots.
A 2D brawler in the style of Injustice would be amazing!
@Enuo That would be pretty sweet. And they could make each character very unique.
I loved the first, and I'd love to see a newer one...more in the form of Smash though with a story-mode area like Smash Brawl on Wii. It could be fun, especially if they add the right characters this time around and continue with DLC later on...imagine adding some of the Hot Shots Golf characters or even Buzz himself...could be humorous and fun at the same time. I'd also like to see a Kart-racing title too with their mascots. The only problem with both of these, is that many will say they are 'copying'....at least the nintendo fanatics will say that, but those fanatics will never admit if nintendo copied someone else.
@rjejr What he said! It made no sense for Playstation characters to be fighting in a 2D environment! Similarly nonsensical is Kratos being a playable in Shovel Knight, which is a game all about 16 bit era nostalgia! I'm surprised that the poll votes for the sequel to be like Power Stone are so low. I suspect many haven't played the game. There's a Power Stone 1 & 2 collection on psp. I recommend people play it.
Don't really care. Not into fighting games, and the Smash Bros was getting pretty boring pretty fast imo.
Better/more fun games out there to play.
(besides, I get my hero brawl fun with Overwatch)
Absolutely. The first game was flawed, but the point of sequels is generally to iron out these flaws. The potential is definitely there, we need more couch gaming and not having to having to split the screen up makes it even better.
Nah
It was the best thing we were needing here. brawl stars hack
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