Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl 2 Review (PlayStation 5)
This Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl 2 Review, lets you duke it out with the biggest and best fighting character roster yet! Please choose your favorite brawlers, master their unique move sets, and use all-new powerful Supers to land the finishing blow with friends or across a fantastic, roguelike player campaign!
Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl 2 Review Pros:
- Decent cartoon-like graphics.
- 12.07GB download size.
- Platinum trophy.
- Platform brawler gameplay.
- Officially licensed.
- Four ways to play – battle, online, campaign, and single-player.
- The extras menu has a jukebox, credits, and a gallery.
- Single-player modes – Arcade, boss Rush, mini-games, and dojo.
- 26 stages from the various universes and the training stage.
- Battle mode allows local multiplayer and CPU.
- campaign mode is almost roguelike in that you do a series of fights, boss fights, mini-games, and interactions and if you lose then it’s the end of that run and you start again on a new randomized campaign trail.
- The campaign mode has a main hub where you can buy items, and power-ups, upgrade them, the dojo (training), talk with characters, etc.
- As you beat characters in the campaign mode you unlock the ability to play them in a campaign trail.
- Three lots of currency to earn in-game for upgrades and purchasing.
- Excellent soundtrack.
- All characters are voiced.
- 25 playable characters – SpongeBob SquarePants, Patrick Star, Squidward, Plankton, Raphael, Donatello, April O’Neil, Danny Phantom, Ember, Grandma Gertie, Gerald, Nigel, Zim, Jenny Wakeman, Reptar, Ten and Stimpy, Azula, Korra, Aang, Garfield, Angry Beavers, Lucy Loud, Jimmy Neutron, El Tigre, and Rocko.
- Fully animated backdrops.
- Plays like Super Smash Brothers Brawl.
- Each character in the campaign can buy, upgrade, and equip perks, and status effects to change how they play and their stats.
- Every character keeps track of the arcade and the campaign clears.
- Movesets are in the menu for each character.
- The hub in campaign mode is open and you can freely move around.
- Buy decorations to change the campaign hub area.
- Six difficulties – tiny but mighty, Texas tough, master class, how tough are you, madness reigns, and prepare for doom.
- The campaign has a portal to change the campaign difficulties.
- Your health/damage in campaign matches carries over to each match.
- Fast loading times.
- Has a lot of other characters from the universes that give power-ups, buffs, etc.
- A major upgrade over the last game in every way.
- The campaign trail is a choose-you-own route affair with many forks in the road. Power-up choices are a choose one from three offers.
Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl 2 Review Cons:
- The jumping and movement still feel loose and like every jump is a coin flip on if you make it.
- A lot of notable absentee characters.
- When it gets going the game is so hectic and the camera is so far out that making anything out is crazy difficult.
- Takes some getting used to the controls.
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Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl 2:
Developer: GameMill
Publisher: GameMill
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Summary
Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl 2 is a game that offers a variety of features and modes that cater to different player preferences. The game stands out with its decent cartoon-like graphics and platform-brawler gameplay, which is reminiscent of Super Smash Brothers Brawl. It’s a sizeable game with a 12.07GB download size, but it rewards players with a platinum trophy for their efforts.
The game offers four ways to play – battle, online, campaign, and single-player. Each mode provides a unique gaming experience. The battle mode allows for local multiplayer and CPU, while the campaign mode offers a roguelike experience with a series of fights, boss fights, mini-games, and interactions. If you lose, it’s the end of that run, and you start again on a new randomized campaign trail.
The game features 25 playable characters from various Nickelodeon universes, including SpongeBob SquarePants, Patrick Star, Squidward, and many more. Each character has unique movesets listed in the menu, and they can be upgraded with perks and status effects in the campaign mode. The game also includes 26 stages from the various universes and a training stage.
The campaign mode is particularly engaging. It features a main hub where you can buy items, power-ups, and upgrades. As you beat characters in the campaign mode, you unlock the ability to play them in a campaign trail. The campaign trail is a choose-your-own-route affair with many forks in the road, offering a unique experience each time.
Despite its many strengths, the game does have a few areas that could use improvement. The jumping and movement can feel loose, and it can be difficult to make out what’s happening when the game gets hectic and the camera zooms out. Additionally, some notable characters are absent from the game. However, these minor issues don’t detract from the overall enjoyment of the game. With its excellent soundtrack, fully animated backdrops, and fast loading times, Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl 2 is a major upgrade over the last game in every way.