Brawlout

About

Brawlout is a platform fighting game developed by Angry Mob Games released for Microsoft Windows and the Nintendo Switch with Playstation 4 and Xbox One releases scheduled for 2018. The game has drawn comparisons to Super Smash Brothers due to the similar nature of its gameplay.

History

Brawlout was developed by Angry Mob Games and revealed at EVO in July 2016 (reveal trailer shown below).^[1] The game went into closed Beta in December of that year and was released for Microsoft Windows on April 20th, 2017.

In August of 2017, Nintendo announced that the game would be ported to the Switch (trailer shown below). The game was released for the Nintendo Switch on December 19th, 2017.

Gameplay

The gameplay is very similar to that of Super Smash Brothers. Players control fighters on a platformed stage, increasing others damage percentage via a variety of attacks with the goal of getting players to fall off the stage. On August 18th, 2017, YouTuber Luis Alamilla posted a gameplay preview of Brawlout that gained over 13,000 views (shown below). The game features a roster of all-original characters, though the Switch version features Hyper Light Drifter from the indie game of the same name and Juan from Guacamelee.

Reception

Critical reception to Brawlout has been generally positive, but many agree that the game does not surpass the Super Smash Brothers series. BGR^[2] called the game an "adequate" Smash surrogate but noted that the game's limited roster and combat system that isn't as crisp as it is in Smash games left it feeling inferior to its spiritual counterpart. Kotaku^[3] wrote the game is fun and intuitive, but "misses out on a lot of what gave Smash character." The game has a 7/10 user rating on Steam. ^[4]

Online Presence

The game features moderate online presence. It has a subreddit with over 400 readers^[5] as well as a Facebook page with 3,200 likes.^[6] It has also seen some play from Let's Players. For example, Alpharad posted gameplay of him playing when the game was in closed BETA, gaining over 392,000 views (shown below, left). YouTuber yung maestro played the game on their channel ahead of the game's Switch release, gaining over 161,000 views.

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