Unmentioned here is the fact that in Rivals 1, we got an expansion called the Workshop 4, which included some of the best fan-made characters in the game. Devs love their community so much, they made some of them effin' canon. They're all coming back for the sequel, and we're getting a new fan-made character as well from their latest workshop contest.
@@zamarion101yup! They haven't revealed the order characters will be released, but on top of New characters, they stated they want to eventually have the full original cast back, including the workshop 4 and excluding the guest characters, and every character that gets added will be FREE
They’ve also confirmed they’re working on a new version of the workshop. It will take 2 to 4 years before it releases, IF it actually pans out, but it’s freaking 3D user-created, developer sanctioned content like we’ve never seen before, and they plan on fully supporting and developing the game for at least four years, probably quite a bit longer. I’ve never played Rivals, but this is very impressive stuff.
Old ass Street Fighter checking in here. I've been an outsider wanting a platform fighter to inspire me to learn the genre for a while now. I went into the next fest demo having never played or really even heard about Rivals of Aether before. And after spending the last week playing it, I can confidently say it's the one. I'm in love, and I'll be sticking around. If you see me in ranked, do me a favor and don't hold back. I'm new to this, but I'm not new to taking my lumps when learning a new fighting game. And I genuinely want to get good with this one.
As a platform fighter player that got into street fighter later: welcome dude! I hope you have a great time and lemme know who you wanna play in Rivals
@@quarium5681 So far my favorite is Wrastor. I get that he's considered tricky to learn, but I was sold as soon as I saw he had a dive kick. I'm a sucker for aerial characters.
@@brainSnakeslucky for you sir, in every platform fighter I’ve ever played aerials are almost always some of the best and most useful movies a character has.
A heavily understated aspect of what makes rivals so special to me as a long time PR S4/Ult vet is The game isn’t trying to be Melee. Sure I’m going to have to sit down and master the melee mechanics, but without them you can absolutely still perform strings and sequences that feel so sick that us Ult players WANT to learn how to wave dash and cc just to squeeze every bit of dopamine we can out of this thing Most new plat fighters try to be melee, not understanding that Ult players won’t be interested and Melee players will almost always prefer melee to any clone-which is why they always go back after the first month or two. This one though? Between the buffer system, intuitive mechanics, training mode and JUICY dopamine rush when you land that hit-this one is shaping up to be a real stand-out platform fighter
The cool thing is that it has all the ultimate mechanics as well as all the melee mechanics so you can play with any play style you like and feel at home
@@Jollofmuncher2000 Honestly as someone who tried 1 I felt it was a bit too fast for me (Melee is fun but INCREDIBLY fast) so I'm glad to see the speed of this one slightly toned down for the average player
This one definitely feels better to play than just about every smash "clone" out there. I'm pumped to see the lifespan of this game and am excited to play it in tourney.
In the event that we get a new Smash on Switch 2 and they somehow work out having rollback, I would LOVE to see Rivals continue to thrive. The movement and attack options are insane, and that's coming from someone who only got to play the beta for 1 day.
This is a really heartfelt deepdive into a game I wouldn't have heard about otherwise. Your genuine hype and adoration of the game and the genre are infectious and had me glued to the screen the whole video. I felt like I had been watching a video much longer than just 10 minutes and that says a lot about the value you put in. I hope more people end up subscribing ✨
As a dinosaur of the pre-doc melee days, I gotta say rivals nails the 'schmoovment' that makes melee and PM so satisfying. Gameplay is tight, characters feel good to play, and it's addicting af.
Honestly this game looks like the balance of broken character concepts balanced to be more fair against each other. I've even heard that the worse character in this is just as viable as peach in melee. I think this and the good movement helps make the game look more fun to play (I couldn't play the beta) since you have a lot of good options yet still have to play against the other players options.
I think I saw the same video. It was Fleet, right? I'm maining her, and when you get the hang of her kit, she has SO much potential for some crazy setups. Her air movement being floaty is simultaneously one of her biggest weaknesses and strengths depending on how you use it.
This is an awesome video and I am so excited to play a game I know nothing about! Also sick editing on the outro I loved the music sync with gamplay simply amazing!
Bro playing the demo was mind blowing. I was always just a casual smash fan, never really getting into it besides having fun with my family and doing local battles at school with my friends. Naturally I was hot garbage but it was fun anyway. When I started in the demo it was the same thing, but I could actually improve and genuinely got better over the course of the demo, going from a 20 loss streak to a 5 win streak and barely managing to squeak into gold rank. Really hope this game pops off cuz its super good.
I really wasn’t sold on this game by watching it but I tried it the last day of the early demo thing and now I can’t stop thinking about it… 2 more days baby!!
This game honestly clears Smash easily. The netcode is so good and it feels absolutely lagless to play online most games. The gameplay was made and balanced for competitive play and it shows. This is the game we always wished Smash Ultimate would be. Absolutely a must buy.
somewhat agree but at the same time strong disagree... : ( maybe its a character issue for me though. at this point in time i feel like i find no main, the ones i want to play are way too much work for effort and the game still has kragg, somewhat buttonmash-dashattack-cheese friendly and the tech skill is just not close
i play a lot of rivals 1 and what i love about it is how each character is designed to be as different as possible. In smash u can group the characters together, but in rivals every character is new, fresh and exciting
Best thing about rivals 2 is save states. Omfg the training room actually functioning like a training room is nice. It's not overall the best as I don't think there's a "Do X out of hitstun" yet, but it just being there already makes me wanna lab the game more than any smash game ever
Nice video! Rivals 2 really is looking amazing. As a casual player that never really got into smash but has played some brawlhalla, I love the first game. My only gripes with it are: - I don't like shields, I liked there only being a parry - I don't like ledge grabs, wall jumps seemed clearer and less 'teleporty' to me - The visual upgrade is great, but it does make workshop content way less accessible, since it was easier to make a pixelart character than a 3d one
As a melee player, rivals 1 was always my favorite "melee clone". It had the good feeling movement of melee while not making itself too complicated to pick up as well as doing away with L canceling. It also has its own mechanics which help add to its identity and helps seperate itself from melee. I also love that hitstun is pretty much just as long because it allows for more combo potential. Im so happy to see rivals 2 get the attention it deserves
That MVS skin you showed could be earned for free during the Batman event. MVS has problems, mostly technical ones, but monetization and F2P economy aren't amongst them.
I swear ppl at this point just hate on it just for the sake of it. Like they WANT to make it flop even more. Ppl act like it has the worst monetization ever, while I don't recall any free game that also gives you tons of skins. I haven't paid a dollar and I have skins for most of the characters on the roster, some of them being absolute bangers.
Yeah, I've the full roster and at least 1 skin for all but 1 of them and multiples for some others. I spent 0$ and a reasonable amount of time on medium grind.
The BETA was absolutly amazing. If you play it competitively Smash ultimate feels like a toxic relationship most of the time, so a genuine competitor that doesn't just try to emulate smash but with its own sauce was absolutely needed. Also, banger video, glad this popped up in my recommended!
Absolutely, luckily covid severed any remaining energy I had for Smash Ultimate. Being stuck with sonic, steve (or half of the cast) and Elite smash was hell.
My only somber thought, it may not be a smash killer, but it is very likely the rivals 1 killer. And the better it is the more likely that is to be true
As far as platform fighters go, or games with platform fighter combat, have you heard of Decline's Drops? 2D platformer that came out about two months ago of which the dev has described it a few times as Yoshi's Island with Smash (and some Rayman Origins structure). The Smash comes into play with the combat: Directional and Neutral normal attacks, Tap/Smash attacks and Special Attacks, the last of which cost a resource to use. The dev is planning to add in time attack and boss rush modes during 2025, as well as more levels, bosses, and three other playable characters. On top of that, there's some Phials to buy --think something like a Charm-- that can have different effects, like tripling the Special Meter but deactivating Tap/Smash attacks. Can recommend looking into it!
Great vid! Also I wouldn't say multiverses player count is truly comparable to a game you have to buy. Free to play always inflates numbers by ten-fold.
I’ve played smash most my life and only recently played Brawlhalla and I thought that shit was peak but now I’m waiting in anticipation for this game cuz I Played one match of the demo and was HOOKED BRO I don’t even have that good of a computer and yet I will literally sit at it for HOURS playing this
I think you meant to say Slap city. Jokes aside, it's been ages since we got a smooth platform fighter, even Ultimate feels clanky. Rivals 2 is gonna be awesome
![[SSBU] Jumping is Overpowered](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/BmcpWL4FEp8/mqdefault.jpg)
To be clear I don't dislike brawlhalla, I have no opinions on it cause I don't play it. Just thought it'd be a funny bait n switch
Probably should have done so more research since it’s the biggest platform fighter on pc and second only to smash lol
That frog is a brawhalla skin
@@frikka_sanchez yea ik for ma boi wu shang
@@kanyewest6120 its really not that deep
haha not me having three thousand hours D:
Unmentioned here is the fact that in Rivals 1, we got an expansion called the Workshop 4, which included some of the best fan-made characters in the game. Devs love their community so much, they made some of them effin' canon. They're all coming back for the sequel, and we're getting a new fan-made character as well from their latest workshop contest.
They are coming back!!!!?!?! Leeeeeetssgooooooopo i was a little worried about not being able to play olympia 🎉
@@zamarion101yup! They haven't revealed the order characters will be released, but on top of New characters, they stated they want to eventually have the full original cast back, including the workshop 4 and excluding the guest characters, and every character that gets added will be FREE
They’ve also confirmed they’re working on a new version of the workshop. It will take 2 to 4 years before it releases, IF it actually pans out, but it’s freaking 3D user-created, developer sanctioned content like we’ve never seen before, and they plan on fully supporting and developing the game for at least four years, probably quite a bit longer. I’ve never played Rivals, but this is very impressive stuff.
@thehero8573 Well, not the full order, but, if you take the icons in the demo to be teasers, we're getting Absa and Etalus back in year 1.
How can I partake in a contest like that?
Old ass Street Fighter checking in here. I've been an outsider wanting a platform fighter to inspire me to learn the genre for a while now. I went into the next fest demo having never played or really even heard about Rivals of Aether before. And after spending the last week playing it, I can confidently say it's the one. I'm in love, and I'll be sticking around.
If you see me in ranked, do me a favor and don't hold back. I'm new to this, but I'm not new to taking my lumps when learning a new fighting game. And I genuinely want to get good with this one.
BOYS WE DID IT 🥹
As a platform fighter player that got into street fighter later: welcome dude! I hope you have a great time and lemme know who you wanna play in Rivals
I'd love to play with ya! You seem like good people!
@@quarium5681 So far my favorite is Wrastor. I get that he's considered tricky to learn, but I was sold as soon as I saw he had a dive kick. I'm a sucker for aerial characters.
@@brainSnakeslucky for you sir, in every platform fighter I’ve ever played aerials are almost always some of the best and most useful movies a character has.
Close enough welcome back Leon Massey
A game made by melee lovers, produced by melee lovers, and by people who love their community? instant bop.
Real shit tho, Brawlhalla had some insane crossovers fr
didn't even realize those were cross overs till now tbh
@@OmarilloBro's been playing Ezio thinking Brawlhalla made him 😭🙏🏿
@UltraUnstoppableUnavoidableU. Wait brawlhala didnt make star wars?? 🤔🤔
Crossovers are forever cringe
@@4ce._.Official In Brawlhalla? Sure
Another banger video, keep it up, your editing and pacing are superb!!! Gives my adhd ass no reason to click away, it's a very tight narrative
What a Masterpiece of a video,keep up the good work🔥🔥
Found you after your recent melee videos. Your perspective and the way you structure videos is really good for someone of your size. Keep up the work.
Thank you so much for having the music list in your description
hell yeah, great video, im somehow even more hyped for the release
That "from the bottom of my heart, DID YOU KNOW THAT 99.5" was hilarious
you have potential to get pretty big. people love this formula!
A heavily understated aspect of what makes rivals so special to me as a long time PR S4/Ult vet is
The game isn’t trying to be Melee. Sure I’m going to have to sit down and master the melee mechanics, but without them you can absolutely still perform strings and sequences that feel so sick that us Ult players WANT to learn how to wave dash and cc just to squeeze every bit of dopamine we can out of this thing
Most new plat fighters try to be melee, not understanding that Ult players won’t be interested and Melee players will almost always prefer melee to any clone-which is why they always go back after the first month or two. This one though? Between the buffer system, intuitive mechanics, training mode and JUICY dopamine rush when you land that hit-this one is shaping up to be a real stand-out platform fighter
The cool thing is that it has all the ultimate mechanics as well as all the melee mechanics so you can play with any play style you like and feel at home
rivals 1 is lucky in this case. it tried to be a melee successor but just ended up being rivals. basically by accident too
@@Jollofmuncher2000 Honestly as someone who tried 1 I felt it was a bit too fast for me (Melee is fun but INCREDIBLY fast) so I'm glad to see the speed of this one slightly toned down for the average player
The game went down and now this video got me even more hype
Honestly great video! Really liked how it was formatted plus had some great jokes to!
This one definitely feels better to play than just about every smash "clone" out there. I'm pumped to see the lifespan of this game and am excited to play it in tourney.
In the event that we get a new Smash on Switch 2 and they somehow work out having rollback, I would LOVE to see Rivals continue to thrive. The movement and attack options are insane, and that's coming from someone who only got to play the beta for 1 day.
This is a really heartfelt deepdive into a game I wouldn't have heard about otherwise. Your genuine hype and adoration of the game and the genre are infectious and had me glued to the screen the whole video. I felt like I had been watching a video much longer than just 10 minutes and that says a lot about the value you put in. I hope more people end up subscribing ✨
As a dinosaur of the pre-doc melee days, I gotta say rivals nails the 'schmoovment' that makes melee and PM so satisfying. Gameplay is tight, characters feel good to play, and it's addicting af.
Fantastic video
RANNO CAN SUPERJUMP!?!?!
Brawlhallas crossovers and player count are insane. Very successful game
okay but it's boring as hell
@xTigerWise just say you aren't good at it
@@StaleOreoGd It would be pretty depressing to be good at a game you don't like
@@xTigerWise that's why LOL players are so messed up;)
this game has me back in the platform fighter scene after about 6 years of not playing seriously
Honestly this game looks like the balance of broken character concepts balanced to be more fair against each other. I've even heard that the worse character in this is just as viable as peach in melee. I think this and the good movement helps make the game look more fun to play (I couldn't play the beta) since you have a lot of good options yet still have to play against the other players options.
I think I saw the same video. It was Fleet, right? I'm maining her, and when you get the hang of her kit, she has SO much potential for some crazy setups. Her air movement being floaty is simultaneously one of her biggest weaknesses and strengths depending on how you use it.
Got to this vid out of hype for Rivals 2. And just loved what you got here.
Here's another sub for you.
This is an awesome video and I am so excited to play a game I know nothing about! Also sick editing on the outro I loved the music sync with gamplay simply amazing!
Bro playing the demo was mind blowing. I was always just a casual smash fan, never really getting into it besides having fun with my family and doing local battles at school with my friends. Naturally I was hot garbage but it was fun anyway. When I started in the demo it was the same thing, but I could actually improve and genuinely got better over the course of the demo, going from a 20 loss streak to a 5 win streak and barely managing to squeak into gold rank. Really hope this game pops off cuz its super good.
Bro that video quality is awesome! Great work
I really wasn’t sold on this game by watching it but I tried it the last day of the early demo thing and now I can’t stop thinking about it… 2 more days baby!!
Rivals 1: *Has whifflag*
Rivals 2: *Gets rid of whifflag*
WE ARE SO BACK BABY
Banger video fr, you speak on such a good perspective fr
Holy shit. Is this what I think it is. A small TH-camr that actually owns a decent mic. THAT MEANS I CAN ACTUALLY WATCH THEM
This game honestly clears Smash easily. The netcode is so good and it feels absolutely lagless to play online most games. The gameplay was made and balanced for competitive play and it shows. This is the game we always wished Smash Ultimate would be. Absolutely a must buy.
somewhat agree but at the same time strong disagree... : ( maybe its a character issue for me though.
at this point in time i feel like i find no main, the ones i want to play are way too much work for effort and the game still has kragg,
somewhat buttonmash-dashattack-cheese friendly and the tech skill is just not close
I played EU to US on like 130 ping and it felt like offline.
Finally, more games come out with KI like netcode. Pure joy.
i play a lot of rivals 1 and what i love about it is how each character is designed to be as different as possible. In smash u can group the characters together, but in rivals every character is new, fresh and exciting
@@DRECKoNex yeah i loved playing sylvanos and hodan :D hyped af
I can't explain how amazing it feels to be able to play exactly the same both offline and online. Smash had made me think that was impossible
Best thing about rivals 2 is save states. Omfg the training room actually functioning like a training room is nice. It's not overall the best as I don't think there's a "Do X out of hitstun" yet, but it just being there already makes me wanna lab the game more than any smash game ever
Rivals 1 will always have a special place in my heart
going from 1k to 2k followers in 4 days is kinda crazy good job man
1,000 k subs surprised me so much quality content bro
Yeah it’s special ! Special pummel, special get up attack…
Hey bro! Dont usually comment on videos, but this was such a funny watch with great quality! Keep it up brother 🫶
welp, i just bought the game from this video alone
It really does have the sauce, the game feels rly good to play even for my friends without melee experience. It truly is the platform fighter messiah
Wow miles ur about to double ur views in your previous video in such a short time congrats🎉
I know my household would play this if it was on the Switch and my little nephews would like to play it too
Beautiful! I played Rivals of eather 1 in my childhood and i didn't even hear about rivals 2 until now!! IT BE SAUCY MATES.
See u in RV2 nerds.
Nice video! Rivals 2 really is looking amazing. As a casual player that never really got into smash but has played some brawlhalla, I love the first game. My only gripes with it are:
- I don't like shields, I liked there only being a parry
- I don't like ledge grabs, wall jumps seemed clearer and less 'teleporty' to me
- The visual upgrade is great, but it does make workshop content way less accessible, since it was easier to make a pixelart character than a 3d one
I feel like the modding community of rivals 1 is going to stay around for a while, or at least I hope it will
As a melee player, rivals 1 was always my favorite "melee clone". It had the good feeling movement of melee while not making itself too complicated to pick up as well as doing away with L canceling. It also has its own mechanics which help add to its identity and helps seperate itself from melee. I also love that hitstun is pretty much just as long because it allows for more combo potential. Im so happy to see rivals 2 get the attention it deserves
RIVALS OF PEAK 🗣🗣🗣🗣🗣🗣🗣🗣🗣🗣🗣🗣🗣🗣🗣🗣
rivals 2 is special because now its a 1 : 1 replica of smash bros melee but with their super duper unique characters
I really wanna see Lythero and co. play this. It looks so smooth
great video, i am now part of what's after that coma in the sub count
Awesome vid man, truly.
damn bro your video blew up congrats
That MVS skin you showed could be earned for free during the Batman event.
MVS has problems, mostly technical ones, but monetization and F2P economy aren't amongst them.
I swear ppl at this point just hate on it just for the sake of it. Like they WANT to make it flop even more. Ppl act like it has the worst monetization ever, while I don't recall any free game that also gives you tons of skins. I haven't paid a dollar and I have skins for most of the characters on the roster, some of them being absolute bangers.
Yeah, I've the full roster and at least 1 skin for all but 1 of them and multiples for some others. I spent 0$ and a reasonable amount of time on medium grind.
The BETA was absolutly amazing. If you play it competitively Smash ultimate feels like a toxic relationship most of the time, so a genuine competitor that doesn't just try to emulate smash but with its own sauce was absolutely needed. Also, banger video, glad this popped up in my recommended!
Absolutely, luckily covid severed any remaining energy I had for Smash Ultimate. Being stuck with sonic, steve (or half of the cast) and Elite smash was hell.
saw the Brawlhalla bait&switch from a mile away LOL
Like dark pit you soar, no falling like icarus, carry on.
I am counting down the hours 😭 I NEED IT
2:04 lessgooooooo 🔥🔥🔥
2:07 huh‼️
Absolute cinema
Holy shit bro you made a banger
I hope you can adjust the settings like in rivals 1 when it releases
We all say in unision “like brawlhalla”
quality of your videos is improving every upload, proud of you bro ❤
If any developer of this game sees this: POUR MONEY INTO THE USER INTERFACE !!
i will blow everyone's mind
My only somber thought, it may not be a smash killer, but it is very likely the rivals 1 killer. And the better it is the more likely that is to be true
Clasburn is also a brand new archtype for the platform fighter genre
Great vid my dude, I found myself clapping at the end lol
The fact you can floor hug out of any move makes creative play obsolete
Congrats on the subs bro, I dont even remember subbing but i dont regret it lol
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wtf this really looks like smash! I’m getting this shit!!
Cant wait for the workshop update so i can fold everyone with Kiryu Kazuma
that frog skin is soo good!!!
As far as platform fighters go, or games with platform fighter combat, have you heard of Decline's Drops?
2D platformer that came out about two months ago of which the dev has described it a few times as Yoshi's Island with Smash (and some Rayman Origins structure).
The Smash comes into play with the combat: Directional and Neutral normal attacks, Tap/Smash attacks and Special Attacks, the last of which cost a resource to use.
The dev is planning to add in time attack and boss rush modes during 2025, as well as more levels, bosses, and three other playable characters.
On top of that, there's some Phials to buy --think something like a Charm-- that can have different effects, like tripling the Special Meter but deactivating Tap/Smash attacks.
Can recommend looking into it!
Killer video and cannot wait for the game to come out, had a blast this past week, will be hard for me to go back to melee
The mods will be insane for this game
amazing video, idk how you only have 2k subs lol
Rivals also created the sickest sword character in a Platform fighter in Clarien
this was so well made
I have always hated other platformer fighters other than brawlhalla and seeing this fills me with so much joy and excitement. Can’t wait to try it
Oh man i was getting hyped but then i saw the console release time and now i gotta forget it again
RASS-TOR. At least thats the way they say it. Amazing video, easy sub.
good video!
(also im pretty sure it is indeed getting a battlepass)
im begging for a workshop fighting against cosmic ronald macdonald was a peek on my life
he didnt even mention how special diffrent rivals 1/2 charachters play from traditional platform fighters
W video. well put togeather
well said, EXTREMELY well edited 🙏
2:20: you got a sub
Fr
Bro my feature at 7:05 😭😭
Excited for this game! My only problem with the first one was there were no casuals like me, so I was just getting curb stomped constantly haha
i'm not a fan of platform fighters because i'm HORRIBLE at them, but honestly this one genienuely looks fun
Gonna send this to my friends so they HAVE to get into this game 😼
W Vid
6:31 wanted to point out, basically all of the sounds are almost exactly the same as rivals 1
Great vid! Also I wouldn't say multiverses player count is truly comparable to a game you have to buy. Free to play always inflates numbers by ten-fold.
I’ve played smash most my life and only recently played Brawlhalla and I thought that shit was peak but now I’m waiting in anticipation for this game cuz I Played one match of the demo and was HOOKED BRO I don’t even have that good of a computer and yet I will literally sit at it for HOURS playing this
THE FUCK IS A KILOMETRE?!
Ludwig is also a melee guy so it probably will be good
I think you meant to say Slap city.
Jokes aside, it's been ages since we got a smooth platform fighter, even Ultimate feels clanky. Rivals 2 is gonna be awesome