Brawlhalla
Brawlhalla: An eternal battle arena where the greatest warriors in history brawl to prove who’s the best that ever was, is, or will be. Every match is an epic test of skill, speed, and strength, and every victory brings additional glory and bragging rights to the winners. These slugfests are salted with powerful weapons and gadgets. Fighters scramble to grab swords, axes, hammers, blasters, rocket lances and more! Every weapon changes your play style and your options. Gadgets like mines, bombs, and spiked spheres add even more danger into the mix, letting fighters change the course of battle with a well timed-throw or carefully laid trap. Bolster your ranks with a friend to prove your mettle, wit, and teamwork in frenetic 2v2 battles. Because the only thing better than four legends vying for bragging rights is eight legends vying for bragging rights. Brawlhalla will always be 100% free to play, with no pay-to-win advantages and no in-game purchases to keep you from the action. Everything you can buy with real money is cosmetic (such as character skins, podiums, and KO effects) and none of them effect gameplay. The Legend Rotation of six free to play characters rotates every week, and you can earn gold to unlock more Legends by playing any online game mode.
Brawlhalla Review
The goal in Brawlhalla is to knock your opponent’s off the fighting stage similar to Super Smash Bros. So, if you’ve played one of those games you’re more than ready to jump into Brawlhalla. Now, all you have to do is choose your Legend and get ready to start sending enemies flying off the screen. The way you do this is by damaging your opponent’s using a combination of light and heavy attacks making it much easier to eventually knock them off the stage. However, they can dodge and dash away from your attacks and suddenly putting you on the receiving end of a beat down.
The damage your opponents have taken can be seen on the bar around the players icon which will go from white to red as their health gradually goes down. As the bar gets closer to red players will be knocked back further by your attacks and eventually they will be blown off the stage. This will either reward you with two points and it will take one from the player knocked out or it will take a life from your opponent depending on which game mode you play. The winner is decided by whoever has either the most lives remaining, or the most points scored once the timer has hit zero. The victory conditions are once again dependant on the game mode.
The game is very appealing to look at. The background and stages are bright and colourful with just enough detail to look good but without taking attention away from the Legends, all the impressive weapons and the spectacular knockouts. The Legends all look different although when two or three of you use the same character it can be a little confusing though. This is mostly due to the sheer craziness happening around you and occasionally I found myself looking at the wrong character and jumping off the stage accidentally. The combat looks fluid especially when you start using the weapons. Gun shots are fired and spears twirl as you damage your opponent. It’s so very satisfying when you watch them fly off the screen and you’re greeted by the explosion as they’re knocked off.