Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl 2 Evaluation (PS5)

Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl 2 is a follow-up to 2021’s one-to-four-player Nicktoon platform fighter of the identical identify. This time with a fully-fledged roguelike marketing campaign and a weighty overhaul to the fight, the Nicktoons should rescue their fellow fighters from Vlad Plasmius’ thoughts management and restore the Nickelodeon Universe to its rightful state.

The marketing campaign sees you tackle a number of randomly generated ranges in a roguelike-style journey to achieve the boss of every world. These ranges may be easy waves of enemies, 1vs1 battles in opposition to CPU, minigames that require you to pop balloons, or distributors to buy perks and consumables from. It’s not probably the most entertaining marketing campaign system and turns into somewhat repetitive after nothing greater than a handful of ranges. Outdoors of the marketing campaign you possibly can duke it out in 1v1, 2v2, or free-for-all on-line or native multiplayer modes.

The fight overhaul has made each motion really feel weightier and play out a lot slower in comparison with the hyperactive chaos of the primary title. Each assault now provides a significantly better connection when landed due to the improved sound and visible results. All of the characters have their very own distinctive transfer units and particular final talents, oozing with appeal and character. From SpongeBob SquarePants hopping right into a automotive with Mrs Puff to run over his foes to Garfield’s meals fever dream crushing you with desserts, there’s a variety of references to the reveals the characters star in.

Sadly, throughout our time with the sport, we skilled frequent crashing and the occasional visible glitch, however it’s nothing that a couple of patches down the road received’t resolve.

Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl 2 is a a lot tighter, extra centered platform fighter than the primary entry within the collection, with extra gratifying fight and a few really imaginative transfer units. Though its marketing campaign is repetitive and there are frequent crashes to cope with, this sequel nonetheless manages to land a stable knockout blow right here.