Early Access Review

People will tell you this is just a Super Smash Brothers clone for PC, but coming from a person who got it back in 1.0.5, it is actually pretty different and tons of fun. Keep in mind the trailer is outdated and at the time of writing this (August 2015, patch 1.15.1) Brawlhalla is still in closed beta. You can get a free code at www.brawlhalla.com but you'll be missing some sweet costumes.The menus are very well laid out, the only tweak I would make is that Exit Game is in Options instead of on the main menu and the main menu needs a bit of noise at the bottom.The cartoony artwork combined with the sounds and the character diversity are amazingly done. All the map layouts are balanced (Exept for Titan's End) and the character choices are great. Bear vs cowgirl, minotaur vs knight, it's amazing the amount of work that Blue Mammoth Games does.Each character (called Legends) starts out with an unarmed moveset and if you get a weapon pickup, your character will get one of their two assigned weapons each with three signature moves that only they have. Also, each character has their own stats. This means all the characters will be vastly more balanced but still feel different.Brawlhalla is great as a first fighting game. Each character has 11 unarmed moves and 11 moves per weapon, 6 of which are unique to them. This is much more understandable than the ~20 moves Super smash Bros. has, where no characters share the same two moves.This is also a great game competitively, don't get me wrong.The Compettitive and casual communities are great. You can get advice from the best by hanging out in their streams and I think that's amazing. Raidhyn is our main guide maker, so go to his youtube and twitch. We also have our fair share of memes, more f which are created each day, but if you don't care about that, it woln't be waved in your face.Bottom Line: This is one of my favorite games of all time and it keeps getting better. Tons of fun with friends, and go get it now. Go to Raidhyn's youtube and Twitch to get better, and see the reddit thread for helpful links to help you get started!