Rivals of Aether (2017)
Nintendo Switch · PC (Microsoft Windows) · Xbox One
3.67 from 230 ratings
1388 members have it in their collection · 17 playing now · 614 backlogged · 44 wish listed
Details
- Developers
- Aether Studios, Dan Fornace
- Publishers
- Aether Studios, Dan Fornace
- Genres
- Fighting, Indie, Platform
- Themes
- Action
- Series
- Rivals of Aether
- Event
- NCFC 2014
- Steam
- View on Steam
Release dates
- Mar 28, 2017 (Worldwide) PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox One
- Sep 24, 2020 (Worldwide) Nintendo Switch
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Rating distribution
5 stars
50
4 stars
84
3 stars
69
2 stars
23
1 star
4
Community All Reviews Statuses
Status 112percent Aug 12, 2022
Completion Status:
Beat Story mode.
Missing purchasable pets, Abyss mode and online ranking max level for some characters.
Review deepdoop 2/5 · May 11, 2017
Rating: 4/10
I love Smash Bros, like so many others, but I don't like this. There are things I do like, such as the visuals, the characters and the way the elements briefly manipulate the stages.
In an effort to come across as different, they have parrying which is pretty integral to getting good. Which I suppose is fine, but …
Rating: 4/10
I love Smash Bros, like so many others, but I don't like this. There are things I do like, such as the visuals, the characters and the way the elements briefly manipulate the stages.
In an effort to come across as different, they have parrying which is pretty integral to getting good. Which I suppose is fine, but it's hardly this genre-changing addition that makes me forget that this is a clunky Smash Bros. It's fast but nothing feels that impactful.
It's probably unfair to say that considering how big Nintendo is (meaning they have a lot more resources) and how memorable the characters are, but I have to be honest with Grouvee and say that I just don't enjoy this.
Also, there's nothing here to sink your teeth into unless you want to spend hours playing online which the few characters that are available. If that's your thing, you will get a lot more time out of this than I (my friend played this for around 60 hours he said). But the reality is that there is a story mode which is undercooked, but props to them for trying to create a decent story, and an Abyss Mode which lets you play infinitely. So, nothing new, nothing fresh.