Yeah, there seemed to be little if any backlash to SSB4. Understandable though since it fixed (or at least improved) pretty much every problem with Brawl.
People tell me the game could end up better than Melee with a few adjustments.
Depends on what you want out of it. There's a lot of techniques unique to Smash 4, but nothing like wavedashing, etc. Melee diehards will always be Melee diehards - not harping on them for it at all, but Smash will likely never be like Melee again.
I will say that almost every new patch does seem to move the needle in some way towards making it feel a bit more like Melee, in terms of frame data and stuff (Smash 4 moves generally have many more frames of lag, but not to an insane degree like Brawl.)
I certainly love
playing Smash 4 and if I put the time in I could probably do really well in a local tourney, which is a good feeling. However, Melee will always be much more fun to
watch. Not only is the game mechanically deep as the mariana trench, but the community and storylines enhance it to a crazy degree. Evo Melee is some top tier shit.
Anyone interested in this should watch this documentary. I know you'll be like "FOUR HOURS??" but it's worth it, like when the RLM review of TPM hit and people were like "An HOUR long review??" It's super well produced and moves along really fast.
