![]() ![]() Each assist provides its own attack which can be activated via a special meter mid-battle. These assists include many more indie stars, from Chicory’s Pizza, to Gunman Clive, to the Crewmate from Among Us. Before each match, you’ll select an assist to join your fighter. The standout feature of Fraymakers’ gameplay has to be its assist system. These arenas sport much more competitive-oriented layouts, signaling that competitive play is a major focus of the team. Five stages are available as of now, pulling iconic locations from each fighter’s respective game, with the odd exception of Welltaro. To Fraymakers’ credit, however, the combatants that are here have extremely unique movesets from one another, with steeper learning curves when compared to your average Smash Bros character. Unfortunately, only four fighters are available currently, which feels like a small cast, even for early access. It's quite a delightful sight to watch Octodad flail around in the air or Commander Video run, leaving a shining rainbow trail. Characters are all fully animated with impressively detailed sprite art enhancing the feedback of each landed attack. The game speed falls down the middle in terms of the genre, reminding me most of Rivals of Aether. The controls are tight and responsive and moves land with a satisfying impact. Jumping into the gameplay itself, everything feels really smooth. The roster is still set to grow during early access, so only time will tell if any of these stars enter the fold. Some names that come to mind that could sway the Fraymakers roster positively include: The Knight from Hollow Knight, Cuphead, Sans from Undertale, Shantae, Zagreus from Hades, the Crewmate from Among Us (who already appears as an assist), or even the crossover king, Shovel Knight. Like Mario in Smash or SpongeBob in Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl, someone that’ll bring in a wide audience and introduce the rest of the cast is needed to better hook new players. However, I feel they’re lacking that big headliner character. The small cast is certainly diverse with oddballs from various genres and eras of the indie scene. That said, Fraymaker’s roster feels a bit iffy on star power. With how many indie hits launch each year, nailing down a cast of indie all-stars can’t be easy, especially when you’re a relatively new team looking to cut deals with each respective license holder. Fraymakers narrows its focus onto the indie games scene, which is admittedly still a wide scope for better and for worse. A crossover fighter markets itself heavily on its cast of recognizable characters.
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