You’d be forgiven in case you’d by no means heard of the unique Rivals of Aether – it was a superb however area of interest Smash Bros-style preventing sport with a modest but devoted viewers. Nonetheless, because of its slick new look and the clout of a widely known livestreamer, there’s a greater likelihood of you listening to about Rivals of Aether 2. The long-awaited sequel has simply dropped, and already it’s doing brilliantly on the Steam charts with over 3 times extra gamers than its predecessor ever racked up on the platform.
Regardless of now having wonderful 3D fashions of its Pokémon-esque brawlers, Rivals of Aether 2 sticks to its Smash roots with 2D motion, injury calculated in percentages, platforms, aerials, and ledge grabs. The preventing sport is launching with a roster of ten characters – some are coming back from the unique with recent designs, whereas others are fully new.
Developer Aether Studios says it should consistently be including extra fighters over time and that every one new additions will likely be completely free.
The sport is launching with PvP modes to start with, and you may tackle opponents on-line or regionally because of split-screen. You may follow your expertise in opposition to AI-controlled opponents too, must you want. Nonetheless, there are plans for story content material to reach within the sport in accordance with its post-launch roadmap.
With arguably its largest challenger on Steam, MultiVersus, struggling a significant hunch proper now, it’s an excellent time to be launching. It’s additionally getting a whole lot of assist from Ludwig Ahgren, one of many largest livestreamers and content material creators on YouTube and a stalwart of the preventing sport neighborhood. Rivals of Aether 2 is the primary videogame being revealed by Offbrand Video games, a derivative of the Offbrand firm Ahgren based in 2022.
So, simply how robust a begin has Rivals of Aether 2 loved? On the time of writing, it has peaked at over 10,700 concurrent gamers on Steam and there’s nonetheless potential for that quantity to climb increased. For perspective that’s greater than 3 times increased than the all-time peak participant rely achieved by the primary Rivals of Aether, and is round 5 occasions increased than the present each day participant rely of MultiVerses. Spectacular stuff.
It’s doing decently on the person evaluations entrance too, with 85% of 148 Steam gamers ranking it positively.
Rivals of Aether 2 is out now on Steam and is 10% off till Wednesday, November 6. If you wish to choose it up or just be taught extra in regards to the sport, head over to its retailer web page right here.
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