[quote name='croqoa']While some of that might be true, the majority of people in this thread played the beta because they WERE interested in the game. Why would they play a beta that they had no interest in at all? And based off the beta (and possibly the PAX version) they didn't think the game was very good. That isn't Sony-bashing at all it's just simply their opinion of a game they were at one point thinking of buying.
Of course it's only a beta version and does not exactly reflect the final product but still, the point of a beta is to give people an idea of what they are getting into. If the beta is poor then why are you expecting people to ignore what was wrong with it? Let's say somebody tried to sell you a sandwich and gives you a free sample that tastes like absolute shit...are you going to go ahead and buy the sandwich anyway based on assumptions that, "Surely the final sandwich must be better than this as it was only a sample." I'd hope not.[/QUOTE]
I'm not calling straight up Sony-bashing as much as just unneeded bashing on this particular game... People started crying about it as soon as it was announced. People don't always play betas b/c they want the game, a lot of times they may just be curious, not have anything else to do, or happened upon it at E3 or PAX.
I've heard mixed things(from beta/demo users) as you would from any game, and most of the complaints are not some huge deterrent to cause me to skip this game. I know for a fact that the beta is extremely bare-bones, I'm not expecting a lot of "OMG GotY!" exclamations from people based on that. You're sandwich analogy is a bit off. In the beta's case, you're getting a very, very small portion of the game. Basing you're final opinion on that would be like seeing the first 5 minutes of MGS1 and deciding it's trash because all you see is some low-quality cutscenes. And before I get flamed, I'm only comparing PASBR to MGS for this analogy's sake.
Am I saying this is the best thing since sliced bread? Nope. Am I saying this is going to be a AAA fighter? No. It looks fun, and I'm willing to give the full game a shot because this is a game I've dreamed of for years. I just feel like this game has gotten a lot of unwarranted hate because it's an *gasp* (albeit slightly different) SSB clone.