It's absolutely a bit of hypberole and guess when hyperbole is best used. To bring to light situations that are absolutely unacceptable.
No modern game should look like this and try to be a cheap cash in from a licensed property. The industry has largely made too many strides to move back to trash like this.
Anyone defending this game is absolutely in the wrong, but that doesn't matter because when this game comes out it's going to be what it's going to be.
This looks bad for even a mobile game. They can tag their influencer videos with "pre-alpha" after the fact but it doesn't change anything. No amount of influencer shilling is going to make this game a success. The door closed on that as soon as Marvel Tokon was announced. Hell 2XKO looks better than this and its being dragged.
Four tag fighters have been announced recently and this is by far the worst looking one and that's saying something if you've seen Nen Impact...
You haven't played the game nor seen it in person, but are quick to put the shilling label on people who have.
If you've seen Max's second vid about the game, he states that he still has some concerns about the game and has given feedback to the devs about it. So calling it shilling is a hell of a stretch.
Yes, he's been asked to play early builds of the game and so many others. Double Helix during the development of KI did the same thing, so that's not an unknown process for them.
Also, not everyone has a PC or PS5, so this is a good alternative for people with Series systems and maybe even Switch 2 who don't gravitate towards 2KXO or Nen Impact. It seems to be doing some things that neither of those 2 games like the "Sudden Death" mechanic that eliminates the timer scam play.
So what if 4 tag games have been announced? If the game is bad at launch, so be it, but you seem to have a personal vendetta here against anyone that has anything positive to say about the game.
You got all of that vitriol from an announce trailer and even though the devs say it in a pre-alpha stage. They only showed 6 characters and only gameplay from 4 of them, so I'm leaning towards believing that statement. You can choose to believe them or not.
You could be right and this game may end up as a turd, but for now I'm staying optimistic about this game.