This game has a lot of passion put into it across the board, and I think it's a fair purchase if you wanna play something with your friends online. The problem for me however is that it gets old very quick. This won't be a problem for everybody, and there's even an active community which has been playing this game for years and still continue to do so. The game has a lot of weird and interesting mechanics, with each character having a special gimmick, but after a while I've realized they're more fluff covering a very simple game more than anything. The gimmicks aren't bad by any means, but they don't stop this game from being really simple: you just hit a ball around and try to hit other people with it. You can make any game sound simple like this, like in Smash Bros. you just try to hit people off the stage, but those games either have a lot more content to back them up or they're widely known for being fun competitively (or both). This game can be an absolute blast when you get a group of 4 together, but don't be surprised if you don't end up playing it that much.