GhostWriter24
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This holiday, if Ninty can release a Splatoon "GOTY" console bundle I might be intrigued to check it out.
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Splatoon | Review Thread
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The thread is just filled with these. But I'm pretty sure we saw that coming
Discussing the low number of maps at launch (5) is fine and should be discussed. But some people are just coming in here to shit post and dip.
It's a bummer that EAD decided to go this route with the maps. It's a strange design decision but I understand why they did it. Most people are just going to think they're just starving players from extra content but it's pretty much the same thing they're doing with their rank mode. For rank, they want people to get enough experience playing the game so people wouldn't just go into rank mode and get destroyed and not know what to do.
They want the community to slowly get used to the starting maps/modes and roll new stuff out steadily.
All those maps seem to be done, they're releasing every few weeks after launch, it's not like they're just buying time for themselves.
Most people seem to think that we wont be seeing new maps till months from now or something.
I think they were told to hold back maps for every couple of weeks since the summer release list is pretty barren. So instead of launching the game in May with 10 maps or whatever, release it with 5 and then release more over the summer to keep people talking about that instead of the lack of games.
TheGreatMightyPoo
Banned
Beelzebufo
Banned
Wasn't expecting reviews to be this good! Maybe I'll pick it up at the end of the year if there's still people playing.
TheGreatMightyPoo
Banned
No, you can only play local 1 vs 1 with one person using a different controller.
To Far Away Times
Member
Reviews seem to confirm what I could gather from the previews. This is the much needed shot in the arm for the tired FPS/TPS genre. Can't wait!
Askherserenity
Member
Don't they have Yoshi's Wooly World launching in a few weeks though?
guess i'm waiting then. poo.
End of June (in the EU only) then nothing till Mario Maker in September atm (though reckon we could see something announced at E3)
In Europe, the game still doesn't have a release date in America for some reason
There's already a Splatoon Wii U bundle being released. What would would be in a GOTY bundle?
cleveridea
Member
Way better reviews than expected, and also surprised that they have a single player campaign. Havent followed too closely and thought this was a MP only game
Art Academy: Atelier is released the same day as Yoshi's Woolly World in the NoE territory.
I'm curious what their plans for Xenoblade and Star Fox are. So far it's
September: Mario Maker
October: Fatal Frame
November: Yoshi
So Xenoblade August and Star Fox December?
Askherserenity
Member
So they have Splatoon for June, Yoshi's Wooly World for July (EU and Japan I think) and then Mario Maker in September, which leads into the fall stuff which will be Xenoblade (EU and US) and maybe something they're showing at E3.
I'm fine with having 4 exclusives from now till the end of the year, plus whatever dlc they have planned for each game.
Oops. How can I forget about Fatal Frame!? Damn.
Seems like the reviews confirmed the only thing that matters to me: Fun game is still fun!
Personally, I think people are way too fixated on length of games, and amount of various content these days. Not that this isn't important, especially when price is involved, but it seems like how fun or enjoyable a game is takes a backseat in our overall decision to to buy. Enjoyment is quite hard to quantify, so I'm not surprised.
In its current state, Splatoon is neither broken, nor missing features that are integral in conveying the game Nintendo envisioned or advertised. If more - free - content is on the way to help build on the fully functional & enjoyable experience, all the better!
Some reviewers will be hung up in the initial 'light' content(which still offers a decent amount to explore), and some will have shown to have enjoyed the game too much to care. So we are seeing a bit of both, and there's justification for each. In the end, no one is forced to purchase the game. It's up to the individual to decide if and/or when to jump in.
Seeing that I've bought full-priced games over the last few generations that were neither as refreshing nor as fun as Splatoon(though great games), I'd most happily pay $60 to have more of the thrill that I experienced during the test fire demo. I'm certain I will enjoy every moment of it until even more content is released, and well after.
Personally, I think people are way too fixated on length of games, and amount of various content these days. Not that this isn't important, especially when price is involved, but it seems like how fun or enjoyable a game is takes a backseat in our overall decision to to buy. Enjoyment is quite hard to quantify, so I'm not surprised.
In its current state, Splatoon is neither broken, nor missing features that are integral in conveying the game Nintendo envisioned or advertised. If more - free - content is on the way to help build on the fully functional & enjoyable experience, all the better!
Some reviewers will be hung up in the initial 'light' content(which still offers a decent amount to explore), and some will have shown to have enjoyed the game too much to care. So we are seeing a bit of both, and there's justification for each. In the end, no one is forced to purchase the game. It's up to the individual to decide if and/or when to jump in.
Seeing that I've bought full-priced games over the last few generations that were neither as refreshing nor as fun as Splatoon(though great games), I'd most happily pay $60 to have more of the thrill that I experienced during the test fire demo. I'm certain I will enjoy every moment of it until even more content is released, and well after.
Splatoon with all patches pre-installed? Like most game companies do for reprints anyways
Just got home from work and certainly wasn't expecting this kind of reception.
Good to hear the game will be such a blast, even after loving the test fires!
People are actually angry cause it's getting great scores? LMFAO.
Fanboys at their worst is such a hilarious thing to behold. They can't help but show their true colours every now and again. ;P
Good to hear the game will be such a blast, even after loving the test fires!
People are actually angry cause it's getting great scores? LMFAO.
Fanboys at their worst is such a hilarious thing to behold. They can't help but show their true colours every now and again. ;P
Xenoblade I want ASAP, got it preordered for $30!
I haven't informed myself at all about the game yet so I'm just going to use this thread: can I do the Mario Kart 8 thing with Splatoon? Meaning, can I play splitscreen with a friend and online with other people at the same time? That is really the "to buy or not to buy" question for me.
Unfortunately that's not an option. Can't say whether it's because the game takes a performance hit when doing split screen local or because they prioritized the Gamepad functionalities, but yeah. It's a bummer and a feature I really hoped they'd have in.
Nope. Online is one person per system. Separate game mode for 1v1 where the screen and game pad are split on one console.
Thanks for the prompt answer. Bummer. :-/
Well, that's something at least.
I was completely sold on Splatoon from the testfires but I'm a little surprised at just how positive the reviews were (quite a few perfect scores in there).
The simple fact is that the game is unique and is a lot of FUN so peripheral issues like the number of initial maps simply pale into insignificance for me. I was unsure how much of a factor they would be for reviewers in general. It seems as if most of them gave a good score to a game they enjoyed playing. Shocking! lol
Splatoon's next hurdle is to sell well and I feel like it will within the constraints of Wii U's installed base.
The simple fact is that the game is unique and is a lot of FUN so peripheral issues like the number of initial maps simply pale into insignificance for me. I was unsure how much of a factor they would be for reviewers in general. It seems as if most of them gave a good score to a game they enjoyed playing. Shocking! lol
Splatoon's next hurdle is to sell well and I feel like it will within the constraints of Wii U's installed base.
HeisenbergLannister
Member
Here's a wild concept: it's fun. I mean, that's the whole point of games for most people, having fun.
Not having 30 maps, 15 modes and a bunch of other bullet points that you don't even play but once or twice. But hey, it's there, so it must be an awesome game!
LiquidMetal14
hide your water-based mammals
Excellent. With more content to fill it out then it will be fine.
Kissenkopf
Banned
Exactly.
And having these little fights over a game is half the fun...or sometimes all the fun that is left.
But those reprints are paid for with early adopters paying the extra $20-$50, so the publisher has no problem eating the cost. Nintendo would be paying to reprint discs for free content updates probably amounting to less than a couple gigs by November. It's just not economically worth it.
Now now, let's wait for the sales numbers to come out before we start serving the main course.
Exactly...and it's unique. Unique isn't always fun but when it is that's truly something surprising and special.
Splatoon isn't a paint by numbers shooter (errr...) that's copying the exact formula of existing games. It may not have all their bullet points (voice chat, a million modes/maps on day one) but they don't have its gameplay mechanics AT ALL.
That is a key factor that the review complainers are missing. Splatoon is not a FPS and it's not about deathmatches either. I'm pretty sure that if Splatoon were simply Nintendo-themed COD without feature parity it would have reviewed less positively.
Call me unrealistic and setting myself up for dissapointment, but im 99% confident Hideki Naganuma will work on some tracks.
Yea but it's still perfectly justifiable. This looks like the game was rushed to release, instead of waiting to have all the content in at the start. Just because it's getting free content in the coming months, doesn't mean it's worth the $60 right now.
I would love that, and he seems to really love that idea too going by his Twitter. He retweets anyone who mentions that he should be one of the composers on Splatoon.
Then publishers can ship broken titles and receive scores for patches they might send in the future?
Oh wait....
Bethesda
IGN is fine in this regard.
Then you can wait.
It's the same thing with pre-orders, no one is forcing anyone to buy day 1 bugged games that need 4+ patches to run correctly after launch.
