Dragoon En Regalia
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The music is a bit less restrained than what I'm used to from Naganuma. Or, you know, the musicians working on this game could be really into his style, just like we are. Whatever happens, we're gonna enjoy the end result.
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Splatoon singleplayer campaign announced
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Storm Kyleis
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The new trailer looks incredible.
The music, the character design, THE SINGLE PLAYER CAMPAIGN. Hhhng.
The music, the character design, THE SINGLE PLAYER CAMPAIGN. Hhhng.
Christberg
Member
60FPS footage of this game looks absolutely great. Nintendo needs to really promote the crud out of this title. The game looks gorgeous and FUN.
BodiesWithoutOrgans
Member
the music is outstanding
protomouse
Member
I'm so happy this game exists.
I kind of disagree. The rock song it opens with could definitely pass as Naganuma but everything after sounds like WarioWare or something filtered through The Wub Machine generator. Its still rad but definitely has more of a experimental nintendo vibe than Naganuma.
Dragoon En Regalia
Member
MP arenas probably needed the most deliberation, whereas these levels are strings of ideas that you might see in, say, a Mario game. Which isn't surprising, as this began as a Mario prototype before morphing into a shooter.
See, if this was some third party studio with a lukewarm track record, I'd be skeptical too. But this is a in-house Nintendo game we're talking about. They're gonna nail it regardless.
RMS Gigantic
Member
The written language in this world deserves some respect of its own as far as design goes:
I swear this language borrows enough from every written language style and mixes them all together expertly enough where Japanese and English readers alike would swear that they would be able to read it if they only had a longer look at it.
Not to mention the comic frame to the right in the image above looks more manga-esque whereas a lot of the wall graffiti looks western-influenced.
I swear this language borrows enough from every written language style and mixes them all together expertly enough where Japanese and English readers alike would swear that they would be able to read it if they only had a longer look at it.
Not to mention the comic frame to the right in the image above looks more manga-esque whereas a lot of the wall graffiti looks western-influenced.
That is fucking gorgeous.
Already was one of my most anticipated, now between this and XCX.... hnnnnnnnnnnnnnngh
Don't forget you can watch in 60fps in Chrome!
The visual style they're going for looks great and is enhanced by the unusual music. Love the creativity I'm seeing. They showed some new gameplay mechanics, the grenade has been turned into a big ball (maybe it's a different weapon?), skin color customization. I was hoping for 1st quarter 2015 but it looks like they've got some games lined up already and I'm sure it will benefit from extra time in the oven.
The visual style they're going for looks great and is enhanced by the unusual music. Love the creativity I'm seeing. They showed some new gameplay mechanics, the grenade has been turned into a big ball (maybe it's a different weapon?), skin color customization. I was hoping for 1st quarter 2015 but it looks like they've got some games lined up already and I'm sure it will benefit from extra time in the oven.
Dragoon En Regalia
Member
I'd love it if the glyphs and spoken noises form a language we could learn and use, but that doesn't happen very often, not even in Nintendo games (SFA's Dinosaur cipher doesn't count). At least we get to choose how our homo blooper-us looks.
Shikamaru Ninja
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It's hard to tell how involved the campaign will be. Bosses? Narrative? Unique levels? I'm not sure if it's just a bunch of squid bots hanging around in the multiplayer stages.
MisterGrey3000
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Babymario26
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Yo this trailer is the best, think im locked on buying this.
it looks sooooooo good......I can't take it
Orbis Tabula
Member
I love the idea behind Splatoon because it's so typical Nintendo.
"Some people are bad at shooters. Those require a high level of skill and when most unskilled players try to play, they can't shoot the targets. They just end up shooting the wall."
"Okay. Let's make a game where you're supposed to shoot walls."
"Some people are bad at shooters. Those require a high level of skill and when most unskilled players try to play, they can't shoot the targets. They just end up shooting the wall."
"Okay. Let's make a game where you're supposed to shoot walls."
Dragoon En Regalia
Member
None of the arenas have open voids like the (admittedly) few stages we've seen here. That alone changes the dynamic, though whether there are unlimited respawns or lives is unknown. I'd like to play with restrictions, but not all players will.
Tye The Czar
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Hype Train is in full force!
While that's true, I was expecting something perhaps akin to, say, Quake 3; a single player campaign fundamentally made up of multiplayer against bots. This is a *lot* more involved than I was anticipating.
They've shown a few what I assume are bosses and one boss fight I think. Also, some of the stages don't appear to be symmetric, so there seem to be specific single player (and maybe co-op) stages. And NPCs.
And hats.
Is it though? It probably trains you on paint placement and how to traverse through the environments efficiently. Seems like a perfect way to warm you up to the game.
Dragoon En Regalia
Member
The Old Inkling seems to have an important story role, if the trailer editing and appearance in the manga says something. Maybe he'll be the Yin to the cat referee's Yang.
Dang, that music is catchy.
Seeing a single player campaign really has me interested in this now. I liked the idea, but as someone that's not big into games that's focused more on multiplayer than single player, I feared it wasn't gonna be for me.
Also why did I get a Super Mario Galaxy/Sunshine's Fludd-less level vibe from some of those levels?
Edit: Hey, pause the trailer at 1:26. Bloopers from SMB &.....OCTOROKS FROM ZELDA? Granted, they are octopus-like creatures. Heh, imagine if this whole Squids vs. Octopus war started because of the Bloopers & Octoroks.
Seeing a single player campaign really has me interested in this now. I liked the idea, but as someone that's not big into games that's focused more on multiplayer than single player, I feared it wasn't gonna be for me.
Also why did I get a Super Mario Galaxy/Sunshine's Fludd-less level vibe from some of those levels?
Edit: Hey, pause the trailer at 1:26. Bloopers from SMB &.....OCTOROKS FROM ZELDA? Granted, they are octopus-like creatures. Heh, imagine if this whole Squids vs. Octopus war started because of the Bloopers & Octoroks.
I laughed x)
Dragoon En Regalia
Member
Mechanics like these are good proof against even an under-developed campaign (SP or co-op) from letting me down.
Cow Mengde
Banned
What's this, a shooter with no shitty scripted set pieces? No boring open world with vast areas of nothing? Level design in my single player campaign? Music? Not buying.
Shikamaru Ninja
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The platforming / diving aspect seems rather unique, and would be a huge missed opportunity if it isn't integrated into the campaign levels. But I just don't know how much time and resources they are devoting to the campaign. Is it just a quick response or something intricately planned?
Singleplayer looks to be unique areas different from the multiplayer levels. MP are large arenas that facilitate freedom of movement and ability to shoot at other areas from multiple places on the map. The SP levels look like small inter-connected areas, linear progression going from start to finish. Or maybe even some Mario Galaxy influence using jump pads to jump between "islands".
Oh I see where you're coming from. That, I don't think anyone can say but EAD. For me though as long as it feels fleshed out when I play it, I won't care if they rushed to add it or planned from the beginning. From what we see in the trailer though it looks like thought was put into it, tons of interesting mechanics and puzzles.
Dragoon En Regalia
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Dragoon En Regalia
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They didn't focus on this part of the game at E3, but they never said single-player missions would be absent or rushed. Who knows, I think Nintendo meant for these two modes to go together.
Ingueferroque
Banned
Looks like a Day of the Tentacle team shooter, which is great.
Poimandres
Member
Looks pretty interesting, but I'm not fully sold yet (I'd need to see how expansive it is, and how it actually plays).
