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ToxicJosh on 04 February 2015
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t3mporary_126 said:
ToxicJosh said:
Wow, so much butthurt in this thread.

Splatoon was playable at E3 last year, and likely won't release until late May (MK8 slot), so is in no way being rushed. The one gamemode (in online 4v4) is probably to make sure that people don't struggle to find a match. Remember this is a brand new IP. At this point in time it could be a MK8/Smash scale hit or a W101 flop, or probably somewhere in between.

If its popular enough then Nintendo will probably do a DLC map pack, and an update to add game modes. But at this point in time they want the game to be as good as possible, and if it's impossible to get into a game of your chosen mode then your enjoyment of the game overall is going to suffer.


@Bold: That would mean this game lacks ambition to resort into that test model.

@Underline: That means this game is actuallly being rushed because they don't have time to add and polish more modes they think people will enjoy.

I disagree. I think their train of thought is broadly as follows (numbers strictly illustrative):

Each extra game mode splits the playing population. So if 1,000 active players with one game mode means that it's 30 seconds to get into a game, then 2 game modes might mean 500 players per mode, and therefore a longer wait to play.

In popular games, this risk is mitigated by the sheer number of people playing at once. However, currently the success/popularity of the game is an unknown quantity, and planning on have 3 or 4 online modes may well be planning for the game to fail. Therefore, until it is known whether the game is popular or now, it is better that there is no chance of struggling to find online games.

If it does turn out to be popular then I confident that new modes will be added, probably as a free update alongside a mappack DLC (so as not to split the userbase).

We also don't know how the 4v4 works, how many maps there are, how big the single player mode is, or what the local MP consists of. To dismiss the game because it doesn't have a capture the flag is ridiculous.