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Volterra_90 on 23 April 2015
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Goodnightmoon said:
AlfredoTurkey said:


What makes Mario Kart casual is the fact that you don't need alot of skill to win. All you have to do is drive "good enough" and then get lucky with the right items at the right time. Compare that to playing GT where it takes extremely skill and total knowledge of the game in order to even be competitive. There is a huge difference between the two.

While I haven't played Splatoon, from what Reggie said and the videos I've seen, that's what they're going for with this game. It looks like it's going to have a very low learn curve and allow for people with less skill, the ability to win. That is in stark contrast to something like Halo or COD where the gap between decent players and the top players is light years apart. You can't just be "ok" in those games and expect to finish with a 21-2 KD spread. It's just, not possible.

My personal take on casual is basically something that doesn't take alot of skill or knowledge to win at. That's what defines "casual" for me.

Mario Kart is like Poker. Maybe one run is unfair. But when you play 10 if you are the best, you win.

Okey, that's a very good answer, I coudn't do it better :P. Yeah, maybe if you're an okey player you will win some races, but globally the best players win almost every race. I don't know how they do it, because even when I think I'm doing the perfect race I'm way behind them, but, it happens. You can't be competitive in Mario Kart only being an okey player, like all the competitive games. It's more accesible, everyone can win one race with a lot of luck, but it takes hundreds of hours to master MK and win races constantly (aka being competitive).

I hope Splatoon manages to do that. Being accesible and hard to master at the same time is difficult. I want it to be the Nintendo's answer to the competitive shooter scene. That's why I'd like it to have tons of content, maps, modes, a solid single player experience, etc. But, as I said, I'm waiting to the pertinent Direct and reviews to make up my mind. I'm very sceptical at the moment, but I see a lot of potential on this game. It's not my most wanted game of this year, but, it can be if they do it right. 

Edit: Reading the posts above, a normal person wouldn't expect to win in MK like the 95% of the races (hell, it's impossible to me and I've played MK more than two thousand hours) but I know people that always ends first. It's boring to me, but, it's possible to do that. How? I don't know lol