Splatoon Metacritic Predictions

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Einsam_Delphin said:

You may stand still good sir as we all have our opinions, however your reasoning is very flawed. It is fun in short burst, but if you're implying you can't spend hours at a time on it aswell then you're mistaken. Like Smash Bros. and Mario Kart, the game is highly addictive due to it's dynamic every changing battles making each one different from the last. Only good things have been said about the campaign, even comparisons to Galaxy. Sure most will probably only play it once and be done, but they still played it and it offered a different experience, so was not a waste putting it in. There is no lack of content either, it just wont all be there immediately, instead coming in free updates that help keep the community active. How do Mario Kart and Smash have any effect on the quality of this game other than making it easier to explain why it's so good?

I don't see the flaw on my reasoning. Again, it's fun in short bust. It is true that you can spend hours and hours on it on a single sitting, but just like Smash Bros example, or most multiplayer games for that matter, the fun will quickly fade into frustration if you choose to pour too many hours instead of going in short busts. Frustration kicking in isn't good for any game.

As for the campaign, I don't trust whatever people have to say on the matter until I have something tangible to analize. For all we know, it could be a hype-riding machine, or some bought previews to speak positively on the matter. Look at Destiny. Alternatively, people could say bad things about it only for it to turn out awesome. Look at Resident Evil 6. Your comparison to Mario Galaxy isn't a good one considering Mario Galaxy was decent at best, so you reinforce my theory about the campaign.

There's lack of content, to put it bluntly. Free updates don't void the fact that the game releases pretty much barebones. New Vegas is an awesome game that eventually fixed all of its problems, added tons and tons of awesome content and gave a run for everyone's money. Doesn't excuse the fact that back when it first released it was a complete mess, almost unplayable at times. Reviews reflect on this later thing, and they don't have to change just because they fixed it later.

Some community will drive towards Splatoon, but after a while, they'll come back to Mario Kart and Smash and leave Splatoon forever. It doesn't hurt the quality of the game per se, but its life on the long run.