Splatoon Review Thread - MetaCritic 81% / GameRankings 81.46%

[Mr.Playstation]

sundin13 said:

Burek said:

Actually, that is the entire argument in this thread. People wanting reviewers to praise content to be added later.

Like going to the restaurant, paying for a full meal, getting a soup and being asked to come for the steak next week. But the steak will be free of charge then. And please, give our steak a great review because trust us, it will be good and free.

Same thing here, only some people don't understand that the missing content will not be free. You have already paid $60, only you will get half a game now, and half a game in rations over the next few months. This game is a Nintendo-style Season Pass.

So same as, for instance, Telltale games, Life is Strange or RE Revelations 2: Pay full price upfront, get a slice of the game, and the rest is free later. (Or simply wait until the game is complete and buy it then). But I don't see reviewers scoring Life is Strange episode 5 right now, when only 3 episodes are out. Because, you know, current performance is in no way an indicator of future quality.

Like Rol said, your comparisons are extremely flawed.

First of all, your restaurant example should be ammended to be closer to a multicourse meal (because a game lasts weeks where a meal lasts an hour tops). You first get your appetizer, then your main course, then your dessert (or after meal course). If the restaurant brought out all the food simultaneously, it would make the eating experience worse for the customer and the restaurant would get a lot of complaints. The experience would be less cohesive as a whole. This is the same philosophy Splatoon is operating under. Giving players the full amount of content over a larger span of time helps to focus the experience as well as guide the player through things such as starting with the easier, more accessible Turf War (and more straightforward maps) and moving to the more complex game modes and more complex modes after they get used to the game.

 

Maybe Nintendo should have been pro-choice and given the whole game at ounce. If players felt like they weren't ready for more complex stuff then they should stick with the easier stuff to hone their skills and advanced players who easily catch on should and would be able to play on more advanced stuff. There is no reason to accept this type of content hiding scheming, none at all and reviewers have every right to lower their score since they are paying $60 now and not next week, they can update the review score later but a bunch of promises by Nintendo that they'll update the game shouldn't stop reviewers from lowering the game's score right now.