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midrange on 09 June 2015
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The_Yoda said:
midrange said:

Well, they are adding content that should have been in the start to begin with. What Nintendo should have done is release the game at $20-$40 and $60 for a season pass (or as a legendary edition later on that adds in all the dlc like skyrim). There is no point in paying in full when you don't have the full game presented to you.

No, it is not often that cod gives out free maps, but then again there is no need for them to have to since they launch the game with around 15 maps. Same with the modes. Literally, the zombies mode in bo2 has 4 modes to enjoy in both local and online play, splatoon does not have that many modes in its entirety

Destiny is a game that trades the zombies mode for the ability to do raids with friends and trades the local play for a class system with distinct subclasses and skill trees, along with certain equipment, that is not present in call of duty. That is a game that should be $60. Halo 4 gives up the zombies mode, but otherwise contains a very good campaign that is somewhat lacking in call of duty. That is a game that should be $60. Splatoon is a game that gives up voice chat, customizable online matches, local multiplayer (aside from balloon popping), a zombies or raid features, and a number of maps and guns, for a colorful atmosphere, a squid form (that only makes you move faster and semi invisible), and paint instead of bullets. That does not sound like a game that should be $60.

Until all the FREE DLC is out you can't really draw comparisons to the number of maps and modes.  If it were paid DLC I would completely agree, not worth $60.  Do I miss voice chat ... not really, I rarely use it in other games as the majority of users are little kids that have to make noise constantly.  That said I still think (as I've expressed before) that it should have been an included option that was tied to the parental controlles of the user. I also think of it this way, this is the first entry in the series, I think it will catch up to the others in it's genre within a few releases where features are concerned.

If their is no need of more maps in COD games why do they make them? If there is no need then there should be no market.  I think Nintendo is trying to keep the game fresh and so they are dribbling out content. It is simialr to the way most of the other shooters do it only they charge you along the way to keep the game from getting stale. I'd guess if you bought all the available DLC you will end up paying $100+ for most of the other shooters out there where when it is all said and done you will get a smiliar amount of content from Splatoon as you did from the other games you mentioned at launch.

Ultimately value is determined by the person making the purchase, was it a good value or a poor one.  For me it is a decent value, for you not so much it sounds like. Kind of hard to make that determination though if you haven't played it.

I think this should be made clear. I am comparing splatoon (as it is now at $60) to other games (as they have launched at $60). When splatoon releases with all the free dlc, then I will compare them to games that have all the free dlc included. If it was just voice chat missing, then ok that wouldn't be so bad, but it is the combination of a poor local multiplayer, no voice chat, and no online custom matches (you know for friends to play with you) that suddenly starts to stack.

There is no need for more cod maps, but there is a desire. Without the dlc maps in cod, bo2 would still be a content packed game that should be $60 on launch. There is a need for splatoon to have more maps, since the amount they have now is pretty low (as claimed by most reviewers). Even if you don't buy any dlc for black ops 2, it is debatle that black ops 2 at launch still holds more content then splatoon after all the free dlc is added.

Value is determined by the purchaser, but price is not. You can enjoy an $80 pencil that has a bit more lead than a $2 pencil, but that does not mean that the $80 pencil is not overpriced