Splatoon is taking over Japan!

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Soundwave said:

spemanig said:

KLAMarine said:

What did you dislike about it?

Restrictive map rotation.

Restrictive mode rotation.

No voice chat.

No pro controller support.

Terrible local multiplayer.

No split screen local multiplayer versions of online modes.

Only four online modes.

Poor friend invite system.

No pro controller support.

Can't switch load out mid match or during match making.

Can't view teammates' load outs during match making.

Can't adjust aim sensitivity mid match.

The aiming reticule isn't stationary.

Callie and Marie unskippable updates.

Weapons, armor, and single player content hidden behind Amiibo paywall.

Still criminally overpriced for the content provided. Splatoon doesn't need more weapons - It needs more maps and modes.

No pro controller support.

No pro controller support.

It actually blows my mind how mind-numbingly forgiving people have been with this game when any other game that still had this quantity of such severely crippling issues half a year off would have been ripped apart relentlessly. Mario Kart 8 wouldn't have lasted its first week if it launched in the condition that Splatoon is in currently.

 

Splatoon is more fun than Mario Kart (runs). The game is designed the way it is for a reason, to make it more open and accessible. There's a design focus here and the game IMO is better for it. Everyone has the same rules. I like the "just shut up and play" approach. 

It's like complaining that Pokemon doesn't have the story or in depth systems of a Final Fantasy or Elder Scrolls game or something. Splatoon is not trying to be Call of Duty in the same way a Paper Mario game isn't trying to be Final Fantasy or Smash Brothers isn't trying to be Street Fighter. 

I think the gameplay (running around/shooting) is amazing. But having played plenty of other shooters I have to agree with Spemanig on pretty much every point, in particular with the map rotation issue. I can't play Splatoon for any more than 20-30 minutes because it just gets boring playing the same 2 maps over and over until Nintendo graces us with 2 new maps to play.