Is Splatoon 2 a mediocre sequel?

[Nautilus]

AngryLittleAlchemist said:

Wow...I was going to not comment on this thread anymore because I figure the whole point of it is to be the be all end all of Splatoon 2 "worthy-ness" discussion...... ya know like other people just put in their input and then leave the thread and then that's it ... but some of this just really hits a nerve

Nautilus said:
Not every entry in a said franchise needs to reinvent the wheel to be worthy of the sequel label.While I do believe that Splatoon 2 was a victim of the need of a good first year software output, from what reviewers said and players said, it seems like a clear improvement over basically everything that the first one did.

For the point we are in time, both due to the failure of the Wii U and given the diversity of the other titles in the Switch, Splatoon 2 is more than fine as a sequel.

And no one said it needed to be...

If Splatoon 2 is a victim of first year lineup, then I don't know how you could say it's "more than fine". The best I could say about a sequel that was clearly rushed for a lineup is ... "it's fine". Besides, Splatoon 2's base game plays a lot like Splatoon after all it's updates, just with a bit of extra content. You kind of implied you hadn't played Splatoon 2 (or possibly 1 too) though so idk.

Is there that much of a diferent betwenn fine and more than fine?It seems that you are stressing over semantics.

As I stated, Im not saying that Splatoon 2 is the equivalent of BOTW to Zelda, but given that Splatoon is such a fresh concept, it plays wonderfully, even if its not my cup of tea(I have played the first one, so I know what Im saying), and the fact that this franchise wont become an annual franchise, or wont have a release once every two years(This happened for Splatoon 2 most likely due to the need of the Switch being a success and Splatoon 2 being the key to achieve that in Japan, or at least garantee that), I dont see a problem with a sequel that plays safe.Well, really safe in the case of Splatoon 2.

And given the new things it did receive, and the updates and new stuff it will eventually receive, I dont see it being much of an issue.As you said, its a mediocre(In my opinion, mediocre to good sequel), but given everything Nintendo has produced this year and will release, I cant really honestly complain that they want to play safe with one or two titles in order to get their new console off the ground.