mZuzek said:
I played Splatoon 2 and think 3 looks just like it. Like obviously it has its differences, like the ones you pointed out, but it still seems like the same "base" game, same engine, same physics, same movement, and probably a lot of the same weapons, stages and assets in general. Maybe about as big a difference as between 1 and 2, which was passable back then because of the short time between them, now it's just... Feels like the series is stagnant already, and reluctant to take a step forward in any meaningful way. Feels like Nintendo's Call of Duty really. |
I heavily disagree. There seem to be additions to how you move when in squid form. The arenas will all be new or heavily changed, they have to be because of how the spawn points work. It wouldn't work with 2's arenas. The arenas we've seen so far are in their general design vastly different from those in Splatoon 2. In that game there are many narrow corridors and a bigger open space in the middle. The arenas we've seen so far are very openly structured and seem more compact, which will lead to more direct combat in turf war and less oportunities to hide.
The new specials on their own will already change the dynamic anyways together with new weapons like the bow. Add to that a new UI, new and way better victory screen, medals that might suggest something along the line of achievements, a new and likely more detailed hub and a changed up salmon run. Obviously there will also be at least one new mode in ranked. And all that's not even mentioning the new single player. And it also has better graphics.
But of course you can say it looks just like the other two Splatoon games because there are inklings, ink and guns. Right, and every single realistic first person shooter looks exactly the same. Battlefield 1 looks just like CoD: WWII because there are men running around with guns. Let's just ignore all the differences.
This Splatoon 3 gameplay looks nothing like the previous two Splatoon games. It will feel very different, that's obvious to me. It would need to literally not be a shooter anymore to be more different. They changed everything that can be changed while retaining what makes it a Splatoon game.
To quote a guy from the Nintendolife comment section:
One of the most brazenly inventive shooters of the last decade gets a third release in 7 years and its right to exist is questioned.
Most other shooting franchises get beige annual sequels and nobody bats an eye.
Instead of tinkering around the edges by changing the world, weapons, mechanics, story, etc. why didn’t they change the…
I’m not sure what else you’re supposed to change, but why didn’t they change that!?
Last edited by Kakadu18 - on 23 April 2022
