Splatoon

Paintball: The Game

As mentioned in this post I bought Splatoon as a tribute to Mr Iwata and now I can write about it. Took me 3 months you say? No, it actually it took 2 weeks to finish the single player campaign and since I want to avoid a drought or flood of post I have the system of letting these game post release every Wednesday. So it can fall out of sync, but I believe it is for the better in the long run for this blog, instead of the month long droughts I had at certain times and it also makes me less guilty in not writing with a 3 month back-up.

Well, back on track

So I played the game and it was fun. I haven't got the full experience since I haven't played any online matches or such or even attempted the amiibo challenges since I haven't got any of the Splatoon amiibos (or any amiibo at all). As stated I played the single-player campaign with its 29 missions and 5 boss battles to get a good grip on the controls and the mechanics of the game. The story of the single player is as absurd as many Nintendo games tend to be. These two races used to be at war with each others, the octarians and inklings. You play as an inkling and the great zap fish has disappeared that gives electricity to Inkopolis and Captain Cuttlefish recruits you to stop the octarians as agent 3, together with agent 1 and 2. It ends when you corner DJ Octavio that has kidnapped Cuttlefish together with the zap fish. After some intense shooter/platforming the DJ is overthrown and everything is restored to normal. 

The DJ is in the house!

That was basically it. Each mission trains you in certain aspects of the multiplayer. For example, dodging, hiding, stealth and striker. What I miss though is the usage of different weapons like the roller or the sniper (or whatever it gets called). You can train them in local co-op though which I played a bit with my sister and another sisters husband. Of course I won most of the matches and the only time I  really lost was trying out the other weapons since I was curios. I say it was good that I played a lot of Modern Warfare 2 on the PS3 as it gave me a huge advantage in the mechanics of a shooter. At least over my sister and sisters husband, neither of whom have played any modern shooters. A pity you only can play one mode and 1-on-1 matches. Otherwise they sell the whole turf war concept that you must colorise the stage to win, which is an interesting concept that I don't think have been done before. Other notes of interest is that in the campaign mode you can collect scrolls which builds on the lore of the game fleshing out some of the characters like the Squid sisters or Cuttlefish himself, but also a bit of the world itself. For example, the world is set on earth long after humans have disappeared, which sets the world in the same universe as Pikmin and Mario (and others that have a tangible setting to our world).

That could be me in 12 000 years.

Maybe I'm not the best to say if you would like it or not. It has charm and is rather unique compared to other shooters, both in visuals and gameplay since the focus isn't the best player, but the best team. It's colourful and the music is rather funky. I can't recommend any songs other than the final boss music since I don't know any names for the songs. But I'm not a huge shooter fan, the story felt to short for a single player experience and the scroll collecting was rather easy for more re-playability. Together with my lousy internet connection making it impossible to play online I definitely misses out and therefore it felt short and I honestly think Modern Warfare 2 gave a better introduction with gameplay mechanics and different weapons (on the other hand they introduced elements that wasn't part of the online game either). So it felt unfulfilled with only single player and local co-op, but if I had the opportunity I would play it for all it's worth, but at the moment it makes for a lousy review of the game. So try it and see if you like it.

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