FIRST! Different kind of video for today. Let me know what you think!

@hudsonkilbury3416

Жыл бұрын

Great vid mate 👍

@ShurikanBlade

Жыл бұрын

@@hudsonkilbury3416 thank you

@cozmo_Comet

Жыл бұрын

i love it!! The editing is so good lmaoo

@ShurikanBlade

Жыл бұрын

@@cozmo_Comet THANK YOU :)

@Lazzers4545

Жыл бұрын

really liked the video! thought it was interesting since this isnt really talked about much!

I also think the story mode could have evidence for a weird development, they heavily marketed it on the splatlands desert yet only the tutorial takes place there? The art book also shows all the agents teaming up in the desert

@ShurikanBlade

Жыл бұрын

oh thats cool to know about the artwork. They probably wanted Alterna to be like a "surprise factor" but idk if it even came off like that

@alexvasquez7047

Жыл бұрын

they probably worked on the story mode last after finishing the multiplayer. same thing happened with splatoon 2. i get it, story mode is an extra while multiplayer is the main thing, still sucks.

@CloverPillbug

Жыл бұрын

Maybe we might see it a bit more in the DLC (Slight Copium)

@ShurikanBlade

Жыл бұрын

@@alexvasquez7047 but for the most part half the things in the game is a port from Splatoon 2/1 and they took 3ish years making this game while they made splatoon 2 in 2 years

@YoshiDeNOFFICAL

Жыл бұрын

@@ShurikanBladeoh yeah the tribe artwork in the arthook

The devs should try adding small amounts of content during the mid season updates. It will make the middle of the season way less bland. Like maybe 2-3 new kits or something.

@ShurikanBlade

Жыл бұрын

they defintely should. Especially cuz in splatoon 2 we got a kit every Friday night. Even if i didnt use use the weapons it still was cool to see constant updates instead of dead zones with splatoon 3

@keeganmcfarland7507

Жыл бұрын

​@@ShurikanBlade true

This honestly does clear up for me why splatoon 3 is honestly one of the hardest games to handle, I mean splatfests are another huge missed set of potentional they could have done. I miss the shift stations.....

@ShurikanBlade

Жыл бұрын

YEAH THEY REMOVED SUCH A GREAT CONCEPT FOR SPLATFESTS and all of it for a worse execution of the event. Splatfests were so unbalanced they took like 3 updates just trying to fix it

@LostBonesNumber

Жыл бұрын

😢 Remember the amazing Squid Parties you could do in those?

@xanderchan4176

Жыл бұрын

@@LostBonesNumber and the amazing games many splatubers used them with as well!

The only reason this is a problem in the first place is because the higher ups at Nintendo are failing to give their big titles the money (this includes resources and developers) and time they need. All of the big gaming companies are trying so desperately to one-up each other that they're trying to see how little effort they can spend on a game that will get the most money. Look no further than the concept of battlepasses, Overwatch 2 and several of the most recent Pokemon games. I'm pretty sure there's way more games and scummy tactics than I've named here too. So with this information I'm just gonna support passionate developers and not give any more money to companies that have so much money they think they're above the art of video games. It's a damn shame that so many beloved game titles are deteriorating because of negligence from greedy leadership.

@keeganmcfarland7507

Жыл бұрын

Well, don't blame the developers/employees of Nintendo, blame publishers/localizers of Nintendo for doing this. Also, Hisashi Nogami (the producer of Splatoon franchise) confirmed that Splatoon 3 will be the last Splatoon game of inklings vs octarians saga.

@marekdec8605

Жыл бұрын

Any amount of this would probably be guess work anyways, but even then, I feel like Nintendo is one of the better ones company wise. They are willing to delay games if they feel like the game needs or wants it. ( Animal Crossing New Horizons and Tears of the Kingdom being the most notable examples ). Even then, I don’t remember any first party Nintendo games that were buggy beyond imagination. ( Pokemon Scarlet and Violet is the only one that comes to mind but that’s managed by the Pokémon company and less by Nintendo I think so I wouldn’t really count it ). I think this is more a product of the mentality of “we can add more content/fix bugs with dlc and patches” that’s been floating around recently. The splatoon series is very bad on this front from what I remember. Splatoon 1 on launch felt like a demo, and splatoon 2 was just a little better. If the people developing the series thought that this is literally not enough for the game, I think that they could have gotten a reasonable delay. There is still a aspect of needing to hit reasonable deadlines and investor’s meetings and stuff so delaying for a long time isn’t really possible unfortunately, but to me Nintendo doesn’t seem to be the type of company to be as cut throat with strict development times and crunch culture as some other companies out there. I think the Pokémon company is a better example to critique even within the Nintendo sphere.

@humanreal255

Жыл бұрын

@@keeganmcfarland7507 what do the localizers have to do with any of this? also the inklings vs octarians saga is just a story mode thing i think side order will be the start of a new story line

I love how in the first trailer agent 3 (the new one obviously) started the tutorial area with the tri stringer

I think they took too long to think about adding the gold dymano roller to the second season

@ShurikanBlade

Жыл бұрын

the legend says that every season they do a coin flip to see if they should add gold dynamo and its always landed on tails (no)

As much as I love the game, I completely agree with everything you said. I need to admit that 3 was my first game in the series, I started with the test fire and bought the game at launch. The fomo you mentioned was exactly me, I wanted to get everything in the catalogs and that meant me constantly playing because I didn’t want to miss out. I’m pretty much burned out on the game in general, when Future Redeemed and TotK came out I was glad to have something new to play. I rarely played anything else bc I was too focused on Splatoon and now it’s wearing off on me. I did play a bit when Sizzle Season launched but I went back to TotK a few hours later. I love a lot of aspects of this game, but there’s a lot of fixes needing to be made too. And I know you can turn them off, but I’m glad I don’t have to look at the plaza posts as much. I only looked at them for memes but most of the time it was whatever trend Splatoon fans on Twitter were following Also props for using Xenoblade music! I could recognize every song, I may like the series too much lmao

@ShurikanBlade

Жыл бұрын

A FELLOW XENOBLADE ENJOYER and with a Matthew pfp. It makes me FULLAH BEANS! Yeah idk it just rubs me the wrong way how much the game kinda pressures you to artificially prolong how much you play the game.

@reef-lux450

Жыл бұрын

@@ShurikanBlade Meeting Xenoblade fans who are also Splatoon fans make me feel fulla of beans 🤝 Also is your pfp Taion? It looks almost exactly like him lol

@ShurikanBlade

Жыл бұрын

@@reef-lux450 my pfp is a drawing of me but Taion looks exactly like me

@normanred9212

Жыл бұрын

Splatoon 3's plaza posts are the worst yet, I absolutely hate how the system works to post them and how they get upvoted and which get showed the most predominately. I wouldn't even call the top plaza posters Splatoon fans, they are just fan fiction hysterical weirdos pushing whatever agenda fueled fad they find next. I cannot stand seeing the same 5 to 10+ people every day and I barely get to see anyone new, friend's posts, or funny posts. I really wish they had a feature that would allow us to mute/block individuals we didn't want to see anymore in the plaza. Too much cringe

Another thing to note is that Scorge Gorge and Eeltail Alley looked sooo different in the early trailers from what we got at launch... I wonder what happened in the devs team to make such drastic changes to these maps cause they looked so much bigger than what we got now. But well next season is the first anniversary and I hope that we get more fleshed out updates from there on with major map changes like The Reef back in 2, major themed Splatfests like Frosty Fest from 2, maybe even 3rd kits and so on which kinda sucks not to have it since the beginning but I guess by releasing it like this it keeps the game more alive. Also Side Order is still in development which could explain why the updates feel kinda lackluster but yeah overall Splatoon 3's development feels unoptimized which is kind of a shame...

@ShurikanBlade

Жыл бұрын

unootimized is a perfect word like id rather have the splatoon 2 model where they just release updates when they are ready and it feels much more substantial

I know you mentioned teams being stretched for development, and I think it's safe to assume that the size/quality of content each season is going to increase once side order releases. Also I do want someone to correct me if I'm wrong but around the time New Horizons came out didn't Nintendo say they where gonna move away from developer crunch. I think it's a good thing to not crunch the developers but that could possibly mean that they're choosing to have less new content each season to help with not crunching them. It is disappointing, and at the size Nintendo is they could definitely higher more developers or get outside developers to help to get more content out. but I'm happy that (hopefully) the developers aren't being worked to death. Also I agree this game could by far be the best if it had more of the content the other games had.

@ShurikanBlade

Жыл бұрын

yeah they did mention they wouldnt be crunching the developers which is good but a part of me just wishes they didnt announce the game so early in the first place. They announced it a whole year and a half in advance for not much good reason. If the game launched with what it has now I'd be pretty satisfied but it took 9 months from the game being out to reach this point

I hope that Nintendo sees this problem and finds another game studio to help work on splatoon and other games so that Monolith studio doesn't get its hands full

@ShurikanBlade

Жыл бұрын

its unconfirmed if it actually had an impact and MonolithSoft is a HUGE studio but the 3 1st party games that have been delayed on switch were all being developed at the same time and were all supported by MonolithSoft so i think some theories can be made

A good idea for the catalogs would be that every season they introduce a new catalog for you to complete, but still allow you to go back and complete old ones or choose to do the new catlog. If you finish the new catalog before the season ends, you can just go back and complete old ones.

@ShurikanBlade

Жыл бұрын

they should definitely implement a system like this like its such an easy addition and yet they dont

I think this game is definitely in it's early stages and it really depends on how optimistic you are on the game, we just got 2 new weapons and it seems like they might be going through each class giving it a new weapon. It may be slow however i think by the end of the game its gonna be totally worth the wait

@ShurikanBlade

Жыл бұрын

I also think itll be great by the end of the lifespan but it just makes me a bit sad that to some people the launch of splatoon 3 is their first impression of the series. Theyre gonna support this game for 2 whole years and by the end it'll probably be amazing but to those more casual people who bought the game they probably already fell of the game and wont return.

@KiwiUwU9090

Жыл бұрын

@@ShurikanBlade mmmm true, I first playing splatoon 2 and that was in 2020 so i didnt get to enjoy the game in it's entirety and so splatoon 3 is my first time playing the game from the start of it's lifespan and I have too much determination to stick with splatoon 3 even tho i believe it's in a much worse spot than 2 (mainly because of the stages and no shifty stations). Mid seasons are way too empty and if Nintendo did something about that other than just game patches this game would be in such a better spot

@ShurikanBlade

Жыл бұрын

@@KiwiUwU9090 yeah it feels like challenge battles are supposed to remedy the dead space between seasons but even then they flopped in execution by making it available at the randomest times

@KiwiUwU9090

Жыл бұрын

@@ShurikanBlade should've been 24 hours

@ShurikanBlade

Жыл бұрын

@@KiwiUwU9090 exacty they shouldve been 24 hours and like a different challenge every day and it wouldve been so cool

even though I only got to fully experience splatoon 3, ive been dying to try splatoon 2 since I first saw it. It looked so new and fresh to play and the style of everything was what made me love it so much. Now we in splatoon 3, and it seems that from your words, the dev team isnt the same ones who made the banger that was/is splatoon 2 and octo expansion.

@ShurikanBlade

Жыл бұрын

yeah for the most part its a new staff. Splatoon 2 at its current state is better but Splatoon 3 is reaching that point with its updates but I feel like when it launched it shouldve already been better by default since the foundation is already there

A thing they could do with catalogs is if you haven’t completed them, or you just got the game, you could have the previous catalogs in your menu to complete for later, for example, there would be a section of your menu with the catalogs you haven’t finished, and you would be able to complete them in any order without missing out on any rewards even if you just got the game.

@ShurikanBlade

Жыл бұрын

BRO THAT WOULD BE SUCH AN AMAZING ADDITION. Such a simple and easy way to not make players feel FOMO. Like instead of leveing up and earning an item. Every time you level up you earn a redeemable point and you can choose what to get from the catalog or something like that and it would include the previous seasons catalogs as well.

@Sir_PoGooh

Жыл бұрын

@@ShurikanBlade thanks! But, I doubt they would do it, like with challenges, it’s strange how it can’t just be a 24 hour thing, and a seperate mode which would mix up the playstyle.

@ShurikanBlade

Жыл бұрын

@@Sir_PoGooh yeah challenges are a perfect example along with Eggstra work. These should be new modes instead of just random few time things. The execution of many things just feels off

@YoshiDeNOFFICAL

Жыл бұрын

They put the rewards in the shell out machine though….

@Sir_PoGooh

Жыл бұрын

@@YoshiDeNOFFICAL it really isn’t enough I reckon, you have to wait two seasons until you can get the rewards from the shell out machine, and plus, after that, you can’t get rewards from that season

First I just want to give props for being one of the few videos I've seen actually point out the nearly complete change in staff Splatoon 3 has. It almost feels like the Monolith Soft Veterans knew they created a really good base for anyone to pick up from where they left off, but lacking that direction from so much of the old staff can really change where a game goes next. You bring up a lot of silly reasons as to why the development might be troubled, but I'm not gonna focus on that. You bring up a really important point that more people should recognize. The devs really are stretching themselves thin. Splatoon 2 was not trying to dish out all of this other content at you and that allowed them to focus more on weapons, stages, and modes. Not to mention, they made changes to the engine for this game. That was super ambitious and wasn't necessarily needed for this release, but these devs still did it.I feel like they're probably playing catch up to what they initially had laid out for Splatoon 3. Plus, the fomo shenanigans with modes like Big Run, Eggstrawork, Challenges, and Splatfests all need to be keep up with. If they fall behind it will look real bad for their bottom line. Plus, they're making another singleplayer campaign in the background of all this! I don't doubt that the devs are listening though, but people also need to realize that the devs can't just stop working, sit down, and absorb all the criticism their game is getting. They're still working on it! You think after they finish their shift at work they want to keep working by trying to brainstorm ways to address criticisms of the community? Nah they want to sleep! Still though, there are people whose job is entirely to relay feedback from consumers over to the dev team, but the feedback goes through multiple layers of employees before it reaches the devs that specifically would make a change about it. Plus, addressing feedback will inevitably be put on a back burner because they already have a whole schedule laid out and they can't suddenly change that just appease their consumers. I'm rambling, but what I'm trying to get across here is that this is incredibly complicated and addressing feedback will be inevitably slow. These people have content to create and schedules stick to. No matter what we say it doesn't matter unless the devs are willing to sacrifice something on their schedule to focus on the problems we as a community are seeing. And again, sacrificing anything will look bad for their bottom line or whatever game design document they put together well before this game released.

@ShurikanBlade

Жыл бұрын

Most of these issues are problems because they set themselves to strict schedules in the first place. Splatoon 3 is the first game with this seasonal model which is what kinda pressures them to get it all done regardless of quality. Like Splatoon 2's 3.0 and 4.0 updates were HUGE additions to the game but they were released when they were ready not because it was on a schedule. Meanwhile with this seasonal schedule they kinda forced themselves into this worse way of working. Obviously i know criticism would take time to reach the devs but i feel like they had it right with Splatoon 2 where they didnt abide by a seasonal schedule and simply released big updates when they were done. This way they could actually take feedback and have time and not rush through anything.

@Tribow

Жыл бұрын

@@ShurikanBlade You're absolutely right. I wish they could just switch to Splat2's development model, but we're in too deep. One can hope Splat3 gets the changes it needs, but that wait is gonna be a long one if we do ever get there.

@ShurikanBlade

Жыл бұрын

@@Tribow yeah especially cuz it just makes people fall off the game faster when theyre promised these big updates every 3 months and theyre just a few new weapons and a stage

I never really noticed it before but now that i think about it, most of the new stuff is completely centered around fomo. Challenges, big runs, eggstra work, catalog, tri-color, all limited time stuff that only comes and goes every now and then.

@ShurikanBlade

Жыл бұрын

Yup. It's like they're trying to prolong the lifespan by having players continously come back but it just feels underwhelming most of the time and they shouldve just been more readily available modes so it can actually boost enjoyment

Nah, alright, Splatoon 3 might not be a perfect game, it has many issues, but in comparison with other live service games... It is honestly one of the most generous.

@ShurikanBlade

Жыл бұрын

i agree but i dont think we should lower our standards because of that. This game still was a $60 retail game at the end of the day. It probably is gonna end its life span amazingly but idk if I myself will be there when that happens with how the game is being handled

@lob_fish

Жыл бұрын

@@ShurikanBlade This might be different depending on where you live, but for me Splatoon 3 was sold for ~45€ (48 USD) at launch, not the usual 60€

@ShurikanBlade

Жыл бұрын

@@lob_fish all I know is that in the US it retails at $60

at the end you made me shed an actual tear. This video was so well thought out. Please make more like this!

@ShurikanBlade

Жыл бұрын

thank you :) Ive been wanting to make this video for months and I'm glad i actually got around to it

I understand if the devs are busy with other projects, but there are certain aspects of Splat 3 that still seem like a relatively easy fix. People don't like the shape of the new stages? Then stop shaping them that way. They even addressed this in an interview, and their response was "The shape of the stages isn’t something we decide on ahead of time." Like... wtf. It initially surprised me when you pointed out how the Splat 3 team was basically a brand new group of people, but it actually makes a lot of sense now that I think about it. I can't really blame them for being out of their element. If they learn a lot from the first year of 3's development, then the 2nd year can be a lot better. I haven't lost faith completely, yet

@ShurikanBlade

Жыл бұрын

they probably will learn and make the latter half way better but i fear like itll be too late for most. I feel like the current system drove away most casual enjoyers of the game by not being enough annd making us wait months for some basic features. This game couldve been amazing throughout the whole lifetime but i fear like by the end of the life itll have like 25% remaining players from those who bought the game

@Wallis_2001

Жыл бұрын

​@@ShurikanBlade Maybe so, but if the game sees a big improvement that gets everyone talking, a lot of them will come back as well. It keeps me sane to remember that angry people (though they do have a good reason to complain, imo) are the most vocal, and there are plenty of Splat 3 players who aren't going anywhere.

@ShurikanBlade

Жыл бұрын

@@Wallis_2001 that is true but idk why but it just makes me sad that this is the first exposure some people have to the splatoon series. Like this game feels more like a stepping stone so the devs can get experience so Splatoon 4 is amazing instead of a game that is missing so many ey features at launch. Like it feels like those newer players deserved better because they do because this series has so much potential as seen with Splatoon 2 and 1 and yet splatoon 3 basically reset those foundations.

@Wallis_2001

Жыл бұрын

​@@ShurikanBlade No I totally get how you feel, I'm sad about it as well. The launch should've been better, the fanbase is rightfully disappointed, and I wish a lot of things were different too. I just try to be optimistic for the future since there's not much to be done about what's already implemented. I care about this series, and there's still a lot of lovable content in S3, so I want to believe that a 'redemption arc' of sorts is still possible

Feels bad that while the game has so much that it won't be perfect. I still enjoy the game, but the maps do definitely feel like final hallway. Glad updates are constantly flowing but at times its a little hard to be invested.

@TorayNix

Жыл бұрын

I hope the devs focus more on Splatoon 3 after the other games in question (like Pikmin) gets released And the main problem of the game results in the main problem of Nintendo: they never listen to their community Now the only thing that can revive the game is Nintendo accepting humility and actually listen to the feedbacks

@ShurikanBlade

Жыл бұрын

yeah this game feels like it couldve been THE PERFECT splatoon game with how it wants to blend Splatoon 1 and 2 but the execution of some things just dont work imo. It kinda makes me sad that we will probably have to wait for Splatoon 4 for the actually best entry

I 100% agree, and since the first Season I have felt and noticed SO MUCH that seemed off, lazy, missing, held back, and/or lacking from what the game could be. The first thing that I noticed that really raised my eyebrows was the character creation and how they removed Boy/Girl specific hair and clothing and allowed everyone to wear and have everything. I know some out there automatically think this is means "something more" but what it actually shows you is how LAZY and/or rushed they were in making new customization choices. The first thing I thought of when I heard and saw this was "wow that's extremely lazy" because it is the illusion of giving a player more when we weren't. They only added TWO new hair styles for each character in total, and course eyebrow choice and more eye colors but those are minor upgrades. The reason the hair and clothing being all available is lazy is due to the fact that it doesn't require the devs to make new and matching styles that fit well together with each character's specific sex and body type. Guess what, the girl styles look awful on the boys and vice versa. There is a saying "less is more" meaning that when a limit or restriction is put upon a project it helps breed creativity and ingenuity. By keeping the standard of Boy and Girl styles separate we would have gotten MORE to added to the game that would have matched with the world and lore and the new addition of Splatville. Now having a few neutral styles for hair and clothing isn't bad, but nothing replaces having a unique style for each individual character that makes you want to try each. This is just one example but to me it is a HUGE warning sign, this isn't a GTA or Saints Row 2 when you do alot for gags. The maps alone are a huge topic all by themselves, we can all agree that nearly every map in Splatoon 3 is either too dense, bottle necked, no fun or good side routes, or too small and sometimes all thee above. I think what got the most attention in Splatoon 3 was the campaign and story, regardless of the multiplayer being the big focus, the campaign and story are technically the most important part of Splatoon which is underrated. Even in the campaign though I noticed things like Callie and Marie having less animation than Shiver and Frye at times, and even their eyes being too big for their heads almost as if they forgot to resize them to fit their new shape. Don't get me wrong I love Splatoon 3 but for every two steps it takes it takes another step back. Let's look at Splatville, an amazingly cool place that needs to be more open and expanded as each update comes and outside of opening the train station we have gotten nothing. But what have we gotten instead, instead of opening and expanding Splatsville they lazily added back Inkopolis Booyah Base and most likely Inkopolis Square. Is Inkopolis Hub different at all? No not really, infact it seems to have even less. Not only don't we have any minigames, we don't have Splatoon 1's campaign, Callie and Marie are back in their Idol news outfits in their old studio yet don't do the news while we are there, their Splatfest performance is fantastic and I love it but that all that is new. I mean what a cheap ploy, I would much rather Splatsville opening up more and if Callie and Marie where there doing something in Splatsville besides exploring and watching Alterna. I mean we are in a COMPLETELY NEW AREA and we are redoing the past, and let that go into my next point about Side Order and how it follows the same disappointing pattern of treading old ground. I mean, the devs are REALLY yelling at us that they wanted Order to win the last Splatoon 2 Splatfest. Instead of exploring Splatsville with Deep Cut on a new adventure like restoring Craig to normal and looting temples and dungeons, we are going BACK to Splatoon 2 with Pearl and Marina with ANOTHER expansion campaign staring them but this time lets do a supposed "WHAT IF" scenario. Like, we ALREADY did an expansion with Pearl and Marina, it is Shiver Frye and Big Man's time to shine and lead the new story. We have already gotten a Boss that was all about Order, what else says Order and Control like Mr Grizz and his plan to mutate and enslave everyone? I mean, almost all the maps in Splatoon 3 are orderly and boring as if the Chaos was sucked away from Splatoon 1&2. Did Order secretly win? Where is the rough and chaotic attitude of Splatoon 3, the only people who have it are Deep Cut. They said they wanted to make Splatoon 3 more like Splatoon 1 well they need to work doubly hard then. I know Side Order will be fun but unless it does something truly good and new to help Splatoon 3 that subverts are expectations then it will just be business as usual. I have a feeling the trailer for Side Order is tricking us and it will be so much more, and if they add anyone new to be playable I hope it is either different types of Inklings and Octolings or, my choice, Cuttlelings. I hope we get a Wave 3&4 and let them focus on Splatsville and Deep Cut, I want to go on an adventure into the Splatlands, I want to see monsters and beasts of the wasteland and raid and loot dungeons, abandoned places, temples, learn about Deep Cuts clans and family, fight rival clans in the desert, unearth Inkling Mummies that could help restore Craig Cuttlefish to normal, and more. There is so much to go over for Splatoon 3, so many topics from the big and the small to dissect about why it fails in many departments. All of it can be fixed and should be fixed, and I hope as time goes on it will be.

@ShurikanBlade

Жыл бұрын

yeah i completely agree and its also noticeable because before there were different victory animations per gender and now they only added the female varaints of old victory animations

I completely agree with your statements I think the devs need to add things that keep fans waiting.❤

@ShurikanBlade

Жыл бұрын

I think they should add more in each season or at least do more between seasons. Plus some things that werent in launch are just inexcusable

@NotThatAxl

Жыл бұрын

@@ShurikanBlade Yeah that’s what I meant I just worded it wrong lol love your vids keep it up❤️

As life has taught us, it never truly is too late.

@ShurikanBlade

11 ай бұрын

wholesome

Well put together video, and I think this makes sense of a lot of things people are concerned about, although a few points contained a bit of misinfo. 5:03: while technically true that it’s heavily FOMO based, they’ve been allowing you to gain access to items from previous season catalogues through the shops and shell-out machine as seasons pass (golden seasonal banners and silver titles dont ever go away) 5:32 any returning gear from s1 and s2 is immediately available in the shop regardless of whether or not you’ve reached that level in the catalogue yet

@ShurikanBlade

Жыл бұрын

The fomo isnt full fomo but there are levels to fomo like yeah you can still obtain it but you missed your best possible chance of getting it by not being there early on. From what i recall i thought all catalog gear is only put in the store after you obtain it from the catalog so you can level it up and/or once the season ends

@alex27828

Жыл бұрын

@@ShurikanBlade I thought so too but at the very beginning of this season the noise cancellers were in my shop before I had even reached level 2 yet, basically any gear NEW to s3 is catalogue locked, but any old gear is not

@ShurikanBlade

Жыл бұрын

@@alex27828 oh okay that's interesting to note

5:12 I'd like to note that FOMO is partially remedied by the shell out machine in the lobby, ofc the odds are low but that's still a way of obtaining loot. This doesn't mean I fully endorse the "battle pass" system necessarily

@ShurikanBlade

Жыл бұрын

yeah it is remedied by it but still is a low chance and if im correct the rare seasonal banners and titles cant be obtained after the season (at least not yet)

One thing about Pikmin 4's Development Its confirmed to be in development since around 2013-2014, so thats an entire decade of development

i like the game how it is, sure they could add a few new things but they've got a bunch of events coming up for the summer and im excited to just enjoy the game for what it is.

@ShurikanBlade

Жыл бұрын

i still really enjoy the game but it feels like what we have now in the game shouldve been the standard at launch. It just makes me sad that probably a lot of people fell off the game and will never get to see how great the game can become. I truly think its too late for the devs to rekindle the fire for most casual enjoyers

Too many dishes and not enough cooks in the kitchen, basically

@ShurikanBlade

Жыл бұрын

thats my guess or enough cooks but its all their first day at the job

You’re right. I like the game but it still has problems. And I want to see gold dynamo

@ShurikanBlade

Жыл бұрын

me when gold dynamo is coming at msot a year after the game launched :(

Now it kind of makes sense as to why the Maps are so awful. They've become an afterthought over other features and parts of the game. The budget, time and opportunity cost caught up with them. Nintendo needs to change the way they develop Splatoon games. If they put less attention on side stuff like table turf battles and catalogs and put effort on areas that matter more like the maps and the kits. Maybe Splatoon 3 would feel like a better experience.

@ShurikanBlade

Жыл бұрын

yeah it just feels like theyre trying to do too much. Splatoon 1 and 2 never had any of these problems and its because they focused first and foremost on the multiplayer but with Splatoon 3 they have to focus on Online, Salmon Run, Tableturf, Challenge battles, Big Run, Eggstra work, Catalog, Hotlantis/Locker rewards, Seasonal banners/titles, emotes, the shellout machine and more. They should mostly just focus on the multiplayer and Salmon run and everything else should be the after thought.

The catalogue items are always in the gacha pool so you can always still get them lol

@ShurikanBlade

Жыл бұрын

i thought that the seasonal banners and titles were exclusive but apparently i was wrong but even then its not complete fomo but it brings out some levels of it

Dont you remember when splatoon 3 was still being teased nintendo *tweeted* "Hey we are hiring map designers" That was very concerning to me when it happened lol and here we are

@ShurikanBlade

Жыл бұрын

this is what happens when you "hire that guy" /j

I think the delayed features we got on every major update is just them trying to do free updates to the game acting like they provided new and fresh updates

@ShurikanBlade

Жыл бұрын

it probably is since they said they were gonna support this game for 2 years but its just dumb and tedious

@samuelmartinez4705

Жыл бұрын

@@ShurikanBlade just like what they did with animal crossing. They should not follow other games design with those battle pass and the new season new features and stuff because they clearly lacks the features needed for those. They had just chopped the game in chunks then slowly given them to players.

They are probably gonna do a HUGE update, maybe for winter or for its 1st anniversary

@ShurikanBlade

Жыл бұрын

I hope so. Hopefully when Side Order launches theres a huge update as well but like why do we have to wait a whole year for something like this?

@AMZTJ

Жыл бұрын

@@ShurikanBlade idk but if they did the “huge holiday update” in splatoon 2, they could maybe do it hopefully. We just wait I guess

For the final rant about how grindy the seasons are, it's also good to note that that's just how most multiplayer games are nowadays so trend following could be a big factor. It sucks, yes, but it keeps players playing the game consistently which I guess is good in some statistical way. Since Splatoon is a paid game, though, it doesn't do the catalog in as bad of a way as many other games, but for that same reason it feels off that it's there in the first place.

@ShurikanBlade

Жыл бұрын

yeah but most of those games are free and so they make their money from keeping players active but regardless of how much you play splatoon the money has been made. Its just a weird aspect to take from other games and at first i thought it was cool but now it just feels like a chore

Id argue we still dont even have big run. It only happens once every 3 months

@ShurikanBlade

Жыл бұрын

yeah the execution of these things are utterly atrocious at times. Back in Splatoon 2 splatfests were near monthly but now all splatoon 3 events are like so spaced out that they feel rarer

And next season it'll be a year, and we're not even sure we'll get gold dynamo or a new kit for the tri-stringer

@ShurikanBlade

Жыл бұрын

They'll probably just give us Squid Beatz and call it a day

I find it weird that the new clothing items for sizzle season 2023 are only in the catalog unlike other seasons.

@reef-lux450

Жыл бұрын

Ikr, I was literally looking for new clothing in the shop only for it to be all the same 🫠

@ShurikanBlade

Жыл бұрын

I KNOW I JUST WANT MY PRO TRAIL BOOTS :(

Tl:dr monolith soft is such a chad dev team, that they are needed for all Nintendo games AND they make masterpieces themes

@ShurikanBlade

Жыл бұрын

YES plus MonolithSoft added an Ouroborus in Zelda and Splatoon to prove that they are taking over

i hate how devs exploit people's fomo, the amount of games that ive grinded for hours just to get a limited item that ill never use a day in my life is crazy, i just get it for the sake of having it

@ShurikanBlade

Жыл бұрын

Yeah its an extremely weird direction to take the series and I hope it doesn't return in Splatoon 4

I'd love the devs to fix the netcode in Splatoon 3, so that "Connection Error" "Disconnects" and "Connection Unstable" messages are extremely rare, not so common that they're memes.

@ShurikanBlade

Жыл бұрын

Yeah especially cuz this problem didnt happen nearly as much in Splatoon 1 or 2. Like this is the 3rd entry and in a lot of cases it feels like its regressed

I couldn't agree so much more, thank you for this video.

@ShurikanBlade

Жыл бұрын

im glad you enjoyed it :)

I honestly don't really agree with this video. It definitely seems pretty harsh, and I wouldn't really consider the catalog "grindy" because I can usually finish it in under a month. A lot of the stuff could've been delayed to after the launch to ensure the systems work properly, like how the new series ranking 5win/3loss system transferred to x battles had to be tested. The game was not delayed it was still released in summer (September is partially summer). Also the Splatoon developer team is different from the other development teams of the games you mentioned so it really wouldn't play a factor even if they are supported by the same company. Of course the game is not perfect, though. If all modes had been added upon launch when not as many people had the game, queue times could've been significantly longer as well. Finally, a lot of this video is just completely assumed, and you just don't know what is really going on behind the scenes

@zeldarnation1875

Жыл бұрын

and Trust me There have been other Shooter Games With Really Terrible Launches (I'm looking at you Overwatch 2)

@ShurikanBlade

Жыл бұрын

-If it takes you close to a month to finish something in a game then imo its kinda grindy and the catalog isnt the only thing like that. Theres also the Tableturf rewards which you receive from leveling up in tableturf, the salmon run gear which can require you to get up to 999 Gold scales, badges requiring you to spend absurd amounts of money or requiring 1000+ matches to obtain per weapon and even just trying to get max level is an unfair grindy system. If im correct the highest level person in splatoon is level 400 currently and the max level is 999 With the way the XP system works in splatoon they are only 1/4th of the way to max level XP-wise. Its honestly quite absurd how much stuff forces you to take months and more to achieve. I've played the game near daily since launch and almost exclusively played Flingza roller and still havent gotten the Golden Tenta missile badge because it requires me to win 1200 matches. all for one badge. -Splatoon 2 had working systems and the game is already on switch. They didn't really have to revamp anything or they couldve just not announced the game as early on. Its clear they needed more time like how can you justify no online tableturf or no jukebox or the inability to change gear while keeping queue or even canceling queue. These are basic features. -I put an asterisk stating that its unconfirmed to have been delayed but it 99% was delayed. Every Splatoon game was released in early summer. Furthermore, Nintendo usually releases 1 game a month and Xenoblade Chronicles 3 was already slated for September 2022. Later on Splatoon was given the release date of September 8th and a few days later Xenoblade Chronicles 3's release date was changed to July 2022. That cant be a coincidence. Splatoon 3 was most likely going to release in July since Xenoblade was already slated for September. No other 1st party nintendo game was slated for for July that year but miraculously the game that was already slated for Septemeber was moved up to July a few days after Splatoon was confirmed to release on September 8th. No other Nintendo game to my recollection has ever had its release date moved up earlier in the year. -Yes the Splatoon dev team is a different team. The two dev teams are indeed both owned by Nintendo but MonolithSoft is a SUPPORT studio. Which means they actively send their own staff to support other developer teams. They helped build the overworld in BOTW and TOTK and theyre not part of the Zelda team. The argument i was making is that since MonolithSoft was working on 5 big projects at once the amount they could support at the individual level was very minimal. Isnt it odd that the 3 games on switch that got delayed were all being developed at the same time and were all being supported by the same support studio? It is near impossible to be just a coincidence. Furthermore, with Xenoblade 3 releasing earlier that means MonolithSoft can send more people to help support Splatoon 3's development. -Splatoon 3 sold 3.46 million units on the first weekend in japan ALONE. Queue times would not be an issue especially because in less than a month Splatoon 3 outsold the entirety of Splatoon 1's sales. So i dont really see how this is a valid argument. There were times where i was gonna go more in depth in the video to the degree shown above but i cut it out because it seemed way too specific and boring. Yes obviously most of what I said is assumed because we will never know what happened behind those closed doors but I just wanted to make this video to show people that yeah maybe this game had some trouble with development. I still really enjoy the game but it couldve been more imo.

@ShurikanBlade

Жыл бұрын

@@zeldarnation1875 just because other live service games launch poorly doesn't mean we should lower our standards. This was a full $60 retail game at the end of the day.

@andawesome6981

Жыл бұрын

@@ShurikanBlade @ShurikanBlade @ShurikanBlade 1. Nah not really. Grinding is when you play extra to finish something, and the catalog can be completed easily when just playing for fun. 2. The badges are meant to take a long time. I can maybe agree on the 999 gold scales one, but the rest are meant to be shown off as hard earned rewards. They give no advantage anywhere, and can be obtained by all players for free. There is nothing wrong with any of that, and making them easier to get decreases their value. Id say it's just a skill issue if you cant get them. 3. I mean, thats an interesting pattern but it has a small sample size. Just because 2 games were released early summer doesnt mean the 3rd one has to be. In the end, splatoon 3 still had the initial planned release time of summer of 22. 4. The devs had no way of knowing that splatoon 3 would sell that much before the launch, we dont know if they had pre order stats, and even then many things are ranked locked in the game so queue times could possibly be high for players there first even with the splatoon 2 data transfer

I agree with your video but here’s a correction from 5:30 returning gear IS NOT catalog locked. They can appear on the shops and you can order them from other players before you even reach the catalog level requirement. If you have that piece of gear before your get to that level of the catalog, you’ll be given 10k of cash instead of that piece of gear. I already have the Icy Down Boots although they’re on level 91 of the catalog

@ShurikanBlade

Жыл бұрын

I did not know this but now I will keep a keen eye out for these boots. I thought they only appeared in the shop after youve obtained them/ after the season ends but apparently thats only for Splatoon 3 exclusive gear

@Shxnon

Жыл бұрын

@@ShurikanBlade yeah!! I hope you get those boots soon!! Only the new gear that’s introduced through the catalog is exclusive and afaik isn’t available anymore, although banners, titles, locker decorations and emotes from past seasons are available through the shell out machine, which is something but now you depend on luck to get them :((

splatoon 4 baby !!

Its funny to me when people mention the gold dynamo they dont say anything about the maps in the trailer.

@ShurikanBlade

Жыл бұрын

because Gold dynamo is cool

@BakedCalamari

Жыл бұрын

@@ShurikanBlade okay

Splat 3 is a weird game for me. I wouldn't say it was disappointing but for how much I was excited for it's release, I've barely played it outside of the Splatfests and the first season. I have 150 hours in the game which, while a lot, pales to a lot of other people and to the near 800 I had by the end of 2. I don't think it's solely the game's fault, I was a teenager during 2 and I'm now an adult doing a bachelor's degree, so I don't have as much time for games as I used to, but something about 3 has always felt off to me and it's been hard to get back into after the inital honeymoon phase of the first season. Tbh I don't think what's helped me is that now you can no longer play Splatfests with people in other regions, even worldwide ones. A majority of my friends who play are American (I'm in Europe) and not being able with them really takes out a lot of fun I had in 2. (And on the topic since it was a factor, I hate to blame the community but _wow_ was it toxic during the Pokémon fest. I was on Team Grass because I like Turtwig and, as the biggest casual going, I think this was the first fest where I genuinely didn't enjoy myself at all with how often Fire and Water threw matches so we couldn't play. Y'all complaining about Shiver winning twice in a row wouldn't have coped in EU with Marina's 7 win streak lol)

@ShurikanBlade

Жыл бұрын

Yeah idk like this is the problem that worries me the most. They implemented so many thing to "keep players engaged" but for the most part it seems like its backfired because it takes so long for the updates to even happen and it's hyped up just to be an okay update. Also I agree I have way less fun with these splatfests than I've ever had with Splatoon 1 or 2. Even the themes feel less fun. Idk it kinda feels like the series is losing its charm in a way

The most fun I had are playing the Hero Mode and Tableturf. I love Splatoon 3, but I don't have as much fun with it as I had with Splatoon 2. S2 has a lot of problems and I don't enjoy playing it as much as I use too. But there are things I prefer S2 over S3. I'm tired of waiting for Splatoon 3 to get better.

@ShurikanBlade

Жыл бұрын

Yeah and we shouldn't have to wait for Splatoon 3 tk get better. It's a $60 retail game. If they needed more time they just shouldn't have announced it so early in advance.

I feel like the biggest sign that Splatoon 3 was delayed was the fact that there was four more Splatfests for Splatoon 2 when the Chaos vs Order Splatfest was supposed to be the final one. It was just extra content to hold over fans until the next actual game came out. Also, let’s state the big elephant in the room, Splatoon 3 was being developed during covid. I feel like the game would have been better and had the same team as 1 and 2 if covid never happened.

@ShurikanBlade

Жыл бұрын

yeah thats true but i feel like they just shouldnt have announced it super early in the first place

As someone who works in contracted software development, I can tell you that your theory doesn't make much sense - hear me out: The way contracted companies work is they are given a task to accomplish within a certain amount of time with a set amount of resources. For example, Nintendo is going to contract the server code to a company, give them 6 months to accomplish it, and choose how many employees are going to work on it. Because everything is predetermined, it is usually impossible for a contractor to have to spread some resources too thin to fill contracts. It is also worth accounting for the fact that not delivering the finished product in time will cost a lot to the contractor, and if they'd have had issues for 2 or 3 years on half of their contracts, I doubt the company will still be afloat by now. So what do I think happened? If anyone got stretched, it is Nintendo, who then turned toward contractors to have something to release in time. Splatoon 3 comes quite early post-COVID, and with a bunch of games already delayed like you mentioned, Nintendo needed some income, and had to release this game, despite it needing more development time.

@ShurikanBlade

Жыл бұрын

Well MonolithSoft isn't a contracted worker. Nintendo owns them and divides they're assets accordingly but since the 5 games MonolithSoft usually supports were all developed around the same time I think they were affected by the lessened amount of help compared to like Splatoon 2

5:45 it's not the "scummiest way possible" the scummiest way would be going down the fortnite route. making every customisation option in the game available at a price with irl money. i think the whole grind aspect of splatoon 3 is trying to compensate for the seasonal gameplay without charging us up the ass for cosmetics and in-game currency.

@ShurikanBlade

Жыл бұрын

well yeah obviously it isnt the scummiest way possible but its still weird that a $60 retail game is making me grind the game so much just to get the maybe one shirt i want

@CloverPillbug

Жыл бұрын

Fortnite can also get away with that because it's already a free game, not to say that plenty of paid games don't, but I can't really see a 60 dollar game doing that, much less one like Splatoon.

Just an FYI, gold dynamo is also on the back of the box

@ShurikanBlade

Жыл бұрын

they even used the gold dynamo in the promotional artwork for the Official NA tournament that happened last weekend

@runic6668

Жыл бұрын

@@ShurikanBlade pain, I just want have have a new dynamo to play

I’m making a project called Splatoon 3.7, it’s an art project of what Splatoon 3 should’ve been.

@ShurikanBlade

Жыл бұрын

woah that sounds kinda cool!

@fuzzyraids

Жыл бұрын

@@ShurikanBlade Its an art project in which it improves genuinely *everything* from Splatoon 3, the catalogs, the updates, splatfests, kits, balancing, tableturf, story, basically everything. I could use some potential, although it might take a year or maybe longer than the Art Project: Project Splatoon 3 people loved back in 2019.

something you didn’t mention is the side order dlc. the dlc is likely spreading the devs thin while working on the main game so that be why these updates feel weird. they did the same thing with octo expansion with it being worked on at the same time as splatoon 2.

@ShurikanBlade

Жыл бұрын

thats true it completely slipped my mind but at least with Splatoon 2 they released big updates when they were ready like Ver 3.0 and Ver 4.0 but with this new strict schedule they abide by they hype up these new seasons when its mostly just fun the first two weeks and then its a dead zone til the next update

Was the 5.5 games in reference to the .5 being side order cause if not then that’s a lot of the dev team just working on that and not other things as well

@ShurikanBlade

Жыл бұрын

the .5 was a reference to Splatoon 2 since Splatoon 2 got minor updates until November 2022 which means some staff was still acticely working on Splatoon 2 during Splatoon 3's development

@FireRed-ie9cr

Жыл бұрын

@@ShurikanBlade Fun

Nintendo needs to see this video

@ShurikanBlade

Жыл бұрын

hopefully something changes with the next few seasons because honestly these seasons are starting to feel a bit boring

This game truly feels like wasted potential in so many ways. I'm a Splatoon competitive player for 4 years, I have over 3k hours on Spla2n. I despised playing double missile and shooters every match whenever I wanted to play a tournament. I hated stingray design. And despite being an armor player, I hated its design too. And yet... I'd say I had more fun on that game. Splatoon 3 is finally warming up to me, but it still feels so fucking weird how FOMO is written all over it. The catalogues, every new SR event being once every a few months at best, Splatfests (and tricolor) being rarer than they ever were, Challenges being limited to a few hour spams for some reason, so many badges and SR rewards being borderline impossible to get under two years. And in general the weapon and kit philosophy haven't been great either, and the seasonal updates have been lacking imo. I decided to learn overfishing (competitive SR) in Splatoon 3 because the mode was made a thousand times better in this game and even this is disappointing sometimes. I don't understand why Challenges aren't an extra mode that rotates every 2h. I don't understand why Eggstra Work isn't an extra way to play SR that rotates every week or month or so. I don't understand why we can't have Big Run and Splatfests in the same month. And I don't understand why even the leaked new SR mode seems like it's gonna be limited again. Every new addition feels like it goes so fast and like it's trying its best to artificially increase people's playtime, and I genuinely don't get it. I had fun in Splatoon 2 by playing League every day with my team and it was completely organic... Splatoon never needed FOMO to work. It's ironic how they're actually cutting people's playtime short by making these fun, interesting things limited instead of a feature - so people actually only play on the event weekends :/

@mallrat.22

Жыл бұрын

Nah man S2 meta was soooo boring. In s3 at least we have multiple options with weapons to kill crab n stuff.

@Zenala

Жыл бұрын

@@mallrat.22 It was so fucking bad, don't get me wrong. But somehow that game felt more fun to play - which is only NOW changing. It's worth saying that up until a few months ago the only thing that worked consistently in competitive was splash and machine, maybe stamper and ttek but even then it was a reach. It was more stale than Spl2 with its 5 or 6 shooters in the end of its lifetime

@mallrat.22

Жыл бұрын

@@Zenala imo I felt like tbe S2 meta drifted players away from the game bc of the lack of gun diversity. With S3 it’s slightly better since we have machine, splash, stamper, wiper, etc

@Zenala

Жыл бұрын

The 6 early months of Splatoon 3 nearly killed my enjoyment of competitive simply because it felt so anti-variety, more than any meta I've ever been through in Splatoon 2. Heck, even until Spl2 deathbed I played unconventional comps with Tent and Carbon as my teammates and got away with it against quad shooter, which's not something that early Spl3 and its double machine/double splash could brag about We're getting a concrete and more diverse and healthy meta now with late Fresh Season and Sizzle Season, but those long six months of feeling awful playing something that once brought me so much joy despite all the adversities were actually unbearable, way more than seeing vjet/kshot/zap for the 4th set in a row in spl2

@ShurikanBlade

Жыл бұрын

I agree with this so much like they have these cool ideas that would be great for the game but then they royally fumble the execution like challenges should be 24 hours, eggstra work should be weekly, tableturf should have a queue system for those who want it and more. It just feels really artificial and dumb that they would do this to like try and prolong the life span. I've never felt any of these problems with the launch of Splatoon 1 or Splatoon 2 and Splatoon 1 launched with only turf war. It just feels like they couldve done more and im sure by the end of the updates this game will be amazing but why do we have to wait so long for the game to be good

i think very similar to splatoon 1 and 2 when the games updates are all finished it will be a very solid title, the dripfeeding is a lot worse in this game compared to the last 2 but in the end itll still be great

@ShurikanBlade

Жыл бұрын

Yeah i think it will end off its legacy well but i think the execution of it is kinda weird and it makes me sad that this is so many peoples first impressions to the series and a lot of them are falling of the game already because of how its handled

The only contribution from Monolith Soft is level design for the singleplayer stages... I don't think they are to blame for this, at all

@ShurikanBlade

Жыл бұрын

There's no actual source that says what MonolithSoft did to help Splatoon 3s development (as far as I'm aware). I'm not really blaming them but it just seems like Splatoon needed more devs and since MonolithSoft already was being stretched thin Splatoon wasn't able to be given as many devs as they would've wanted.

new tetra is the best kit off this season

I think the thing what missing on splatoon is new content of hero mod is missing because splatoon 3 hero mod is (in my opinion) easier octo expansion with different desing

@ShurikanBlade

11 ай бұрын

yeah it defintely just feels like octo expansion 2 but with a less impactful story

I'm personally fine that Splatoon 3 released on September 9th cuz that's my birthday lol

@ShurikanBlade

Жыл бұрын

goated birthday present

Mipha's song at the end 😭 Its so sooo sad...

@ShurikanBlade

Жыл бұрын

ive been listenign to it like on loop for a while now and i was like this is the perfect song to end my video :(

Your gear is heavily similar to mines, ha ha. Since the Wii U I have always worn the pilot goggles, camo mesh hoodie and the brown / blue moto boots. It took three seasons or six months just to obtain the camo mesh hoodie that was a default shirt in both Wii U and two. I do not have the time to grind these items like I use to and the title just feels heavily incomplete. I just do not have the time nor patients to continue playing.

@ShurikanBlade

Жыл бұрын

the worst part is that the camo hoodie was in a trailer for splatoon 3 before the game released so they couldve added it sooner but they made us wait. Its just an odd choice imo.

Nintendo... fix brellas instead... very please 🥺

@ShurikanBlade

Жыл бұрын

They will never do it.

My only issue so far is you mentioned FOMO which actually isnt as bad since all the names/banners/emotes are added to the shellout machine and the catalogue gear and the new locker items are added after 2 seasons (locker items are immediately after the season ends)

@ShurikanBlade

Жыл бұрын

If im correct the Gold capsule Seasonal banners and Titles arent actually available and disappear after the season. Everything else is but even then youre put in a situation where you either unlock them normally or you have to win like a 6% chance and hope the item you got is the one you wanted

@sherbertshortkake6649

Жыл бұрын

@@ShurikanBlade Gold capsule banners ARE available after a season ends. Previous banners just come after you get the current ones, so your chances are just significantly lower iirc.

@Starwort

Жыл бұрын

@@sherbertshortkake6649 AFAIK, gold banners are locked to the season they came out in - but it doesn't have to be the same year it was released. When pulling a gold banner for a season you don't yet have, all years you don't have for that season are placed into the pool and then one is picked at random

i totally buy that

I still think S3 had the best launch of the game since we got all base weapons, no more limited story mode, banger story mode, and whole new season with a lot of cosmetics. But I do think X rank shouldve came with the launch tho

@ShurikanBlade

Жыл бұрын

Yeah it definitely had the best launch but it feels like everything that's in the game now shouldve just been there from the start. Big run was advertised before the game launched and it wasn't even in the game at launch. X rank, the juke box, League points system all shouldve also been in the game. They make it seem like a big deal being added but it shouldve just been there from the start especially seeing how the games been in development since 2019 and these were for the most part things already in Splatoon 2. So how hard could they be to implement?

Gold dynamo should be in then last season just to get people angry tbh

@ShurikanBlade

Жыл бұрын

They should honestly never add it

Oh please, Metroid Prime 4 is STILL not out after 6 years of development hell. 2:06 AND HEY I LIKE LIQUID SUNSHINE

@ShurikanBlade

Жыл бұрын

That game is on another level of development hell

So basically, Splatoon 3 is the Dragon Ball Super among the series

@ShurikanBlade

Жыл бұрын

that is a funny comparison but i really like it

I've always felt off about Splatoon 3, ever since Chill season, like something big was missing. I'd watched and dreamed of playing since I first watched a playthrough of Octo Expansion, and even when I first saw the game on my friend's Wii U, I thought it was pretty neat. Splatoon 3 lacks the charm, expression and free-spirited nature that the past games had, even in the presentation of their updates. Things like in-universe explanations for map changes both post-launch and between trailers and launch are absolutely nowhere to be seen, we just randomly got the "Poles and Depression" update and drastically worsened maps, presumably all of the new maps were much better like Scorch and Eeltail, but after the new team took over from S1-2's team they presumably reworked the maps, hence why there's some, *ahem* functional physics on the Mahi Mahi balloons (that map seems the most rushed to "ruin" it IMO). I just want this game to be good, but I know it never will be, because all of the decisions that bring it down are purposeful. Bad maps aren't flukes, they're intentionally bad for some unknowable reason. The lack of content suspiciously lines up with juuust enough time to give every weapon a second kit by halfway through next year, leaving enough time for all of the Shooters to get third kits, but likely very little else. Even the bad balancing could be chalked up to an inexperienced team, but nine months without even nerfing the main weapon of the strongest kit in the game in both the west and JP comp scenes is suspicious, when Machine and Stamper were NUKED in the last few patches. Don't even get me STARTED on the design of Challenges. It just feels like every GOOD decision and feature was a mistake, was just a byproduct of the devs needing an excuse to ruin their own game, not even for profit, but just because they want to have some excuse to update the game and keep people playing.

@ShurikanBlade

Жыл бұрын

yeah like at times they have good ideas but the execution of it is just awful. If the ideas were executed better or if the game launched without modes missing that were already present in splatoon 2 then this game could be amazing. The game will probably end its lifespan well but we shouldnt have to wait so long for this game to get its footing

me in 2025 looking back at all the history of splatoon knowing damn well it could've been 10x better if the devs listened:

@ShurikanBlade

Жыл бұрын

me in 2025 realizing that splatoon 3 was just a stepping stone for SPlatoon 4

"this game has missed potential. i wish it were better" competitor comes out of nowhere "what is this bootleg trash? it's nowhere on the level that splatoon is"

@ShurikanBlade

Жыл бұрын

competition probably wont change splatoom imo plus Foamstars doesnt seem like its gonna be as balanced since it adds extra layers of difficulty which is adding height to your ink/foam. I think this game should mostly just compete against Splatoon 1 and Splatoon 2. Like those games ive never felt had any of the issues this game has and this is the 3rd entry. It kinda just feels like the game regressed in certain aspects

Even though there could’ve been more to be done with this game, I wouldn’t call it “bare bones…” the game released with 2 new weapon types, 4 new stages. 2 dynamic movement options, a ton of features and changes. (like name tags, Sheldon licenses, lockers, etc.) new dlc on the way (that tbh looks amazing) you get the point. Keep in mind this was all in made in the span of 4 years which to me is pretty short for game development. And the game still gets constant updates and I don’t think it’s fair to call sizzle season “missed potential” personally I love it but maybe it’s just me but from what I’ve heard I ain’t think so… Edit: TL;DR splatoon had a lot of content on release

@ShurikanBlade

Жыл бұрын

yeah bare bones may not have been the word i was looking for but it feels bare bones looking back on it with what they added now (that shouldve been there since launch like x battles, league, Big run, QoL improvements etc). Also while i agree, Splatoon 2 was made in 2 years and it didnt feel as bare bones as splatoon 3's launch. Maybe its just that as i get older im getting more critical of the series

The near complete change of hands in the dev team actually caught me off guard, it does make me wonder where the old dev team was reallocated to if they had a new team make this game. I've heard from some people who've worked for or were contracted by game devs talk about how much higher ups and budget can dictate the development of a game, so this game feels like a victim of strained man-power and meeting slightly realistic release dates that coincide with seasonal demand with all things considered since Monolithsoft did help push out a TON of games. I just wonder how much this game has left to give after Side Order comes out and IF they'll have room to tweak things to be less FOMO and cookiecutterish once they get a majority of the planned content released, if the development schedule and budget allows for it. This is just my speculation tho and kudos to you for bringing this discussion up!

@ShurikanBlade

Жыл бұрын

thank you, this video was mostly to bring awareness and invite discussion. I feel like they seemingly trapped themselves with this seasonal model now cuz now they have to abide these strict deadlines instead of releasing stuff when it was ready like in Splatoon 1 and 2. The end of the game will probably be amazing but just makes me sad that this game feels kinda like a stepping stone for the next game

As someone who started playing splatoon with splatoon 3 i really REALLY liked the game between the story mode, the smooth and fast gameplay and the osts i couldn't not love the game since it was my first splatoon, I did not understand why people spat on certain aspects of the game like its maps for example. then the more I played the more I understood what was wrong and now that I saw this video I understand even better. to answer the video i think splatoon made a pokemon move. The game came out earlier than expected it should have been delayed. and I feel like the devs actually focused on story mode and then online mode (and there wasn't much time left). in fact I think that splatoon 3 is not a game in its own right let me explain: apparently the developers said that they wanted splatoon 3 to be like splatoon 1 but in what sense? Well I think that in the sense that if we consider that splatoon 1 is in fact a prototype of splatoon 2 then splatoon 3 is a prototype of splatoon 4. and this is confirmed when you say that the development team is new: in fact splatoon 3 is there only to give them the experience required to make a good splatoon game (at least, I hope). despite all that it's a shame that finally splatoon 3 is the best game in the series not for what it brings but for what it improves on the first games (and still it has ridiculous flaws that the first 2 games don't have not). I also find it a pity that Deep Cut is not highlighted more. I like them a lot and they have wasted potential too (even if their boss fights were very fun) all that to say that I hope that the 2nd year of the game will be better and that the devs will learn from their mistakes (sorry for misunderstandings, I use Google translate)

@ShurikanBlade

Жыл бұрын

What you said was perfectly understandable! I agree completely. This game felt like it had a ton of potential at launch but now it just feels like its a stepping stone for Splatoon 4

another thing that i find interesting is the update cycle. not here to just say "it's not enough i want MORE!" with the amount of content (just the game's balance patches for meta reasons) i feel if they keep going with the content amount they add for the previous couple seasons, this'll be a GREAT game, the problem i feel, currently IS: they set themselves up. either when they actually start releasing a bunch of new stuff, or the amount of content dwindles, people are going to get even angrier about the update schedule, because the content has either stayed the same in amount per season, or gotten worse. doesnt help that like most of the changes are just things from previous games, and i think it's obvious they're trying to ham every season up to be like the HUGE mid life update splat 1 and 2 got, but staggered for every 3 months, and while they're pulling it off right now, it's spread out enough to make people not like the cycle, and again, a lot of the big "POINT OF INTEREST" additions is stuff from older games, so it makes the actual additions a bit less valuable until we're used to ignoring when actual good new stuff comes out, or we're disappointed when they run out of things to pull from, and there's less content.

@ShurikanBlade

Жыл бұрын

yeah thats something i dont like about this. Like some of these weapons, close, kits were in Splatoon 2 already and that game is on switch. It would be as simple as porting the code over to add it to the game. My biggest gripe is how this affects the more casual audience of Splatoon since they probably fell off already due to the schedule. Theyll never get to see the game reach its highest potential and imo thats a serious problem. This game introduced so many people to the series but it feels like most of those casual players are gone now. They probably couldve handled aspects of this game better but for some reason they tied themselves down to a strict schedule which just adds stuff from prior games.

It's genuinely so sad. With everything leading up this game was on steady track to easily be the perfect Splatoon. Awesome special design, the best feeling game engine, great looking map design, the most in depth single player, and literally the best maps from Splatoon 1 at launch. I seriously don't know how it was all fumbled so bad, like everything was right there. The game is still easily the best in the series, but nowhere near as good as it could be.

@ShurikanBlade

Жыл бұрын

Yeah exactly. Like they had the perfect foundation and yet they somehow flubbed it all. Even with basic stuff like challenge battles they make it so restrictive. Like I still love this game and it'll definitely be the best in the series by the end of the lifespan but it could've been so much more. At this point the game kinda feels more like a stepping stone for Splatoon 4 rather than the amazing game it could've been

My friend posted, so I like the video.

@ShurikanBlade

Жыл бұрын

:)

I personally think it must be something with the switch of game developers, that alone would slow down development of the game by at least a few months, and like you said, they have to build up experience all over again. Something might've happened there which slowed down everything considerably. But that being said, all the splatoon games launched bare bones, x battles and the such always launched later, i think that was a choice tbh. And its not like the splatoon series hasnt listened to its community before, people thought that the story modes were very poor and they made something absolute amazing. I think like all the games of the series, we are just going to have to wait, just maybe a little longer this time Also ps but everything in catalogs you can get later through shops and shell out machine, no real need to feel like you missed out on much Lots of love fans, keep hopeful though

@ShurikanBlade

Жыл бұрын

Well X battles wasnt in the first game and was introduced in Splatoon 2 so it makes sense why it wouldnt be in the base for those games but Splatoon 3 already had a solid foundation for the game and yet it didnt launch with any of it. Its just very confusing imo. The devs and probably the pandemic are the reason that the game launched like this but why not just release the game later? They 100% did not have to reveal the game a whole year and a half earlier. They shouldve waited until the game has what is has to offer now to launch the game. What we have now is definitely a game worth $60 but at launch it was just missing features that were present in prior games.

@WavesOfChanges

Жыл бұрын

@@ShurikanBlade for sure, in the first game all of ranked mode was introduced later also despite being able to put that in the base game for a later launch, but I get your point. That being said there was very likely a lot of pressure on them to release it when they said, and still delayed it somewhat to make sure that what they had ran smoothly. I get your point but at the same time mine still stands

I would rather have Splatoon 3 completely finished with no content updates (except for the balance patches and seasonal catalogs) with an amazing story mode, and all the post launch content all available at launch, at least 16 amazing and unique maps, custom kits, revamped private battles, and good in game economy.

@ShurikanBlade

Жыл бұрын

idk if this is sarcastic but all i really want/wanted was that all the stuff we have now with sizzle season to have been there at launch and then the updates moving forward shouldve been the updates we got.

Thirty seconds in, sounds like it's gonna be a rant about how unfun the balance of what's slowly transitioning from extremely experimental to damn near perfectly balanced game is.

@ShurikanBlade

Жыл бұрын

i dont think i rant about that but idk i dont fully understand what you are trying to say

i feel like the devs love this game too, they just didn’t know how to hit their mark with what they were trying to do (more than likely due to inexperience). at least, here’s hoping they love the game…

@ShurikanBlade

Жыл бұрын

I feel like they do love the game but then theres aspects like how all 3 new maps we've gotten are all the exact same shape. Back in Splatoon 1 when nobody had any splatoon experience this problem never occured and we had actual map diversity so I dont really understand why its such a problem now

5:30 you don’t actually have to grind to level 31 to get those shoes! you can also just buy them from the shoe store (I think that’s kinda dumb and contradicts the concept of the catalogue tho)

@ShurikanBlade

Жыл бұрын

From what I'm hearing all clothing catalog items are available in the stores but only after the season ends and/or after you've unlocked them in the catalog and not before. I haven't fact checked this tho

@glitchkiddd

Жыл бұрын

@@ShurikanBlade I’m catalogue level 20 and was able to buy these shoes today

@ShurikanBlade

Жыл бұрын

@@glitchkiddd interesting I didn't actually know that

I disagree that splatoon 3’s launch state was that bad, but yeah, the development of this game is interesting and you bring up a good point. Great vid!

@ShurikanBlade

Жыл бұрын

i dont think its SUPER bad but like the stuff we have now shouldve been in the game at launch imo instead of having us wait months for basic things like online tableturf, X battle, League battles and such

Since splatoon 2, its always been a game where they trickle in new content (which… isnt great). But due to this, 3 just feels more lack luster right now compared to 2 because 2 is a completed game while 3 isnt!! I do think the Devs are stretched thin, especially with the development of Side Order, but by the end of 3’s updates, i think the game will feel complete :)

@ShurikanBlade

Жыл бұрын

the game is probably gonna be amazing in the end but i feel like they shouldve just waited to release it at a better state because its hard to continue to enjoy the game this way. The dead space between seasons is ABHORRENT

@cozmo_Comet

Жыл бұрын

@@ShurikanBlade yeah thats fair! so many games would be better if they just gave them the time they deserve :,,)

Yooooooo

Translated by Google: I'm afraid that Splatoon 3 will waste its great potential in the long run because the latest updates don't help it much like: Weapon balance issues because shooters are still overpowered. Terrible design of maps that are more closed and with less freedom. And others.

@ShurikanBlade

Жыл бұрын

More or less but even if it lives up to the potential I feel like it'll be too late for most of the people who bought the game to become reinvested

Everything in this video is so true, sad but true. I still have been getting enjoyment out of Splatoon 3, even with the serious flaws lol.

@ShurikanBlade

Жыл бұрын

i still enjoy the game but it just hurts that it couldve been so much more

I really hate the catalogue and all other limited systems, for the first time, it feels like a chore to play splatoon and that I have to play it, wether I feel like it or not. Don't get me wrong, I love splatoon, I just feel like this takes my free choice away from me, as I don't wanna miss out on items that are cool.

@ShurikanBlade

Жыл бұрын

yeah i agree and yeah i know they dont actually go away forever but it like compels me to finish the catalog or try to beat out the shell out machine system for the items i want

OK regarding monolith... It has two groups, one dedicated for their own game development and the other dedicated for supporting Nintendo. So I don't regard monolith as a big problem. Though there's another thing could be mentioned:map philosophy, such as the scorch gorge in trailer and in final version. Regardless this mobile game like update cycle is really...meh.

@ShurikanBlade

Жыл бұрын

If im correct monolith actually has 4 whole teams but team 1 is the Xeno team and team 2 is the support team. Although we will never know how it's divided we do know that because of botw XC2 was made with about 40 people only since they took people from team 1 as well. Which means that the amount of people distributed could depend on many factors and if they didn't take anyone from team 1 since they were working on XC3 then it just means the Splatoon dev team got less people from team 2 since since team 2 wouldve been divided within ACNH, TOTK, Pikmin 4 and Splatoon 3

Man. 😔

@ShurikanBlade

Жыл бұрын

I agree 👊🏻😔✌🏻

Great but depressing video

@ShurikanBlade

Жыл бұрын

thank you, i just hope this game ends off better and somehoe exceeds our expectations

Man.

@ShurikanBlade

Жыл бұрын

man.

At least it's not Overwatch 2 bad

@ShurikanBlade

Жыл бұрын

just wait until Splatoon 4 and boom

The game definitely missed the mark with maps, golden scale frequency, or how much content there is in a season, but I don’t agree with many of your points. The battlepass system is just another thing games do to keep player numbers up, and splatoon’s catalog isn’t as scummy as the one in Warzone or OW2 by a longshot. Salmon run has been thriving, and although the maps leave a lot to be desired, the multiplayer is still just as addictive as it was in the first game.

@ShurikanBlade

Жыл бұрын

I dont think we should commend battlepasses at all like its a pretty unfair system for those who want to play games casually. Plus i wasnt just referring to the catalog, some badges requiring you to spend like 10 million gold or winning 1200 matches with a special or buying every clothes item from a specific brand is absurd, all salmon run scale prices are high for no reason espceially cuz you get Cohozuna like every 4 matches IF YOU WIN tthen theres rewards and even emotes locked behind Tableturf levels. It just felt like a weird direction to take the series imo when Splatoon 2 was perfectly fine without any of this

@mrmwm5446

Жыл бұрын

@@ShurikanBlade Imo you don’t have to get everything in the game. One badge is related to getting top 10 in X rank, that’s gonna be limited to only tryhards by default. The gold ones are just for bragging rights and the regular colored ones are much more reasonable for casual players. And table turf only has 1 emote behind it - I still havent done it even because I already have emotes I like. You can get catalogue stuff from the shell-out machine if you miss the season (but only emotes/locker decoration/titles). I agree that the prices are insane, but they are trying to improve that by increasing the scales they give for big run. It’s alright to not enjoy the grindy aspects but keep in mind that you’re not really losing anything. Splatoon 2 didn’t have banners or badges to work towards long term, and tbh I prefer this to hoarding 9999999 coins by the end of the game

@ShurikanBlade

Жыл бұрын

@@mrmwm5446 i mean i dont try to get everything either but like ive played SPlatoon 3 near daily these past months playing almost exclusively flingza roller and I still havent gotten the gold missile badge and its been 9 months. They shouldnt have to fix these issues in the first place imo they shouldve just made the the achievements way lower to begin with. I honestly prefered Splatoon 2 because ti felt more like i played it for the game instead of trying to slowly obtain these long time goals.

I was there for splatoon on the wii u and i play splatoon 3 since the demo. Splatoon 2 just never looked good to me, it is way to shiny and the camera is terrible. You can get every old catalog item in the machine

@ShurikanBlade

Жыл бұрын

I'm pretty sure the Seasonal banners and seasonal titles cannot be obtained once its gone at least as of now. Also getting stuff from prior seasons was barely added in Fresh season and wasnt origianll in the game

The fomo you mention isn't real fomo as everything in the game can be gotten with enough time which, and like, what game dev doesn't want people playing their game a lot? FOMO only really counts for things like fortnite skins or seasonal gacha summons that are locked and are impossible to get without the event coming back.

@ShurikanBlade

Жыл бұрын

well before Fresh season you actually couldnt get any of the old catalog stuff from prior seasons and I believe seasonal banners and titles that are gotten from the 1% drop from the shell out machine are still season exclusive and cant be obtained

@ShurikanBlade

Жыл бұрын

Also imo Splatoons gameplay loop is fun enough to bring most people back especially with monthly events like Splatfests and Big Run but now it just feels grindy kinda like how animal crossing starts to feel like a chore after doing the same things over and over