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rustyshell: I know I'm in the minority, but after approaching the game many times, I still can't enjoy Splatoon.
And so? I really don't understand the point of this article. You don't like the game, and that's ok for me, but why write an article? Who are you and why should we care about your opinion?
Someone with a blog with the right, to express his opinion on it, if he so wishes.
No one is asking you to care about his opinion, you did not even need to acknowledge it. Yet you did, for whatever reason. Wasting your own time, no less.
And where are your other articles about all the other games you can't get into as I'm assuming Splatoon isn't the only game yet your going out your way to write this article just as the game is doing incredible worldwide makes me think your just some dodgy guy working for Sony.....
Splatoon is the BEST NEW IP on any of the 3 current gen consoles.....FINAL.
It's not my article so don't get all funny with me, I just said he has the right to express his opinion on his website, I didn't include anything of my thoughts on splatoon in the comment that you replied to.
I imagine he doesn't have articles about all the other games he couldn't get into because he hasn't played many other games that he couldn't get into.
As far as your comment, I think Bloodborne, Titanfall, Sunset Overdrive, and Destiny are pretty good, new IPs too overall. The critical opinion (i.e. metacritic) would suggest that Bloodborne followed by Titanfall are the best new IPs of this generation, so I'm not sure how 'final' your comment is, as that does not appear to be the typical opinion.
Screw metacritic. All it does is gauge how much ad revenue a game has with AAA titles.
Splatoon is certainly the most original IP. The gameplay is totally unique, whereas Titanfall is a fps with some advanced movement and mechs and Bloodborne is a Lovecraft skinned Souls game.
Not to knock on those games but Sunset Overdrive and Splatoon are the only unique games this gen that ignore genre traditions and try something new. They dont deserve to be ignored because the arbitrary numbers from a handful of people equate it to be a whopping 3 points worse.
As Shnazzyone points out below, you're defending a guy who clearly didn't even give this game a chance. I've picked up good games and didn't give them a fair shake before, but I also didn't write an article about it.
@Concertoine
That makes no sense. If metacritic reflects sales figures why is N++ a complete and utter commercial failure? It has better scores than most indies, and better than Splatoon or Sunset Overdrive no less! Meanwhile, games with large amounts of add revenue (e.g. NBA Live) have been critical failures. Destiny probably had the largest advertising budget of all, yet it's the lowest scoring title of the new IPs I discussed.
Metacritic is a good gauge of the overall perception of a titles quality. What it does not do is reflect the perceptions any one individual may have. So, even with 90+ on metacritic, you obviously still may not enjoy Bloodborne.
If he thinks Splatoon is the best new IP this generation, that's fine. That's his opinion but it's not 'final' which suggests its a conclusive opinion. There are quite evidently, an abundance of people that would argue Titanfall / Bloodborne and even SSO to be a better experience.
Additionally, for whatever reason you said these games were the only unique IPs this generation... that's not true at all either. What about Watchdogs, Towerfall, Middle Earth Shadow of Mordor, Transistor, Child of Light, Resogun, Until Dawn, Helldivers etc?
Where's your response to second half of my comment? You know, where you're defending a crappy article by a guy who literally doesn't know the game's currency as a legitimate piece?
Of course it's not final. Your point isn't final either. Metacritic still sucks and is an awful representation of (note) AAA games.
I said nothing about sales figures, dude. I said many reviews aren't trustworthy. People have lost jobs over giving games honest scores, (gamespot's Kane and Lynch debacle) because publishers will remove ads in response to poor publicity, draining the site's revenue.
When your banner ad, background ad, and video ad is plastered with Titanfall, and you give it a 6, you're done.
Then you have sites literally funded by publishers (like Polygon and MS).
Then you have the entire method of grading games. Some have 5/10 as average, some have 7/10 as average. Then you have pretentious guys giving a game a non average score like 8.1 just because they FEEEEL its an 8.1
If you like to use an amalgamation of corruption, arbitrary decisions, and bias to judge games, by all means do so. How could i resist such classics as FF XIII, ME 3, or the past million COD's? They all deserved that 9/10, for sure.
But if you can accept the universal sigh that was Watch Dogs as something good this gen, there's no helping you XD. And btw, if we're talking unique indies we'll be here all day. Im talking AAA titles. Middle Earth was good but not particularly unique. The lore is damn near 50 years old, are you serious? And if you've gotta start naming games that aren't out yet, i'm out.
Replied to you in a PM. Comment was too long and ran out of bubbles now :)
Thanks ChronoJoe and everyone else who commented. Who am I and why you should care is clearly stated in the "ABOUT" section on rustyshell.com.
Thanks again everyone! Have a great gaming day :)
He barely played it. In fact he only played a little single player, I get this from, "But alas, after a completing a few of the missions and collecting enough eggs to buy some stuff to use in multiplayer- I still wasn’t feeling it."
He thinks the eggs in singleplayer can buy multiplayer things. No, the eggs are to upgrade your weapons in singleplayer. Not multiplayer. He doesn't even known what currency buys things yet. Actually, he can barely access any weapons to buy because he hasn't really been playing multiplayer. The shops don't even open until level 3.
Guy judged a game from the first levels of singleplayer is what I heard. He also probably got his ass handed to him.
Like you said, "Why should we care?" He would be the first person I know who tried it and didn't like it. So he's actually the minority. Everyone I know who's gotten it, has gotten really addicted right away. Me included.
If he has played against me then I will applogize for swiftly handing him ass since he is not worthy! Seriously dude play so online matches get your skill and gear up. You are basically why we have so many tutorials and hand holding sessions along with dumb easy games. Thanks for outing yourself.
Sure you can voice your opinion but be ready for us to voice ours.
there is a demo on the eshop. does anyone know why it says servers maintenance since yesterday?
It's influences are a curious mix I think from the Jet Set Radio neo-Tokyo like setting to the Mario's FLUDD turned to paint setting to the Mario Sunshiine like blooper squid all made in to something different but which I wish took place in a larger, more alive, Sunset Overdrive-like world.
You are judging it from the out side. Run a few rounds in multilayer and you will see its so beyond mario and jet set. I felt the same at firsy. Took a wait and play attitude. Sent a few teams packing and then found the pros. There is nothing casual or even light hearted. This is a ruthless skill based game any hardcover quake, unreal player would be proud to be good at.
I'm thinking more of the single player. It's juxst my personal taste. As the SP is also so combat based in small arenas it's not so much for myself as a platform game fan.
Avid Smash Bros. player and YouTuber Omni makes a case for not allowing custom moves in the game’s tournaments in the aftermath of EVO accepting them 2 weeks ago.
Mojang has expressed the ambition to launch on several more consoles, including the Nintendo 3DS and Nintendo Wii U; both of which could be great for this sandbox game.
Is he speaking on his behalf , cause MS has never stated such an idea other than honoring contract prior to their buying of the developer.
* Minecraft on Nintendo could indicate that Microsoft would be willing to partner with Nintendo on a game or IP in the future in some way.
* I just have this feeling that they could make a new IP cross between Microsoft & Nintendo.....and actually pull it off and make it good and have it work well.
what sucks is this game would be so amazing to play on the 3ds and wiiu with the dual screens, everything seems to be set up perfect for that game and these systems but for some reason it never happened and now M$ owns em
They have yet to explain or give a legit reason for the absense of a Wii U version.... other than classics such as "not enough consoles sold"
You'd be better off using your tablet.