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The style of the game is really weird to me. Its odd to see a Nintendo game that's so...urban? I can't really describe it. Just something about seeing every character wearing modern clothes and moving through a city environment doesn't seem like the kind of designs they usually aim for. But maybe that's part of the point. It just doesn't really appeal to me so I can't help but be bothered by it. Still, looks like a fun game. It better let you play online with more than one person though so I can team up with my brother to drown the world in ink. Admittedly I'll probably just spend most of the game turning into a squid and swimming through all the goo.
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From the sound of things this game isn't gonna have any kind of online local multiplayer? That's pretty lame. I mean one of the few advantages of the Wii U's ridiculous gamepad is that two people can comfortably play the same game together. I hope I'm wrong about this though. VVV I know there's a local multiplayer mode, I'm talking about playing the online modes with a second player. As an example I know you can do this in Mario Kart 8. Internet Kraken fucked around with this message at 22:52 on Apr 4, 2015 |
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Apr 4, 2015 22:48
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Lemming posted:Level 14 is loving hard. loving starfish. Yeah I got to level 14 and then died. Fun little game though. ...oh the actual game? Yeah couldn't even get in once. Oh well.
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May 23, 2015 23:41
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Jarogue posted:Full pic Imagine 16 people huddled together in front of that monolith.
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May 24, 2015 18:13
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Are there any weapons that have the kraken special other than the roller? I don't really like using the roller but being able to turn into a killer squid is too much fun for me to use anything else. Also I didn't expect Nintendo to be so clever with the mii verse posts. Them showing up on stages as graffiti is one of my favorite things about this game. Keep getting shot while I look at stupid squid puns. Internet Kraken fucked around with this message at 05:31 on May 31, 2015 |
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May 31, 2015 05:25
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Mr Wind Up Bird posted:The mall map is brutal. Climbing up that ramp in the middle is like going over the top into no squid's land. This map is the worst if your trying to play with a roller. Nothing but open areas that are almost impossible to ambush people in and trying to get up those drat ramps with the roller takes way too long.
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May 31, 2015 15:55
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I really wish there were more than two maps in rotation. I'm sick of ending up on Arrowana Mall which is like the Splatoon equivalent of WWI trenches. Especially when there's an rear end in a top hat sniper camping in a corner blasting everyone and then calling in artillery strikes when he has you pinned down.
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May 31, 2015 20:17
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Suspicious Dish posted:hi Its literally impossible to do bad with the roller unless you're on the mall and everyone else on your team has a roller as well.
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May 31, 2015 22:27
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TubeStank posted:The roller is easy as gently caress to kill If you just bumrush people blindly with it yeah, but you're supposed to treat it like this games shotgun; ambush people from behind or lure them around corners to roll their face off. And if you do need to close the gap on a gunner that's aware of you, you pop kraken form and flatten them. If I wasn't trying to unlock more perks on clothes I'd stack special build up and duration perks to use the kraken as much as possible. But even if you can't do that right your still probably gonna help more than most people because the roller covers tons of area very quickly making it great for taking over turf. I've seen rollers with terrible stat lines still score high because they cover half the map in ink. The only map I think the roller is really bad on is the mall because its almost entirely one massive corridor with terrible cover that can just be shot over from the high ground.
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May 31, 2015 22:40
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TubeStank posted:And not having a team that bunches up solves all of these problems I have no idea what you mean by this. I'm not saying the rollers are super sick weapons you will easily dominate matches with, they have a lot of downsides against smart players. They're just so good at covering turf and can also be used in combat effectively with a little thinking so its pretty easy to consistently do well with them. This all assuming a competent enemy team. If the enemy team is stupid then yeah the roller is broken but any weapon can be against bad players. Speaking of which, highlight of my matchmaking day was turning into a kraken and splatting 4 people at once because they all decided to camp the giant pillar on the skatepark for some baffling reason.
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TubeStank posted:Rollers really aren't too good at covering turf 7nless they're totally left alone though. They're best as defensive weapons because it's so easy to flank them and keep them from covering large areas. If they pop kraken run otherwise they'll be on the defensive 9 times out of 10 What makes them bad at covering turf? They cover a huge area and its not like you move slower while using one. They're only bad at covering turf vertically, which doesn't count towards points so its not nearly as much of an issue when it comes to score. Also there's no reason they should be harder to flank than any other player. If anything flanking a good roller play would be harder since if they know the area ahead is clear they can angle the camera backwards without issue since you don't need to aim at all. But my original point was that even a bad player with the roller can be somewhat useful because they're good at covering turf. And they are, which is why I regularly see lovely roller players with more points than most other guns in equally poor hands. Internet Kraken fucked around with this message at 00:41 on Jun 1, 2015 |
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Got to level 15, got the custom squelcher, was promptly disappointed because it felt super weak. I mean, I'm willing to chalk up me just being a bad, but whenever I use a low firing rate weapon I feel so ineffective. Not really in combat so much as because I can't spread ink nearly as fast which is really important. I haven't found a weapon that has really clicked with me yet either.
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Why do the calamari sisters pose like zombies and why can I never skip their cutscene that I've seen a dozen times?Alteisen posted:THE ROLLER IS SO loving FUN. The roller is weridly satisfying. Being able to cover up every inch of the map in ink just feels good. I wish it had better loadouts though. I like using the kraken roller but the sub weapon is pretty awful compared to others. Are there any rollers that come with the sneaker? That'd solve a lot of its mobility issues by giving you an escape and a way to quickly climb vertical surfaces. Internet Kraken fucked around with this message at 04:29 on Jun 1, 2015 |
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ThisIsACoolGuy posted:I'm always confused when I'm in the enemy base, have 3 of their guys chasing me and I'm killing them and I still lose. Like what is my team doing during that time? Reading Squidward meme graffiti.
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Jun 1, 2015 04:47
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SpaceDrake posted:You can't skip it because it tells you what maps are in rotation right now. So does staring at the corner of the screen. I'd be more tolerant towards them if they ever said anything interesting but it seems like they have one line of dialogue for each map so its just an annoyance. Silentman0 posted:Solid 8's across the board. Everyone says that it's stupidly fun, but too expensive and not enough content yet. Which is a pretty fair assessment IMO. Reminds me of TF2 at launch, which only had 3 maps. Was fun but the lack of variety starts to get to you. On the other hand, we know for sure that Nintendo is gonna being adding more content for free so its just a matter of time.
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I guess that's just a testament to how long its been since TF2s launch that I don't even remember all the original maps. Thought it was just 2fort, Dustbowl, and Hydro. I remembered Hydro because people were hating on it from day 1.
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Jun 1, 2015 06:01
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I might be crazy but is ink resistance really good? I got a pair of shoes with it before playing today and got splatted way less than I normally do. Feels like its a lot easier to avoid getting killed when tripping over a tiny puddle of ink doesn't kill your mobility.
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Jun 1, 2015 23:16
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Keiya posted:The girl has 15 levels and 5 bosses with the charger, the boy 15 levels and 5 bosses with the roller, and the squid is 15 levels and 5 bosses, mostly with a time limit and permanent kraken mode, but a few have limited ink instead and those suck. That's a lot of content to be locking behind these stupid figures.
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Cialis Railman posted:They're just the same levels as the SP with weapon restrictions. Oh, well that bugs me less though it bugs me that I can't even try them. I don't really mind cosmetic stuff being exclusive to the amiibos at all but gameplay does annoy me. Is there any plans to let non-Splatoon amiibos be compatible with Splatoon? I remember in Hyrule Warriors you could use any amiibo to get bonus items. Would be nice to get free money or something from all the amiibos my brother keeps buying.
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I've been sent to Arowana Mall 10 times in a row. That map has given me splat shock.
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I like ranked just because I can use the blaster without feeling worthless due to its poor ink spreading relative to automatic weapons/rollers. The custom blaster is really fun because you know where the enemy is almost always gonna be coming from, so you can just chuck point sensors at them and then blow them up with ease as they jump into the ring of death. Sure sucks when people on my team refuse to get in the loving zone to help me spread ink though.
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Alteisen posted:That's basically ranked in a nutshell, you're fine at C rank but once you move up to B it gets a lot more intense and harder to win, I've been on a win-lose, win-lose, win-lose streak for the past hour now, I've made 0 progress on the rank bar thing. Then you're at your appropriate rank and the system works. Hooray! noirstronaut posted:owned Nah its fun.
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 The absurd amount of Spongebob memes really is making me feel like a kid again.
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LemonAIDS posted:I just noticed spike has a pile of super sea snails on one side of him, a pile of empty super sea snail shells on the other, and he has a screwdriver. Thats why they are shivering, he's murdering them Look sea urchins gotta eat too. Who are you to judge?
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Infinitum posted:Dear Nintendo.  STAY FREEEESSSSSSHHHHHHH!!!!
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So charger players are either savants that shred entire teams or hopeless idiots that contribute absolutely nothing. There does not seem to be any middle ground.
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IronicDongz posted:I will be a custom blaster evangelist until I see one in every ranked game I play I love the custom blaster too. Do teammates get sight of enemies you tag with point sensors like with the echolocator? That would make it even better. Too bad all the blasters still kind of suck in turf war because they can't spread large amounts of ink well. Good for rushing forward but not racking up points.
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I think .56 gal deco is one of the best guns for ranked. Solid base weapon with one of the best sub weapons in the game. The ink strike special is also good for obvious reasons.
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I still think ink resistance is really good, but maybe I should try playing with a different pair of boots to make sure its not just a placebo effect.
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I can not get used to the motion controls at all. Believe me I tried, but they just feel super awkward for me. My brother even commented on how bad I was with them when I tried playing with them, so its not just in my head either. So I turn them off when I play. If that's gonna keep me from being a top tier splatter or something, fine. But I find the game a lot more enjoyable when I turn them off and I play better. I did crank the sensitivity up to 5 though. Also I don't think I saw anyone else mention but for everyone that thinks splat zone should have multiple zones, the skate park is exactly that. Two zones and you have to control both to get points. They're also super small so they can be contested ridiculously easily. In the match I played on it, neither team got below 80 because the zones kept shifting control constantly. VVV I guess I'll give that a shot. Might as well do that since I'm in the mood for splatting but the servers ain't complying. Internet Kraken fucked around with this message at 02:06 on Jun 3, 2015 |
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Spent the last 2 hours playing ranked mostly, got up to B and did pretty well. Really loving the custom blaster more and more. All I need is some better pieces of gear to go with it.IronicDongz posted:spyke&some lil squiddy monsters I'm glad I can hire a creepy urchin chav to mug other kids so I can get their stuff. I wonder if he talked the same way in the original Japanese. Icedude posted:I think there must be some way to game the random abilities, because I just was in a match against a guy who had 4 defense ups on a single item of clothing, with one or two more on his other gear Laugh at him because all those defense upgrades are basically worthless.
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This game needs some kind of taunt button so I have something to spam over my enemies corpse puddles. Sam Faust posted:No. Ugh, does that mean I'm gonna be stuck with respawn+ on my paintball mask?
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Cat Machine posted:The gear bonuses are fairly negligible - I seem to remember a comparison around launch that showed that. Just pick what looks good on your girl/guy. Some of them have really noticeable effects though, like ninja squid and cold-blooded. Which is why having a crappy effect like respawn reduction as the primary bothers me. Sockser posted:Guys, guys, guys You're whatever you want to be in your inky heart.
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I'm a good* demosquid. *When I don't miss like an idiot. mabels big day posted:It's mostly the land mines and the fact that it shoots out two blasts in about the same time as you shoot one blast with the regular blaster. the set really only shines in defensive play, because laying mines on the point is a really good way of keeping it secure, and the rapid blaster shots are just good spam on chokepoints. if my team is losing my loadout is kind of useless. I'll give you that land mines are useful (so are point sensors though), but I can't understand how anyone could prefer the rapid blaster over the regular one. Shooting one blast with the blaster is just as fast as firing one with the rapid blaster. The rapid blaster can fire multiple shots faster, but the blaster oneshot kills people if you hit them properly. No matter how you hit them with the rapid blaster it still takes two shots, and it doesn't fire fast enough to keep them from just mowing you down. I accidentally played a ranked game with the rapid blaster and it was miserable. I kept hitting people dead on, then getting killed by them anyways because an aerospray can kill me faster than a rapid blaster can get off two shots.
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I'm the opposite and think the port is the worst ranked map. When there's only one zone or they're both close your team at least ends up indirectly working together since there's only one place to go. But on the port you're divided between two areas and it only takes one person painting undisturbed to undue all your work. You have to split up, but there's no way to communicate this or decide who goes where. Do I stay behind to defend and hope my team can push without me, or do I go with them and risk someone on the other team taking the zone because nobody bothered to guard it? There's no good answer. Plus when the zones are really small ink strike spam is even more effective than it should be.RetroHelix posted:I wish they'd do away with that news segment telling you the maps every time you start up the game. Mashing A for 20 seconds every time is annoying as hell. All they do is give you info you can find easily before starting a match. Nintendo seems to love their text boxes. Ideally I could expunge the calimari sisters from my disc but I'd settle for being able to skip their show.
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Help Im Alive posted:Maybe all the weapons are good Give me one reason to use the classic squiffer over the custom blaster. One unlocking many levels before the other isn't a good reason.
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I've decided the thing I hate the most in ranked is seeing idiots running off to some corner of the map to farm their special. No, that isn't going to help. An ink strike does nothing when they can just clean it up right away. Plus you could build up your special anyways by standing behind a corner and spraying ink onto the point. At least then you're pressuring them to clean it up and maybe assisting the people actually trying to get control of the zone before we all lose. The only situation I could see that being acceptable is a roller building up to kraken but its never that. Its always someone splattering the ground to get another ineffectual air strike. Internet Kraken fucked around with this message at 04:47 on Jun 4, 2015 |
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noirstronaut posted:and you mean to tell me nintendo didn't plan for them to be sexed Can you stop being a creep please?
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I don't get why you guys like ninja squid so much. You can already sneak through ink without leaving a trail if as long as you don't push the control stick all the way. Its barely slower than moving at max speed, so why use ninja squid over cold-blooded/something else? If it gave your squid some minor cloaking so you can jump in and out of ink without the enemy seeing it would be cool but as far as I can tell, the only change is you don't like a ripple trail at max speed. Entering and leaving ink still leaves ripples though so if your enemy sees those they'll know where you are anyways.
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Can minor damage ups equal the amount provided by a main one? If damage ups are good for the blaster I guess I have to use them, but I don't want to give up any of my main perks.
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