Hard agree. I already preferred Salmon Run to PVP in Splatoon 2 but couldn't fully enjoy it due to the time constraints, then 3 came out and added so much to it on top of making it always open. It went from a small side mode to being on pretty much the same level as the PVP ones, to the point of getting its own version of Splatfests, and I'm very happy with this.
Playing Salmon Run again on 2 felt more my style/pace than how hectic higher leveled Splatoon 3 games could get. I also think it’s a better challenge when you CANNOT chuck eggs around Willy nilly. Splatoon 2 also has my favorite stages where, in 3, I only liked 2 of em
i remember winning over and over in splatoon 2, i blame sbmm, in a pve gamemode no less, to the losses that shocks me outright, like someone having a power egg score (the orange ones), of 93, in TWO waves. playing with your feet might actually get you better scores than that. i simply cannot believe those people are eggsecutive VP in the slightest. dont get me started on the sbmm in other gamemodes except ranked.
I've been saying for the whole time that 3rd kits and three years content just sound sooo right. I never thought about 3 pages of stages... so yea I think that might be a liiiiittle too much. my biggest problem is just that I can't think of a THIRD thing where they could push the THREE into like that. Three kits instead of two and Three years instead of two is easy but can anyone think of a THIRD thing that currently is just at 2? it would be too perfect to miss out on...
@@asterthehedgehog6861 Fair honestly, Hammerhead in this game was terrible like seriously the fall off needs to be studied. But while I don’t think tricolor is bad itself, the stages it had were just terrible
I feel really bad for Deep cut, one of it's members is only known for simps, one is known for a really bad losing streak, and the other- actually i don't know any big man controversy. Nintendo just said "let's make the Squid sisters and Off the hook more prominent than the idol group that stars in this game" Could just be me starting out with Splatoon 3 but i just love how Deep Cut are essentially a ragtag group of chaotic gremlins.
I think Splatoon 3 filled its own plate to a tipping point, between photo mode, replays, Locker compatibility, Tableturf, and Tricolor. They added as much as they could throughout each update, considering how much of a resource sink Side Order must have been. But taking a step back… we got a whole buffet of fun surprises that we never would have expected otherwise. Overall, I mostly play Salmon Run, and the changes added by Splatoon 3 shine brightest with its gameplay loop. I cherish this game and do still consider it to be the best of the trilogy, even with the map design’s prevalent issues. Return of the Mammalians was a treat and I’m more than satisfied with how they handled the origins of the Mollusk Era. Game design’s hard, especially with COVID. I think the team should be proud of what they managed to do.
We even got Squid Surge and look at how few uninkable walls we got! A mechanic that people used all the time and no-one forgot about when it would actually help them.
???? Half of the content is copied and pasted??!!? The netcode got worse??!!!?! The maps were bad??!!! The game at it's launch was completely empty?!??!!!? 2 years of content? More like 2 years till nintendo finishes the game but with extra glorification
@@gianlucapaiola9454 tbf the alternative would be no updates or making it like other live service games and charging money for everything. Edit: I also dislike half baked games but online games die to fast if they don't get updates(miss the times before updates were a thing) and since they "only" charge 60€ we only get 1 games worth of content. I do agree that splatoon 3 has a lot of issues and it's my least favorite splatoon game personally.
@@CallMe_No_One I do not agree with the "alternative" things, it's like saying "well, splatoon 3 is bad but it could have been worse". However, most online games that charge you money for "everything" actually charge you money only for cosmetics (wich don't affect gameplay). I agree that the content must be delayed to make sure the game doesn't die, but splatoon 3 started with 1/3 of splatoon 2 content (and ended with 1/100 more content than splatoon 2). What did they spend tose 2 years in? I hope not game design cuz if they did they got worse at making the game. Also, the fact they didn't add ark polaris but instead they added back the bad maps is an absolute joke
@@gianlucapaiola9454 but Splatoon 3 isn't bad it's easily the best out of the three games... you need to take those nostalgia blinders off and get a grip bro.
Can we take a moment to appreciate squid roll? They created a new movement option that is both fun and easy to use with many different use cases and a high skill cealing, while also not feeling annoying to fight against usually. Probably one of my favorite movement options in any game
@@ShaOryDow Imagine adding a mechanic to help with climbing walls, only to then add very little verticality to the stages and make a bunch of unpaintable walls.
@@medom3710 I was actually against squid rolls pre launch but I do like them quite a bit now. It's the only new feature I like in 3(I don't play salmon run).
They don't feel that annoying in battles because thr tickrate and net code usually curbstomos you for even trying to use it during a fight. Often timed you'll just die through thr armor because on thr enemy screen, you were a few steps behind actualky squid rolling. So it just plays out safer to not use squid rolls that much during actual combat or you just get a kill through it.
lets hope splatoon 4 doesnt go through that iconic splatoon development hell of either being delayed due to uncontrollable factors or rushed to high hell.
I disagree. It felt like a melange of things ranging form mildly interesting to boring. Seasons have been always something to look forward and encouraged me to pick the game back up after a break.
For real. After the first week or two of every new season, it just felt so boring especially knowing that we had to wait another 3 months before any major content was added.
100% the seasonal model is a big reason I dislike s3. There's just NOTHING going on for huge stretches of time and not in a fun way, where they might do something, but in a "we have prescribed that the next 3 months will have literally nothing happening" way
@@minimoose7772 agree in 2 you had moments like this aswell but they never announced it, which made the wait more fun because you never know when a random huge patch dropped
I think if the weapons were like that and the stages were more consistent to specific times it would be the best of both worlds. I HATE how the S2 trailers were showing content in stages/mains upwards of 3 months away though so I personally don't like the drip feed method
For a new player to play Splatoon 3 right now after 2 years of content, it really feels like there's plentiful things like weapons and gear (just like I felt playing Splatoon 2 after all new content ended). However, it feels like the devs didn't release things like weapon kits quick enough and just released batches of ~11 weapons per season, especially since we got used to them relatively quickly after a season started and needed to wait another 3 months. Although playing Splatoon 3 right now feels great for a new player, some of the people that played throughout the 2 years of content might feel like it was lacking for the content updates provided seasonally.
I am almost 100% sure that Splatoon 3 was supposed to have 3 years of content, but got scrapped due to Covid, the Switch 2 coming and consequentially the need for a Splatoon 4. It is still some of the best fun I've had with the franchise, ever, it had some of the coolest events, and the new weapons are also pretty nice. It's a shame it was cut short, but what we have is still enjoyable and I think we should continue to enjoy it.
From a standpoint of someone who's currently studying game development at university and has held Splatoon 3 specifically very dear to me, I think it's easier for me to sympathise with every issue this game has had and look past them. This game isn’t perfect, but it gave me a lot to love, it consist even excited me with trailers during the middle of long months, and I'm proud of the devs for being able to stick through what was undoubtedly a tough project for them. Wherever we go next after this game, I can't wait to see it.
I do like squid rolling but stuff like maps and kits weren't fun also only adding new stuff every 3 months was just a bad idea. Doing updates more frequent would have made the game feel more fresh for me(even if they only added one or two weapons per update).
I think it’s a bit preemptive to say we’re never getting Tricolour PBs, iirc it took 2 weeks after S2s final fest before they added shifty stations and splatfest options to PBs
It was about a week and a half, yeah. However, Nintendo has confirmed (at leas seasonal) splatfests, as well as big runs will continue post update cycle. Perhaps they didn't add splatfests to PB's because now with three teams, it would've just made things complicated, idk.
@@ShaOryDow yeah it's a lot harder to design queues for 3 teams in pbs, etc than just adding the splatfest maps like in 2. don't forget they said they're working on the grand fest lobby being available offline, so they're definitely still figuring some things out on the technical side
I think the reason Tricolor PBs haven't been added yet is cause Splatfests haven't technically wrapped up yet, since we still have at least a year of the seasonal fests returning
Splatoon 3 should have a proper matchmaking indicator like splatoon 1 and 2 had before, pressing L you should be able to see more of the stats and the players in the lobby you are about to be battling. Hidden stats are never a good thing. I believe bringing back the lobby minigames to play during matchmaking would have been an idea that would have worked alongside the training room functionality.
Splatoon 3 exceeds the previous games in every way BUT the core experience. The core pvp (maps, kits etc.) took a nose dive in quality from the previous games. Perhaps the issue was that Nintendo tried to implement so many different modes and features that it kind of distracted them away from the most important parts of Splatoon 3. And as you've said, table-turf would've been better off as a standalone spinoff.
We still don't have a non-rushed fully developped Splatoon in its almost 10 years of existance. And with Splatoon 4 probably releasing in the Switch 2's first year, it will probably be the same.
As great as Splatoon 3 was (especially near the end), my opinion for EPD 5 as a whole still remains the same: They should’ve supported New Horizons for longer & save Splatoon 3 for the Switch 2’s first year so some of the more fundamental issues could’ve been ironed out (Ex: Map design, some of the kits, etc.). And to be frank, Splatoon should be a once-per-system franchise like many of Nintendo’s biggest sellers. I know some of you will say “But wasn’t Splatoon 3 made by mostly junior staff?”. Well, yes & no. EPD 5 did bring on a bunch of new hires, but the overlap between Splatoon 3 & ACNH was still roughly within the same 30-40% ballpark as past entries for both (32.5% in this case). So at least as of now, Splatoon & AC do impact each other’s development to some extent. And I sadly don’t expect that to change much until 2028 when that new EPD building is opened.
We got BOTW and TOTK on the same console. We got not two, but THREE mario party games for the same console. Splatoon 2 is 7 years old, or 5 years by the time Splatoon 3 released. half a decade is a pretty big wait time if you ask me.
@@ShaOryDow Zelda is most often a single-player game, so that’s not exactly a fair comparison. Splatoon & Animal Crossing on the other hand have the potential to be supported for years, so building out the entries that exist on the current system is more feasible.
I think it got pushed back bc the hype died down and they wanted to work on splat 4 and the next animal crossing, bc Nintendo knows now that animal crossing is their cash cow
At this point, can't they separate the EPD 5 staff to those working on Splatoon and those working on Animal Crossing? I get that the fairly significant staff overlap might lead to some complications, but to have not one, but TWO flagship franchises, that are live service games nonetheless (sort of, for AC), being worked on the same department is a huge burden on this department, isn't it? Is there any other EPD in Nintendo that works on more than one flagship franchise like this?
If this game came out earlier it would’ve been better. It got stuck between other games and the release of the next console, during its development they were probably working on splatoon 4 AND other games like a new Mario kart, animal crossing, Kirby, etc.
I still feel really disappointed with Splatoon 3, can't get over the map design and weapon kit issues, the tricolored battles for Splatfests don't feel nearly as fun as Shifty Station from 2, patches that mostly didnt do enough to change things for the better, lack of 3rd kits, no new ranked modes, challenges not being ALWAYS available through a rotation like Salmon Run is now, the seasonal update schedule leaves me bored half way through the season and it was more fun when we got content spread out but constantly each month, and overall I feel like this game is much less stable then 1 and 2 which is crazy because that shouldn't be the case. Only things I liked about 3 over 1 and 2 is everything done with Salmon Run, the updated gear system that now lets you change your main ability on anything, the seasonal splatfests look amazing, the base game story mode of 3 was such a step up in so many ways over the first two, music was very good, and finally the additions of squid roll and squid surge make the game much more enjoyable to play.
I just can't get over how it took 21 months for launch weapons to get a second kit. It singlehandedly prevented me from feeling like Splatoon 3 was a "complete" game until a few months ago
Short answer: No. Long answer: No on the amount of content and the frequency of drops, half yes on what we actually got. New weapons, the art, the music, the new specials (besides Screen, screw Screen), the DLC, the splatfests and big runs, the few actual challenges that change the game, those are all amazing. The weapon kits and maps on the other hand... If we got a mid-season content update with a montly or bi-monthly balance patch inbetween major updates, the system would be great. 5-7 extra kits, more gear, some SR stuff, QoL tweaks, Tableturf cards and maps, etc. would all be great for mid season patches, and would have given us all second kits FAR earlier than the end of the game's support, allowing for 3rd kits to be added around early year 2.
thank you for all you’ve done for the splatoon community, especially during this generation. i’ve been playing splatoon since it debuted, but i’ve never had this much fun with the game (gameplay wise) until you introduced me to the comp scene. i’m incredibly happy with how i play now and it’s been a blast. can’t wait for whatever’s next!
I think an enhanced port for the next console with a content extension and more story conent while a HUGE splatoon 4 is cooking would be the best scenario
the updates were generally great but the fact the catalog basically burned everything to ground makes me hope they never do a 3 month update cycle ever again, even if it means we wont have every main weapon from s1 & 2 at launch like we did here
honestly, i wouldn't mind if the next splatoon game was singleplayer focused. after being with this series for 9 years and playing many very good singleplayer games, i realize from side order's production value that the dev team could make something really amazing. splatoon's core design aspects could lend themselves to a really interesting larger-scale third person shooter experince. games like dishonored, cruelty squad, and boneworks are part of what makes me think this. good games.
Splatfests normally i actually think were handled fine, the problem is the themes. And for grandfest i really feel like it was unfair becajse it was S1 veterans vs everyone else it almost feels like the plan was for deep cut to flop so we can get a team future dlc in S4.
Where splatoon 3 dropped the ball for me was it's treatment of Frye, Shiver, and Big Man. I've been watching splatoon content since the beginning. As soon as I started earning money, my second switch game was splatoon 3. After I finished the story mode and did 100% Alterna, I expected more from this group that wasn't locked behind sea scrolls. With 2 years gone by, S rank reached and multiple evp 999s, I realised the trio were never truly given the spotlight. That wave 2 DLC should have been their opportunity not Pearl and Marina (still love them tho). It should've delved deeper into the chaos theme with Deep cut at the helm. For example we learn from the scrolls that shivers lineage was not affected by the great turf war as they still got to live on the surface, Why were they allowed to do so? Were they on the side of the inklings? It could still be a rogue lite but we could help Deep cut on their heists. The more money you "borrow" decorations would pop up in the splat 3 plaza and food shops you can interact with including a cutscene of you eating. I'll stop there but you all get where I'm coming from. When the skip button was introduced the community needed a dlc to get closer with Deep Cut. Let's be real guys other than splatfests when was the last time you read their dialogue.
I think S3 made it really clear how many issues s1-2 had and it being fixable in a leap from 1 game to another was a lot to ask. The good news is (hopefully) there's a lot less things to focus on, so many small things got fixed that can hopefully drive attention to the main things like kits or maps.
Table turf was the weirdest thing to me. It really seemed like a good mode for taking a break from standard gameplay and if developed could have been a main thing. But there are just so many things that they didn't do that I thought they would, I thought they would ad online matchmaking, I thought they would add music (besides the ONE song) I thought they would add it to the menu... I didn't even realize for like the first month that the game launched without a way to challenge other humans. So weird.
Splatoon 3 honestly had fantastic updates and changes throughout the life cycle compared to where we were at the start. I think the kit drip feed is the main thing people are upset about, and me too of course, but everything else around it? Perfect. Loved the seasonal model, loved all the new things they added. Loved many of the new stages, particularly in the game's 2nd year. Splatfests were fun, tricolour was fantastic, particularly as the points system pertained to the splatfests, I think people don't give enough credit to the clever game design of getting an ultra signal to get clout to add depth to the dynamic of tricolour. And getting a full win as an attacking team on tricolour was always so satisfying, easily my favourite mode.
I remember when it was first revealed that Xenoblade 3's release date was bumped up from September to July I joked about how they swapped it and Splatoon 3's release date, but the more time that's passed the more likely it seems that that's actually what happened lol
This whole game was, "I wish this was handled better but we have to stick with what we have I guess" the fact that we didnt get a new mode (outside of tri color) for pvp battles baffles me, specially when there was like 3 whole new gamemodes scraped from Splatoon 2
They better increase the amount of inkable walls in the maps. It makes it harder to counter long range weapons when you have no bomb or displace special.
It’s a shame that S2 ranked is effectively unplayable these days. I always look back on that game more fondly than S3, especially now that both games are “complete.”
Well, i guess we will just have to wait for the switch 2 to see the next splatoon game, and i personally can't wait to see how past's victory impacts the game!
Honestly, no. Weapon kits were disappointing, the maps were boring and small with not many changes. The story mode was sort of a lackluster repeat previous modes and should have been longer, the lack of different modes was bad, and specials were also lackluster as well. Customization was also very lackluster, and the 3rd map was relatively small. I honestly missed most of the splatfests, including grandfest, and tricolor was semi-annoying. Catalogues were also lackluster, and I wish we got a way to access all of them at the end of the game.
Man im just HAPPY that they will repeat Splatoween/SpringFest and SPECIALLY FrostyFest. Switch "broke" from October 2023 to May 2024 (overheated pretty fast and would turn off after 3 mins or so of play, even in handheld mode, till I found out that ALL I HAD TO DO was remove a tiny plastic piece with a needle on the motherboard, runs perfect nao). Missed like 7 or 8 fests in all those months, and I couldn´t live with myself knowing I missed that amazing FrostyFest Lobby song "Yule Tide". I mean, listening to it on the Internet is just not the same. The Music is what got me into Splatoon after all, I can´t wait now!! :) Also hoping that they announce Private Splatfest matches anytime soon?? They announced em´ like 2 months b4 S2 Final Fest back in 2019, what´s the hold up now!?
I think what happened with PBs is that Splatoon 2's FinalFest was supposed the true FinalFest (with the additional Splatfests only happening cause of COVID and an anniversary tie-in with Mario), but in S3 we're still getting more planned Splatfests after grand festival with the seasonal Splatfests
I’m absolutely certain a big part of why Future got zero points is because they got shafted in their own game. Sidelined in their own game’s story mode to put more Squid Sisters was such a bad move. And since Squid Sisters just won the final fest, it’s safe to say I don’t see Deep Cut ever returning. A very very unfortunate fate for what could’ve been another great idol group
Did you see that one video too? About how Deep Cut got sidelined? Cuz yeah, I agree with you there. I even think they did them dirty in the Grand Fest performances a bit (why did Big Man only stand there and move his arms?) Sometimes I wonder what was even the point of making them. However the devs decide to take the past theme, I hope that they at least put references to all 3 of Deep Cut's clans somewhere. Put those secret scrolls to more use, y'know?
i can't believe i'm actually saying this, but i'm gonna miss deep cut. i remember how astonished i was at splatfests when i first opened the game up to anarchy rainbow playing, and how much i came to love the characters as the game went on. keep in mind that i initially kinda hated deep cut when they were revealed, and only *really* started to enjoy them as they were once i got to play the new story mode in 2022. but after all of the character development and grandfest making me realize how attached i've gotten to all 7 of them, i came to finally appreciate them as much as i should've. deep cut was always such a write-off, but they were great when they got to shine. i may love the squid sisters and even more so off the hook (i was team present lol), but deep cut will forever hold a special place in this community's hearts. EDIT/NOTE: i should mention that i spent ~20m staring at the anarchy rainbow stage because i was especially astonished at how much splatfests felt they had evolved. color pulse was classic, yeah, and so was the square, but splatsville used to be something else back when i was forced to use it. honestly, i think actually being able to reside in inkopolis square as usual after side order like we did all of those years ago just made splatsville stand out less, and i personally think splatsville would've been a little more special if i was still forced to use it. oh well, i'm glad i get to hear color pulse every splatfest once again.
the end of their involvement in the singleplayer campaign ends with them promoting an overexposed legacy character to boss how did they manage to bungle up deep cut this badly?
I easily see them coming back as a cameo or starring in a DLC,similar to how OTH did. Now that the Octo Expansion saga seems to be concluded the have the opportunity to make a new story, and why not redeem the characters that got sidelines so hard due to a variety of factors. It depends on where they take the story and seeting for Splatoon 4. Personally, I, too, grew quite attached to this idol group towards the end of S3 and would love to see this.
I need the ability to choose hubs as a mainstay it feels so nice to be able to travel and it brings big world building imo, never once played table turf
comparing the game to splatoon 2, i would say it does miss third kits, but as a standalone experience i really cant look at splatoon 3 as anything other than a complete package. I really dont know where the commonly copypasted argument comes from that splatoon 3 feels unfinished, especially considering that the people echoing these arguments never really manage to point out *what* it is missing exactly, aside from the low hanging fruit of third kits.
Let's be real people just say that as another way to say "I Just didn't enjoy it as much" because it's funny when you look at the numbers im 75% sure this this the game with the most stuff out of the 3 period lol, in basically every regard
Ok from my perspective Splatoon 3 is unfinished for a number of reasons. Side Order for supposedly being a rouge-lite does not have enough levels or bosses for it to feel like each run is different. I already had repeat levels 3 runs in which is a shame especially with how many times you need to complete the spire for 100%, TLDR there is not enough replayability not to mention the lack of lore. The catalogue was repeated only a few updates in which gave them the excuse to not add in as much new gear each update, (I really hope they don't do catalogues again next game it's insanely annoying and grindy) the fact that they still haven't added all of the emotes to camera mode, the severs, and don't give me the "It's your wifi" excuse I use and have used the same wifi as when Splat 2 was out and I have gotten 10x more disconnects in 3. Locker physics being abysmal, table turf not having it's own que. Last thing would be 3rd kits but that's not really something I care all that much about. Obviously Salmon Run is better, and ROTM is good although it is just an easier version of Octo Expansion.
I only started playing Splatoon 2 a proper amount when all of the splatfests were done with, and I still had a lot of fun with it. I'm sure there's still plenty more the playerbase can get out of the game between now and the next title. I do hope there's occasional throwback online events for people (like myself) who missed Big Run entirely.
friends i played with left because the updates were lackluster and slow. eventually i quit too; it sucks but it could be so much better. also, the stuff they waited to implement was experienced by less and less people. maybe if they didn't wait 3 months to give recolors of weapons people would stay interested?
when i played splatoon 1 and 2 it was after the updates were done for, so now that we have reached that stage for splatoon 3, im hoping this is where the game goes from me "liking" it to "LOVING" it. Yknow? I guess we will see what happens next
I feel like we give the developers too much crap for how they dealt with this game. Looking back, you realize that they made SO many impactful changes to this game, Splatoon 3 on launch was missing so many things that we now take for granted
@@HeDronHeDronHedron Case in point LOL I will never get how some people are so insistent on always focusing on the negatives. (Also, isn't that just called fixing your mistakes? I'm pretty sure that objectively does make for a better game lmao)
A major point I think it's often forgotten is that seasons did a number on them, as they couldn't choose when to drop a big update or smaller updates. They had to rely on the same 3 month gap to release new content or major stuff, which made the game quite stale at times. Seasons is a new thing for Splatoon, which showed both good things and bad things. One example of how it was a bad decision regarding new gear was how they tried to use old gear as unlockables in the catalog until they saw it was impossible to publish all that gear in the 2 years with how little amount of gear they offered each season (which that amount was their own choice and it was sometimes rather ridiculous, if you ask me), releasing it all together in an update. Working each season to get back your last rank was really cool, but with how terrible matchmaking could become sometimes, you could get a guy who at some point was Top 500 in X rank fighting against S rank level player, and it made zero sense. It was good to keep track of each season's accomplishments but, overall, seasons didn't do much for Splatoon (especially for casual players) and I think it can be maintained for the sake of map releases, catalog, and such. Splatoon 3 felt like devs mixing Splatoon 1 + 2 together, bringing conclusion both lore wise and perfectioning the last bits that were missing from Splatoon 2. However, it did try to milk dry past content (especially gear and lore) too much and too obviously. I still can't believe we didn't get losing animations and kensa weapons. I loved the new mechanics such as squid roll and squid surge, Salmon Run Next Wave, victory animations, the locker, banner, title and badge customization and the gambling machine (which was much a much needed way to get rid of gold coins). All in all, an amazing game I will continue enjoying to my hearts content, despite my complaints. Feel free to tell me anything that you loved from having seasons included! I might be forgetting some good points about that feature.
i genuinely think this game should have had a 3rd year of updates. Dont release too many new stages and focus on fixing the existing ones. as well as the play on the number 3. 3rd game, 3 years, 3 kits. and the grand festival would have happened in the same year as splatoons 10th anniversary (which would have been *PERFECT* might I add). they could have also ddelayed side order a bit and added more content/ story to it. then bundled Splatoon 3/the 3 plazas/ and side order onto the switch 2
I unfortunately missed the grandfest. I was going to play Splatoon 3 during the Splatfest, but it completely slipped my mind when it was actually ongoing... Oh well.
This game(in my opinion) has the best endgame meta because in s2 and s1 all it was was just sitting back and spamming the “meta” specials while here it’s diverse, has freedom, and actual counters to the “meta” specials
Tricolor Battle would actually ba a nice ranked mode in my opinion. Just make the attacker's a single-colored team with A LOT smaller spawns (or bigger spawns for the team of 4) to balance out their paint advantage and it would be a nice king-of-the-hill-variant. Also I want the percentage counter in regular turf war :D
I have had a theory from the very beginning of three that with all the scrap stuff such as the scrap lobby scrapped splat fest hub,and scrap mode. I really do think that this was mostly another game testing there. I say the waters that’s why I also think some of maybe the challenges are used for testing.
Personally, I feel like this game is in a near-perfect state the way it is. Even it’s more glaring issues like kit balancing and map designs aren’t even that bad (at least to me). Looking back, it’s really funny to me that I was first hesitant to get this game but now I’m in love with this series
Throughout these two years I thought this game was honestly bad compared to the other games, but now that I’m really thinking about it the game was just more balanced and honestly pretty fun, I just wish the stages were more fun and that we have more options to pick them instead of waiting for hours just to play ur faves. I think with splatoon 4 they will definitely have the option to add even more content they’ve been wanting to do for years now with team past winning it makes you wonder if they will bring back all the idols or if the story will have a different turn.
At the end, I am glad I have both 2 and 3. They both have features and content that the other lacks, and while I do prefer 3 over 2, it just goes to show that these games are not $60 DLC; they are each their own game.
Splatoon 3 really did release at such an awkward time. S2 wasn't going to last forever, but they couldn't stretch out the game either. There *had* to be a new game so the switch could have more multiplayer games worth playing or getting a switch for. Now, having the lite and oled and the endless special editions, S3 had to come out to make the switch as much money as possible. So, S3 is squeezed between new editions of a console nearing the end of its' lifespan, and having to end quickly so the team can focus on making a new game for the successor of the switch. It sucks to see this game go so quickly, and I hope S4 can get some much needed love, but if this series turns out to be the next cod for nintendo, I don't think I'll continue supporting it.
I still have hope for Splatfest matches aswell as Tri-Color to be added to private battles in an upcoming balance patch with maybe even challenge modes getting added too but I'm not too sure about that last part as they tend to repeat the challenges now even with the same stages everytime and giving that away in pb's could impact the queueing in the actual mode so uhm idk
Not to say that every update/change was bad (for the most part I the video did a good job explaining what was done right), but I feel like the updates were fine at best, and disappointing at worst. There were so many problems that never got solved, and I hate that fact. Behind all the problems including: Connection problems; Horrible map designs; Questionable balancing; Lack of weapon kits, exists a movement based shooter that's really: Interesting; Fun; Mechanical; Unique. And I hate that a game I love so much has had so many problems throughout it's life, that were never fixed.
I feel like the map designs mostly being just long hallways soured a lot of the games experience for me despite liking so many things about 3. It made it a lot easier for long ranged weapons to just shoot down the choke point constantly, making almost every match an upwards battle. Obviously more maps got added and reworked but it took awhile and by then I spent most of my time with the game in these unfun matches.
Splatoon 3 has the best quality of life and other side features and stuff like that i hope they take those aspects and send them to 4 and also look what wasnt working and tweak them
Even is splatoon 3 probably got pushed aside a bit I still love this game for its gameplay music uniqueness and salmon run for its more team based gameplay and need to fill the amount needed instead of just live through a wave and the king bosses are fun and I love side order as its fun even if a bit easy at time and I love how it’s more colorless but still showing some color and I love the idols with of the hook first then squid sisters second then deep cut and I love the music especially the idols ones and I like the graphics if we ignore the splatsville hub as everything else looks beautiful and I like environments like all the stages are unique with their own vibe and I like how some show in the distance other locations to make the their world feel more real and sure I saw splatoon 2 first through gameplays but splatoon 3 if my first splatoon game so it’s special so me and sure it’s not perfect but it’s still a fun game
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For me, what splatoon 3 really did Salmon run justice, I really could never imagine going back to S2 for that
Hard agree. I already preferred Salmon Run to PVP in Splatoon 2 but couldn't fully enjoy it due to the time constraints, then 3 came out and added so much to it on top of making it always open. It went from a small side mode to being on pretty much the same level as the PVP ones, to the point of getting its own version of Splatfests, and I'm very happy with this.
Playing Salmon Run again on 2 felt more my style/pace than how hectic higher leveled Splatoon 3 games could get. I also think it’s a better challenge when you CANNOT chuck eggs around Willy nilly.
Splatoon 2 also has my favorite stages where, in 3, I only liked 2 of em
i remember winning over and over in splatoon 2, i blame sbmm, in a pve gamemode no less, to the losses that shocks me outright, like someone having a power egg score (the orange ones), of 93, in TWO waves. playing with your feet might actually get you better scores than that.
i simply cannot believe those people are eggsecutive VP in the slightest.
dont get me started on the sbmm in other gamemodes except ranked.
Yeah, the only thing Salmon Run in 2 has over 3 is the stages.
@@SALTYTOAD00 true the pve in this game is better than in splatoon 2.
With how much the game shoves the three motif down out throats you'd think they do THREE years of content!
Yeah or THIRD kits
@@RetroGhost16yeah or a third page of stages (I’m hoping for too much)
I've been saying for the whole time that 3rd kits and three years content just sound sooo right. I never thought about 3 pages of stages... so yea I think that might be a liiiiittle too much. my biggest problem is just that I can't think of a THIRD thing where they could push the THREE into like that. Three kits instead of two and Three years instead of two is easy but can anyone think of a THIRD thing that currently is just at 2? it would be too perfect to miss out on...
I know. And I’m a guy who hates how much they hammered 3 in. I never want three team Splatfests again or Tricolor
@@asterthehedgehog6861 Fair honestly, Hammerhead in this game was terrible like seriously the fall off needs to be studied. But while I don’t think tricolor is bad itself, the stages it had were just terrible
I feel really bad for Deep cut, one of it's members is only known for simps, one is known for a really bad losing streak, and the other- actually i don't know any big man controversy.
Nintendo just said "let's make the Squid sisters and Off the hook more prominent than the idol group that stars in this game"
Could just be me starting out with Splatoon 3 but i just love how Deep Cut are essentially a ragtag group of chaotic gremlins.
Forehead, Simps and Bigman.
big man controversy boils down to 1. he’s a guy, and 2. he’s not an ink fish (not simpable)
Tbf splatoon 2 story didn't even mention "off the hook" afaik. So deep cut being bosses was still better then nothing.
@@CallMe_No_Oneexcept of the hook got two dlc
Deep Cut are just Team Rocket, and I kinda love them for that.
I think Splatoon 3 filled its own plate to a tipping point, between photo mode, replays, Locker compatibility, Tableturf, and Tricolor. They added as much as they could throughout each update, considering how much of a resource sink Side Order must have been. But taking a step back… we got a whole buffet of fun surprises that we never would have expected otherwise.
Overall, I mostly play Salmon Run, and the changes added by Splatoon 3 shine brightest with its gameplay loop. I cherish this game and do still consider it to be the best of the trilogy, even with the map design’s prevalent issues. Return of the Mammalians was a treat and I’m more than satisfied with how they handled the origins of the Mollusk Era.
Game design’s hard, especially with COVID. I think the team should be proud of what they managed to do.
We even got Squid Surge and look at how few uninkable walls we got! A mechanic that people used all the time and no-one forgot about when it would actually help them.
???? Half of the content is copied and pasted??!!? The netcode got worse??!!!?! The maps were bad??!!! The game at it's launch was completely empty?!??!!!?
2 years of content? More like 2 years till nintendo finishes the game but with extra glorification
@@gianlucapaiola9454 tbf the alternative would be no updates or making it like other live service games and charging money for everything.
Edit: I also dislike half baked games but online games die to fast if they don't get updates(miss the times before updates were a thing) and since they "only" charge 60€ we only get 1 games worth of content. I do agree that splatoon 3 has a lot of issues and it's my least favorite splatoon game personally.
@@CallMe_No_One I do not agree with the "alternative" things, it's like saying "well, splatoon 3 is bad but it could have been worse".
However, most online games that charge you money for "everything" actually charge you money only for cosmetics (wich don't affect gameplay).
I agree that the content must be delayed to make sure the game doesn't die, but splatoon 3 started with 1/3 of splatoon 2 content (and ended with 1/100 more content than splatoon 2).
What did they spend tose 2 years in? I hope not game design cuz if they did they got worse at making the game.
Also, the fact they didn't add ark polaris but instead they added back the bad maps is an absolute joke
@@gianlucapaiola9454 but Splatoon 3 isn't bad it's easily the best out of the three games... you need to take those nostalgia blinders off and get a grip bro.
Can we take a moment to appreciate squid roll? They created a new movement option that is both fun and easy to use with many different use cases and a high skill cealing, while also not feeling annoying to fight against usually. Probably one of my favorite movement options in any game
Can we also talk about Squid Surge, who's crying in the corner since maybe 5% of players actually uses it.... Squid Roll is amazing though,
@@ShaOryDow Imagine adding a mechanic to help with climbing walls, only to then add very little verticality to the stages and make a bunch of unpaintable walls.
@@medom3710 I was actually against squid rolls pre launch but I do like them quite a bit now. It's the only new feature I like in 3(I don't play salmon run).
They don't feel that annoying in battles because thr tickrate and net code usually curbstomos you for even trying to use it during a fight. Often timed you'll just die through thr armor because on thr enemy screen, you were a few steps behind actualky squid rolling. So it just plays out safer to not use squid rolls that much during actual combat or you just get a kill through it.
Squid roll definitely makes movement feel WAY better to the point where it feels weird not having it in Splatoon 1&2 now lol
I agree, felt like this game did well but had a lot of missed potential
for me, i'm almost satisfied. i just find the lack of splatanas and stringers as well as some of the maps sad
lets hope splatoon 4 doesnt go through that iconic splatoon development hell of either being delayed due to uncontrollable factors or rushed to high hell.
I’d love to have the s2 model back where they drip feed weapons on a weekly basis and occasionally do a big update. S3 felt way too dry at times
I disagree. It felt like a melange of things ranging form mildly interesting to boring. Seasons have been always something to look forward and encouraged me to pick the game back up after a break.
For real. After the first week or two of every new season, it just felt so boring especially knowing that we had to wait another 3 months before any major content was added.
100% the seasonal model is a big reason I dislike s3. There's just NOTHING going on for huge stretches of time and not in a fun way, where they might do something, but in a "we have prescribed that the next 3 months will have literally nothing happening" way
@@minimoose7772 agree in 2 you had moments like this aswell but they never announced it, which made the wait more fun because you never know when a random huge patch dropped
I think if the weapons were like that and the stages were more consistent to specific times it would be the best of both worlds. I HATE how the S2 trailers were showing content in stages/mains upwards of 3 months away though so I personally don't like the drip feed method
For a new player to play Splatoon 3 right now after 2 years of content, it really feels like there's plentiful things like weapons and gear (just like I felt playing Splatoon 2 after all new content ended).
However, it feels like the devs didn't release things like weapon kits quick enough and just released batches of ~11 weapons per season, especially since we got used to them relatively quickly after a season started and needed to wait another 3 months.
Although playing Splatoon 3 right now feels great for a new player, some of the people that played throughout the 2 years of content might feel like it was lacking for the content updates provided seasonally.
I am almost 100% sure that Splatoon 3 was supposed to have 3 years of content, but got scrapped due to Covid, the Switch 2 coming and consequentially the need for a Splatoon 4.
It is still some of the best fun I've had with the franchise, ever, it had some of the coolest events, and the new weapons are also pretty nice. It's a shame it was cut short, but what we have is still enjoyable and I think we should continue to enjoy it.
From a standpoint of someone who's currently studying game development at university and has held Splatoon 3 specifically very dear to me, I think it's easier for me to sympathise with every issue this game has had and look past them. This game isn’t perfect, but it gave me a lot to love, it consist even excited me with trailers during the middle of long months, and I'm proud of the devs for being able to stick through what was undoubtedly a tough project for them. Wherever we go next after this game, I can't wait to see it.
R.I.P. Splatoon 3 September 9th, 2022 - September 15th, 2024. You will be remembered forever.
I think most people look past the amount of small things splatoon 3 does that splatoon 1 and 2 didn’t.
Like Splatfests/Big Runs/literally anything in PBs?
I do like squid rolling but stuff like maps and kits weren't fun also only adding new stuff every 3 months was just a bad idea. Doing updates more frequent would have made the game feel more fresh for me(even if they only added one or two weapons per update).
I agree tbh
@@CallMe_No_One yes
Grizzco employees have been eating GOOD with this game, and I'm not referring to the Salmonids we keep smoking.
Yeah that’s honestly the only part of the game worth playing, out side of side order.
@@ashfallen1 Side Order was undercooked and never improved upon post launch. We still only have 3 bosses and one of them is the ball boss.
@@hisen3.146you do the bosses in OE are copied and pasted right
@@hisen3.146 At least the ball boss has an awesome song.
I think it’s a bit preemptive to say we’re never getting Tricolour PBs, iirc it took 2 weeks after S2s final fest before they added shifty stations and splatfest options to PBs
It was about a week and a half, yeah. However, Nintendo has confirmed (at leas seasonal) splatfests, as well as big runs will continue post update cycle. Perhaps they didn't add splatfests to PB's because now with three teams, it would've just made things complicated, idk.
my guess is that we'll get them when the patch for visiting grand fest offline releases
@@ShaOryDow yeah it's a lot harder to design queues for 3 teams in pbs, etc than just adding the splatfest maps like in 2. don't forget they said they're working on the grand fest lobby being available offline, so they're definitely still figuring some things out on the technical side
I think the reason Tricolor PBs haven't been added yet is cause Splatfests haven't technically wrapped up yet, since we still have at least a year of the seasonal fests returning
2 years have passed and Nintendo still has not added xp bars of gear in the equipment menu
@@-ers7827 Oh my gosh yes! Who on their team decided to scrap that 😭
Splatoon 3 should have a proper matchmaking indicator like splatoon 1 and 2 had before, pressing L you should be able to see more of the stats and the players in the lobby you are about to be battling. Hidden stats are never a good thing. I believe bringing back the lobby minigames to play during matchmaking would have been an idea that would have worked alongside the training room functionality.
Don't you just press ZR on the equipment to see the XP?
Man im going to miss what splatoon 3 made me feel with the updates and how excited i would get. Nothing left to do but wait for splatoon 4
Splatoon 3 exceeds the previous games in every way BUT the core experience. The core pvp (maps, kits etc.) took a nose dive in quality from the previous games.
Perhaps the issue was that Nintendo tried to implement so many different modes and features that it kind of distracted them away from the most important parts of Splatoon 3. And as you've said, table-turf would've been better off as a standalone spinoff.
We still don't have a non-rushed fully developped Splatoon in its almost 10 years of existance.
And with Splatoon 4 probably releasing in the Switch 2's first year, it will probably be the same.
Loving the Calamity ost here =P
As great as Splatoon 3 was (especially near the end), my opinion for EPD 5 as a whole still remains the same: They should’ve supported New Horizons for longer & save Splatoon 3 for the Switch 2’s first year so some of the more fundamental issues could’ve been ironed out (Ex: Map design, some of the kits, etc.). And to be frank, Splatoon should be a once-per-system franchise like many of Nintendo’s biggest sellers.
I know some of you will say “But wasn’t Splatoon 3 made by mostly junior staff?”. Well, yes & no. EPD 5 did bring on a bunch of new hires, but the overlap between Splatoon 3 & ACNH was still roughly within the same 30-40% ballpark as past entries for both (32.5% in this case). So at least as of now, Splatoon & AC do impact each other’s development to some extent. And I sadly don’t expect that to change much until 2028 when that new EPD building is opened.
We got BOTW and TOTK on the same console.
We got not two, but THREE mario party games for the same console.
Splatoon 2 is 7 years old, or 5 years by the time Splatoon 3 released. half a decade is a pretty big wait time if you ask me.
@@ShaOryDow Zelda is most often a single-player game, so that’s not exactly a fair comparison. Splatoon & Animal Crossing on the other hand have the potential to be supported for years, so building out the entries that exist on the current system is more feasible.
@@ShaOryDowMario party is awesome tho!
I think it got pushed back bc the hype died down and they wanted to work on splat 4 and the next animal crossing, bc Nintendo knows now that animal crossing is their cash cow
At this point, can't they separate the EPD 5 staff to those working on Splatoon and those working on Animal Crossing? I get that the fairly significant staff overlap might lead to some complications, but to have not one, but TWO flagship franchises, that are live service games nonetheless (sort of, for AC), being worked on the same department is a huge burden on this department, isn't it? Is there any other EPD in Nintendo that works on more than one flagship franchise like this?
s3 felt a lot more experimental than the other two, it felt like the devs were throwing a lot more at the wall and seeing what would stick
Feels like they planned to put way more effort into this game than they did
That’s half my problem. At some point it feels like the devs were told to hold things back from Splatoon 3 for Splatoon 4 for the Switch successor
If this game came out earlier it would’ve been better. It got stuck between other games and the release of the next console, during its development they were probably working on splatoon 4 AND other games like a new Mario kart, animal crossing, Kirby, etc.
I still feel really disappointed with Splatoon 3, can't get over the map design and weapon kit issues, the tricolored battles for Splatfests don't feel nearly as fun as Shifty Station from 2, patches that mostly didnt do enough to change things for the better, lack of 3rd kits, no new ranked modes, challenges not being ALWAYS available through a rotation like Salmon Run is now, the seasonal update schedule leaves me bored half way through the season and it was more fun when we got content spread out but constantly each month, and overall I feel like this game is much less stable then 1 and 2 which is crazy because that shouldn't be the case.
Only things I liked about 3 over 1 and 2 is everything done with Salmon Run, the updated gear system that now lets you change your main ability on anything, the seasonal splatfests look amazing, the base game story mode of 3 was such a step up in so many ways over the first two, music was very good, and finally the additions of squid roll and squid surge make the game much more enjoyable to play.
I just can't get over how it took 21 months for launch weapons to get a second kit. It singlehandedly prevented me from feeling like Splatoon 3 was a "complete" game until a few months ago
Short answer: No.
Long answer: No on the amount of content and the frequency of drops, half yes on what we actually got. New weapons, the art, the music, the new specials (besides Screen, screw Screen), the DLC, the splatfests and big runs, the few actual challenges that change the game, those are all amazing. The weapon kits and maps on the other hand...
If we got a mid-season content update with a montly or bi-monthly balance patch inbetween major updates, the system would be great. 5-7 extra kits, more gear, some SR stuff, QoL tweaks, Tableturf cards and maps, etc. would all be great for mid season patches, and would have given us all second kits FAR earlier than the end of the game's support, allowing for 3rd kits to be added around early year 2.
thank you for all you’ve done for the splatoon community, especially during this generation. i’ve been playing splatoon since it debuted, but i’ve never had this much fun with the game (gameplay wise) until you introduced me to the comp scene. i’m incredibly happy with how i play now and it’s been a blast. can’t wait for whatever’s next!
11:24 As a SO speedrunner I'm doing my part o7
It’s unfortunate that we never got 3rd kits or even Tri-color in pbs
I LOVED the new weapons, I think all of them were great
I think an enhanced port for the next console with a content extension and more story conent while a HUGE splatoon 4 is cooking would be the best scenario
Terraria Calamity OST jumpscare LOL I thought I opened up Terraria
Great way to start the video!
Calamity music and splatoon COOKS togheter
I think that it is good enough as long as we get splatoon 4 in the next year or 2
the updates were generally great but the fact the catalog basically burned everything to ground makes me hope they never do a 3 month update cycle ever again, even if it means we wont have every main weapon from s1 & 2 at launch like we did here
my favourite update in this entire game was being able to OVERSIZE your shirts that changed this entire game from mid to peak DRIPTOON 3 baby
Bro I just got off of Calamity modded Terraria to watch this video, and the music made me think I left it open 💀
I love the attention Calamity music is getting rn :)
I never hear enough of it
it's just so peak
honestly, i wouldn't mind if the next splatoon game was singleplayer focused. after being with this series for 9 years and playing many very good singleplayer games, i realize from side order's production value that the dev team could make something really amazing. splatoon's core design aspects could lend themselves to a really interesting larger-scale third person shooter experince. games like dishonored, cruelty squad, and boneworks are part of what makes me think this. good games.
8:36 Honestly I completely agree with this. The same thing happened with the shift of Splatoon 1 to 2. I wouldn’t be shocked if this was the case.
Splatfests normally i actually think were handled fine, the problem is the themes.
And for grandfest i really feel like it was unfair becajse it was S1 veterans vs everyone else it almost feels like the plan was for deep cut to flop so we can get a team future dlc in S4.
I actually went back to s2 for a day. And man, it felt so different.
Where splatoon 3 dropped the ball for me was it's treatment of Frye, Shiver, and Big Man. I've been watching splatoon content since the beginning. As soon as I started earning money, my second switch game was splatoon 3.
After I finished the story mode and did 100% Alterna, I expected more from this group that wasn't locked behind sea scrolls. With 2 years gone by, S rank reached and multiple evp 999s, I realised the trio were never truly given the spotlight.
That wave 2 DLC should have been their opportunity not Pearl and Marina (still love them tho). It should've delved deeper into the chaos theme with Deep cut at the helm. For example we learn from the scrolls that shivers lineage was not affected by the great turf war as they still got to live on the surface,
Why were they allowed to do so?
Were they on the side of the inklings?
It could still be a rogue lite but we could help Deep cut on their heists.
The more money you "borrow" decorations would pop up in the splat 3 plaza and food shops you can interact with including a cutscene of you eating.
I'll stop there but you all get where I'm coming from. When the skip button was introduced the community needed a dlc to get closer with Deep Cut. Let's be real guys other than splatfests when was the last time you read their dialogue.
Splat 3 has absolutely set the roadwork for 4 to knock it out of the park 😈
I think S3 made it really clear how many issues s1-2 had and it being fixable in a leap from 1 game to another was a lot to ask. The good news is (hopefully) there's a lot less things to focus on, so many small things got fixed that can hopefully drive attention to the main things like kits or maps.
Love me some calamity music
Table turf was the weirdest thing to me. It really seemed like a good mode for taking a break from standard gameplay and if developed could have been a main thing. But there are just so many things that they didn't do that I thought they would, I thought they would ad online matchmaking, I thought they would add music (besides the ONE song) I thought they would add it to the menu... I didn't even realize for like the first month that the game launched without a way to challenge other humans. So weird.
HOLY FUCK PROCHARA PLAYS CALAMITY SO FUCKING BASED
calamity? Calamari Inkantation????
Splatoon 3 honestly had fantastic updates and changes throughout the life cycle compared to where we were at the start. I think the kit drip feed is the main thing people are upset about, and me too of course, but everything else around it? Perfect. Loved the seasonal model, loved all the new things they added. Loved many of the new stages, particularly in the game's 2nd year. Splatfests were fun, tricolour was fantastic, particularly as the points system pertained to the splatfests, I think people don't give enough credit to the clever game design of getting an ultra signal to get clout to add depth to the dynamic of tricolour. And getting a full win as an attacking team on tricolour was always so satisfying, easily my favourite mode.
0:00 Starting with Tale of a Cruel World is such a perfect music choice, oh my god
I remember when it was first revealed that Xenoblade 3's release date was bumped up from September to July I joked about how they swapped it and Splatoon 3's release date, but the more time that's passed the more likely it seems that that's actually what happened lol
According to those in the know, that’s exactly what happened.
This whole game was, "I wish this was handled better but we have to stick with what we have I guess" the fact that we didnt get a new mode (outside of tri color) for pvp battles baffles me, specially when there was like 3 whole new gamemodes scraped from Splatoon 2
rip spoon the third
They better increase the amount of inkable walls in the maps. It makes it harder to counter long range weapons when you have no bomb or displace special.
It’s a shame that S2 ranked is effectively unplayable these days. I always look back on that game more fondly than S3, especially now that both games are “complete.”
Yoooo the Calamity Ost caught me off guard lmao Hella love Terraria! and also Rockin Vid Chara! 🔥
Well, i guess we will just have to wait for the switch 2 to see the next splatoon game, and i personally can't wait to see how past's victory impacts the game!
8:03 I do hope that the next game implements limited kit customization like you mentioned in a previous video.
Surely they’ll release some sorta cosmetic or something for splatoon’s 10nth anniversary this may.
Honestly, no. Weapon kits were disappointing, the maps were boring and small with not many changes. The story mode was sort of a lackluster repeat previous modes and should have been longer, the lack of different modes was bad, and specials were also lackluster as well. Customization was also very lackluster, and the 3rd map was relatively small. I honestly missed most of the splatfests, including grandfest, and tricolor was semi-annoying. Catalogues were also lackluster, and I wish we got a way to access all of them at the end of the game.
Man im just HAPPY that they will repeat Splatoween/SpringFest and SPECIALLY FrostyFest.
Switch "broke" from October 2023 to May 2024 (overheated pretty fast and would turn off after 3 mins or so of play, even in handheld mode, till I found out that ALL I HAD TO DO was remove a tiny plastic piece with a needle on the motherboard, runs perfect nao). Missed like 7 or 8 fests in all those months, and I couldn´t live with myself knowing I missed that amazing FrostyFest Lobby song "Yule Tide". I mean, listening to it on the Internet is just not the same. The Music is what got me into Splatoon after all, I can´t wait now!! :)
Also hoping that they announce Private Splatfest matches anytime soon?? They announced em´ like 2 months b4 S2 Final Fest back in 2019, what´s the hold up now!?
I think what happened with PBs is that Splatoon 2's FinalFest was supposed the true FinalFest (with the additional Splatfests only happening cause of COVID and an anniversary tie-in with Mario), but in S3 we're still getting more planned Splatfests after grand festival with the seasonal Splatfests
I’m absolutely certain a big part of why Future got zero points is because they got shafted in their own game. Sidelined in their own game’s story mode to put more Squid Sisters was such a bad move.
And since Squid Sisters just won the final fest, it’s safe to say I don’t see Deep Cut ever returning. A very very unfortunate fate for what could’ve been another great idol group
Did you see that one video too? About how Deep Cut got sidelined? Cuz yeah, I agree with you there. I even think they did them dirty in the Grand Fest performances a bit (why did Big Man only stand there and move his arms?) Sometimes I wonder what was even the point of making them.
However the devs decide to take the past theme, I hope that they at least put references to all 3 of Deep Cut's clans somewhere. Put those secret scrolls to more use, y'know?
i can't believe i'm actually saying this, but i'm gonna miss deep cut. i remember how astonished i was at splatfests when i first opened the game up to anarchy rainbow playing, and how much i came to love the characters as the game went on. keep in mind that i initially kinda hated deep cut when they were revealed, and only *really* started to enjoy them as they were once i got to play the new story mode in 2022. but after all of the character development and grandfest making me realize how attached i've gotten to all 7 of them, i came to finally appreciate them as much as i should've.
deep cut was always such a write-off, but they were great when they got to shine. i may love the squid sisters and even more so off the hook (i was team present lol), but deep cut will forever hold a special place in this community's hearts.
EDIT/NOTE: i should mention that i spent ~20m staring at the anarchy rainbow stage because i was especially astonished at how much splatfests felt they had evolved. color pulse was classic, yeah, and so was the square, but splatsville used to be something else back when i was forced to use it. honestly, i think actually being able to reside in inkopolis square as usual after side order like we did all of those years ago just made splatsville stand out less, and i personally think splatsville would've been a little more special if i was still forced to use it. oh well, i'm glad i get to hear color pulse every splatfest once again.
the end of their involvement in the singleplayer campaign ends with them promoting an overexposed legacy character to boss
how did they manage to bungle up deep cut this badly?
Yeah, I absolutely loved the concept of antagonistic idols. Pirate idols, at that. Too bad they weren't explored enough.
I easily see them coming back as a cameo or starring in a DLC,similar to how OTH did. Now that the Octo Expansion saga seems to be concluded the have the opportunity to make a new story, and why not redeem the characters that got sidelines so hard due to a variety of factors. It depends on where they take the story and seeting for Splatoon 4.
Personally, I, too, grew quite attached to this idol group towards the end of S3 and would love to see this.
I love this video, nit because of the content but because of the calamity soundtrack
two years is way too short
Imagine waiting the whole game's lifespan in anticipation of third kits and then they just suck ass
Ashbinary's thread about S3 earlier this week really illuminated just how troubled S3s development was
I need the ability to choose hubs as a mainstay it feels so nice to be able to travel and it brings big world building imo, never once played table turf
The end of regular content means the beginning of irregular content. Get ready for wacky third kits on a random update early Wednesday morning.
comparing the game to splatoon 2, i would say it does miss third kits, but as a standalone experience i really cant look at splatoon 3 as anything other than a complete package. I really dont know where the commonly copypasted argument comes from that splatoon 3 feels unfinished, especially considering that the people echoing these arguments never really manage to point out *what* it is missing exactly, aside from the low hanging fruit of third kits.
This fanbase doesn't know how well they have it if they actually think Splatoon 3 is an "unfinished game."
Let's be real people just say that as another way to say "I Just didn't enjoy it as much" because it's funny when you look at the numbers im 75% sure this this the game with the most stuff out of the 3 period lol, in basically every regard
Ok from my perspective Splatoon 3 is unfinished for a number of reasons. Side Order for supposedly being a rouge-lite does not have enough levels or bosses for it to feel like each run is different. I already had repeat levels 3 runs in which is a shame especially with how many times you need to complete the spire for 100%, TLDR there is not enough replayability not to mention the lack of lore. The catalogue was repeated only a few updates in which gave them the excuse to not add in as much new gear each update, (I really hope they don't do catalogues again next game it's insanely annoying and grindy) the fact that they still haven't added all of the emotes to camera mode, the severs, and don't give me the "It's your wifi" excuse I use and have used the same wifi as when Splat 2 was out and I have gotten 10x more disconnects in 3. Locker physics being abysmal, table turf not having it's own que. Last thing would be 3rd kits but that's not really something I care all that much about.
Obviously Salmon Run is better, and ROTM is good although it is just an easier version of Octo Expansion.
I only started playing Splatoon 2 a proper amount when all of the splatfests were done with, and I still had a lot of fun with it. I'm sure there's still plenty more the playerbase can get out of the game between now and the next title. I do hope there's occasional throwback online events for people (like myself) who missed Big Run entirely.
HOLY SHIT THE THE ENTIRE MUSIC IN THIS VIDEO IS FROM TERRARIA/TERRARIA MOD ???????
As long as 3rd kits happen, I’m chilling. Satisfied with the content model but could be better next time around
i always thought 3rd kits were something added to an already existing weapon, like a new thing to use instead of just the main, sub, and special 😅😅
Splatoon 3 definitely felt like a stepping stone game to something greater in Splatoon 4
The thing I'm most excited for in Splatoon 4 is something that a Splatoon 3 update could never do...removing Reefslider and Tenta Missiles.
friends i played with left because the updates were lackluster and slow. eventually i quit too; it sucks but it could be so much better. also, the stuff they waited to implement was experienced by less and less people. maybe if they didn't wait 3 months to give recolors of weapons people would stay interested?
when i played splatoon 1 and 2 it was after the updates were done for, so now that we have reached that stage for splatoon 3, im hoping this is where the game goes from me "liking" it to "LOVING" it. Yknow? I guess we will see what happens next
I feel like we give the developers too much crap for how they dealt with this game. Looking back, you realize that they made SO many impactful changes to this game, Splatoon 3 on launch was missing so many things that we now take for granted
Giving us shit and then cleaning up the shit later does not a good game make
@@HeDronHeDronHedron Case in point LOL
I will never get how some people are so insistent on always focusing on the negatives. (Also, isn't that just called fixing your mistakes? I'm pretty sure that objectively does make for a better game lmao)
A major point I think it's often forgotten is that seasons did a number on them, as they couldn't choose when to drop a big update or smaller updates. They had to rely on the same 3 month gap to release new content or major stuff, which made the game quite stale at times.
Seasons is a new thing for Splatoon, which showed both good things and bad things. One example of how it was a bad decision regarding new gear was how they tried to use old gear as unlockables in the catalog until they saw it was impossible to publish all that gear in the 2 years with how little amount of gear they offered each season (which that amount was their own choice and it was sometimes rather ridiculous, if you ask me), releasing it all together in an update.
Working each season to get back your last rank was really cool, but with how terrible matchmaking could become sometimes, you could get a guy who at some point was Top 500 in X rank fighting against S rank level player, and it made zero sense. It was good to keep track of each season's accomplishments but, overall, seasons didn't do much for Splatoon (especially for casual players) and I think it can be maintained for the sake of map releases, catalog, and such.
Splatoon 3 felt like devs mixing Splatoon 1 + 2 together, bringing conclusion both lore wise and perfectioning the last bits that were missing from Splatoon 2. However, it did try to milk dry past content (especially gear and lore) too much and too obviously. I still can't believe we didn't get losing animations and kensa weapons.
I loved the new mechanics such as squid roll and squid surge, Salmon Run Next Wave, victory animations, the locker, banner, title and badge customization and the gambling machine (which was much a much needed way to get rid of gold coins).
All in all, an amazing game I will continue enjoying to my hearts content, despite my complaints. Feel free to tell me anything that you loved from having seasons included! I might be forgetting some good points about that feature.
i genuinely think this game should have had a 3rd year of updates. Dont release too many new stages and focus on fixing the existing ones. as well as the play on the number 3. 3rd game, 3 years, 3 kits. and the grand festival would have happened in the same year as splatoons 10th anniversary (which would have been *PERFECT* might I add).
they could have also ddelayed side order a bit and added more content/ story to it. then bundled Splatoon 3/the 3 plazas/ and side order onto the switch 2
I unfortunately missed the grandfest. I was going to play Splatoon 3 during the Splatfest, but it completely slipped my mind when it was actually ongoing... Oh well.
This game(in my opinion) has the best endgame meta because in s2 and s1 all it was was just sitting back and spamming the “meta” specials while here it’s diverse, has freedom, and actual counters to the “meta” specials
Wow i didnt expect calamity mod soundtrack on the video
Tricolor Battle would actually ba a nice ranked mode in my opinion. Just make the attacker's a single-colored team with A LOT smaller spawns (or bigger spawns for the team of 4) to balance out their paint advantage and it would be a nice king-of-the-hill-variant.
Also I want the percentage counter in regular turf war :D
What team are you guys picking for the four repeat special SplatFests?
i have a theory, 3rd kits will release for Splatoon 3's 3rd anniversary, y'know because 3.
I have had a theory from the very beginning of three that with all the scrap stuff such as the scrap lobby scrapped splat fest hub,and scrap mode. I really do think that this was mostly another game testing there. I say the waters that’s why I also think some of maybe the challenges are used for testing.
The calamity music goes hard
Personally, I feel like this game is in a near-perfect state the way it is. Even it’s more glaring issues like kit balancing and map designs aren’t even that bad (at least to me). Looking back, it’s really funny to me that I was first hesitant to get this game but now I’m in love with this series
Throughout these two years I thought this game was honestly bad compared to the other games, but now that I’m really thinking about it the game was just more balanced and honestly pretty fun, I just wish the stages were more fun and that we have more options to pick them instead of waiting for hours just to play ur faves. I think with splatoon 4 they will definitely have the option to add even more content they’ve been wanting to do for years now with team past winning it makes you wonder if they will bring back all the idols or if the story will have a different turn.
At the end, I am glad I have both 2 and 3. They both have features and content that the other lacks, and while I do prefer 3 over 2, it just goes to show that these games are not $60 DLC; they are each their own game.
Splatoon 3 really did release at such an awkward time. S2 wasn't going to last forever, but they couldn't stretch out the game either. There *had* to be a new game so the switch could have more multiplayer games worth playing or getting a switch for. Now, having the lite and oled and the endless special editions, S3 had to come out to make the switch as much money as possible. So, S3 is squeezed between new editions of a console nearing the end of its' lifespan, and having to end quickly so the team can focus on making a new game for the successor of the switch. It sucks to see this game go so quickly, and I hope S4 can get some much needed love, but if this series turns out to be the next cod for nintendo, I don't think I'll continue supporting it.
The sad music makes this feel like the end, but good video nonetheless
I love salmon run in S3. Since it was my first S3 game I’ve ever played
was sad that squelchies never got a little more love
I still have hope for Splatfest matches aswell as Tri-Color to be added to private battles in an upcoming balance patch with maybe even challenge modes getting added too but I'm not too sure about that last part as they tend to repeat the challenges now even with the same stages everytime and giving that away in pb's could impact the queueing in the actual mode so uhm idk
Not to say that every update/change was bad
(for the most part I the video did a good job explaining what was done right),
but I feel like the updates were fine at best, and disappointing at worst.
There were so many problems that never got solved, and I hate that fact.
Behind all the problems including:
Connection problems;
Horrible map designs;
Questionable balancing;
Lack of weapon kits, exists a movement based shooter that's really:
Interesting;
Fun;
Mechanical;
Unique.
And I hate that a game I love so much has had so many problems throughout it's life, that were never fixed.
still salty theres no new haircuts tbh 😭😭
I feel like the map designs mostly being just long hallways soured a lot of the games experience for me despite liking so many things about 3. It made it a lot easier for long ranged weapons to just shoot down the choke point constantly, making almost every match an upwards battle. Obviously more maps got added and reworked but it took awhile and by then I spent most of my time with the game in these unfun matches.
Splatoon 3 has the best quality of life and other side features and stuff like that i hope they take those aspects and send them to 4 and also look what wasnt working and tweak them
Even is splatoon 3 probably got pushed aside a bit I still love this game for its gameplay music uniqueness and salmon run for its more team based gameplay and need to fill the amount needed instead of just live through a wave and the king bosses are fun and I love side order as its fun even if a bit easy at time and I love how it’s more colorless but still showing some color and I love the idols with of the hook first then squid sisters second then deep cut and I love the music especially the idols ones and I like the graphics if we ignore the splatsville hub as everything else looks beautiful and I like environments like all the stages are unique with their own vibe and I like how some show in the distance other locations to make the their world feel more real and sure I saw splatoon 2 first through gameplays but splatoon 3 if my first splatoon game so it’s special so me and sure it’s not perfect but it’s still a fun game