Splatoon+rouguelite works extremely well by allowing the weapon variety to shine with customisation and by tying the rouge genres speciality of randomness to tie into a clever story. Not an amazing story but a clever one which is especially cool because of its ties to the final splatfest of splatoon 2 . The aesthetic of splatoon here is obviously taking some inspiration from the NieR series but the music and enemies and sound design help it stay to feel like a splatoon. I just really want to play more because the weapons here feel like they will all feel good which is especially different to the online where weapons can feel unbalanced.

In the last couple days I’ve seen a couple films loosely about memory (memoria 2021 and paris,texas 1984) and I loved both but I think this the best. For me I see that the memory in this game is influenced by the writer protagonist of this game projecting their imagination onto the story of the obra dinn and it then becomes this wonderful story with exiting drama and brilliant unique storytelling. Like a great film every frame of this game is like a tapestry filled with visual storytelling and compelling style. The game design is similar to another game I love immortality 2022 where the player would view multiple parts non linearly and fit them together into a story. I honestly never thought I would play a game with this storytelling/game design again but I love that I have because it’s one of the most thrilling things I’ve seen in any game. It’s like if figuring out dark souls lore was the entire game. I think this game goes for a more compelling approach rather than immortality. In immortality the videotape presentation was apt for the story they were telling but it was less compelling than obra Dinn’s 1 bit navigation. However in turn immortality is able to tell a bigger more thematic story than obra dinn. This game is just a unique exiting masterpiece I just love it so much.