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.