The agony and ecstasy is back!
Splatoon's third outing brings some sorely needed quality of life improvements to matchmaking, playing with friends, and competitive gameplay in general. The spawn changes are inspired. Playing with your friends is no longer a chore. Dropouts are handled gracefully. The new weapons add great new variety.
Singleplayer very good, taking some design cues from Octo Expansion but keeping the difficulty curve much more generous. There are some unfortunate spikes here and there, but overall it's a good time.
All that said, it's still a Nintendo online game, so there's plenty of "a communication error occurred" to be had. It's kind of absurd that they charge a subscription (however cheap) for this kind of experience.
Splatoon's third outing brings some sorely needed quality of life improvements to matchmaking, playing with friends, and competitive gameplay in general. The spawn changes are inspired. Playing with your friends is no longer a chore. Dropouts are handled gracefully. The new weapons add great new variety.
Singleplayer very good, taking some design cues from Octo Expansion but keeping the difficulty curve much more generous. There are some unfortunate spikes here and there, but overall it's a good time.
All that said, it's still a Nintendo online game, so there's plenty of "a communication error occurred" to be had. It's kind of absurd that they charge a subscription (however cheap) for this kind of experience.