TheMoon
Member
Buuuut....
You can always escape
The last 30 seconds are what matters most, I feel. Whoever gets to make that final push count is likely to win.
Splatoon Global Testfire Demo Schedule and Info Thread (https://youtu.be/l4UFQWKjy_I)
- Thread starter VideoMan
- Start date
- Status
Buuuut....
You can always escape
The last 30 seconds are what matters most, I feel. Whoever gets to make that final push count is likely to win.
Buuuut....
You can always escape
When you want to jump to someone can you just tap their big icon on the right? I was always tapping the squid on the map
Askherserenity
Member
Junahu
Member
Can't you be splatted during the charge up period for the Super Jump?Buuuut....
You can always escape
TheMoon
Member
Ok so first off his comment was about escaping through squid form in his own ink not super jumping so...so there 
Seriously though, you can always super jump but that's assuming you aren't killed in the short time you're vulnerable before you actually jump. Its also not a huge deal if they get away as they have just forfeited that area allowing you to set up your defense and paint the area around you.
Seriously though, you can always super jump but that's assuming you aren't killed in the short time you're vulnerable before you actually jump. Its also not a huge deal if they get away as they have just forfeited that area allowing you to set up your defense and paint the area around you.
Out_Of_Ammo
Member
It's pretty fast. You can retreat a bit if you see them coming and quickly jump away.
Dr. Buni
Member
You can, it happened to me once.
TheMoon
Member
Ok so first off his comment was about escaping through squid form in his own ink not super jumping so...so there
Seriously though, you can always super jump but that's assuming you aren't killed in the short time you're vulnerable before you actually jump. Its also not a huge deal if they get away as they have just forfeited that area allowing you to set up your defense and paint the area around you.
And we're back at the conclusion that there's a counter for everything so far. Balance.
blu
Wants the largest console games publisher to avoid Nintendo's platforms.
Agreed. That's one of the charms of this mode (all multi modes?) for me - that it pretty much escalates towards the end. I think that keeping your tactical cool by the end will be paramount.
TheMoon
Member
The cool thing is how sloppiness is punished. If you manage to paint a lot of the outer areas, people are less likely to paint back over them while they clean up after you later so you can accumulate some points with these smaller spots. My team won a lot of matches that way even though the map overall looked to favor the other team by concentrated ink coverage. The small spots added up to a win in the end.
Agreed, Defending your territory in the last seconds, or trying to win it back its huge and all you need its a break to make it happen, specially exciting in close battles.
And we're back at the conclusion that there's a counter for everything so far. Balance.
Totally. That balance combined with the depth and breadth of options left me totally speechless after the first test phase. Amazing stuff.
I am glad you guys pointed that out as I had forgotten about super jumping. It is a nice way if balancing it out.
The kill at :30-:40 shows the power of the vantage point.
https://youtu.be/h-4iMk5CMew
Does spraying the actual roller do anything?
The kill at :30-:40 shows the power of the vantage point.
https://youtu.be/h-4iMk5CMew
Does spraying the actual roller do anything?
Starwolf_UK
Member
Personally it is the games handling of lag that makes the roller frustrating initially. If they run me over, I die even if I was miles away from them on my screen which leads to a lot of cheap deaths. So I have to learn to keep a further distance. Killing them is not even safe as the game lag means they take longer to die (I kill them them immediately get killed by them).
Of course I will always be doomed with lag because regional will include South Africa and Australia (no offense to those places but they are not in Europe yet will be matched up if I go regional) but at the same time not even know (the testfire lacked country flags for players).
As for a few other comments on my mind.
Superjumps can also be frustrating when you end up jumping into what turns into a deathtrap, I suppose that is part of the risk of doing such a move.
In the games I played I noticed I was generally the first player to make it to the larger higher up area in the rig level. Have I got movement down better than other players I matched against (swim in what you've just shot) or do most players not rush there? On a few occasions my teams mates would jump there too to join me.
Of course I will always be doomed with lag because regional will include South Africa and Australia (no offense to those places but they are not in Europe yet will be matched up if I go regional) but at the same time not even know (the testfire lacked country flags for players).
As for a few other comments on my mind.
Superjumps can also be frustrating when you end up jumping into what turns into a deathtrap, I suppose that is part of the risk of doing such a move.
In the games I played I noticed I was generally the first player to make it to the larger higher up area in the rig level. Have I got movement down better than other players I matched against (swim in what you've just shot) or do most players not rush there? On a few occasions my teams mates would jump there too to join me.
I was usually the first to get to where I wanted on both maps because I knew how to ink hop. squid form really is the best.
I don't think I've ever been matched up with European players in Nintendo games - including the Splatoon demo - it's always fellow Australians or Japanese players.
PreyingShark
Member
Looking forward to "I hate this game" when the assigned teams are not in somebody's favor.
Out_Of_Ammo
Member
I can't wait for 4v4 GAF battles. That shit is going to be intense.
TheMoon
Member
Most players probably didn't realize you could get there. I only did so after reading about it here. The game flow is so hectic that you didn't really have time to experiment a lot unless that was your goal or you stumbled over it by accident. It'll probably be easier to explore maps in the full game since you don't have the 1h time limit breathing down your neck
PadWarrior
Member
Man I wish we got another demo play thru
PreyingShark
Member
I hope you can Battle Dojo with yourself to explore a desired map without having to worry about potentially fucking over your teammates online. That would be excellent.Most players probably didn't realize you could get there. I only did so after reading about it here. The game flow is so hectic that you didn't really have time to experiment a lot unless that was your goal or you stumbled over it by accident. It'll probably be easier to explore maps in the full game since you don't have the 1h time limit breathing down your neck
It definitely is the risk vs reward of the super jump. I killed a ton of players by camping that little symbol.
Both. People also paint near the spawn and then make the mistake of not jumping to a teammate.
Mat-triX
Member
The worst I saw performance wise during the testfire was during a match, for like 15 seconds, all the ink I shot out did NOT go on any surface. When shot out a line of ink, it would fall on the floor and disappear. Though, after 15 seconds I was able to cover surfaces again.
It only happened for one match, and I was using the Charger.
It only happened for one match, and I was using the Charger.
Out_Of_Ammo
Member
If you have an extra controller you can just start battle dojo and explore the maps I guess.
What community supplements would GAF appreciate once the OT goes up? Doesn't seem like we'll be able to do MK-styled tournament lobbies.
Friend Code Spreadsheets? IRC Rooms?
PreyingShark
Member
By adding people on GAF that we know or wanted to add because reasons and joining them, and then people join them, and so on.
That's how we do WWs in KartGAF at least.
An NNID spreadsheet would be nice. It needs to have a bit where you can state what region you're from. An IRC room would probably be nice as well I guess.
Can't really think of anything else outside of your ideas.
Hopefully people can join friends in private lobbies even if they aren't the host's friend. I doubt that would happen though.
Dr. Buni
Member
This will be the first game I play with GAF (or so I hope)
...Well, technically the second if New Leaf counts.i ended up making a skype chat if anyone wants into that, but yeah irc or spreadsheets would be nice as well
With all this talk about what's OP in Splatoon, I think that the most important think was missed, the matchmaking. You might abuse the roller in the first matches, but you will be matched with better and better players and you won't be rolling for long. So the stress test is really irrelevant from this point of view.
Starwolf_UK
Member
My very last game did have the effect you describe right as the end of the match. However the ink suddenly popped in out of nowhere right at the last second (almost a lag spike effect),
But more commonly that kind of thing happening usually meant a communication error was imminent (well there was one time it took nearly 30 seconds to kick me back to the lobby). My last (second) hour with the game was full of those.
TheMoon
Member
One of those happened for me during the last hour. It was also foreshadowed by ink not showing up on the floor.
Out_Of_Ammo
Member
Same here. I got 1 disconnect during the 2 hours I played and that one followed after not being able to paint for half a minute or so. First I thought the game was bugging out untill I got kicked.
This was pretty much my experience when playing against people using the roller. They're hilariously easy to take out unless they sneak up on you, then you get to undo the areas they've painted while they're respawning.
Anyone else want more footage?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DIrDrd7u7yA
Short gameplay compilation of my exploits. Enjoy.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DIrDrd7u7yA
Short gameplay compilation of my exploits. Enjoy.
RichardKSJ
Member
Those should work well enough.
To be honest I keep watching these gameplay videos to see if I show up in any of them hehe.
we don't really know yet but it's speculated that there are at least 28 levels and there are going to be different bosses and stuff
here's some of the single player campaign from the japanese stream
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PjpcbDmDSEA;t=1h39m40s
looks pretty awesome to me, so much so that I stopped watching footage very quickly so I don't spoil myself
Dr. Buni
Member
Tough to say. From the videos it seems to have variety and I am expecting it to last around 3~4h at most. Which is good enough (albeit not ideal) for a MP-focused game.
Seth Enosh
Member
IRC sounds like a good idea. That should make it easy to exchange Skype IDs and NNIDs to set up a match.
Some sort of IRC for pick-up games would be nice, although there's not too much we can do with them until we get match-making in August.
Same here.
Haven't appeared in any yet though ;_;
It'd be so cool if there was another Testfire before release. I want to play ;_;
That looks pretty cool but I think I'll have to wait until impressions/reviews.
- Status