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[kiguel182]

Ah.

Honestly I played it PS4 and it's a pretty good version.

I really want to give money to itch.io lol. They do such amazing work.

 

[Hellsing321]

I still can't believe some people thought ARMS looked good. It looked like hot garbage from day 1, like a bad Wii idea that never made it

But Arms is good.

 

[Fireblend]

Damn, got hopeful about an Austin guest appearance on the new Beastcast because of that thumbnail

 

[kiguel182]

He definitely practices the "old" style of video games reviews, with a very surface-level overview of "Are the controls good? Do it got graphics?" It's interesting to contrast his reviews with Austin's, which are in a more "modern" style and, I think, more evocative of the actual experience of playing a game.

I mean, Austin can actually write and his level of thinking about a game goes well above Dan and every other GB member. Only Alex really thinks about games more than "is this fun".

 

[imBask]

But Arms is good.

are you ok

 

[TheChits]

But Arms is good.

Yeah it's great. Excited to see what else they add to it

 

[Jintor]

jeff b and vinny down on splatoon

 

[LiK]

jeff b and vinny down on splatoon

Not surprised. He didn't like the first one and the second doesn't seem that different.

 

[imBask]

jeff b and vinny down on splatoon

it's a dumpster fire so it's not that surprising

The cool characters and decent gameplay can't save this fire

 

[Antiwhippy]

it's a dumpster fire so it's not that surprising

The cool characters and decent gameplay can't save this fire

But it's the best multiplayer shooter of the year tho.

 

[soundtest]

the first splatoon was alright for like 3 hours and i never returned to it again. I dont know if it's because im used to playing other online shooters for nearly 2 decades or if it didnt have enough to it but it just didnt grab me at all even while i could acknowledge its originality and style.

It's why ive been super apprehensive to get it on the switch even as im dying to get something else for the machine outside of mario kart.

 

[imBask]

But it's the best multiplayer shooter of the year tho.

The bad inventory management in PUBG is better than any menu in Splatoon

 

[Jintor]

it's a dumpster fire so it's not that surprising

The cool characters and decent gameplay can't save this fire

listen i bore the arms insults but i won't hear this bullshit about splatoon

it is the tightest game design*

*apart from the bits that are shit

 

[Hellsing321]

But it's the best multiplayer shooter of the year tho.

☝️
Most fun I've had with a shooter since Overwatch.

 

[Antiwhippy]

The bad inventory management in PUBG is better than any menu in Splatoon

But the shooting and movement is so much better.

 

[imBask]

But the shooting and movement is so much better.

Sadly you can only experience that in 2 maps (AKA you'll get the same one 15 times in a row), and if you wanna change weapon you have to quit the game and navigate horrible menus

 

[LiK]

PUBG vs Splatoon. Delicious.

 

[Jintor]

i don't know what's not getting into vinny's head, but then, i don't understand why people don't like the base splatoon at all

it would take a reconfiguration of reality for me to understand why you wouldn't like splatoon

Sadly you can only experience that in 2 maps (AKA you'll get the same one 15 times in a row), and if you wanna change weapon you have to quit the game and navigate horrible menus

hit plus, select a gun, hit x go back to the lobby

menus hard

 

[Fireblend]

it's a dumpster fire so it's not that surprising

The cool characters and decent gameplay can't save this fire

Except it's not. Only online MP game I actually like playing with randoms.

 

[Mupod]

the mario sunshine secret level music is permanently stuck in my head

help

 

[imBask]

I don't wanna be TOO hard on Splatoon 2 because I love the characters a lot, and I love the gameplay. But the game actively wants me to stop playing after a couple of games if I get bored of the current map or if I wanna switch weapon and that's TERRIBLEEEEEEEEEEEEE

hit plus, select a gun, hit x go back to the lobby

menus hard

why do I have to load in and out of a menu to do this basic task?

 

[Jintor]

it's actually kind of interesting because i think my capacity for long game sessions has really gone down so i'm way more into popcorn games these days

so every match being like 3 minutes or 5 minutes (+ overtime) actually totally suits me

 

[Bubble Metropolis]

There will never be a more millennial quick look than the Dream Daddy quick look.

 

[soundtest]

i don't know what's not getting into vinny's head, but then, i don't understand why people don't like the base splatoon at all

it would take a reconfiguration of reality for me to understand why you wouldn't like splatoon

you can like splatoon and not love it. i like it, but there's only so much fun i can extract from painting floors for 2 minutes at a time on the same 2 maps for a half hour before im just putting the game down.

it would go a long way for the game to not have that silly ass 2 maps at a time thing. maybe it was excusable with the first game as nintendo was dipping its toes into online shooters for the first time but it doesnt get a free pass this time.

 

[Jintor]

why do I have to load in and out of a menu to do this basic task?

i dunno, but i do it like once every twenty-thirty minutes so i don't really find it annoying

 

[daveo42]

Vinny is the best.

 

[Curufinwe]

So Beast can tell when a B game is boring 20 minutes in, but can't tell after all this time that Blue Bombin is the most boring video series they've ever done?

 

[Death Metalist]

I'm having fun with Splatoon 2 but like LIK said, everyone will forget it in a week or so and I feel that to be true. It's a good game like the first one but to me I feel it's just more of that and it's not necessarily a bad thing but the game just doesn't have its hooks in me which is exactly how I felt with the first one.

However, I'm also not that big on the MP so I guess I'm not the right person to talk about Splatoon. I'm in it for the SP. Sure, I'll play MP here and there but it's not what I'm there for.

So Beast can tell when a B game is boring 20 minutes in, but can't tell after all this time that Blue Bombin is the most boring video series they've ever done?

To you, maybe. Not to me. I want to see the discussions Dan and Vinny get into while Alex busts his ass on them platforms.

 

[Meguro]

I've had more fun with Splatoon 2's Single Player than the entirety of Overwatch tbh.

 

[imBask]

I just wanna add this very important mention :

Most of my complaints about Splatoon 2 were problems in Splatoon 1.

It was sorta acceptable/understandable for a new game, but it's unacceptable for a sequel.

 

[Antiwhippy]

Just because you'll forget it in a week doesn't mean everybody will forget it in a week considering how big it is.

 

[Jintor]

you can like splatoon and not love it. i like it, but there's only so much fun i can extract from painting floors for 2 minutes at a time on the same 2 maps for a half hour before im just putting the game down.

it would go a long way for the game to not have that silly ass 2 maps at a time thing. maybe it was excusable with the first game as nintendo was dipping its toes into online shooters for the first time but it doesnt get a free pass this time.

i like it tbh. a third map per rotation might be alright though just to break up the same map syndrome. i honestly feel like the way ink changes the map dynamism though means even if you're playing the same map you're not really playing the same map - you never play it the exact same way.

i mean, the other thing is i played tf2 maps for like 20-40 minutes or occasionally infinite, so i have no qualms about playing a multiplayer map over and over and over again

 

[Ashby]

If Vinny had a gun with two bullets in it and he was in a room with Hitler, Mussolini and Splatoon he would shoot Splatoon twice.

 

[Phatmac]

Yeah the shooting in Splatoon is bad, but the rest of it is great. It's not perfect for sure.

 

[oti]

I don't wanna be TOO hard on Splatoon 2 because I love the characters a lot, and I love the gameplay. But the game actively wants me to stop playing after a couple of games if I get bored of the current map or if I wanna switch weapon and that's TERRIBLEEEEEEEEEEEEE



why do I have to load in and out of a menu to do this basic task?

You could change to ranked mode. Different maps there.

 

[Antiwhippy]

Also you only really paint the floor in turf war.

Ranked is the real meat of the game.

 

[Jintor]

i played splatoon 1 solidly for about 6-9 months i think. any time my interest would wane they'd bring something in to make it interesting.

I'm hoping they can stick to the same for Splat 2, since a lot of the cool new things they introduced in splat 1 are already baseline in splat 2 (ranked, rainmaker, various weapon types, new maps etc)

conversely i dropped overwatch after about a month. it wasn't boring exactly but it didn't really have any pull for me

 

[Death Metalist]

Just because you'll forget it in a week doesn't mean everybody will forget it in a week considering how big it is.

Only those who are balls deep into the MP. The rest will move on to other games, we're about to get some heavy fuckin hitters soon.

 

[VeryGooster]

Considering how often people were going nuts for those #TeamWhatever Splatfests(? -- I missed out on the first game) I really doubt the game will be forgotten in a week.

I've only been doing regular matches and the single-player stuff but I'm enjoying Splatoon 2 and looking forward to the Salmon Run stuff in a bit.

 

[oti]

Just because you'll forget it in a week doesn't mean everybody will forget it in a week considering how big it is.

Splatoon 2 will still be hot in two years or until Splatoon 3 comes out.

Quote me on that.

 

[imBask]

I should do more Ranked indeed.

Still, not fixing the problems from the first game is horrible and they shouldn't get a free pass for that.

 

[Nerokis]

So Beast can tell when a B game is boring 20 minutes in, but can't tell after all this time that Blue Bombin is the most boring video series they've ever done?

Blue Bombin' is great. Vinny, Dan, and occasionally Alex conversing over a game that doesn't necessarily require your full attention, but is still capable of producing fun, intense, or amusing moments. Plus, as a fan of the Mega Man franchise who's played a limited amount of the games, it's cool to see them.

I've missed it for awhile.

 

[kiguel182]

Splatoon is definetly the most fun I had with a multiplayer shooter in a while. It’s very close if not neck to neck with Overwatch.

The menus are fine even if they have to load in. No loadouts is a bummer.

The map rotation doesn’t bother me. Playing in the same two maps each session isn’t a problem for me. The co cop stuff being on a timer is a bad decision.

It’s a flawed product but as a game it’s a ton of fun.

 

[MassiveNights]

I'll be playing Splatoon 2 all year, it's a great time.

 

[petethepanda]

Splatoon's dumb fucking multiplayer limitations are frustrating as hell, but I still can't get over how much fun the gameplay is. At least it has a good amount of content at launch this time around. The two-map rotation and all the other limitations mixed with the hilarious lack of content made the first few months of the original game rough.

I can't tell if the prospect of watching GB play Kingdom Hearts makes it more or less likely that I'll finally start playing the games myself lol. I've had 1.5/2.5 and 2.8 sitting on my shelf waiting for a couple months.

 

[Antiwhippy]

Only those who are balls deep into the MP. The rest will move on to other games, we're about to get some heavy fuckin hitters soon.

I know, but that's not exactly everyone is it?

You're fine to move on if going through the MP is not for you.

 

[LiK]

Well, I heard Dan talk about Pyre. Wasn't that bad. I understood his point of view. I loved Pyre but I thought it was too short. I guess it's always good to want more.

 

[Phatmac]

The east coast is playing KH, right?

 

[Human Trashcan]

Splatoon 2 looks fun but I haven't bought it for 2 reasons, 1 being that I can't get wi-fi when my switch is docked, and 2 is I think I'd play it once or twice and kinda have my fill. It takes a lot for an MP shooter to really hook me, even when it's very good. I loved Titanfall 2 online the couple of hours i played it but for some reason it doesn't entice me to play it. Whereas I've put over 40 hours into PUBG and hundred+ into Siege. I think I just prefer slower-paced, more tactical online shooters over the long haul. More variety between matches I think.

 

[Fireblend]

I actually like the restrictions in Splatoon. Playing the same 2 maps in a 2-hour period makes me feel like I'm getting better at those maps after every game; games are pretty short so if I start losing the stages start feeling like puzzles to be figure out. Also, if there wasn't a restriction like this one, I fear we'd have the "Final Destination only" effect and people would only be playing on a couple of maps and have a couple neglected forever. I see it all the time in Mario Kart 8 DX and I'd hate to see that here.

Plus you also have ranked mode which is 2 additional maps with different objectives.

I also believe many of these decisions are rooted on considerations related to userbase splitting. If there were team turf wars and solo turf wars modes, that would split the player base. If all ranked modes were available, I could see one being neglected over the others, etc.

The only "restriction overkill" I 100% agree with is Salmon Run, specially with the recent 12-hour schedules. I feel like they underestimated how much of a hit that mode would be. I'm sure they'll adjust the schedule to fit the demand in no time.

And yeah you should be able to change your equipment in the lobby but that is more of a minor nuisance to me than an actual flaw.