I don't have a Switch, but I am that lucky guy that has a best friend with tons of money to spend. He got the console a while back and he finally got Splatoon 2. I heard great things about the game and so much more, having a Boss Rush mode in the game. I haven't had something like that in years. I went over, took advantage of my friend and played the game. As many of you probably know me already, I didn't like it much. Hello and welcome to this Abstract Review.
The multiplayer has this childish look to it that I love, having so many strange looking character. You freaking have Celebrity Hosts that tell you what maps are in rotation. I love that! And the touch of realism to the celebrity is hilarious. There isn't anything real about them, but the obvious fake smile on the cute black one is just priceless to me. I love it! The graphics are beautiful as well in those Map Rotations. The rest of the multiplayer experience was most destroying kids as an adult. "But there's a good Adult Player base!" says the viewer. I know, but you'll find very little of those. The competition is so low when you first play this game that most of the time players try to ink the players instead of the map. And don't get me wrong, the idea of inking the map is genius to me. A very unique way to win a match, but they made aiming in the game so inaccurate. I know you're suppose to not kill the other team, but why making aiming seem so impossible? Your crosshairs are always where you never want it to be, making being near a wall for cover, changing where you shoot. Just.... Why? "Because you need to paint the map!" says the viewer. But you also need to defend yourself while doing all that. You're trying to claim land and take what you lost back, why hinder the player this much with inaccurate gameplay? It just seem pointless to me. I don't expect this much of a hider on a multiplayer shooter besides damage. Whether or not you use the motion controls (Which are crap), you still won't find any change to it.
And the weapons, if you want to die, please choose the Sniper. Accurate, does massive damage, but you need to charge the damn thing, a long one at that. The weapons leaves you vulnerable for so long that anyone can destroy you without any protection. "But that's the point of the weapon, long ranged combat, not close!" says the viewer. The map isn't big enough for you to do that. The range is long, but doesn't go across the map like other Snipers I've seen. And if you want to win, use the default gun. Great range, great DPS damage, great defence, but it's default... Nothing unique about this gun! If want to do nothing, but still play the game, use the Roller. It's like using a Knife in a Gunfight, you have to get close to do any damage and you have to be pretty close. It's like the Backstab of this game, you have to skillfully sneak up on anyone to get any kills. At least you're painting the map! And if you want to destroy anyone's will to live, use the paint bucket. This is basically the shotgun in this game, but somehow covers so much range. It's random for how far it goes, but it really goes far most of the time. And like I said, it's the shotgun in this game, so it covers so much space. And let me say it again, shotgun, so it does so much damage in one shot. This gun is OP and is such an unfair weapon. Covers more of the map than the Roller though. And that's basically the multiplayer. Unless you count there's no Party or Invite system to it... And the Ults... They're fun.
It's disappointing to see that they don't utilize any of the campaign's awesome mechanics. The campaign is actually fun and is better than the multiplayer experience. It's actually fun, making painting the map more of a reward than just winning the game. You slide on the paint! You freaking slide on the paint and it's so fun and satisfying doing it. Why wasn't that apart of the multiplayer experience. It's like how Doom was handled, they put every piece of effort to make the campaign fun and interesting, but the multiplayer is just a joke and made the new guys do everything unsupervised. You can even Skate 3 Grind on stuff, making mobility so fun and fluid, I wish they made the multiplayer experience like that and they would have made the maps so much fun to walk around and paint. It would have been Titanfall 2 for kids!
The only redeeming thing about this game is the artstyle and campaign. The multiplayer is mediocre, having so much wrong with it and so much they could have done to make it better and fun. And that's my thoughts. I would really love this game, but like I said already, the multiplayer is bad. If I were to rate it, an 8 would fit nicely for the campaign, but the multiplayer brings it down to a 6. I hope you enjoyed this and 'til next time...
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