What are people's early impressions of Splatoon Raiders? My experience with the series is… the first one mainly. This is quite odd so far. Lots of yapping. And then a sort of arena shooter, with some quite novel mechanics (and some cliches) Then more yapping. The actual gameplay is quite satisfying and it looks quite nice, it reminds me a bit of Borderlands at times (with more squids). I imagine it might be fun in coop.
Not sure though. DK Bananza has really got its claws in (paws? hands?) so I might save playing it for later.
I did also get it as physical media, with all the recent shenanigans I think I'm going to buy actual carts/disks as long as I can.
I turned off the screen shake and crucially the auto follow for the camera. Once I'd done that it was a million times better.
The world and characters are just weird, for sure, but I think the environmental designs and moment to moment gameplay is really solid.
I'm still Playing DK Bananza, and I'm starting to think it might actually be a sort of masterpiece. I also managed to get back a copy of Mario Odyssey (same dev team obvs) I'd leant to someone and I'd been playing the two side by side. What's surprised me is how much more I'm enjoying DKB. I'd forgotten how odd the level design is in Mario - it's quite an incoherent artistic mess at times. DK also has something of the feel of Banjo Kazooie Nuts and Bolts - it's quite flexible with how you solve puzzles and some of the level design is inspired. It also feels very novel - it really does its own thing.
Does your character wear a hat?
It was someone here who suggested that to me around 2016 when I started my temporary 1hr each way commute, that I ended up doing for 5 years!
We should do a gaming 20 questions.
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