This is Atari's new console

This intrigues me, the same way that I'm intrigued by two trains heading towards each other on the same track. I want to know more about it, but I cannot think of anyway I would ever throw down money for this. They've got something more than just old atari games planned for it, but hell if I can guess what it is.

robio said:

This is Atari's new console

This intrigues me, the same way that I'm intrigued by two trains heading towards each other on the same track. I want to know more about it, but I cannot think of anyway I would ever throw down money for this. They've got something more than just old atari games planned for it, but hell if I can guess what it is.

SEGA must be thinking, "Are you fucking kidding me? These out of touch fuckers have new hardware and we don't?!" or something like that.

gamingeek said:

travo said:

Then why are you posting the Splatoon stuff in the news section?

I always post multiple stories about a whole range of games in the news section on a regular basis?

I'm not talking about the articles linked above but your posts, reviews, discussion.

robio said:

This is Atari's new console

This intrigues me, the same way that I'm intrigued by two trains heading towards each other on the same track. I want to know more about it, but I cannot think of anyway I would ever throw down money for this. They've got something more than just old atari games planned for it, but hell if I can guess what it is.

Yeah, I'm guessing some third party stuff and maybe 3D versions of old classics.  I want to see the controller.

travo said:

I'm not talking about the articles linked above but your posts, reviews, discussion.

..... just cause.

No one checks the Splatoon 2 thread apart from Sup once in a blue moon.

Nintyfan17 said:

SEGA needs to watch this video.

That hurt my brain

I will have an Xbox one tomorrow. My friend gave it to me cheap cause he got a new one. I will be in destiny on one cause all my friends are there.

I still tried the destiny beta on PS4, good stuff. Seems like a super safe sequel, the strike is nothing different. The story level feels more like a quality campaign. Don't like losing all secondary weapons to a special slot, it's stupid. I love the new powers like the captain America shield.

Google Personalisation settings are fucking me over.

You know if you don't have an account they ask you every couple of weeks to do that form to opt out of their data tracking? Well today, it appears only the page won't work past the first click and just stays endlessly stuck. Same on google and youtube - so I'm effectively locked out of using those sites.

Any idea about a workaround or fix for this?

Splatoon 2 has got good reviews and if reviewed after the DLC hits it would be better.

But if I sound hyperbolic on the Splatoon 2 reviews, well after scanning through my 5th review or so repeatedly telling me that Splatoon 2 is not a sequel (in the sense that it's not a revolution?) - I end up on the VG24/7 review, which is at PAINS to point out that it's not a sequel - and seems to be intent on telling you so repeatedly throughout every paragraph of the review. Here are the bits of the review pointing that out one after the other:

VG24/7 said:

Review title: Splatoon 2 review: an improvement on the original, but don’t expect much all-new

• Nintendo doesn’t do simple, straightforward sequels all that often, but this time it has.
• For Nintendo, sequels either come very slowly or are very different, or both. Splatoon 2 is not that. It’s Nintendo at its most iterative – but that’s okay.
• It’s no surprise that a sequel wouldn’t quite feel as original, of course
• Nintendo is beginning to get a good track record with these Switch ports, and I’m honestly excited for more from them. (WTF? since when is Splatoon 2 a Wii U port of Splatoon 1?)
• Much like Mario Kart 8 Deluxe this is a strong, definitive version of the gameplay presented in the original Splatoon
• (Right so now they are comparing a game will all new content with an actual port - trying to characterise a sequel as a port)
• As mentioned earlier, this is more subtle iteration than the outright reinvention Nintendo often does
• Splatoon was good before, however, and that’s this game’s blessing and curse all at once. While some of the new additions are particularly welcome, especially Salmon Run, this really is a release that honestly barely deserves the moniker of sequel.
• The question of if you should get this game is answered pretty simply: how much did you enjoy the original Splatoon?

They then finish with:

"This is the best Splatoon has ever been, with its excellent core concept now reaching a near-perfect critical mass. Everything has been improved, and its jump-in, quick-fire nature makes it perfect for the Switch and its two modes – just keep in mind that it is absolutely more of the same"

One final reminder after the 50 previous ones in the same review - it's more of the same. Probably not a real sequel. Thanks guys, barely mentions any of the changes and how they alter the game balance which is what I want to know.

Any kind of positives from their review like:

• Without a doubt the best new thing from the Wii U and arguably Nintendo’s best new franchise in a decade or more
• it’s brave, different and brilliant
• There’s a simplicity to the concept of these matches, but lurking behind it all is a deceptive, compelling level of depth that becomes difficult to peel yourself away from.
• the additions and tweaks are smart and welcome, making this an even better execution of a brilliant idea
• On the singleplayer - This vastly improved level design pairs off with a much wider variety of enemies to face off against, and some really smart, challenging boss encounters that I actually feel like I want to play through again – something that comes as a bit of a shocker. It’s better in every way.
• Salmon Run honestly might be my new favourite Splatoon mode, a hectic and exhilarating experience that’ll have you screaming at your team mates
• This is the best Splatoon has ever been, with its excellent core concept now reaching a near-perfect critical mass. Everything has been improved

​Are buried between being repeatedly - like a jackhammer reminding you that - nope - not a real sequel somehow? And most reviews are like this to a lesser degree of course.

For me, a sequel on a brand new console with vastly improved visuals and all new content - both single player and multiplayer is a sequel. Otherwise every Mario Kart game that has ever released is not a sequel and neither is any Halo or COD sequel.

gamingeek said:

Splatoon 2 has got good reviews and if reviewed after the DLC hits it would be better.

But if I sound hyperbolic on the Splatoon 2 reviews, well after scanning through my 5th review or so repeatedly telling me that Splatoon 2 is not a sequel (in the sense that it's not a revolution?) - I end up on the VG24/7 review, which is at PAINS to point out that it's not a sequel - and seems to be intent on telling you so repeatedly throughout every paragraph of the review. Here are the bits of the review pointing that out one after the other:

They then finish with:

"This is the best Splatoon has ever been, with its excellent core concept now reaching a near-perfect critical mass. Everything has been improved, and its jump-in, quick-fire nature makes it perfect for the Switch and its two modes – just keep in mind that it is absolutely more of the same"

One final reminder after the 50 previous ones in the same review - it's more of the same. Probably not a real sequel. Thanks guys, barely mentions any of the changes and how they alter the game balance which is what I want to know.

Any kind of positives from their review like:

• Without a doubt the best new thing from the Wii U and arguably Nintendo’s best new franchise in a decade or more
• it’s brave, different and brilliant
• There’s a simplicity to the concept of these matches, but lurking behind it all is a deceptive, compelling level of depth that becomes difficult to peel yourself away from.
• the additions and tweaks are smart and welcome, making this an even better execution of a brilliant idea
• On the singleplayer - This vastly improved level design pairs off with a much wider variety of enemies to face off against, and some really smart, challenging boss encounters that I actually feel like I want to play through again – something that comes as a bit of a shocker. It’s better in every way.
• Salmon Run honestly might be my new favourite Splatoon mode, a hectic and exhilarating experience that’ll have you screaming at your team mates
• This is the best Splatoon has ever been, with its excellent core concept now reaching a near-perfect critical mass. Everything has been improved

​Are buried between being repeatedly - like a jackhammer reminding you that - nope - not a real sequel somehow? And most reviews are like this to a lesser degree of course.

For me, a sequel on a brand new console with vastly improved visuals and all new content - both single player and multiplayer is a sequel. Otherwise every Mario Kart game that has ever released is not a sequel and neither is any Halo or COD sequel.

Well I don't think highly of Mario kart for that reason. As for CoD many times that series completely changes areas, skills, weapons and so on. Yeah the core modes are the same but in the last one you are flying spaceships and the next one you will be in WW2. But that's cause different teams handle them.

To me if the single play is actually different then it's a major sequel, but from the impressions it's mostly the same. The exact same amount of levels, the same structure, I read the final boss is worse. The weapon variety is nice but the campaign doesn't seem to take the next step like say uncharted 1 to uncharted 2.

There is not one new pvp mode. That's kind of crazy for any online sequel. That just screams lazy sequel to me. No change to the online structure, same bullshit few maps rotation.

Salmon run is about the only sequel like addition to the game and that is locked every other day.  So yeah this is clearly one of those quick basic sequels. That does not mean it has to be worse, you can absolutely live the more refined one better than the last. Mario Galaxy 2 was this kind of sequel, it's still one of the best games ever made.