![]() If you’re not familiar with Salmon Run, here’s how it goes. Once I was level four and unlocked the ability to purchase some gear, I also realized I had unlocked the Salmon Run mode. I was able to win half of the matches I played, and in all of my matches I was one of the members of the crew with the highest ink coverage. Most importantly for me, it was a mode of play where I could still feel competitive despite my lack of experience or highly customized gear. Slowly covering the stage with ink and then getting into little firefights over contested points is fun to do and the options for movement and special attacks keep you on your toes. I’d have opponents who would kill me multiple times and then ultimately my team would still win because we had made good coverage our priority. The format supports a style that isn’t inherently aggressive and being able to splat your opponents is useful but not the be all end all. Fortunately it seems like the bonuses are passive enough to where choosing your favorite gear rather than the best gear shouldn’t hinder you too much. ![]() As far as I know right now there aren’t transmogs or glamours or anything similar to that in this game – no subbing in your cool-looking gear while still getting the practical bonuses from the lame equipment. Because these bonuses are attached to specific clothing items, you run the risk of a piece of clothing you like from a mechanical standpoint not being your style from a fashion standpoint. These are passive bonuses like having larger ink capacity, reduced respawn time, or an instant special if one of your allies drops from the game. Each piece of clothing has a main ability and one or more sub abilities that you can unlock by wearing the clothes repeatedly during matches. One mechanical feature key to Turf Wars (and I assume the other multiplayer formats as well) that doesn’t really play into the single player is the effect of your clothing. ![]() I'm doing great, right? #Splatoon2 #NintendoSwitch /VPdD2lQ0LQ- Adventure Rules May 12, 2022 If you get splatted, you’re sent back to your spawn point after a few seconds and can start to make your way back to the center of the action. There’s also a super jump I haven’t quite mastered yet that you can use to launch yourself to a specific point on the map. As a squid you can move more quickly when swimming through your color of ink, and you can jump a more significant distance or swim vertically up walls. You’ve got a main weapon and a sub weapon (the latter is usually a bomb of some type) as well as a special you can unleash when you build enough energy. Naturally Turf War uses a lot of the mechanics I have picked up in the single player mode. Matches are a brief three minutes and during any given timeframe, there are only two active stages in play to switch between if you are doing multiple consecutive matches. While defeating enemies (called “splatting” them) is one tool in your tool belt in this mode, your true goal is to lay down as much ink as possible before the end of the match, making kills a secondary objective. In Turf War, two teams of four squids each compete to cover the largest area of the map in their ink color. ![]() Turf War is one of many versus multiplayer formats in the game – I imagine one could argue that it is the “main” one. If you’re not someone who knows Splatoon well, here’s a description of the modes. But one particular evening I thought to myself: “self, maybe you should try out the online multiplayer and see if you enjoy what many would consider to be the core Splatoon experience.” So I did just that, playing enough Turf War to rank up until I unlocked Salmon Run and then doing a few rounds of that before calling it a night. One of the ones I jump into from time to time is Splatoon 2, originally gifted to my child as a Christmas present but now firmly in my rotation as well as I try to wrap up the single player campaign. In my ongoing quest to find games to keep me busy during the time leading up to the releases of Three Hopes and The nirvanA Initiative in late June, I’ve been hopping around between a lot of games. ![]()
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