CPhoenixian

The game offers a fun blend of world building, lore, adventure and interactions between the characters. Definitely a step up from the Splatoon campaign modes of the past. While it doesn’t quite top the storytelling aspects of Octo Expansion, it improves upon what Splatoon 2’s base campaign, Splatoon 3’s Base campaign and Side Order lack in regard to the story it has to offer. It also feels like there may be more in terms of future lore that has yet to be revealed too for Deep Cut and the Salmonids. As far as gameplay goes, it’s your usual Splatoon fare of inking turf to travel about. Granted, the addition of new methods of traversing the exploration levels makes the experience more enjoyable and expansive as well. The downside is the dungeon levels do lack in terms of having some means of dimensionality and liveliness to make it feel like you’re in an underground cave. They are very much reminiscent of what we saw in Side Order (or, rather, exactly like Side Order’s in some cases). Outside of this, the Co-Op gameplay is very seamless and enjoyable, the frame rate is stable and the gameplay loop is enjoyable in the sense that you aren’t rushed to play continuously to catch up, but rather at your own pace.