There could just be something about third-person shooter control schemes that fit the gyro controls to a tee. The Splatoon games are of course the gold standard, but I also like how it's implemented in the Switch version of Risk of Rain 2. Controllers and gyro, if done effectively, are for sure excellent. Seeing from your experiences that getting back in seems smooth, however, is encouraging. I think Splatoon 2 could be a nice return as well, but the thought of doing so makes me rather nervous, with fears that maybe I've been left in the dust during all that time away. In the multiplayer space, the game I'd most recently returned to was Rocket League. Not the best thing to have no warnings about! Those gameplay fundamentals, though.they're still soooooo good each time I come back to them. I found it a bit annoying, however, that with numerous patches/updates happening in between that hiatus, I was running up against new enemies in stages that I had played endless times before. In the single-player space, the most recent game that I'd taken up again after a long period away was Dead Cells. Sneakers: all the cool inklings love a good pair.Controllers and gyro – I know you have an opinion.What’s a game you’ve put down, thinking that it was for good, only to go back to it?.It’s shocking to me that more games don’t take how Splatoon controls and moves, straight up. Oh, and of course, the controller + gyro support is at its best here. That paint is linked to ammo, to charging one’s special, to movement, to the score at the end of the game. The mechanics still sparkle – everything is just so well integrated. Lobbies fill quickly, matchmaking isn’t too busted, and most of the games are pretty even. I think only Demon’s Souls, 3D Dot Game Heroes, and Yakuza 3 have previously had the honor.Īnyway, I was able to hop back in to Inkopolis and its assorted battlefields last night and… yep, this game just does so much right. So Splatoon 2 gained entry into a rare echelon of games: those that I’ve played, considered myself done with, swapped, and then later were welcomed back into my game collection. Thinking about it, I remembered that I had more fun with the kids/squids/octolings than most online competitive games. Meanwhile, in my hobby-within-a-hobby of swapping games with strangers through the mail, someone had a copy of Splatoon 2. Last week, I expressed some frustration about GT Sport‘s online multiplayer.

Hobby kids playing splatoon two