Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

There was a time when I was heavily into shooter games. I sunk hours and hours into Halo 2 & 3, then did the same with the first few Modern Warfare/Black Ops titles. After a while though, I got totally burnt out with these style of games. Not to mention I was tired of the ultra competitive jerks that inhabited the online lobbies. I probably haven't bought a Call of Duty or Halo game in the last 5 years. When I saw the press about Splatoon it immediately peaked my interest. So now I've got the game and I have to say, I totally love it. Leave it to Nintendo to take a beat to death genre like shooters and inject it with personality and approach it from a new perspective. The change from being concerned with just killing the enemy to having to cover the ground with your paint just brings a whole new life to this game for me. Many have complained about lack of voice chat, but for me it is totally fine. I don't have to deal with the ultra-competitive jerks that I referenced above. Some folks say that lack of voice chat prohibits planning with your team, but I haven't really found that to be a problem. These games are so quick and chaotic that I don't really see how you could plan much anyway. It's not like a tactical shooter where you have longer drawn out matches where you have to coordinate to take enemy bases or anything like that. And when I say chaotic I mean it in a good way. The other major complaint this game is getting at launch is the lack of content. Yes, there is limited content, but the developers have promised a ton of FREE DLC, and it's all coming soon. So to me, this game was more of an investment. The developers won't be charging for the initial wave of DLC and for me it's totally worth it to have the game at this stage knowing that it will get beefed up over the next couple of months. And besides, I can't see myself getting bored with this game just as it is for a while. I'd probably be playing it tons through the summer even if they didn't release any DLC. Bravo Nintendo for releasing this great new IP. Now excuse me...I've got some floors I've gotta go paint.