I'm not playing a game with AI generated art. Square Enix is a 5.27 billion dollar company they can afford to pay human beings to make art. Why should I bother to play something a person couldn't be bothered to make?
I played Foamstars for 1 session. I kind of liked it and thought I'd get more depth from it on following play sessions, but I just couldn't find the motivation to turn it back on. I knew I wasn't going to keep up with the game for its updates and/or battle passes and I didn't have enough fun controlling the characters to really want to try them again. That's kind of on me, cause I only tried the first PVP mode and map. But, I don't think I'd have that much different of an experience if I went back to it. One thing I feel I got wrong, based off my session, was that I felt the foam was too difficult to properly cover terrain and use it to my advantage. But based off your footage, it seems like you can really cover maps and move around. But yeah, the reloading is kind of a buzzkill. I was open to a different way to play a game like this, but I definitely don't enjoy that decision personally. I did enjoy the kill confirm/revive mechanic, though. I'm glad you covered this game, cause of your experience with FPS/Third Person Shooter games! I've only gotten into Splatoon, Overwatch, and Call of Duty, in the genres. Cool to hear you gave it a fair shot and were able to show off and clarify some stuff I didn't really get into with the game.
I think either square enix or its predecessors worked a ton with Nintendo. And now they made a game heavily “inspired” by a Nintendo game. Motion controls included. I do like motion controls though.
This is the best over sited review of foam stars and yes we all agree that is not a splatoon replacement and it is a seven at best, it is enjoyable title for those who are interested in it.
Thanks for making this video! I did consider getting a used original or slim PS4 and PS Plus Essential just to play Foamstars, but later decided not to after I remembered one of the reasons why I went with a Switch OLED Model instead, that being the portability. I'm often on the move and have a lot of Switch games I can play offline, including Splatoon single-player content. (Edit: when I do get some gaming time, I often just end up playing Splatoon 2 and/or 3, likely because I enjoy online multiplayer games, not to mention the addictive gameplay, inky messes, and plaza posts) I do still need to connect to the inernet to play games if I hadn't played them before, but I think that's just becsuse my player profile is linked to a Nintendo account with an active NSO subscription and the connection is likely just to activate NSO cloud save data sync, affer which I can then play offline.
Gameplay wise, I'd play Foamstars. Everything else, I'd go for Splatoon 3. Foamstars is not technically free. It's free for anyone with PS+ until March 5th. After that, you'd have to pay $30 to get it. Unlike Fortnite and Apex Legends, you still need PS+ to play Foamstars online. I love customizing my character, so Splatoon 3 is for me. Foamstars is very lacking in customizing and a single outfit for one character is $11 each. Emotes are between $3.50 to $5.50 each. I would say Foamstars is a much more simplier game than Splatoon 3. It's like Overwatch where the characters have a set weapon and abilities. It doesn't take too long to get good at the game. Splatoon 3 has a lot more weapons and skills to choose from, so it takes a bit of time for any individual to find the right setup and feel comfortable. The game just came out, however I have trust issues with Square Enix keeping the game alive and can possibly shut the game down if it doesn't do well in profits. I wouldn't invest too much in this game unless you really like it or you trust Square Enix enough to spend a little.
Rave breaker is quite different from baristador. Rave breaker manipulates the field to his liking. Adding or removing foam as he likes. Baristador is a complete ranged character. The tactical strike is the most powerful thing in the game, counterbalanced by the summon time. As far as foam, baristador has the flamethrower and can make good walls with his skill but otherwise ravebreaker wins in that field.
14:02 i did the math; a switch lite, a hard copy on splatoon 3 and a year of nintendo online is only $440 USD. a PS4, a digital copy of foamstars and a year of PS4 online is $510 USD. editied cuase some people didnt watch the full video 🫤
I love that you took the time to give an honest review on the game!!! As someone who’s loved splatoon since the month splatoon one released.. i LOVE foamstars and it’s characters! I hope it’s a similar situation to how genshin started as suspiciously similar to BOTW then gradually became its own super cool thing! I’m so excited to see where foamstars is a year from now!! :D
4:48 correnction for people that haven't seen that video: The actual video is 13 minutes long, the rest its just redesigning some maps. Plus in some videos prochara has said how since drizzle season the maps problems have become a lot less relevant, now with a upcoming fun stage too.
Also no hate to the creator of this video, I still like your videos but I really wanted to point that out for people that haven't played both games or watched prochara's video
@@fragzz yes, but it's probably the smallest chunk of bad maps in comparison with the past games. And the chunk will continue to get smaller thanks to the upcoming map redesigns for the rest of the year 🙂
Also when jet justice is in the bubble he and his team can shoot more foam then he usually do and can charge up teams ultimate. Figure to share that info.
@tompeter717 calling it midstars we could call splatoon midtoon or something I haven't seen anyone who plays foamstars talk crap about splatoon yet the other way round you crap on it which to me is toxic
When the game was announced. Even if it was a good game, I knew it wasn't going to beat Splatoon. Especially since the side order DLC was going to be released a few weeks late
@@T1mPanda That wasn't what I meant. If anyone has a switch and a playstation. And have to choose between Splatoon and Foamstars, I think 80% choose Splatoon. Foamstars is not a bad game. but Splatoon is just better
@joopvanhedel1372 splatoon has had years of development and ideas from each of the 3 games you could agree copy and paste but you don't say anything about that
Ok I maybe over exaggerating but is my new favourite dlc. Is a very fun dlc played for around 40 hours of it, if game awards have a dlc nomination this has to be in
Splatoon doesn’t make you pay money for in game stuff besides two lobbies and a fun single player mode. Foamstars makes you pay up to 100 bucks for clothes and uses ai art! It’s pretty simple who comes out on top.
Microtransactions are not that bad. The game literally needs ps+ to be played, so it is free to play :D And playing for around 15 hours (I think maybe even less if you don't do single player things that I agree suck) to unlock the character is not "paywall" it would be if it was like Battlefront...
i know its not truly paywalled but the thing is when the next in-game season rolls around theres no telling if itll become unobtainable or some stupid way to unlock it
@@fragzz I understand the concern, but we can't do opinions based on possibilities. I don't like the last horizon game because they may add microtransactions in future... just don't work this way. However if they do, people can go rightfully judging them.
Not really. Also, Dragonball isn't a turf-based shooter like Splatoon and Foamstars, so it's a lot more obvious when a Foamstars character is inspired by a Splatoon character, as opposed to a Splatoon character being inspired by an old manga character.
They may have said to stop comparing, but not to stop contrasting
I can’t believe they turned Wave Breaker into a living being
*_R34 artists be like:_*
didnt expect to see you here
9:45 "I would enjoy seeing this in Salmon Run."
Side Order:
Man I love color chips
This is unrelated to the video but during the splatfest last weekend me and my friends faced against you and they got scared by your table turf badge
WAIT SAME LMAO MY PARTNER (WHO WAS PLAYING WITH ME) SAID “BRO NEEDS TO GET OFFLINE 💀”
LMAOOOOOO
i love foaming my friends in this awesum foamstar party!!!
I'm not playing a game with AI generated art. Square Enix is a 5.27 billion dollar company they can afford to pay human beings to make art.
Why should I bother to play something a person couldn't be bothered to make?
I played Foamstars for 1 session. I kind of liked it and thought I'd get more depth from it on following play sessions, but I just couldn't find the motivation to turn it back on. I knew I wasn't going to keep up with the game for its updates and/or battle passes and I didn't have enough fun controlling the characters to really want to try them again. That's kind of on me, cause I only tried the first PVP mode and map. But, I don't think I'd have that much different of an experience if I went back to it.
One thing I feel I got wrong, based off my session, was that I felt the foam was too difficult to properly cover terrain and use it to my advantage. But based off your footage, it seems like you can really cover maps and move around. But yeah, the reloading is kind of a buzzkill. I was open to a different way to play a game like this, but I definitely don't enjoy that decision personally. I did enjoy the kill confirm/revive mechanic, though.
I'm glad you covered this game, cause of your experience with FPS/Third Person Shooter games! I've only gotten into Splatoon, Overwatch, and Call of Duty, in the genres. Cool to hear you gave it a fair shot and were able to show off and clarify some stuff I didn't really get into with the game.
Great Review! Very comprehensive, well spoken! Thanks for using my footage and crediting me!
I think either square enix or its predecessors worked a ton with Nintendo. And now they made a game heavily “inspired” by a Nintendo game. Motion controls included. I do like motion controls though.
good thing I’m still playing Splatoon :)
This is the best over sited review of foam stars and yes we all agree that is not a splatoon replacement and it is a seven at best, it is enjoyable title for those who are interested in it.
Thanks for making this video! I did consider getting a used original or slim PS4 and PS Plus Essential just to play Foamstars, but later decided not to after I remembered one of the reasons why I went with a Switch OLED Model instead, that being the portability. I'm often on the move and have a lot of Switch games I can play offline, including Splatoon single-player content.
(Edit: when I do get some gaming time, I often just end up playing Splatoon 2 and/or 3, likely because I enjoy online multiplayer games, not to mention the addictive gameplay, inky messes, and plaza posts)
I do still need to connect to the inernet to play games if I hadn't played them before, but I think that's just becsuse my player profile is linked to a Nintendo account with an active NSO subscription and the connection is likely just to activate NSO cloud save data sync, affer which I can then play offline.
Gameplay wise, I'd play Foamstars. Everything else, I'd go for Splatoon 3.
Foamstars is not technically free. It's free for anyone with PS+ until March 5th. After that, you'd have to pay $30 to get it. Unlike Fortnite and Apex Legends, you still need PS+ to play Foamstars online.
I love customizing my character, so Splatoon 3 is for me. Foamstars is very lacking in customizing and a single outfit for one character is $11 each. Emotes are between $3.50 to $5.50 each.
I would say Foamstars is a much more simplier game than Splatoon 3. It's like Overwatch where the characters have a set weapon and abilities. It doesn't take too long to get good at the game. Splatoon 3 has a lot more weapons and skills to choose from, so it takes a bit of time for any individual to find the right setup and feel comfortable.
The game just came out, however I have trust issues with Square Enix keeping the game alive and can possibly shut the game down if it doesn't do well in profits. I wouldn't invest too much in this game unless you really like it or you trust Square Enix enough to spend a little.
tl;dr
nah
don’t listen to sqenix
Rave breaker is quite different from baristador.
Rave breaker manipulates the field to his liking. Adding or removing foam as he likes.
Baristador is a complete ranged character. The tactical strike is the most powerful thing in the game, counterbalanced by the summon time. As far as foam, baristador has the flamethrower and can make good walls with his skill but otherwise ravebreaker wins in that field.
14:02 i did the math; a switch lite, a hard copy on splatoon 3 and a year of nintendo online is only $440 USD. a PS4, a digital copy of foamstars and a year of PS4 online is $510 USD.
editied cuase some people didnt watch the full video 🫤
Ok
Well done...for typing absolute nonsense 👏
@@T1mPanda😂😂😂😂
i mean, you cant buy a ps4 new anymore, and used a ps4 only goes for around 150, so realistically it is the cheaper option
@@fragzz huh. Well then i stand corrected
The leap year vid man, 4 years changes so much!
I love that you took the time to give an honest review on the game!!! As someone who’s loved splatoon since the month splatoon one released.. i LOVE foamstars and it’s characters! I hope it’s a similar situation to how genshin started as suspiciously similar to BOTW then gradually became its own super cool thing! I’m so excited to see where foamstars is a year from now!! :D
4:48 correnction for people that haven't seen that video:
The actual video is 13 minutes long, the rest its just redesigning some maps.
Plus in some videos prochara has said how since drizzle season the maps problems have become a lot less relevant, now with a upcoming fun stage too.
Plus you can already say that It's outdated just by seeing that the video is ONE YEAR OLD lol
Also no hate to the creator of this video, I still like your videos but I really wanted to point that out for people that haven't played both games or watched prochara's video
yeah im glad map design is slowly improving, but its still an issue with a chunk of the maps in s3
@@fragzz yes, but it's probably the smallest chunk of bad maps in comparison with the past games. And the chunk will continue to get smaller thanks to the upcoming map redesigns for the rest of the year 🙂
Also when jet justice is in the bubble he and his team can shoot more foam then he usually do and can charge up teams ultimate. Figure to share that info.
uhhh….. this is a hard questi- no.
I love how the entire splatoon subreddit just agrees on midstars beeing terrible and dead
The entire splatoon subreddit is just Toxic 💀
@@T1mPanda wdym? Are WE talking about the same subreddit?
@tompeter717 calling it midstars we could call splatoon midtoon or something I haven't seen anyone who plays foamstars talk crap about splatoon yet the other way round you crap on it which to me is toxic
@@T1mPanda I mean theymust be a bunch of manchildren. It is time to grow up and let people enjoy things,
reddit be like
Splatoon is on the 3rd iteration. This game just released.
I like foamstars
One of the things I hate is the respawn time. Good lord you can raise a family in the amount of time it takes to respawn in foamstars
If you shoved Splatoon and Overwatch together
the verticality part is pretty cool.
but paywalled characters is an instant no, lol.
When the game was announced. Even if it was a good game, I knew it wasn't going to beat Splatoon. Especially since the side order DLC was going to be released a few weeks late
What a dumb comment the game wasn't set out to compete with splatoon plus its on a different console 😂
@@T1mPanda That wasn't what I meant. If anyone has a switch and a playstation. And have to choose between Splatoon and Foamstars, I think 80% choose Splatoon. Foamstars is not a bad game. but Splatoon is just better
@joopvanhedel1372 splatoon has had years of development and ideas from each of the 3 games you could agree copy and paste but you don't say anything about that
Have you ever seen the sheep raid or spiky raid waves in the squad missions?
nope
@@fragzz
Those rush waves are crazy. They flood the whole map. Especially the sheep
Why so much sonic music? I'm gatekeeping
0:16 ERMMMMM YOU MISSPELLED DAWNED 🤓
Splatoon 3 is infinitely times better. Watch side order be the best dlc ever
side order was good but not THAT good
Ok I maybe over exaggerating but is my new favourite dlc. Is a very fun dlc played for around 40 hours of it, if game awards have a dlc nomination this has to be in
Would have bought this if it wasn't live service
Splatoon doesn’t make you pay money for in game stuff besides two lobbies and a fun single player mode. Foamstars makes you pay up to 100 bucks for clothes and uses ai art! It’s pretty simple who comes out on top.
i have never touched this game once ever and i have hundreds of hours in splatoon 3 that continue to accumulate but yes i think it is
Yeah, I'm watching the video and I can't fully tell what's happening. All I see is blue and pink!!! 😆
You gotta manage when to reload. It is not the first game to utilize reload mechanics for ammo management.
In my opinion i feel like foamstars is just a slow and clunky splatoon, while i was watching the gameplay I couldn't tell where the players were 😂😂😂
The answer is no
i have nothing to say
I’ll keep playing as long as they update it
I’ve been playing splatoon since the first game and it’s kind of obnoxious to me that people refuse to even give foam stars a chance
FOAMSTARS PEAKKK JET JUSTICE FOR LIFE 😎😎🔥🔥🤠🤠
Games still crap though
You said games so splatoon also 😉
@@T1mPanda nah i was referring to foamstars
@havoctastic_ nah but you said games so splatoon
@@T1mPanda why the fuck would i be talking about splatoon in this context
Microtransactions are not that bad. The game literally needs ps+ to be played, so it is free to play :D And playing for around 15 hours (I think maybe even less if you don't do single player things that I agree suck) to unlock the character is not "paywall" it would be if it was like Battlefront...
i know its not truly paywalled but the thing is when the next in-game season rolls around theres no telling if itll become unobtainable or some stupid way to unlock it
@@fragzz I understand the concern, but we can't do opinions based on possibilities. I don't like the last horizon game because they may add microtransactions in future... just don't work this way. However if they do, people can go rightfully judging them.
And captain cuttlefish is a blatant copy of master roshi...
Not really. Also, Dragonball isn't a turf-based shooter like Splatoon and Foamstars, so it's a lot more obvious when a Foamstars character is inspired by a Splatoon character, as opposed to a Splatoon character being inspired by an old manga character.
@@tacosunbirth
Going leaps to defend that
@@siekensou77Your comparison is really far fetched tbh
@MagicPotato8 how
Master roshi is far fetched?
@@siekensou77 Idk that comparison seems random
Not u calling splatoon perfect when we literally have to pay to play multiplayer after already paying 60 for the game sksk
splatoon is far from perfect, the core movement and gunplay is tho
He addressed this
First comment!😊
Trash review.
nuh uh
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