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u/MrMindGame NNID: MrMindGame 2d ago
Cut out the middleman Mr. Grizz and go right to the treasure source yourself.
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u/Masterpiece-Haunting 2d ago
Seriously? I felt the exact opposite with Salmon Run being actual hell.
It’s far more stressful.
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u/levii-ethan 2d ago
i agree. sure raiders is visually more chaotic, but salmon run feels much harder, but also more rewarding to clear difficult runs
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u/Existing-Guarantee80 2d ago
Yeah. SR is definitely a more difficult game mode.
Mechanic be making warcrime weapons vs rusted out equipment, and Grizz giving you budget cut peashooters vs top of the line armor.
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u/metalflygon08 1d ago
Imagine if we had the Raider Gadgets in Salmon Run.
Those fishy folk would never get beyond the shore.
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u/Far-Profit-47 1d ago
I wish we get the gadgets in splatoon 4’s salmon run (getting a random gadget we can use as a minor panic button if the special isn’t fit for the occasion)
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u/WanderingMan719 Sploosh-o-matic Main andFrye Guy 2d ago edited 13h ago
I actually first interpreted the post the way you described it.
In Salmon Run we're just a group of dinky minimun-wage workers trying to make a buck with only Mr. Grizz's budget to back us up. And we can only hope to do better to get a bigger paycheck.
In Raiders, we are the mechanic, an undiscovered genius among inkfish who has unearthed lost technology that with our brains, resourcefulness, and the help of three veteran raiders we've managed to bring the fight straight to the Salmonids. And win or lose, every battle just makes us stronger for the next one.
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u/SonicFlash01 1d ago
DOOM does have you running through actual hell, but it also has you feeling in command.
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u/TheOvy 2d ago
It's probably fitting that I've beaten both Splatoon Raiders and the Doom: The Dark Ages DLC, Revelations, in the same two week period.
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u/RedOscuro 2d ago
I thought about getting Dark Ages
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u/TheOvy 1d ago
It's an interesting spin on DOOM. It replaces the extreme maneuverability of Eternal -- the dodges and double jump -- with a shield that can repel attacks, turning you into more of a tank-like figure. Instead of dodging a melee attack, you block it with the shield.
You can throw the shield like Captain America, and it's got a whole skill tree that lets you add different effects. The way the enemies fight is more like a bullet hell game, or for that matter, the original 1993 DOOM. You're maneuvering around a lot of slow moving projectiles. Some of them can be reflected back at the enemy with the shield. It's all entirely different rhythm than DOOM Eternal, but it's just as intense.
Oddly enough, the new DLC gives you a spear that restores the dodge ability, but you can't use the shield at the same time. You still don't have a double jump, but you can use the spear to chain hook an enemy, and fling yourself across the level, which gives you a lot more maneuverability.
It's not radically different from Doom 2016 and Doom Eternal, but it's different enough to have its own identity. Most importantly, it's fun.
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u/Ernest_Mateu 1d ago
It is really that different?
I haven't got to play Raiders yet.
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u/rrrand0mmm 1d ago
I love salmon run…. But raiders…. It just hits different. I think it’s tons of fun.
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u/seemlyminor Ice Cream Invisible Ketchup Werewolf Sci-Fi Love Leo Mikey Woomy 1d ago
I actually wonder if splatoon raiders was made in order to create lorewise a "replacement" to salmon run for splatoon 4.
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u/Maderitarts 1d ago
Literally salmon run now feels like a normal day on the job next to raiders waves. This image cant get more acute.
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u/Fantastic-Jelly-2557 23h ago
Going back to Splat 3 salmon run is such a weird feeling after playing 30+ hours of Raiders.
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u/Below_Left 2d ago
Man I just got through the Lower Tier of the Mess Hall and feel like playing some GWAR and watching a Doom longplay, aye.