Is Foamstars Even Ethical?

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I was willing to give Foamstars the benefit of the doubt about copying splatoon until I learned that the foam is made from the characters' bodily fluids... which like, of all the things to """be similar""" to Splatoon, why that ?

I find it incredibly funny that the ONLY person I’ve EVER seen talk about foam stars is captain astronaut.

Foamstars is giving "Splatoon meets Overwatch 2". And I mean that in the most derogatory way possible

"The in game Store" "the in game store?" was so on point for Ace Attorney

I think the one actually bad thing Fortnite is guilty off is making battlepasses and limited time stores popular

$45 for a skin is fucking insane

I think one silver-lining to this whole generative AI discourse is that folks are starting to see (once again) just how much this fancy new tech is really only going to benefit the supply-side of the equation. There's all these people preaching the gospel because they hope to get something out of it, but there's few folks dying to consume what would be churned out, while far more continue to see it be used for sketchy or nefarious purposes. Even without legislation, we're already seeing the bubble starting to pop because companies and peddlers overestimated how much the average consumer would want - much less, blindly accept - the "inevitability" of AI content.

Seeing the AI album art in Foamstars just makes me appreciate Splatoon's album art all the more. Even without any texts, the art in Splatoon tells so much story and even expands on the lore of the game, instead of just being random images for the sake of just being there. Also, let me add another guilty verdict in for they copied Splatoon 2's Marie in kimono with an umbrella at 11:51!!!!! JK, JK. LOL

I like the biggest sin being square Enix💀

10:49 OBJECTION! You forgot the important detail that Splatoon 3's catalogues have no FOMO because anything you missed out on either from previous seasons or the one you were in the middle of is added to the ball dispenser machine in the lobby, nothing goes away. It's similar to how Deep Rock Galactic does their battle passes too, nothing goes away and everything is added to the regular loot pools afterwards

It's... It's just Splatoon but hornier! They definitely could have gone the other route; instead of making you travel through the liquid you spray faster, you end up slower regardless of the team that the liquid belongs to. So it's a bitter fight between both parties in securing zoning strategies without ruining their own pathing to-and-fro. Liquid shooters have so much potential, but nobody seems to want to take advantage of it.

The only battlepass I can levy no complaints against is DRG's. It's an unlock tree that lets you get skins and accessories without spending crafting resources. Once that season's over, everything that you could've gotten in the season goes into the in-game crafting table, so you can still make it at any time. Getting it during the season just means you're not spending in-game resources for it, so the FOMO is very low.

This entire thing being structered like an Ace Attorney trial is great

I am foaming at the mouth stars

The first point I can kinda understand the “taking inspiration” points, BUT I think there needs to be a certain balance between being able to take inspiration and bringing in ideas. I feel like I've not seen many original ideas from it besides the character designs.

"your honour, square enix" D E A T H

Glad you made the point that this is essentially version 1.0 of AI and it’s already causing problems. Scary to think we’re only a few years away from not being able to tell the difference between real and fake videos and we essentially have zero plans on how we deal with that.

Hell yeah, I support the defiance act. No one should be surprised Squenix is trying to lead the charge with AI bullshit. A giant magnet's not enough.

I should note, for all my colorblind and photosensitive people, while the splattercolor sucks, I gotta say the Tritonopia and Tritonomaly options are really nice. (In Splat 3, correction) This past splatfest was really hard for me to live through because the magenta and purple blended too vibrantly sadly (it was the splatfest so everything was glowing too... and dark otherwise, so that sucks.) BUT, the Tritonopia option really helped me differentiate and process the colors effectively.