{"id":110888,"date":"2020-03-27T18:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-03-27T18:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/reviews\/switch-eshop\/pooplers"},"modified":"2020-03-27T18:00:00","modified_gmt":"2020-03-27T18:00:00","slug":"mini-review-pooplers-were-not-kidding-this-game-really-is-poop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2020\/03\/27\/mini-review-pooplers-were-not-kidding-this-game-really-is-poop\/","title":{"rendered":"Mini Review: Pooplers &#8211; We\u2019re Not Kidding, This Game Really Is Poop"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"media_block\"><a href=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/reviews\/switch-eshop\/pooplers\/large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/reviews\/switch-eshop\/pooplers\/small.jpg\" class=\"media_thumbnail\"><\/a><\/div>\n<aside class=\"picture embed pictures\" id=\"screenshots\"><a href=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/screenshots\/103941\/large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/screenshots\/103941\/900x.jpg\" alt=\"Pooplers Review - Screenshot 1 of 10\"><\/a><\/aside>\n<p>After the monumental success of the <strong>Splatoon<\/strong> franchise, many folks were quite rightly expecting some copycats to appear. Given the high accessibility of the games and their family-friendly nature, some \u2013 this writer included \u2013 even encouraged more of the same from other developers. But we\u2019re not sure any of us were expecting <em>this<\/em> monstrosity. <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/switch-eshop\/pooplers\">Pooplers<\/a><\/strong> is absolutely awful; an incomprehensible mess of a game that we can\u2019t imagine will appeal to anyone other than youngsters who think flatulence is the funniest thing in the world.<\/p>\n<p>You can play either via online multiplayer, or against AI bots. Either way, the aim of the game is the same \u2013 whichever baby covers the most ground with poop before the end of the match wins. It\u2019s fairly straightforward, and there\u2019s no deviation from this objective at all. You crawl around the environment at an incredible <em>slow<\/em> pace with the analogue stick, and expel your fluorescent waste by holding down A (or Y if using a single Joy-Con), effectively creating a trail of poop in your wake.<\/p>\n<p>Random power ups appear throughout the course of matches, which grant you perks such as speed boosts and an explosive bomb of\u2026 y\u2019know, <em>gas<\/em>. But there are also adults patrolling the area, and if you get too close to them, they\u2019ll pick you up and chuck you back in your cot, costing you plenty of time while the other babies fart their way to victory. That\u2019s really about it \u2013 the amount of poop you manage to lay on the ground is designated via percentages dotted around the corners of the screen, so you can easily see how you\u2019re doing in comparison to everyone else. Of course, you can also crawl over your competitor\u2019s poop and cover it with your own poop (and we can\u2019t quite believe we\u2019re writing these words).<\/p>\n<p>Graphically, the game is very barebones, and looks like a game from the early 2000s. Nevertheless, it\u2019s colourful enough, and runs just as well as you\u2019d hope (although we did notice some instances of babies getting stuck in the environment). On the flip side, the sound design is quite simply an assault on your ears. There\u2019s a constant \u2013 and we mean <em>constant \u2013<\/em> flurry of fart noises throughout the duration of the matches. Let\u2019s put it this way, Pooplers isn\u2019t really a game you\u2019d want to play in public.<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019re sure there are people out there that would get some enjoyment out of this game, but quite frankly, we\u2019re struggling to believe that might be true. Its gameplay is sluggish, the graphics are poor, and the general premise is just <em>baffling<\/em>. It may be cheap, but we\u2019d much sooner encourage everyone to save their pennies and go for the real deal instead. This game is a load of poop.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After the monumental success of the Splatoon franchise, many folks were quite rightly expecting some copycats to appear. Given the high accessibility of the games and their family-friendly nature, some \u2013 this writer included \u2013 even encouraged more of the same from other developers. But we\u2019re not sure any of us were expecting this monstrosity. 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