I played Octo Expansion in 2024 - Is it still Good?

[@ghastlysaki]

I didn't expect this video to do this well uuuuh..... if you see this follow me on twitter idk x.com/GhastlySaki?t=p9a1TA98tSNwmMDDnYLWFQ&s=09

[@Nutellasuppe2]

I think i got the world record on the Secret nr.3 fight bc i 1st tried IT and Beat him in under 2 minutes

[@giganticmoon]

2018 really WAS 6 years ago…

[@MAXYIGA441]

Thats how time works😂

[@giganticmoon]

@@MAXYIGA441 I knoww

[@ItzCoinZ]

Don’t remind me i feel old

[@giganticmoon]

@@ItzCoinZ 2017 was _seven_ years ago!

[@Kranich2008]

Corona messed with our peseption of time.

[@squiddler7731]

16:31 fun fact: in the update _immediately after_ octo expansion, there was a balance patch that nerfed/reworked autobombs. Their explosion radius was reduced by 7% and they lost 1.5 seconds of tracking time, and to compensate their ink consumption was reduced from the 70% that other bombs cost to 55% like it is today. And then in 3, their radius was reduced even further by another 12%. Inner agent 3 did not get these nerfs, and agent 3 has a bottomless ink tank so the ink consumption doesn't even matter. So there you go lol. Agent 3's autobombs are literally just built different, with a lethal blast radius that pretty much matches that of splat bombs in 3.

[@ghastlysaki]

I actually didn't know this that's insane

[@squiddler7731]

@@ghastlysaki I never gave it much thought myself before, but the moment you mentioned autobombs from hell I remembered the rework and got curious. Checked to see when it happened and there it was: 3.2.0 we see auto bombs get nerfed and 3.1.0 is octo expansion, just one month earlier. It's kinda funny how the nerfs retroactively made the fight feel harder than it should be.

[@andreaquadrati]

Same thing happens in Hero Mode. Sting Ray and Tenta Missiles got a MASSIVE rework, with the ray being faster in motion and showing a new graphics/damage, where missiles got a massive speed boost when launched, instead of just...staying still for five seconds.

[@kylemsguy_]

@@andreaquadrati Ray didn't get a tracking speed increase, only AoE and damage nerfs. Missiles also got extra missiles when fired at fewer targets in addition to its faster firing speed.

[@fakesomefire]

thats actually really cool thank you

[@ian66yager]

It’s speculated the player customize menu takes place in the “Belly Phase” of the escape. It features octarians in cases being passed thru a similar green ooze. It’s believed this is where sanitation takes place. So Agent 8 narrowly escaped falling victim, but not without side effects. Which is why they don’t have their memories, being collected as mem-cakes! (The Japanese name for this phase is also called the “Stomach Disinfection Site”.)

[@justanocto]

15:37 he is canonically dead, theres a piece of underground lore that states that marina puts "tartars corpse" on mount nantai :3

[@CinqAssocSouthSect5DonQuixote]

something about the really casual recap of the final segment as if you're telling a story from a few years ago to a friend instead of like recounting the most traumatic and wild experience of agent 8s life is so funny to me

[@undynesgaming9462]

i actually went to replay it before side order release and i noticed right away the quality difference and im glad nintendo up'd the quality a ton

[@esmooth919]

And based on the way the alterna campaign plays, Nintendo knew they had a good thing on their hands with octo expansion.

[@glowstickspinalfluid]

i think you're just cracked at splatoon? the fact that your movement speed gets slowed down during the inner agent 3 fight always gets me

[@kylemsguy_]

Slower movement speed? This is the first time I've heard of this. The only time your movement speed gets slowed down is when your armour is broken.

[@burnedchicken1]

@@kylemsguy_ That is what hes talking about Bruh

[@AlanNri20]

Something I loved about the Octo Expansion was the relationship of Marina and Pearl, like, it felt a bit of absent at the story mode so... Ps: It´s nice to see a Saki fan arround here

[@Alpha0mega_]

As someone who speedruns this campaign, it's absolutely my favorite campaign in terms of casual playthrough, and as a speedgame. With the fastest route focusing a lot on the I and J lines, it's arguably the hardest Any% we have in the series, and I absolutely love it for that. The escape sequence is also so well done, perfectly building up tension not only in story, but also in phase difficulty (minus Agent 3). I really hope Side Order hits just as hard as this campaign does.

[@timotheatae]

It saddens me how much better the story of this game is than Side Order.

[@best_mate456]

I mean is a rogue like dlc they can’t put that much into it. But yeah the story was limited. But hey the gameplay in my opinion is more fun than OE and gameplay comes first so side order is my new favourite dlc

[@knottednumber]

@@best_mate456dark souls is a roguelike/lite with a big story

[@20000dino]

I too was disappointed by the story of Side Order (especially since it featured my favorite idol group) - but at the same time, I do think its grindy roguelite gameplay loop did justify a more limited format. Still, there was so much more they could've done story-wise with the concept of going through the same thing over and over again.

[@20000dino]

@@knottednumber That's not the point - the point is that Side Order's roguelite format makes it more viable to tell a limited story. It obviously doesn't mean that you can ONLY tell limited stories through that genre (plenty of roguelite games have very complex narratives), but considering how meaty and substantial the gameplay loop of a roguelike is, it more easily allows for a simple story. Also, Dark Souls isn't a roguelite, it's a roguelike.

[@nullvoid1x]

The reason why the story is lackluster is because the gameplay was a proof of concept

[@bestevil.]

1:48 Pretty sure this is based off the Sanitized ink you find in the final levels, in which Octarians keep getting submerged most likley to fully Sanitise them. While 8 didn't get to that stage yet it was probably just q creative way to hint at something being off 12:35 As in this

[@Rumble-iq4kc]

I haven't played Splatoon 1's story mode but I have played the others and I think that Octo Expansion is probably my favortite out of them all, still excited to see if side order overtakes it

[@LeonhardSchwitzer]

Personally i dont think that it will top octo expansion but it has a pretty good chance to be second place

[@nessva9736]

After playing side order I can say that nothing will beat octo expansion. Side order is fun but its missing the whole vibe that octo expansion has. Plus I’m not a big fan of the music they choose for side order but thats just my opnion.

[@pengo2418]

I played it for the first time a month ago after getting back into Splatoon and *damn* is it good. The music, the challenge, the level design, the atmosphere, the environmental storytelling, the twisted lore... I love it! Definitely peak Splatoon.

[@vice-cent6639]

sider order docent look anything like onto expansion and I love that, I feel like splat 3's story mod took mostly all the mid or bad from octo so im hoping at some point we get an octo-esk deep cut dlc (I really want to see more of deep cuts aesthetic)

[@Alky64]

This video was a masterpiece and 14:49 made me laugh and i dont know why

[@fakesomefire]

this was a great watch im glad it did well! it made me realize how good octo expansion is on the first playthrough and nastolgia for 2018 i subscribed

[@Koko-pm4qq]

14:10, sunrise XD The boss battle is in the daylight and the credits even more so

[@WannabeArtist55]

When it comes to side order. I have expectations. I don’t want this to have wasted potential. Octo expansion on the other hand. It was basically what got me into Splatoon in the first place! I went in wanting an Octoling and got out with the best story I ever seen in a kids game with an Octoling as a bonus! The only thing I want Side order to have from Octo Expansion is dark and grim aspects like Octo Expansion did with the sanitized. (And unique challenges I liked them in Octo Expansion) Edit: Just finished Side Order and I gotta say it’s a mixed bag for me. I mean I like the fact that it was kinda like a sequel to OE and that Marina is actually doing something about the sanitization! But I feel like it could be *More* ya know… It feels like there’s something missing

[@payacos]

Acht is actually german for 8, which I think is a cool detail, because she made the music for the octo expansion and is an oktoling (okt = eight (I think Latin or Greek)). I think it’s kinda sad though that her name is “ahato” in German. Could maybe also be 8 in Japanese or some, but it would definitely be sad if the name had lost its meaning.

[@20000dino]

I used to known German, and I somehow failed to notice this lmao.

[@FallenP3pperz]

In 2018 I was 10, I finished octo expansion with 26k in dept and skipped the majority of levels, yesterday I thought to replay it and now I'm trying to do the inner agent 3 fight

[@dvg7093]

Dept?

[@FallenP3pperz]

@dvg7093 if you run out of points or whatever you call them pearl gives you more, putting you in dept to captain cuddlfish

[@POIZZ_]

It was the same for me, yesterday i beat Inner agent 3 on my third try and girl power station on my first try ever

[@zestysword]

It’s debt…

[@Otohime457]

I was replaying octo expansion a little while back and I was so shocked when I did the inkjet level and saw how fast the inkjet is compared to 3

[@splatoonboy]

you WAY past 500 lol congrats!

[@EpicPercy6489]

sometimes when i dont have internet or way to play or pay online, i play the story mode of splatoon 2 or 3, and off course the octo expansion

[@SMGlitch]

My favorite song from octo expansion is 8 regret

[@undynesgaming9462]

Wait you can go into debt with PEARL

[@melvinlovesyou_]

yeah, ive had it happen once before. if you run out of points to spend for levels, you can ask for a loan to use for said levels.

[@crispychichen]

@@melvinlovesyou_holy shit you can’t escape dept from real life NOR games, this is too much

[@Sairrii]

yeah and if youre in debt you dont get to fight inner agent 3

[@draghettis6524]

@@Sairrii Wait, the debt also prevents the fight ? I though the only thing that did that was skipping levels

[@Luizin-jm3xo]

the fact that u reached 1.3k subscribers in a month is rlly cool

[@galaxycraft2454]

I thought you were a bit splatoon KZbinr but you haven’t reached a lot of subs so I subbed and I think your content is good.

[@esmooth919]

4:51 It's funny. I can't use the inkjet in multiplayer to save my life, but my favorite level in all of Octo expansion has me flying all over a satellite with the inkjet! All while it's playing my favorite song by Off the Hook!

[@jeremiahsgaming9632]

Bruh randomly I just decided to challenge inner agent 3 and I beat the boss on my first attempt

[@JBirdGinDC]

YOU ARE GOD😂❤😂

[@rockinggamerdude]

We may need to start making convergent timelines I played as inkling boy but it after expansion I wasn’t paying attention, and I spam through and accidentally made agent three inkling girl

[@Polaii_]

I remember doing the secret boss for first time and taking 173 attempts to defeat (im not joking, i was literally counting them as I died). Skill issue? Absolutely

[@mysterionz]

I once almost beat the girl power station level with 30 seconds left on the clock and then I failed the level because the octolings destroyed the orb.

[@esmooth919]

You'll be happy to know that DedF1sh is indeed doing the music for side order, if you don't already.

[@plaguedinformant4605]

The fucking ball..

[@gonzalog7355]

I am replaying rn and its amazing 😻

[@esmooth919]

5:11 they are called "mem cakes," which confuses me, because these "cakes" don't look the least bit edible. They look like freaking erasers!

[@lfeife243]

keep the work going

[@rileysoflesbian1471]

Acht is German! You can search up the pronunciation pretty easily as I do not feel confident enough explaining the pronounciation

[@lorettabes4553]

And Dutch, and it means 'Eight' which is totally not confusing

[@mia_partait]

​@@lorettabes4553in German it also means "Eight". Thats why in the German "Side order" the character is called "Ahato"😂

[@20000dino]

@@lorettabes4553 ...it also means "eight" in German, hence why they commented it... 🤦

[@zanpakutoman4225]

I feel I definitely have a unique perspective when it comes to the Splatoon Campaigns. I played 1 on launch and obviously did Hero mode, early on. But, when 2 launched I played Hero Mode 2 for the first world, got bored, and never returned to it. Also, I never got into 2's multiplayer after being a little burnt out from 1's, so I never stuck around in 2. Until 3 came out and I was back in, and only went back to finish single player Splatoon 2 stuff sometime after Side Order was announced for March 2024. So, I played the campaigns in the order Hero Mode --> Alterna --> Hero Mode II --> Octo Expansion. I definitely see why people love Octo Expansion.....Bu~t I think I prefer Alterna. I still loved Octo and I think every campaign had pros and cons (Except maybe Hero Mode 2. I wasn't a big fan of Hero Mode 2). I'll just simply say I prefer the experience of Alterna more than Octo Expansion. I felt excited to make it to a new island in Alterna and explore the environments and make progress. But, with Octo Expansion I felt more like "I hope the next level on this line is fun. ANOTHER 8-BALL LEVEL?" (Also, I agree that 8-Ball isn't that bad. But, I definitely got tired of them really quickly.)

[@mrtoastymanstudios7353]

I also pefer alterna, mainly bc it has the squid sist-

[@mispinchergamings3470]

Just me or I never go back. Once good enough.

[@beebunny8190]

6 YEARS thats crazy 😭🙏

[@doctorwhooves6510]

It's _possible_ to Splashdown Cancel Inner Agent 3, as I managed to do so a week or two back, you just have to make sure they're like... Two to three hits away from defeat or you're DEFINITELY going to lose

[@OnceAnOcto]

Short answer: yes

[@LeonhardSchwitzer]

Bro i remember watching the first part of my favorite letsplayer right after the release😢

[@pudgesnextturnaround3112]

In case if you didn't know, atch means eight in German.

[@arielluva]

6:59 wait you can restore that thing by shooting it????? man i wish i knew that in 2018

[@ruikasasfixer]

6 years ago already 😨😨

[@1-5_Star_Gaming]

Art from thumbnail link???

[@MidnaNightengale]

If you think *YOU* procrastinated too long, wait until you hear this. When May rolls around, it will officially be one year after Lemon from the channel, The Backlogs had the cutoff for his Dark Souls One-Shot Challenge for the Souls community. That video, to the best of my knowledge, *STILL* isn't out. Don't feel bad about around a month.

[@Korok_ILOB]

Do you like side order now that it's out?

[@esmooth919]

I never understood the hate for the eight ball levels, either. I actually liked those levels. The only one I didn't like was the bingo level

[@SilverSkish]

Oh it’s always good

[@TK-985]

Octo expansion is definitely the best campaign

[@starrywisp]

I STILL haven’t beat inner agent 3.

[@WannabeArtist55]

I never even went to IA3 i couldn’t beat all the levels

[@Buscit_gacha]

Played octo expansion last year lolz

[@_big_man]

I just got Splatoon 2 and octo expansion pls hope for me that I can beat it

[@adamburgess311]

I SKIMMED THROUGH THE DEEP CUT TEXTS AND SAW FRYE SAID FRYE DAY AND I LOOKED AT THE COLORS AND FRYEDAY WAS YELLOW LIKE FRYE AND I PICKED IT DIDN’T KNOW IT WAS SHIVER LIKE SATURDAY WAS BLUE LIKE SHIVER AND YOU KNOW AND I CAN’T WHICH TEAMS IF SOBODY KNOWS HOW PLEASE TELL ME

[@Koko-pm4qq]

9:12 I'm still learning German and at first Acht was really freaking hard to say. (Acht is 8 in German). I got it down now but every German word with 'ch' in it scares me.

[@SquiD_MavX]

your underrated! new sub (remember me when your famous)

[@KidAL0]

“iS iT sTiLl GoOd” c’mon

[@Beegirl12345]

I did. that too, exept for fun

[@suscellinecastillo1582]

LOOK THIS IS WHAT YOU WERE SUPPOSED TO DO BEFORE CHOOSE OCTOLING BOY PUT HIM WHITE SKIN PUT HIM WHITE EYES AN FRO HAIRSTYLE AND INNER AGENT 3 AS A BOY WITH BLACK EYES AND THE THIRD SKIN COLOR (ALMOST YELLOW)

[@suscellinecastillo1582]

SO, THAT'S WHAT U SHOULD UNDERTAND

[@gabrielandrade-em7fm]

This very Good ❤

[@RetroBoyGamerfan]

Lol I recently was able to finish the rest of splatoon 2 octo expansion this year

[@greatlake_editz]

Nice, I was sad we didn't get to keep the armor from the octo expansion into splatoon 3.

[@RetroBoyGamerfan]

@@greatlake_editz unless if we can unlock it with the amibo

[@CodyMKW]

5:05 so you want Splatoon to be pay to win is what your saying

[@PikaPower131313]

why is it still 25$.... I passed on it in 2018 and now I want to know the story before I play side order... but 25$ seems like a bit much.

[@Splashy_the_III]

Set your account location to japan and magically all games are at least %20 cheaper

[@WannabeArtist55]

@@Splashy_the_III Japan always haves the best stuff! (That’s why I want to visit it)

[@Tbinws]

I swear if splatoon 4 follows the pattern "make a story mode, rush it again in the next game, introduce a new different story mode in the dlc, put it in the main story rushed in the next game. I will hate it. I DO NOT WANT ANOTHER ROUGELIKE IN SPLSTOON 4

[@SplatzicYT]

acht is german for eight and ch in german is an R sound

[@SMOL_CURSE]

I feel old now

[@gargles5270]

i played it for the first time last year and it is 100000% worth it if you haven’t played it yet

[@Octo2]

Acht is like Eight but in german btw. or smth like warning like archtung!.

[@Likonut]

How is bro not famous

[@StarIlo]

10:12 Pearl and Marina are just really good friends def not dating

[@Splastsar]

17:13 you can. I did it once

[@jacobout8759]

I’m just finding out NOW that you can recharge the ball in girl power 🙃

[@Chaos-mb-4]

Alright so they were almost being sanatized but they got out so they were in the belly phase or the sanatization center caue first what color are the sanatzed? GREEN what color is the goop that tartar has? GREEN whats the ink covering there privates (luckily) GREEN what happens when you get sanatized? MEMORY LOSS what have all the sanatized lost? MEMORY what do the mem cakes give? MEMORY prove me wrong 😂

[@ilostmyrobloxuser]

Me who bought Octo Expansion in 2024 :

[@mar-je9ir]

mem cakes are supposed to be kamaboko, japanese fish cakes!

[@dumbknight3155]

I feel old

[@esmooth919]

14:52 I don't hate that song, but I despise this stupid level!

[@scraftybruh6465]

tldr; yes.

[@itsniqilisitsme4701]

The answer is yes! Until side order that is-

[@BgChf-dg5lv]

Acht. Say it like Oct. Acht is German for 8.

[@RapidProbably]

I don’t need to watch the answer is yes

[@kupiscool]

I thought u had 500k subs what

[@amdreed8150]

Acht is the german word for eight you can just look up the pronunciation on google or smth

[@ringo_roro]

Acht (the german word for 8) is pronounced with a hiss like sound in the middle "A *hiss-ish* ht" its a lil hard to explain but u can also just google acht pronounciation

[@davee_39]

acht is prolly pronounced like you do it in dutch or german. becuase acht in dutch and in german means eight soooooooooooo

[@diegsalut9461]

chill out the game is less than 6 years old, it's not like you're playing zelda 1 in 2024

[@MAML_]

6 years is a long time lol

[@MAML_]

nintendo shut down mario maker in only 9

[@TheRavaszEmber]

Acht is pronounced like 'Oct'!

[@mobiletoaster5213]

acht is german for 8 and is pronounced oct

[@superstorm393]

Acht is pronounced Oct, like octo

[@vristrogen]

acht is german for eight and it's pronounced similar to "oct"

[@gemini_dragon1092]

Fun fact: Acht is pronounced “Oct”, and means 8 in German!

[@knatkniht]

10:15 that is CLEARLY not her bed. I know you really want them to be dating soooo bad, but the japanese splatoon 3 character site states that Marina only had a crush on Pearl. That's it.

[@Koko-pm4qq]

So what's your excuse for all of Side Order?

[@knatkniht]

@@Koko-pm4qq What? What about side order? Imma need specifics here.

[@Koko-pm4qq]

@@knatkniht Wdym specifics? The entirety of Side Order is Marina expressing her emotions for Pearl and Pearl obviously feeling the same way.

[@knatkniht]

@@Koko-pm4qq Then it should be easy for you.

[@Koko-pm4qq]

@@knatkniht Do you just hate gays?