Foamstars is really fun and has a lot of good ideas, but it's a bit lacking in content. Since it's free right now, I think it's a must-play, but when it increases to 30 dollars, I'd wait for additional content unless you have friends to play with.
The splatoon comparison is also super-surface-level. The game as of now has eight characters, each with a unique gun, two abilities, and an ultimate. The main game mode consists of eight players, four on each team. Both teams start with seven lives, and once your team loses all its lives, your best player gets a buff and becomes harder to "chill" (kill). The goal is to eliminate that star player, and that wins the match. When you chill another player, they become a big ball of foam; kicking it eliminates them, but a teammate can come in and save them by kicking it and freeing them. Foam also stacks on top of itself, so making sure you have layers of foam is good so the enemy team can't erase all of it, and foam can be used for platforming.
Beyond cosmetic customization, you can unlock bubble gems. Bubble gems usually consist of a passive, like increased movement speed, and are associated with a letter rank. Unlocking these bubble gems costs energy stones, and you get them by completing challenges and leveling up the season pass. Each tier after the 40th nets you three energy stones, and this is regardless of whether you bought the season pass or not, so it rewards you pretty well for completing it. You can have a set of three bubble gems, which you roll for with energy stones. Each slot in your set will cost an increasing number of energy stones. Slot 1 = 1 ES, Slot 2 = 2 ES, and Slot 3 = 3 ES. When you unlock a bubble stone and say it has a low rank, you can delete it, and this will take it out of the pool of possible rolls so you won't get it again, which is really nice.
This game really should just stay free, given that it has decent monetization. Skins are around 10 bucks, skins for smaller items are less, and the season pass is around 6 bucks. I can't wait to see more.
The splatoon comparison is also super-surface-level. The game as of now has eight characters, each with a unique gun, two abilities, and an ultimate. The main game mode consists of eight players, four on each team. Both teams start with seven lives, and once your team loses all its lives, your best player gets a buff and becomes harder to "chill" (kill). The goal is to eliminate that star player, and that wins the match. When you chill another player, they become a big ball of foam; kicking it eliminates them, but a teammate can come in and save them by kicking it and freeing them. Foam also stacks on top of itself, so making sure you have layers of foam is good so the enemy team can't erase all of it, and foam can be used for platforming.
Beyond cosmetic customization, you can unlock bubble gems. Bubble gems usually consist of a passive, like increased movement speed, and are associated with a letter rank. Unlocking these bubble gems costs energy stones, and you get them by completing challenges and leveling up the season pass. Each tier after the 40th nets you three energy stones, and this is regardless of whether you bought the season pass or not, so it rewards you pretty well for completing it. You can have a set of three bubble gems, which you roll for with energy stones. Each slot in your set will cost an increasing number of energy stones. Slot 1 = 1 ES, Slot 2 = 2 ES, and Slot 3 = 3 ES. When you unlock a bubble stone and say it has a low rank, you can delete it, and this will take it out of the pool of possible rolls so you won't get it again, which is really nice.
This game really should just stay free, given that it has decent monetization. Skins are around 10 bucks, skins for smaller items are less, and the season pass is around 6 bucks. I can't wait to see more.