Players of the Nintendo game Splatoon Raiders are expressing a desire for a dedicated retry button, particularly when encountering difficult missions that demand quick restarts. The current system requires players to manually exit a mission, navigate back to the starting area, and re-select the challenge, often rewatching cutscenes in the process.
Splatoon Raiders features a variety of mission types, some lasting around ten minutes as players fill a meter by defeating enemies, and others that are much shorter, ranging from one to four minutes. These brief missions frequently involve obstacle courses or multi-stage enemy encounters that must be overcome within a strict time limit. It is during these intense, time-sensitive segments that the absence of a retry option becomes most apparent.
When players find themselves in an untenable situation, such as being unable to collect enough eggs within the final seconds or failing to evade enemies before a timer expires, the current process of restarting involves a series of steps. This includes acknowledging mission failure, proceeding to a rewards screen (which offers minimal compensation for a failed attempt), returning to the mission giver, and initiating the mission sequence anew.
While the time added by these steps is minimal in the grand scheme of gameplay, the repetitive nature of the process can be a point of frustration. Some players speculate that the current setup ensures that players receive any potential rewards from a failed mission, preventing them from being lost. However, a more streamlined approach, such as a retry option that immediately presents mission rewards and allows for loadout adjustments before re-engaging, is seen as a desirable quality-of-life improvement.
The call for a retry function is especially pronounced for specific challenging areas like Awlmun Den, where players report being frequently defeated and facing significant hurdles in progression due to the current restart mechanics.