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[FATALITY]

Wtf are you even talking about

wat

Quality post hey.

im glad you guys dont know what im talking about. the numbers of post saying horizon would flop because guerrilla and they never made a great game were unbearable

 

[Spirited]

flop of the year tho? that seems made up

In the beginning of the year there was a flop of the year thread and people guessed different games, horizon being one of them. Nothing weird he/she is still salty about it though.

 

[phanphare]

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1329702

well then..

I guess crow will be served when Horizon sells millions and millions of copies

I look forward to the Splatoon-like wall of shame

 

[El Topo]

Very promising.

In the beginning of the year there was a flop of the year thread and people guessed different games, horizon being one of them. Nothing weird he/she is still salty about it though.

There was also quite a bit of shitposting from people that visited the Horizon threads.

 

[Majukun]

Good God the conclusion of EDGEs review:

" The result, for all the longevity of its series and the familiarity of the open world genre, is a game that evokes feelings we haven't felt for 20 years. Not since Ocarina of Time have we set foot in a world that feels so mind-bogglingly vast and unerringly magical, that proves so relentlessly intriguing. Plenty of games promise to let us go anywhere and do anything. Few, if any, ever deliver so irresistibly. 19 years on Ocarina is still held up as the high water mark of gamings best loved and greatest series. Now it may have to settle for second place".

what did they say for skyward sword?

 

[FATALITY]

In the beginning of the year there was a flop of the year thread and people guessed different games, horizon being one of them. Nothing weird he/she is still salty about it though.

are you serious? lol

 

[FloweryMarston]

This is far beyond being long overdue. They never should have stopped making 2D Zeldas for home console in the first place, and the same can be said for Metroid.

Aonuma said on gameinformer that they won't stop doing 2d zeldas, implied heavily that the next one is on the switch, AND said that they want to shake up what it means to be a 2d zelda.

Aonuma is not fucking around.

 

[Spirited]

Very promising.



There was also quite a bit of shitposting from people that visited the Horizon threads.

For sure there was, it was kinda unbearable. But bringing it up in every thread like he/she does is kinda weird still.

 

[El Topo]

For sure there was, was kinda unbearable. But bringing it up in every thread like he/she does is kinda weird still.

It is super unnecessary. I'm happy we're getting two great games and as a Wii U owner I can even play one of them.

 

[entremet]

edge also gave 10/10 to skyward sword so eh



i'm sure botw will be good but an edge 10/10 don't mean much anymore

I actually agree with SS. Game was amazing. Best 3D zelda since MM for me.

 

[FATALITY]

For sure there was, was kinda unbearable. But bringing it up in every thread like he/she does is kinda weird still.

like?

 

[BronzeWolf]

Good God the conclusion of EDGEs review:

" The result, for all the longevity of its series and the familiarity of the open world genre, is a game that evokes feelings we haven't felt for 20 years. Not since Ocarina of Time have we set foot in a world that feels so mind-bogglingly vast and unerringly magical, that proves so relentlessly intriguing. Plenty of games promise to let us go anywhere and do anything. Few, if any, ever deliver so irresistibly. 19 years on Ocarina is still held up as the high water mark of gamings best loved and greatest series. Now it may have to settle for second place".

 

[FloweryMarston]

im glad you guys dont know what im talking about. the numbers of post saying horizon would flop because guerrilla and they never made a great game were unbearable

You should know by now that the overall GAF prediction is off base almost always

 

[The Lamp]

skyward sword and LittleBigPlanet? really?

Duh.

Both of those games were unlike anything seen before in terms of gameplay ideas. There's never been a game where you have motion control puzzles and combat like SS. And remember LBP came out before Minecraft. People were coding calculators and crude operating systems in that game, beyond levels and elite programming feats. Edge is impressed by going above and beyond the expectations of a genre or style of gameplay. It's no wonder LBP and SS impressed them that much, despite their obvious flaws

 

[Jailer of Hope]

you're insane, Spirit Tracks nearly put me in a coma, the entire train mechanic was tedium redefined.

That's how I felt about sailing, sorry. If you want to talk about filler in Zelda, let's talk about that. I'm not saying the train stuff is better, but at least the level design was more inventive in ST.

 

[The Lamp]

Please Spoilertag. 😥

I really hated reading in that post exactly how many dungeons there are and the rewards for doing them, ffs

 

[FloweryMarston]

The writeup for skyward sword:

"Nintendo has been so busy elaborating on Ocarina’s heroic ideal that it’s forgotten to embrace it for itself. So what better way to honour 25 years of bravery than courageously striving for something new? And what opportune hardware to cut those ties. After all, hasn’t the Wii hardware spent the past five years searching for the hero inside itself? Firstparty experiments have tested Wii’s boundaries, deducing what does and doesn’t work. Their findings resonate throughout Skyward Sword. In Wii Sports-powered bomb bowling. In skydiving and swordplay learnt on a Wuhu holiday. In the surreal beauty and orchestral bombast beamed down from Super Mario Galaxy. In the metallic Metroid chu-chunk of a door lock. Even the opinion-dividing Wii Music is vindicated in subtle moments of auto-tuning cleverness. How apt that this ultimate tale of heromaking should see Nintendo’s hardware become the console it was always meant to be. "

The praise stems from the premise of being the realization of the wii promise, and i agree with the reviewer, skyward sword aimed to be the ultimate wii game, and it managed to do that, even if at the expanse of aspects that people love about the series.

What should be noted though is that breath of the wild praise comes from all types of people, including those that didn't care for latest efforts of the zelda series, gamespot for example who wasn't hot on SS, is gushing HARD about botw. Granted, not every zelda fan will love breath of the wild, but it's THE game since ocarina that has a shot at being almost universally loved.

 

[Kaako]

First half of the year already on fire. This is shaping up to be an amazing year for gaming so far. Will be one for the books, I can feel it.

 

[GregLombardi]

Oh wow how did I not know about this?

 

[What The Forest Taught Me]

man so much ss shade being thrown around

this aggression will not stand man

Indicating one did not like a game as much as another person happened to does not constitute "throwing shade."

Skyward Sword is a divisive title, and there are real reasons for that.

 

[LotusHD]

The writeup for skyward sword:

"Nintendo has been so busy elaborating on Ocarina’s heroic ideal that it’s forgotten to embrace it for itself. So what better way to honour 25 years of bravery than courageously striving for something new? And what opportune hardware to cut those ties. After all, hasn’t the Wii hardware spent the past five years searching for the hero inside itself? Firstparty experiments have tested Wii’s boundaries, deducing what does and doesn’t work. Their findings resonate throughout Skyward Sword. In Wii Sports-powered bomb bowling. In skydiving and swordplay learnt on a Wuhu holiday. In the surreal beauty and orchestral bombast beamed down from Super Mario Galaxy. In the metallic Metroid chu-chunk of a door lock. Even the opinion-dividing Wii Music is vindicated in subtle moments of auto-tuning cleverness. How apt that this ultimate tale of heromaking should see Nintendo’s hardware become the console it was always meant to be. "

The praise stems from the premise of being the realization of the wii promise, and i agree with the reviewer, skyward sword aimed to be the ultimate wii game, and it managed to do that, even if at the expanse of aspects that people love about it.

What should be noted though is that breath of the wild praise comes from all types of people, including those that didn't care for latest efforts of the zelda series, gamespot for example who wasn't hot on SS, is gushing HARD about botw. Granted, not every zelda fan will love breath of the wild, but it's THE game since ocarina that has a shot at being almost universally loved.

Well said.

 

[What The Forest Taught Me]

It's been said many times already in this thread, but knocking EDGE reliability because of a few scores you disagree with (SS,LBP,GTA4) is a redundant argument.

Good job tho, keep knocking down that EDGE Strawman.

.

 

[Xaero Gravity]

Please delete that sexist and terribly drawn fanart. Sexual suggestion, nudity only of women, exaggerated curves, the only male in a central and domination position, one nude woman in a bottle in his hands... That's the worst, I hope a mod can deal with this, gaf isn't hentai reddit, but when you only have men posting...

Don't listen to him marmoka!

 

[Rixxan]

Is there any indication of game length in the review?

 

[Dark Cloud]

I said earlier that the reason Edge gave SS a 10 was because the Wii motion controls was realized and they had no problems. I had no problems with the motion controls and that's why I loved it. I understand some had problems with it.

 

[BronzeWolf]

Is there any indication of game length in the review?

Not from this review, but I have heard from previews that it will depend on how much you want to explore.

Beastcast just meandered around for 25 hrs before their first dungeon

Another reviewer said that completionists have their job cutout for them

Some reviewers said it migh be possible to beat it in a couple of hours, it's difficult but you can do it.

 

[Boy Wander]

I really hated reading in that post exactly how many dungeons there are and the rewards for doing them, ffs

Weird how Visualante PMd me giving me shit for spoiling Nier in an EDGE thread and yet here we are....

 

[crap monkey]

Wow how have I never noticed that before wtf...

 

[Kindekuma]

Is there any indication of game length in the review?

Well you can run straight to the final boss from the beginning, or you can be like Dan Ryckert and put in 25 hours before even doing the first dungeon. Sooooo it's kind of up in the air on a good ETA to the game length.

 

[Makai]

There weren't any crazy frame rate drops in the Switch demo.

There were maybe a couple of instances where there were a couple of hiccups but that's about it.

Digital Foundary even did a video on it.

https://youtu.be/6ktFlmH_0CI

Dropping from 30 to 20 is massive. In the store, it stuttered badly when enemies were attacked. This could be an intentional effect like in Wind Waker, but it sure wasn't a good addition if so.

 

[What The Forest Taught Me]

Aonuma said on gameinformer that they won't stop doing 2d zeldas, implied heavily that the next one is on the switch, AND said that they want to shake up what it means to be a 2d zelda.

Aonuma is not fucking around.

I was thrilled to read that news. Developments like that are the key reason why I'm excited Nintendo's consolidating its home console and handheld pipelines. Game types that disappointingly moved to the realm of portables will finally be back on the big screen once again!

 

[BronzeWolf]

Aonuma said on gameinformer that they won't stop doing 2d zeldas, implied heavily that the next one is on the switch, AND said that they want to shake up what it means to be a 2d zelda.

Aonuma is not fucking around.

Aonuma is having his name engraved in the annals of videogame history

 

[Philippo]

Are there snippets (or full transcript) from the Zelda review yet?

 

[Evil's Bane]

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1329702

I cracked up at the very first game mentioned

 

[Boy Wander]

Well you can run straight to the final boss from the beginning, or you can be like Dan Ryckert and put in 25 hours before even doing the first dungeon. Sooooo it's kind of up in the air on a good ETA to the game length.

If you strictly follow the plot and do nothing else they reckon about 20 hours.

However, if you get side-tracked or jaded doing that, "simply turn around, point your compass in whatever direction and go somewhere else. There, Chances are you'll find magic."

 

[xandaca]

Having grown up with (and contine to play) the N64, a bad framerate on the Wii U version is something I can live with. Not ideal, of course, but far from enough to justify dropping for a whole new console.

 

[Spine_Ripper]

What's Dandy Dungeon?
+downlaods Dandy Dungeon*

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.dmm.games.yamada

Thanks, thought it was only iOS. Never heard of it before and I generally dislike mobile games, but a 9/10 means you're doing something right.

 

[Chezzymann]

How bad is the Wii U framerate?

 

[The Main Event]

OH SHIT A 10.

10 from Edge, holy shit

The numbers don't lie

lol beaten.

 

[Primethius]

Thank God Switch is unavailable on Amazon. Otherwise, I don't know if I could stop myself from impulse buying it.

 

[Rndom Grenadez]

The writeup for skyward sword:

"Nintendo has been so busy elaborating on Ocarina’s heroic ideal that it’s forgotten to embrace it for itself. So what better way to honour 25 years of bravery than courageously striving for something new? And what opportune hardware to cut those ties. After all, hasn’t the Wii hardware spent the past five years searching for the hero inside itself? Firstparty experiments have tested Wii’s boundaries, deducing what does and doesn’t work. Their findings resonate throughout Skyward Sword. In Wii Sports-powered bomb bowling. In skydiving and swordplay learnt on a Wuhu holiday. In the surreal beauty and orchestral bombast beamed down from Super Mario Galaxy. In the metallic Metroid chu-chunk of a door lock. Even the opinion-dividing Wii Music is vindicated in subtle moments of auto-tuning cleverness. How apt that this ultimate tale of heromaking should see Nintendo’s hardware become the console it was always meant to be. "

The praise stems from the premise of being the realization of the wii promise, and i agree with the reviewer, skyward sword aimed to be the ultimate wii game, and it managed to do that, even if at the expanse of aspects that people love about the series.

What should be noted though is that breath of the wild praise comes from all types of people, including those that didn't care for latest efforts of the zelda series, gamespot for example who wasn't hot on SS, is gushing HARD about botw. Granted, not every zelda fan will love breath of the wild, but it's THE game since ocarina that has a shot at being almost universally loved.

All the people who were mocking Edge for their SS review and being dismissive about its score for BotW need to read this post. I would LOVE to hear their response.

 

[Makai]

All the people who were mocking Edge for their SS review and being dismissive about its score for BotW need to read this post. I would LOVE to hear their response.

Still the worst 3D Zelda.

 

[tesqui]

Damn, this could potentially become the most critically acclaimed Nintendo game since Super Mario Galaxy. I know this is only 1 review, but previews have been really glowing as well.

 

[phanphare]

All the people who were mocking Edge for their SS review and being dismissive about its score for BotW need to read this post. I would LOVE to hear their response.

b-b-but....dowsing

 

[benny_a]

Still the worst 3D Zelda.

Yup, doesn't change my own experience playing it for 40 hours one iota.

 

[Caelus]

Based on what I've read of the review, there seem to be elements of Majora's Mask they've incorporated into the world and story.

 

[meppi]

Sorry, I just edited

No problem. We all get swept away in the hype.

 

[Makai]

Did they ever get music files out of the leaked Wii U ISO?

Having to make do with a fan made soundtrack

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0G3dtvvwXaY&index=2&list=PLrsI4FuSA3SekljJRlX3Eiy_X-F4xpl7D

 

[LordKano]

I've read the whole review and, wew.

 

[Dark Cloud]

Based on what I've read of the review, there seem to be elements of Majora's Mask they've incorporated into the world and story.

Well Gamexplain did say some things about MM in relation to BotW (not storywise).