Dwight Schrute
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It felt a little "empty", in a shadow of the colossus way I like. If the dungeons are not, I don't mind exploration.
Legend of Zelda Wii U Gameplay Demo
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Stone Ocean
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That looks pretty rough but I'm sure it'll get ironed out eventually
I feel bad about tearing into a game's visuals based on off-screen footage, but there's some horrifyingly ugly stuff in the video. Some really bad LOD moments, extremely simplistic geometry, and most notably low quality textures with atrocious blending work. They are really trying to hide some of this stuff with the grass tech and it's not working.
Scully Scully Scoo
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dont have any that I can think of. Dont think ive played very many
If its more action oriented im in
Nice vid but too many spoilers so I had to stop watching. Will probably finish some of the older ones some time
Stereogatari
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My highlight was the banter. "So where's Starfox" "It'll be out before your game":
BodiesWithoutOrgans
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Looks amazing but what boring demo but I guess it was just a sneak peak
Mato
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I agree with the LOD stuff, but nothing seemed atrocious.
Stone Ocean
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Yeah, that's what I noticed as well. There were some really bad textures there, which is probably the reason they went with offscreen gameplay.
No doubt it'll look better on the final build, but right now it needs work.
StealthGoblin
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I'm a bit disappointed by this video. Not as grand as I expected it to be.
foxuzamaki
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You hit the nail on the head
It is absolutely modeled after Zelda 1's map
http://oracleoftwilight.tumblr.com/post/104473500408/idk-but-these-seem-like-striking-similarities
Being completely blunt now, I'll go as far as to say it looked like one of those early-access games on Steam
that is such a stretch.
Negative Nancy here
1) were they really reacting to a green screen? Wow.
2) bad rock texture, copy and pasted trees, world felt empty, grass could take a cue from Flower.
Otherwise? I'm hyped, but was more hyped by the last trailer. This is too weird, I guess we are supposed to gush over miyamoto but I rather let the music and the trailer do the talking.
1) were they really reacting to a green screen? Wow.
2) bad rock texture, copy and pasted trees, world felt empty, grass could take a cue from Flower.
Otherwise? I'm hyped, but was more hyped by the last trailer. This is too weird, I guess we are supposed to gush over miyamoto but I rather let the music and the trailer do the talking.
Good lord, this is rather harsh.
I'd be very interested to know what kind of early access game on Steam looks like this!
Always-honest
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Hard t see the imagequality from that distance. And, it dodn't look very atmospheric and even a bit empty.
I'm sure it will be allright and an amazing game, but i',m not overwhelmed yet.
I loved the horses and the animations and i can't wait to explore the world.
I'm sure it will be allright and an amazing game, but i',m not overwhelmed yet.
I loved the horses and the animations and i can't wait to explore the world.
Mato
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Well no you lost me there. Worst offender for me would be the blocky geometry especially when zooming in.
What? No. They were actually sitting there playing the game and talking about it. If you're wondering why their chat sounded so awkward, blame the guys who translated it.
blu
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You surely must have played an adventure game that you've enjoyed?
Surprised at the people saying it looks empty. This isn't like OoT or TP where you have long fields of nothing but grass. You have tons of trees, bushes, and other landforms to traverse around. Not to mention we already saw quite a few enemies and Epona has some girl horses to play with.
OrangeGrayBlue
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The most important aspect of a Zelda overworld is a sense of exploration. I think the moment on top of the cliff (that emulates the 1986 art) absolutely nails that feeling, as does most of what I saw from the horse riding. Packing the world with a bunch of enemies you have to kill every time you pass by would be tedious and annoying. Give me a couple towns, some neat ruins to explore, a few secret caves, interesting NPCs to interact with, and the occasional one-off feature that helps define a certain region (like the wild horses, for instance) and I'm happy. I really don't know what other people are looking for.
I do agree that the rock textures, while not "bad" imo, do look unimpressive.
But the world is just so bright, colorful and vibrant. Especially in the day time. Love the way the sky looks.
edit: oh wait, saw the textures on the rock wall (from the side), and yeah that looks pretty bad. :/
But the world is just so bright, colorful and vibrant. Especially in the day time. Love the way the sky looks.
edit: oh wait, saw the textures on the rock wall (from the side), and yeah that looks pretty bad. :/
This video goes out of its way to explain that traversal is simplified.
that would be reaaaly cool as fanservice
Scully Scully Scoo
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Mihael Mello Keehl
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With epona? Yeah.. you can always get off and run to the lake and check it out or a mountain, tower or something.
Interceptor
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Epona is a girl & lol at the hyperbole in this thread. It looks stunning. Lighting is awesome and the animations of the horses are outstanding.
TheVampire
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Looks like a few years off from release.
Absolutely. I think what we've seen so far has nailed this, and feels very true to the original Zelda titles. What I didn't like about Skyward Sword's sky realm was not simply its emptiness, but the fact that, from the central hub town, you could see that there is little out there to explore - there's no real sense of mystery and adventure when it's obvious that the sky is mostly a sterile, lifeless expanse of floating rocks. The lands below the clouds felt like disconnected obstacle courses, rather than living, breathing worlds.
not_so_special
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the only thing i liked on the video was miyamoto an aonuma good chemistry..the game video was rough and empty but im confident they will deliver
Vaulting seems really cool and hopefully they bring back some of the special sword techniques from the wind waker and twilight princess.
People said that about the wind waker, mostly over the cell shading but there are still tons of people who enjoyed it in the end and despite the great sea.
Me too. Hopefully they will include a horse catching\taming\naming sequence, and hopefully you can catch the horse you want. I was always kind of bumed out that I could not use the other brown horses in oot.
Also to fill the world we will probably get to see more goats\sheep and herders like in the E3 snippet.
As for my hopes for world filling; the postman making runs between settlements towns and maybe give him some siblings, all our favorite races show up and maybe give one of them a offshoot tribe like fresh and saltwater zoras being in competition or humans and hylians, fishing opportunities in lakes, ocean and rivers, islands to swim to, a hidden witch hut for buying potions, a farm or two, a small town by a bridge with a defense tower, enemy camps and raiding parties, maybe some hermit\monk retreat up in a mountain, tingle floating around offering you maps, Keaton spots and quite a few caves and ruins that are a bit hidden with puzzles to get a a prize.
Edit: And fairy fountains, graveyards, mysterious spots without any real kind of explanation (like big fairy spots in oot, I never figured them out!), some wraping portals\platforms, golden skultullas, monkeys, roaming dogs, abandoned carts with items to be returned to the owner, a moving Beedle tent\traveling market. Oh I'm so exited, I hope they at least do one of these.
So while I agree that it looked empty I'm still full of hope!
People said that about the wind waker, mostly over the cell shading but there are still tons of people who enjoyed it in the end and despite the great sea.
Me too. Hopefully they will include a horse catching\taming\naming sequence, and hopefully you can catch the horse you want. I was always kind of bumed out that I could not use the other brown horses in oot.
Also to fill the world we will probably get to see more goats\sheep and herders like in the E3 snippet.
As for my hopes for world filling; the postman making runs between settlements towns and maybe give him some siblings, all our favorite races show up and maybe give one of them a offshoot tribe like fresh and saltwater zoras being in competition or humans and hylians, fishing opportunities in lakes, ocean and rivers, islands to swim to, a hidden witch hut for buying potions, a farm or two, a small town by a bridge with a defense tower, enemy camps and raiding parties, maybe some hermit\monk retreat up in a mountain, tingle floating around offering you maps, Keaton spots and quite a few caves and ruins that are a bit hidden with puzzles to get a a prize.
Edit: And fairy fountains, graveyards, mysterious spots without any real kind of explanation (like big fairy spots in oot, I never figured them out!), some wraping portals\platforms, golden skultullas, monkeys, roaming dogs, abandoned carts with items to be returned to the owner, a moving Beedle tent\traveling market. Oh I'm so exited, I hope they at least do one of these.
So while I agree that it looked empty I'm still full of hope!
Always-honest
Banned
No it does look a bit barren and even uninspired. I assume it just isn't finished yet. There is too little attention to detail that always give the nintendo gams that little extra. I'm sure there will be in the end.
finalflame
Banned
Wow. The forced negativity in this thread is just mind-blowing. Game still has months of development left, and was shown in a pre-release state, probably because fans have been bitching that they want to see more of ZeldaU non-stop since E3.
Game looks absolutely fantastic. Lighting, colors, movement all seem great. Just downright jaw-dropping and artistically more impressive than most games out there right now on superior hardware.
Game looks absolutely fantastic. Lighting, colors, movement all seem great. Just downright jaw-dropping and artistically more impressive than most games out there right now on superior hardware.
Lol. That's the best thing about this announcement.
tkscz
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How does it compare to Zelda II: Adventure of Link's map?
Interceptor
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What about the traversal is simplified? You have a horse and you can control it. Do you guys think epona was just a cab? ^^ Watch again and listen this time. 
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