If so, better to see a movie offscreen rather than at the cinema? Really? I can't believe you're talking seriously.
Legend of Zelda Wii U Gameplay Demo
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If so, better to see a movie offscreen rather than at the cinema? Really? I can't believe you're talking seriously.
I'm all for 100% gameplay reveal but it's crazy how Nintendo is showcasing one of the most anticipated game of 2015. No fanfare, off-screen footage, casual talk between two guys in a small room. Bungie would have released 2 self-congratulatory vidocs on the slow-mo part alone (Not the correct way to do it either).
Nintendo games always look rough and unfinished until literally a few months before launch - which is when they improve the visual aspects.
So many people here seem to forget that. Nintendo aren't like other developers. Gameplay and world design come first before anything else, and graphical polishing is always the last thing they work on.
So many people here seem to forget that. Nintendo aren't like other developers. Gameplay and world design come first before anything else, and graphical polishing is always the last thing they work on.
In the E3 demo it looks early morning and in a hilly area next to farm life and a forest while the demo showed a mountainous area and plains in the evening and mid day (from the looks of it).
Wind Waker HD, looks hazy, foggy and white during sunrise while clear around noon and into the night. We just don't know what the weather effects are. Plus this is off-screen footage. Miyamoto remarked about insects but we couldn't see them so we're missing a hell of a lot of details.
HawthorneKitty
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I hope Nintendo turns into Bungie.
To be honest, even after playing through the whole game, I actually agree with a lot of those comments. It was a disappointing game for me. But to each his own I guess.
This Zelda, on the other hand, I cannot wait for. Looks terrific! Glad they seem to be confident it'll make 2015!
Agreed 100%.
Reminds me of their hilariously offensive reveal of Super Mario Galaxy.
Well they will show it again in a Nintendo Direct I assume and of course at E3, where the images will be accompanied by musical arrangements, so that was rather just a quick gameplay teaser and nothing more.
YatÅkiri_Kilgharrah
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Zelda's always been an open world game since the first game
The 3D games havent been.
Its finally returning to its roots
Exactly. Nintendo should have posted a trailer for like retros game orsomething.
MoogleWizard
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SS had its flaws but what I loved about it was that there was something to do everywhere. The areas were like mazes with little puzzles even outside the dungeons, it was fun. This looks like the complete opposite, a big empty field, you traverse the map and kill an enemy here and there, it looks like any other open world game. Guess people really like doing the same shit in every game, I really cannot understand the hype for this video.
Noooooooooooo!
Anyway, compared to the initial reveal, it's clear the world isn't as nicely populated everywhere YET. But it also looks like they avoided showing landmarks. And we haven't seen rivers, lakes and so on. So far it's the trees variety and implantation that look unnatural.
Is this the start of the Zelda cycle?
I totally love it. But I'm a little bit concerned about the wiiU's limitations. The framerrate dropped a few times and not only when he zoomed in.
Hopefully they'll improve the optimization, as well as some other stuff that's clearly just there because it's still in deep development (Link's cloak clipping through his shield, emptyness in some areas, weird horse behaviour).
I'm really optimistic about this entry. If they focus on the dungeons as much as they did on Wind Waker and Twilight Princess, this will be (at last) best Zeruda ever.
The things I loved: Since my first 3d Zelda I've been longing to be able to watch into the horizon and decide "I'll go there". Or to climb up some hill/tree/tower, look around, and search for an interesting spot to go. As I did on Morrowind, Oblivion or Skyrim.
Wind waker got really close to it, the ocean had that kind of exploration, but it was boring going from one place to another. TP's world was smaller and segmented, and Skyward didn't even have a propper overworld.
So this Zelda U could really fulfill my deepest wish.
Also, to people wondering why "just" an open world Zelda got us so hyped:
There's no RPG, Action RPG, Action game, or any other 3d-3rd person game with better control and moveset. Playing as link feels amazing, specially since Game Cube. The interaction with the environment has always been excellent, reaching a depth that most games don't. The combat feels so good, and they manage to improve it on every installment.
Being able to navigate a world as large as those in games with better exploration (TES games), with the interactive depth of Zelda, now that's a game to dream with.
Not to mention the artistical approach in this title, which is just gorgeous.
Hopefully they'll improve the optimization, as well as some other stuff that's clearly just there because it's still in deep development (Link's cloak clipping through his shield, emptyness in some areas, weird horse behaviour).
I'm really optimistic about this entry. If they focus on the dungeons as much as they did on Wind Waker and Twilight Princess, this will be (at last) best Zeruda ever.
The things I loved: Since my first 3d Zelda I've been longing to be able to watch into the horizon and decide "I'll go there". Or to climb up some hill/tree/tower, look around, and search for an interesting spot to go. As I did on Morrowind, Oblivion or Skyrim.
Wind waker got really close to it, the ocean had that kind of exploration, but it was boring going from one place to another. TP's world was smaller and segmented, and Skyward didn't even have a propper overworld.
So this Zelda U could really fulfill my deepest wish.
Also, to people wondering why "just" an open world Zelda got us so hyped:
There's no RPG, Action RPG, Action game, or any other 3d-3rd person game with better control and moveset. Playing as link feels amazing, specially since Game Cube. The interaction with the environment has always been excellent, reaching a depth that most games don't. The combat feels so good, and they manage to improve it on every installment.
Being able to navigate a world as large as those in games with better exploration (TES games), with the interactive depth of Zelda, now that's a game to dream with.
Not to mention the artistical approach in this title, which is just gorgeous.
Herb Alpert
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And Then they will complaint there is not enough gameplay in it.
YatÅkiri_Kilgharrah
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They're blood ground textures M8
LiquidMetal14
hide your water-based mammals
It looks good but they didn't really show as much is I would have liked it. I'm definitely keeping an eye on it.
The issue with Skyward Sword was that it was completely linear. You were essentially guided through areas almost by hand, and shown where to go. The amount of pure exploration, which to me IS Zelda, was reduced hugely.
Zelda U looks to be going back to the Zelda 1 and 2 style of "heres a gigantic world, now go and explore!" which I'm very happy about.
Zelda U looks to be going back to the Zelda 1 and 2 style of "heres a gigantic world, now go and explore!" which I'm very happy about.
YatÅkiri_Kilgharrah
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Jesus christ you're right.
But SS was nintendo channeling naughty dog to make an anime Zelda
To be honest, I wouldn't count on this changing that much in the final version. The world is huge, yes, and with it come unpopulated stretches. But I agree with you in that I also think that the landscapes will be very varied.
YatÅkiri_Kilgharrah
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Scoooter. You control epona.... epona has an ai to avoid the trees
Does that look like bloody fast travel? No.
Just to put things in perspective. These were the overworlds in between towns/dungeons (so no dungeon/town in plain sight)
Wind Waker overworld:
Twilight princess overworld:
Skyward sword (and I'm being generous, taking a field instead of an empty sky
I'll choose not to take the famous E3 screenshot because that one would blow all of this out of the water.
Wind Waker overworld:
Twilight princess overworld:
Skyward sword (and I'm being generous, taking a field instead of an empty sky
I'll choose not to take the famous E3 screenshot because that one would blow all of this out of the water.
MoogleWizard
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Not for me, I loved SS since the first time I played it, it had some flaws but it was a fantastic game. I disliked TP and still do. But hey, we're getting TP empty field in Skyrim size, awesome, because being like other games has always been one of Zelda's strengths. If I want to play empty field - the game, there's dozens and dozens of games to choose from. I don't want that from Zelda.
Captain Smoker
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Tried to create a high quality gif from this low quality footage. xD
yep
esmith08734
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Some of you act like this game releases next week as oppose to nearly a year from now.
We should be happy we got to see something. Plus, honestly, when have Zelda games been bad? Even at its worst, Skyward Sword was still a great game.
We should be happy we got to see something. Plus, honestly, when have Zelda games been bad? Even at its worst, Skyward Sword was still a great game.
GravityMan
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Zelda looks great, but XCX has impressed me more so far.
I'm no longer impressed by huge open worlds and "see that mountain? you can go there!" type stuff. That's no longer fresh...half of AAA games are doing that. Several years ago I might have been awed, but nowadays I'm more likely to think "tedious", "yawn" and "boring". Do something interesting, lively and creative with the world, devs. 50-100 hour games are no longer a positive to me unless the content is really compelling.
I'm no longer impressed by huge open worlds and "see that mountain? you can go there!" type stuff. That's no longer fresh...half of AAA games are doing that. Several years ago I might have been awed, but nowadays I'm more likely to think "tedious", "yawn" and "boring". Do something interesting, lively and creative with the world, devs. 50-100 hour games are no longer a positive to me unless the content is really compelling.
I didn't even notice the waterfall on the right thanks to the off-screen footage.
Tried to create a high quality gif from this low quality footage. xD
Wow, good job.
Pennywise83
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Epona's animations are rad. I like how she avoids trees, and the grass movement around her.Tried to create a high quality gif from this low quality footage. xD
YatÅkiri_Kilgharrah
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?robertsan21
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I am quite certain that the reason we got shown a less active area is because the game is still in development and maybe they are not yet ready to show more. I am also fairly certain that the final game will have a lot more enemies, NPC etc in all these areas around the world map, not to talk about what comes out at night...also, the open world is huge, so I dont mind if there were parts of the world map that had less activity going on.
Reason for showing it off I guess is because Nintendo is desperate and need to generate buzz for the Wii U and this Zelda title is their top race horse.
Reason for showing it off I guess is because Nintendo is desperate and need to generate buzz for the Wii U and this Zelda title is their top race horse.
CarlieCaplin
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Didn't Aonuma say they wanted to imitate the "real world". So why are people complaining about the overworld being lifeless?
I think it looks great and if all these people can tell every detail from this offscreen footage then there's no need for DF threads anymore.
They should have made Link being surrounded by midges.
I think it looks great and if all these people can tell every detail from this offscreen footage then there's no need for DF threads anymore.
/jk
I can imagine the inflation issues in the hyrule economy if rupees are found in all that grass.
Wind's Howling
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Seems like another Zelda game where I would buy the Wii U for.
My nostalgic love for the Zelda games is killing my wallet.
My nostalgic love for the Zelda games is killing my wallet.
Sorry, didn't mean to single you out like that. I just got that feeling in the next few years we're gonna see more and more people loving the shit out of SS compared to whatever gets released in this new Zelda game.
As for the bolded, I just can't see what you're talking about.
lensoftruth
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Much to the horror of 5 people on the internet.
The gameplay is being viewed out of context.
When you actually embark on these long horse rides with the beautiful music and anticipation of leaving where you were before to reach a new place, you'll love every minute of it. 3D Zelda has always been about making a very simple action fun.
When you actually embark on these long horse rides with the beautiful music and anticipation of leaving where you were before to reach a new place, you'll love every minute of it. 3D Zelda has always been about making a very simple action fun.
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