Skyward Sword review thread [Newest Reviews - Cubed3 10/10, GC: A, AusGamers: 7/10]
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HylianScribe
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Dascu said:
Xenoblade Chronicles might be the best Wii game. That game is amazing.
Biggest-Geek-Ever
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What we need is a SEVEN out a ten score. That'll get the crazies rolling!
That is just an excuse.ivysaur12 said:
We have had the Wii for years now, and most alot of what we here come out of the Press is read reviews and don't look at scores.
They also have stated numerous times that they review based on many factors, and taking the hardware that a game is built on is one of them. Yet they turn around and will dock/site a game being on a platfrom as being an issue for them, that isn't valid criticsm of the software that is just annoying and useless pointless filler that has no business in a review.
It is frustrating to still see this.
Also this has nothing to do with Motion Controls, I'm frustrated with the waiting for HD Zelda and people being pretty obvious that Zelda was hurt because it's on the Wii and not even because the motion controls are bad. The latter is totally valid, the former is just bullshit.
EatChildren
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Hopefully Nintendo takes note from these tragic scores and realises Zelda desperately needs a revival, possibly something along the lines of Other M.
TheGreatMightyPoo
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Medalion said:
Bald Twelve Year Olds with Bald Space Marine Voodoo Dolls.
ItWasMeantToBe19
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G4 asked Metacritic to take them off their aggregate because they thought it was stupid to count 4s as 80 and 3s as 60.
Franklinator
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Medalion said:
slightly better than last time
walking fiend
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I guess this has several reasons:Nirolak said:
1. Zelda doesn't need seal of approval from critics, like many other Nintendo games.
2. Wii has a lot of other very high scored exclusives, and best selling selling games; so this single game doesn't mean that much to the overall console wars.
3. Zelda fans themselves can't agree on everything. There are people that prefer TP on GC to TP on the Wii. (I myself wished to have the GC game because the TP sword fighting was meant to be button based
4. Some reviews are obviously written with a background in mind, like the way game-pro or GB reviews starts by bashing Wii and motion control in general. People don't take them much serious I suppose.
hyduK said:
Nintendo made a choice long ago on where they are prioritizing their control schemes. If you don't like that certain path, that's fine. But also realize that opinion on Skyward Sword's controls will put you in the vast minority of opinions. Even the most negative reviews so far have lauded the control scheme while only one has lamented its use.
The entire game is based around MotionPlus. The game wouldn't exist with a typical controller, you can't just wish you could play it with one when it wouldn't work. Now, do you wish you could play a new Zelda without motion control? Fine. But that's not the game you're reviewing or one that even exists.
TheGreatMightyPoo
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EatChildren said:
I told someone the other(HA) day that I couldn't review that game as I have no fucking idea what I played and whether it was good or shit.
KefkaTaran
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scitek said:
I used the dongle and didn't have any problems beyond the need to re-sync every once in a while.
While I'm quite happy with these reviews coming forth, I will say that some of them are confusing based on how it compares with how many of these same places reviewed Twilight Princess. Don't get me wrong, I'm a big fan of Twilight Princess, but I don't think it deserved the numerous 10's and A+'s it got. I dunno, I guess for some strange reason I expected this to be "better" than TP. But I should have known: Zelda games are different, not better than their previous incarnations.
Still, overall excited for this game. It doesn't look like some kind of massive failure, so a real crisis was averted.
Still, overall excited for this game. It doesn't look like some kind of massive failure, so a real crisis was averted.
ThatObviousUser
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TSA said:
Don't go into specifics, but, is it good? How does it stack up to the other games, particularly WW and TP? And does it "feel" different/more immersive from the other games? (As I have read somewhere.)
Randomizer
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Seems to be the most polarising console Zelda yet. But all the sites/magazines that I have an affinity with in regards to taste have all given it 10's, just waiting on Eurogamer now.
EGM? 8.5/10Kai said:
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/reviews/egm-review-the-legend-of-zelda-skyward-sword/
Dark Schala
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Hm. I haven't read the actual review since apparently there's spoiler content, but that's a little unfortunate to see.ShockingAlberto said:
I got a sense of that from a little bit of the other reviews as well, which is a bit unfair because if it's good software, it should be treated with as little bias as possible towards the platform it's on if you're reviewing it...
Based on how the press approached Skyward Sword in the past, I didn't think it would be as critically-acclaimed as, for example, Ocarina of Time, or other games that are being released this year. That's no skin off my back. I'm sure I'll enjoy it, but I'm sure I'll have issues with it as well because no game is perfect. I'm sure people in this thread who are still looking forward to this game will find something to enjoy about it as well.
But even then, I wonder if people have tempered their expectations for SS a little bit. Like I said before, going into a game in full-hype mode might either help or hurt how you feel about it later on, or after you beat it and sit on it after a while.
Haha. And have Link experience past trauma from seeing his family being slaughtered by Ganondorf.EatChildren said:
But seriously, if there is one thing Nintendo can take from these reviews, it should be NO MORE STEALTH segments. The number of people who hate these segments has to far outweigh the people who like them.
TheGreatMightyPoo
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dc89 said:
OH SNAP.
chickdigger802
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Even gamefaqs posters are smart enough to realize they can't hold up much of an argument of 'klepek is fat'.Franklinator said:slightly better than last time
EatChildren
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Feep said:
I honestly feel cheated. Sub 90 Metacritic will ease the pain though.
ThatObviousUser
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Andrex said:
Feep (and anyone else who has beaten it) can answer this too.
KefkaTaran
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Diprosalic said:
At least you have solid perspective on the situation! You're doing better than some people will.
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