Skyward Sword review thread [Newest Reviews - Cubed3 10/10, GC: A, AusGamers: 7/10]
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MrCookiepants said:
Usually yes, but there are some anomalies like dragon age 2. Although how anyone would doubt a new zelda game is a good game is silly. But these early reviews almost never takes up things people might see as drawbacks in games so they are often kinda crappy for consumers.
Other ONM UK scores (via gamerankings) for reference:
DKCR: 91% // Avg: 88% // +3
Other M: 91% // Avg: 78.5% // +12.5
Galaxy 2: 97% // Avg: 97% // +0
NSMBWii: 96% // Avg: 88% //+8
Galaxy: 97% // Avg: 97% // +0
Spirit Tracks: 91% // Avg: 87% // +3
Phantom Hourglass: 95% // Avg: 89% // +6
Brawl: 95% // Avg: 93% // +2
Prime 3: 94% // Avg: 90% // +4
Twilight Princess: 97% // Avg: 94.5% // +2.5%
(Avg. Bias: 3.5%, removing Other M as outlier: 2.5%)
Unfortunately aside from the Galaxy games their scores are on the higher side compared to average review scores. Anyway ~95% is pretty damn good even if the bias does carry over to Skyward Sword.
Nevertheless I'm still optimistic that the game will deserve the score.
DKCR: 91% // Avg: 88% // +3
Other M: 91% // Avg: 78.5% // +12.5
Galaxy 2: 97% // Avg: 97% // +0
NSMBWii: 96% // Avg: 88% //+8
Galaxy: 97% // Avg: 97% // +0
Spirit Tracks: 91% // Avg: 87% // +3
Phantom Hourglass: 95% // Avg: 89% // +6
Brawl: 95% // Avg: 93% // +2
Prime 3: 94% // Avg: 90% // +4
Twilight Princess: 97% // Avg: 94.5% // +2.5%
(Avg. Bias: 3.5%, removing Other M as outlier: 2.5%)
Unfortunately aside from the Galaxy games their scores are on the higher side compared to average review scores. Anyway ~95% is pretty damn good even if the bias does carry over to Skyward Sword.
Nevertheless I'm still optimistic that the game will deserve the score.
Triton55 said:
But their audience is also not exactly objective - they love Nintendo things, so they are likely to agree with a higher-than-average score for a good game in a series they are already proved to enjoy.
It's not bias, nor fan-boy behaviour, to prefer one developer's games to another's. That's taste.
Everyone gets so hung up on objectivity in reviews, when a little bit of subjectivity - 'I like most Zelda games and they are saying this is the best one' - can be very useful.
Winnie the Pimp
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Sinthetic said:
lol
that's nothing kiddo ;P i'm EASILY backlogged until 2021 and i'm NOT even joking in the slightest here
beelzebozo
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after reading the "iwata asks", it's clear this is going to be really special.
Protocol7
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Don't need reviews to know that the game is going to be great... but yeah ok cool^^ I guess it's comforting for people who had doubts? I usually don't need the press to go buy a game (see a movie, books etc...), never really understood that, I mean with the years don't you know what you like, want etc, it's like instinct, of course I'm always interested in to what people have to say, but the press... Anyway... HYPE!!!
Back in the olden days when I was young and still read print mags, in the time when you went to the outhouse to poopeth, ONM was still called NOM and before that NMS, and I pretty much always agreed with their scores. Back then they weren't a mag that were uncritical of Nintendo products. Don't know how it is now, just wanted to post in this topic that my sword is definitely pointed skywards as a result of this review score.
WrenchNinja
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As long as you don't fly off the handle, it should be all good.Ranger X said:
I haven't played TP since it came out in 06, but iirc, it took me about 37 hours to beat the main quest (without even attempting to get any side quests). Of course, that number's slightly inflated by a few hours cause I kept dying in the Ice mansion, so 35 hours seems about right.
But the length is not something I'm concerned about. What I'm hoping for is that the pacing, music, and new gimmicks are much improved, and that there's a better sense of cohesiveness throughout the whole game.
But the length is not something I'm concerned about. What I'm hoping for is that the pacing, music, and new gimmicks are much improved, and that there's a better sense of cohesiveness throughout the whole game.
WrenchNinja
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And no tear collecting!Oblivion said:
BlazingDarkness
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Triton55 said:
:lol
Oh gee, 95 for PH
As if a month early review wasn't damning enough
I'll wait for a credible review
WrenchNinja
Member
...There's tear collecting in here too isn't there? Had no idea. Well hopefully it's not as bad.Oblivion said:
Yerp. I don't know much about it (been avoiding SS info for awhile now) but while it seems to be an improvement it still looks to break the flow of the game. Can't say for sure though- but damn did I hate the tear collecting in TP on my second and onwards playthroughs...Crewnh said:
Nostalgia~4ever
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Bug collecting again?
EatChildren
Currently polling second in Australia's federal election (first in the Gold Coast), this feral may one day be your Bogan King.
mclem said:
Most likely. He mentions a few things regarding the length of the game, adventuring, and what you mentioned, and I'm guessing they got their wires crossed.
Nostalgia~4ever said:
Yes. You can use them to brew/upgrade potions.
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Looks like every game this year is the best game ever made.
Davey Cakes
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I'm not going to take the 98 at face value. This is ONM after all and bloated scores from them are almost expected.
That said, if you think about it in terms of comparison with other games, the fact that SS scored better than other top Wii titles has to say a lot. If anything scores better than Mario Galaxy then you know it has to be a triumph of some sort, regardless of the number.
That said, if you think about it in terms of comparison with other games, the fact that SS scored better than other top Wii titles has to say a lot. If anything scores better than Mario Galaxy then you know it has to be a triumph of some sort, regardless of the number.
Nostalgia~4ever
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will wait for Gerstmanns review.
