Skyward Sword review thread [Newest Reviews - Cubed3 10/10, GC: A, AusGamers: 7/10]

But the series finds itself facing an identity crisis, as it flirts with expanding what has defined the series without abandoning its charming but waning simplicity. Zelda doesn’t need to become something else to maintain relevance, but at a certain point, when “a brand-new great Zelda game” isn’t enough, there’s reason to pause.

Why are people having issues with the ending of Patrick's review? He's saying it's expanded on some things but it still wants to be a regular Zelda game. Then he says that it doesn't need to do anything special to be relevant but is another great Zelda game really enough? Basically it doesn't push the envelope.
 
EatChildren said:
Uncharted 3 has pretty amazing animations, technically more advanced than Zelda (easy, fanboys. easy). Maybe Uncharted 3 is the new Zelda? Then, of course, there's Skyrim. It's open world, and thus more open than Zelda. Zelda could be more like that. Or even like Dark Souls, a bit more focused bit still with open world qualities. No puzzle solving though. Hmm.

Gosh so many games Zelda could be.
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Minecraft is the real new Zelda!!
 
jarosh said:
zeldass3.jpg



:D
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Is that the exact same colour as the golden Classic Controller?
 
Vanille said:
I'm finding it hard to comprehend how a Zelda game could possibly be more creatively bankrupt in the story department than TP.

What the fuck Nintendo.
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TP was pretty crazy if you think about it. The Ganon twist, as abrupt and seemingly out of place as it was, still get points for completing throwing you for a loop.

There was also a lot of interesting stuff at the micro-level that people forget.
 
Crewnh said:
But the series finds itself facing an identity crisis, as it flirts with expanding what has defined the series without abandoning its charming but waning simplicity. Zelda doesn’t need to become something else to maintain relevance, but at a certain point, when “a brand-new great Zelda game” isn’t enough, there’s reason to pause.

Why are people having issues with the ending of Patrick's review? He's saying it's expanded on some things but it still wants to be a regular Zelda game. Then he says that it doesn't need to do anything special to be relevant but is another great Zelda game really enough? Basically it doesn't push the envelope.
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I'm gonna' be honest, I have literally no fucking idea what the last paragraph of his review means.

[edit] Eurogamer review incoming by the sounds of things...
 
Crewnh said:
But the series finds itself facing an identity crisis, as it flirts with expanding what has defined the series without abandoning its charming but waning simplicity. Zelda doesn’t need to become something else to maintain relevance, but at a certain point, when “a brand-new great Zelda game” isn’t enough, there’s reason to pause.

Why are people having issues with the ending of Patrick's review? He's saying it's expanded on some things but it still wants to be a regular Zelda game. Then he says that it doesn't need to do anything special to be relevant but is another great Zelda game really enough? Basically it doesn't push the envelope.
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If only it swiped the envelope. 5 stars.
 
Interfectum said:
Went back and read Yoshi's meltdown. Even that was disappointing. :/
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Hey, you can't do much when you're ban-threatened just minutes before the reviews started showing up!

♥ EatChildren ♥ I love you for not banning me, any other mod would've banned me.
 
Every time I see another region's rating sticker I get the instinct to gag.

ESRB = small & colorless & uniform size

ALL HAIL
 
Oh man... can't wait! And I swear Amazon, if you ship this to me in a padded mailer, someone's gonna get hurt. Two FM4 LEs destroyed in transit.
 
Yoshichan said:
Hey, you can't do much when you're ban-threatened just minutes before the reviews started showing up!

♥ EatChildren ♥ I love you for not banning me, any other mod would've banned me.
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There were about five mods scouring the thread as reviews went down, so they must have saw fit to spare you as well.
 
Caelus said:
What are the most trustworthy reviewers out there? I want to know if they gave it 10s...
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the lowest are the ones that have integrity, are keeping it real, and are the only ones to be trusted with all future reviews of this particular series.
 
heringer said:
How spoiler free is IGN's video review?
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Depends what you count as a spoiler.

According to the reviewer and a couple of posters earlier, very spoiler free.

Then again, I watched the first 20 seconds and had to turn it off because I started seeing some parts of cut scenes and stuff that I'd prefer not to see. Probably minor stuff, but I'm trying to go into the game as blind as possible.
 
Caelus said:
What are the most trustworthy reviewers out there? I want to know if they gave it 10s...
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EatChildren.cz gave it 3.8/10.
 
EatChildren said:
There were about five mods scouring the thread as reviews went down, so they must have saw fit to spare you as well.
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Wow, that number actually terrifies me o.o You should've said that before the reviews started popping in, I wouldn't even had said a single word!

Damn... five mods.
EatChildren said:
EatChildren.cz gave it 3.8/10.
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Link to the review plz!!
 
Woffls said:
Eurogamer review 10/10
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Nintendo supposedly keeps a timeline that ties these clockwork fairy tales together into some sort of coherent whole, but I don't buy it. Sure, there is the rare exception of Majora's Mask: an actual sequel to Ocarina of Time, and not coincidentally the least formulaic and most experimental game in the series. But for the most part, Zelda games are echoes of each other, handed down from one (console) generation to the next, changing the context but not the form.
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Oh.
 
Vanille said:
I'm finding it hard to comprehend how a Zelda game could possibly be more creatively bankrupt in the story department than TP.

What the fuck Nintendo.
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I agree, LOL. The only good thing TP had going for it was dungeon design.
 
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