Skyward Sword review thread [Newest Reviews - Cubed3 10/10, GC: A, AusGamers: 7/10]
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TSA said:
Well I haven't played it but I can say the reason I like Ghirahim right now is because of his dialogue and animation (I don't have much to go on though.) The role he actually plays in the story could end up being disappointing to me but for now I like him. Plus I felt he was a breath of fresh air for the series. If I liked his dialogue in the E3 demo will I like it throughout the rest of the game?
Oh btw do you know if the GT review is going up today?
Nocturnowl
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Sounds like they took a page out of Okami's book, sadly it was the worst page to takejarosh said:
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"have you played a Zelda game before? y/n"nluckett said:
"would you like to turn off hints? y/n"
Bluemercury said:
I never said anything about GTA.
But remember Zelda did this in the 80's...
Where do you want to go? Three branching paths immediately and a cave! Explore the world! Use your brain and not the forced hand. Complete respect to the player.
Why NOT have our own experiences in the game be uniquely defined. Why does all of our individual Zelda experiences need to be absolutely identical?
diffusionx
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BGBW said:
I think my lowest was 6 or 7.
TreasureHunterG
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1UP reviews are the least reliable concerning Nintendo games. I don't trust their B+.
The fact that you never really even see Zant is one of the reasons why he's so unmemorable. He doesn't have any great dialog and when he's finally fully "revealed," he's also shown to be a puppet for Ganon.
Sure, he was "bad," but I never really felt like he had a presence in the game because he was kind of boring. I would put him above someone like Chancellor Cole (who was awful), but definitely below some other memorable Zelda "one-off" villains. I'd be tempted to put Onox and Veran above him just because they had more of a role in their respective games.
I wonder if anyplace in LA has broken the street date...
Sure, he was "bad," but I never really felt like he had a presence in the game because he was kind of boring. I would put him above someone like Chancellor Cole (who was awful), but definitely below some other memorable Zelda "one-off" villains. I'd be tempted to put Onox and Veran above him just because they had more of a role in their respective games.
I wonder if anyplace in LA has broken the street date...
Nocturnowl
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I'm telling you that Link: The faces of evil is quite possibly the pinnacle of not only Zelda but gaming as a whole, i'm sure you'll agree...Pyrokai said:
brandonh83
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jarosh said:
one of the dumbest boss fights in gaming history. yep. I'm a huge defender of Twilight Princess but that shit was atrociously stupid.
jarosh said:
Being mysterious and silent doesn't necessarily make you a good villain, especially with his insipid dialog and the overall mediocre story in Twilight Princess. Especially in a game where the story is delivered by text: animation and dialog become incredibly important to build character. Zant didn't excel in either.
Nocturnowl
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A fine choice indeed, shame that Ocarina had to follow in the mammoth footsteps of the CDI trio, made the game look even worse than it already was and the less said about the rest the better.solblade00 said:
upon typing that I think I felt my brain trying to leap out of my head and my lunch rise up my gullet and with good cause!
TreasureHunterG said:
yep. the original has not been topped as far as exploration and challenge is concerned. 3d zelda's have nice dungeons but piss easy difficulty and a host of tedious bullshit.Brandon F said:
might get this anyway and do a three heart run. still piss easy, i bet.
Hot Coldman
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jarosh said:
Yeah he became AWESOME. I really liked that boss battle, just really stupid in a fun way, even if the character himself got destroyed with the stupid stick
brandonh83
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ivysaur12 said:
I think he's just saying that he was creepy and mysterious before they jumped the shark with the character near the end.
DrForester
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I think Zant was just what Agahnim would have been had he actually been fleshed out. He served his role, but I'd agree, he was a bit of a letdown.
jarosh said:
Personally I liked him better after he snapped. I don't think he had much of a personality before that point. I also felt like you didn't see him enough. Before the end I though he was at his best from the end of the third dungeon until the end of the fourth. I felt like you could feel his presence during that time. After that he disappeared from the story till the end.
Kai Dracon
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Brandon F said:I never said anything about GTA.
But remember Zelda did this in the 80's...
Where do you want to go? Three branching paths immediately and a cave! Explore the world! Use your brain and not the forced hand. Complete respect to the player.
Why NOT have our own experiences in the game be uniquely defined. Why does all of our individual Zelda experiences need to be absolutely identical?
This is a point that has been brought up before about the very first Zelda - something to bear in mind is, while it's a good point, only the original Zelda is non-linear to that degree. In part, because the notion of "one tool to a dungeon" hadn't yet been finalized.
By the time we got to Link to the Past, Zelda had pretty much become linear in terms of hitting the primary plot and set piece location beats.
I suppose Majora was the next most non-linear, but it had a very unusual and innovative design, that may not work for a mainline Zelda.
On the other hand, based on what I've read of Skyward Sword so far, there's the suggestion of less linearity in terms of significant side quests and other things to do... I also don't have the reaction that some do, to the notion of the side quests not being critical to the story. That doesn't mean they're not meaningful. One of the biggest problems with Zelda games has been that the side quests are very dry in terms of rewards; usually, it's just hunting for heart pieces, a bigger wallet, and bigger bomb bag. Here, there is supposedly more variety, and upgrading your tools and weapons in a meaty way is quite interesting. Sounds like worthwhile side quests to me.
HylianScribe
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Kard8p3 said:
If you liked his dialogue then, you're going to love his dialogue later on. I have a feeling you're going to like him a lot more than I did.
I think the GT review might be tomorrow now. I was glad I could even post my impressions in time because I've been swamped with work the last few days.
Kaijima said:
Then you're going to be quite pleased with the side quests.
ShellyDeKiller
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Yeah that's a new review.GregLombardi said:
My problem with Zelda isn't just lengthy tutorials. It's the fact that every collectible gives you a CONGRATULATIONS prompt. Here's your six thousandth red rupee! A red rupee is worth 20 rupees! In case you forgot!rhino4evr said:
Oh you found a map! Maps are a layout of the area you're in! This is useful information!
Hush youMasterShotgun said:
MasterShotgun
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Given that NG+ makes you take double damage, it effectively starts you off with 3 hearts.Crunched said:
ShockingAlberto
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That was seemingly a glitch in Twilight Princess, at least when you walk across rupees.Crunched said:
Does that carry over in to SS?
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DrForester
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Crunched said:
That's not in this game. At least not for the rupees, you only see the prompt the first time you pick up a color, and when you pull it from chests.
Random items you pick up are a bit more annoying. You have to see the congratulations prompt the first time you pick that item up, but it then only goes away till you start the game again (i.e. save at night, play the next morning, you have to see them again).
As for tutorials, they're almost gone in the game. There's a brief bird flying tutorial, and there's the sword trainer (but it's not nearly as time consuming as the guy in Wind Waker). The games method for tutorial is to give you a boss who will kick your ass till you figure it out.
ShockingAlberto
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Essentially this is saying that a good villain is one that's barely written, which I'm not sure I agree with.jarosh said:
ShockingAlberto
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Right, the chests are intentional.Crunched said:
It was the *getting a 20 rupee message when you pick one up* thing that was a glitch. Every time you restarted the game after turning it off, it would think it's the first time you've picked up a non-green rupee.
Zant was ominous. Was. When the "reveal" occurs, his entire personality changes. It's not that a good villain is sparse in detail, and I hope that wasn't what jarosh was trying to say. But there is a threat to Zant because we don't know the extent of his power (at one point he sticks you in wolf form while you're in the light, and no one can figure out how he did it). In that case, it works.ShockingAlberto said:
It's a case to case thing.
DrForester
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ShockingAlberto said:
Necron is greatest villain in gaming history confirmed!
ShockingAlberto said:
That's gone for rupees, but still there for random items.