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[Common Knowledge]

The Sand Sea is probably my favorite designed area in any game. Timestone mechanic was brilliant. Skyward Sword has a lot going for it.

Hoping BotW surpasses though.

Genuine question: what exactly is it about the Sand Sea that blows people's minds? I mean, once you get over the (admittedly extremely cool) visual effect of sailing over sand that continuously becomes water, it's kind of a small area with just a few enemies and exploding barrels here and there. Are people including the Pirate Ship dungeon when they mention the Sand Sea?

Not to disparage people's opinions, but it's something I just don't understand why people think it's so incredible, and I think there are better parts of the Lanayru Desert that much more effectively use the Timeshift Stones.

 

[CharminUltra]

Kind of like Captain Toad to Mario. I'd like to see something like that for Zelda.

Tingle's Voyage.

 

[JaseMath]

Genuine question: what exactly is it about the Sand Sea that blows people's minds? I mean, once you get over the (admittedly extremely cool) visual effect of sailing over sand that continuously becomes water, it's kind of a small area with just a few enemies and exploding barrels here and there. Are people including the Pirate Ship dungeon when they mention the Sand Sea?

Not to disparage people's opinions, but it's something I just don't understand why people think it's so incredible, and I think there are better parts of the Lanayru Desert that much more effectively use the Timeshift Stones.

It's that fucking music.

 

[DragonKnight]

Wine Waker had the worst dungeons in a 3d for sure though.

Yeah. MM And WWs were weak imho. 3D or otherwise.

Dug Tower of the Gods though.

Only thing I liked about MM's dungeons was collecting the fairies.

 

[Kthulhu]

Tingle's Voyage.

 

[victreeb3l]

Top 5 Skyward Sword track: Gate of Time

I never played this game and I consider myself a Zelda fan. I truly hope they make an HD version of it for the Switch.

I know a lot of people skipped it. It's still worth playing through on a Wii but the game deserves the HD remaster treatment.

 

[MrSaturn99]

Genuine question: what exactly is it about the Sand Sea that blows people's minds? I mean, once you get over the (admittedly extremely cool) visual effect of sailing over sand that continuously becomes water, it's kind of a small area with just a few enemies and exploding barrels here and there. Are people including the Pirate Ship dungeon when they mention the Sand Sea?

Not to disparage people's opinions, but it's something I just don't understand why people think it's so incredible, and I think there are better parts of the Lanayru Desert that much more effectively use the Timeshift Stones.

Kinda curious as well. Sandship is a great dungeon but otherwise...eh.

Wine Waker had the worst dungeons in a 3d for sure though.

People rag on them for their linearity but I think the setpieces/atmosphere were enough to render them pretty great.

Tower of the Gods and Wind Temple are just amazing in that regard. Always get that musty feel from those two.

 

[Astral Dog]

Skyward Sword,best Zelda soundtrack!? Pfffff
What a letdown. Now Spirit Tracks, thats how you do a modern Zelda ost

 

[foxuzamaki]

I love the super spoiler added to the spoiler thread
It was probably done sarcastically but its still hilarious

 

[Realeza]

Skyward Sword,best Zelda soundtrack!? Pfffff
What a letdown. Now Spirit Tracks, thats how you do a modern Zelda ost

Koloktos boss theme >≥>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

 

[elithrar]

Are there any details on how long the game is? Mass Effect games are 25-40 hours long, depending on how much of a completionist you are. Pillars of Eternity is 50-80+ hours, Skyrim about the same.

 

[ASIS]

Are you all really saying that the dungeons in Skyward Sword are superior to the dungeons in Ocarina Of Time, the Wind Waker and Twilight Princess?!?

I know we're just basing this off our personal opinions - but come on - Skyward Sword had maybe 3 "great" dungeons.

Yes.

 

[Astral Dog]

Kinda curious as well. Sandship is a great dungeon but otherwise...eh.



People rag on them for their linearity but I think the setpieces/atmosphere were enough to render them pretty great.

Tower of the Gods and Wind Temple are just amazing in that regard. Always get that musty feel from those two.

Wind Waker had some classics for sure. From helping Valoo kill a gigantic centipede . Exploring an ancient tower made for the gods. Rescuing Makar from a weird cave-like forest,returning to kill thd giant bird that kidnaped your sister and the Wind temple was very good too.

 

[hughesta]

I think TP has my least favorite dungeons in a 3D Zelda. WW is on the lower end but I wouldn't call them bad

Both Makar dungeons are fantastic.

I keep editing this post but I guess my best dungeon order would be

SS > MM > OOT > WW > TP

 

[victreeb3l]

Skyward Sword,best Zelda soundtrack!? Pfffff
What a letdown. Now Spirit Tracks, thats how you do a modern Zelda ost

Gate of Time
Fi's Theme
Ballad of the Goddess
Isle of Songs
Lanayru Desert

Spirit Tracks also has a great OST. Love the overworld theme.

 

[Lord_Byron28]

Are you all really saying that the dungeons in Skyward Sword are superior to the dungeons in Ocarina Of Time, the Wind Waker and Twilight Princess?!?

I know we're just basing this off our personal opinions - but come on - Skyward Sword had maybe 3 "great" dungeons.

Ancient Cistern is probably my favorite dungeon in the series. The concept, design, execution and boss for the entire dungeon was spot on. I recall the dungeons being fun, different, refreshing and atmospheric. I'd say the cream of the crop for 3D Zelda dungeons for me are these:

OoT- Shadow Temple, Spirit Temple

MM- Stone Tower (the rest are the most forgettable in the series)

TWW- Tower of the God's, Earth Temple

TP- Goron Mines, Lakebed Temple, Arbiter's Grounds, Snowpeak Ruins, and City in the Sky

SS- Lanayru Mining Facility, Ancient Cistern, Sandship and Skykeep.

 

[foxuzamaki]

I actually don't play Zelda for the dungeons, more so the world and characters

 

[DNAbro]

Genuine question: what exactly is it about the Sand Sea that blows people's minds? I mean, once you get over the (admittedly extremely cool) visual effect of sailing over sand that continuously becomes water, it's kind of a small area with just a few enemies and exploding barrels here and there. Are people including the Pirate Ship dungeon when they mention the Sand Sea?

Not to disparage people's opinions, but it's something I just don't understand why people think it's so incredible, and I think there are better parts of the Lanayru Desert that much more effectively use the Timeshift Stones.

There is a quite a few things though it's is kind of hard to say exactly why it worked so well. I literally can't think of one area in any other game that blew my mind just from the concept of what was happening. It just tickles my imagination for whatever reason. The music and visual effect do play a big part on why it does so. Mechanically it might not be the best thing ever, but from a conceptual design standpoint I absolutely adore the idea of it.

Also yes, I include the Pirate Ship and everything in the surrounding area.

 

[NewGame]

Are there any details on how long the game is? Mass Effect games are 25-40 hours long, depending on how much of a completionist you are. Pillars of Eternity is 50-80+ hours, Skyrim about the same.

Estimates vary, remember that it was stated in e3 that you could 'go to the final area of the game' immediately after leaving the starting area.

So basically you can 1v1 ganon as naked link holding a stick? idk but maybe.

 

[ASIS]

I actually don't play Zelda for the dungeons, more so the world and characters

Skyward Sword has great characters, but the world is certainly unique. Great for a one time thing but I wouldn't have been happy if they kept splitting the world like that.

 

[Hindl]

Are there any details on how long the game is? Mass Effect games are 25-40 hours long, depending on how much of a completionist you are. Pillars of Eternity is 50-80+ hours, Skyrim about the same.

I'll spoiler it in case people don't want to know. Doing just the main quest (not rush straight to Hyrule Castle, but complete all the story stuff only) takes

Spoiler

20 hours

according to Edge. But obviously between the fact that you can technically go straight to the final boss, while at the same time spend all your time exploring the world, your actual time will differ wildly. I could see non-glitch speedruns being completed in 3-4 hours, while 100% taking well over 300

 

[Astral Dog]

Gate of Time
Fi's Theme
Ballad of the Goddess
Isle of Songs
Lanayru Desert

Spirit Tracks also has a great OST. Love the overworld theme.

Its not the worst but i was expecting a Mario Galaxy tier soundtrack becuase thats what they led me to believe and this is far. Far from it.

The music from the trailers in BoTW are awesome though. Thats more like it.

 

[Makai]

Link Between worlds OST

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oxl-n80bq_Y

 

[TheGreatMightyPoo]

 

[ncslamm]

I'll spoiler it in case people don't want to know. Doing just the main quest (not rush straight to Hyrule Castle, but complete all the story stuff only) takes

Spoiler

20 hours

according to Edge. But obviously between the fact that you can technically go straight to the final boss, while at the same time spend all your time exploring the world, your actual time will differ wildly. I could see non-glitch speedruns being completed in 3-4 hours, while 100% taking well over 300

This may be one game I never get 100% but still try to do it. I'm probably going to need the guide to find everything.

 

[Deckard Chapel]

Yes.

 

[The Lamp]

He's not wrong. At all.

 

[Mihael Mello Keehl]

Finally caught up. Whoever music blessed posted that yo soul and may god please bless gamexplain soul! That botw battle music made me feel like I just heard some alien music or some shit that song was WONDERFUL!!!

 

[A Serious Man]

Meaning we've come a long way and that looks like dog shit now.

I know, but how does that justify how BotW looks? Saying no one has a right to complain about BotW because a game two mainline entries and two consoles back looks like dog shit doesn't make sense.

 

[LinkSlayer64]

Hooch, you crazy!

 

[ASIS]

What?

 

[frankie_baby]

I'll spoiler it in case people don't want to know. Doing just the main quest (not rush straight to Hyrule Castle, but complete all the story stuff only) takes

Spoiler

20 hours

according to Edge. But obviously between the fact that you can technically go straight to the final boss, while at the same time spend all your time exploring the world, your actual time will differ wildly. I could see non-glitch speedruns being completed in 3-4 hours, while 100% taking well over 300

To give a perhaps more typical experience another preview (can't remember where from) said it took them 25 hours to reach the first dungeon

 

[victreeb3l]

Its not the worst but i was expecting a Mario Galaxy tier soundtrack becuase thats what they led me to believe and this is far. Far from it.

The music from the trailers in BoTW are awesome though. Thats more like it.

To be fair I dont think any Zelda has gotten the Galaxy treatment That was some otherworldly (no pun intended) stuff.

 

[Hindl]

To give a perhaps more typical experience another preview (can't remember where from) said it took them 25 hours to reach the first dungeon

That was Dan Ryckert from Giant Bomb, and that's slightly incorrect. It's not that it took him 25 hours to get to the first dungeon, it's that he was having so much fun just fucking around in the overworld that the thought hadn't occurred to him to find a dungeon until he was 25 hours in

 

[nickthebiggeek]

To give a perhaps more typical experience another preview (can't remember where from) said it took them 25 hours to reach the first dungeon

I pretty sure that was GB and that was because they said they kept getting side tracked, so most likely they could have gotten to the first dungeon a lot sooner.

 

[LinkSlayer64]

To be fair I dont think any Zelda has gotten the Galaxy treatment That was some otherworldly (no pun intended) stuff.

Mario Galaxy was missing one thing that would have made it beyond perfect.

Freddy Mercury

 

[Mihael Mello Keehl]

I pretty sure that was GB and that was because they said they kept getting side tracked, so most likely they could have gotten to the first dungeon a lot sooner.

Well you can go straight to the boss. Its possible the game is 5 mins.

Everyone will play this game different. A more normal playthrough yeah it could probably take 20 hours to get to one dungeon.

 

[brandonh83]

I'm old enough to remember playing The Legend of Zelda with my older brothers. I remember staring at screenshots and looking at the artwork and the map and wondering what was out there. It really felt like anything was possible.

In the 3D era, it never once felt like anything was possible.

I had this feeling while reading Nintendo Power articles about Ocarina of Time during the 64DD days that never came to pass. So I get that. But, I don't agree with what you're saying about the 3D games, they had just as much exploration and "discovery" as any of the others. But BOTW does seem to have the craziest level of that so far.

 

[nickthebiggeek]

Well you can go straight to the boss. Its possible the game is 5 mins.

Everyone will play this game different. A more normal playthrough yeah it could probably take 20 hours to get to one dungeon.

They said you can get to the last boss but you will not be able to beat him until you have better weapons and armor.

 

[AcademicSaucer]

cool

 

[LinkSlayer64]

They said you can get to the last boss but you will not be able to beat him until you have better weapons and armor.

THAT SOUNDS LIKE A CHALLENGE!

 

[Makai]

metal gerudo

 

[Enduin]

cool

Solid Link in Metal Gear Tingle.

 

[Mihael Mello Keehl]

They said you can get to the last boss but you will not be able to beat him until you have better weapons and armor.

Please.. somebody gon find a way. Thats what this game is all about

 

[victreeb3l]

Mario Galaxy was missing one thing that would have made it beyond perfect.

Freddy Mercury

This is glorious

 

[KingBroly]

Please.. somebody gon find a way. Thats what this game is all about

I imagine there's some weapons near Hyrule Castle that you can beat the final boss with.

But that's a complete guess on my part.

 

[TheGreatMightyPoo]

THAT SOUNDS LIKE A CHALLENGE!

I got that reference...

 

[UnemployedVillain]

cool

I feel like I find out about a new mechanic in this game everyday

 

[TheGreatMightyPoo]

Please.. somebody gon find a way. Thats what this game is all about

Some Japanese dude will do it with a fishing rod controller.

 

[DecoReturns]

Alright, I'll admit it.

I named Link, Zelda once. English was not my first language and I thought Link was Zelda.

Edit: Not Wrong thread. I just have nothing to do right now, but wait for BOTW