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[EVO]

The fuck is this post? The first 3 Tony hawk games are some of the greatest of all time.

Amen brother.

 

[Fat4all]

Any big hitter reviewer left?

Jim Sterling, dunno who else.

 

[GoldenCrow]

I did say I was going to wait until after the hype died down and a more balanced user impressions came though but damn I'm going to have to pick up a cheap Wii U sooner rather than later.

 

[foxbeldin]

Here comes the wife convincing game. Wish me luck guys.

 

[vaderise]

Yeah it will but why are people still comparing both games? Is this some consolewars stuff I just don't seem to understand?

Nope it actually preety sad that Zelda won't get attention it deserves. What it deserves it GTA- Minecraft level sales, with appreciation from the whole gaming community.
Oh and comparisions are inevitable. They're both open world action-adventure games that come out in the same week.

 

[Crazyorloco]

Holy crap. This is special.

OoT is being dethroned

 

[Always-honest]

Damn, what a time to be a gamer.

 

[Realeza]

Spain's biggest site Meristation

http://www.meristation.com/nintendo...lda-breath-of-the-wild/analisis-juego/2131938

10/10

 

[ITSMILNER]

So this weekend is going to be a write off then, not going to be leaving the house it seems

 

[Dark Cloud]

Super Mario Odyssey has a lot of work to do

 

[Starsunder]

You know it's funny because I can load it up, play it, and beat it perfectly fine.

Indeed. And rather easily to boot.

So strange!

 

[KooopaKid]

Even more impressive than I was expecting. My bet was superior or equal to 94.

 

[Chaos17]

Are we witnessing history?

From Metacritic, credit Nibel for screenshot

 

[dcdobson]

A Link to the Past was one of the first games I ever finished and is still my favorite game of all time. I'm literally on the verge of tears hearing how amazing this game appears to be. Can't wait!

 

[Nickle]

A decent portion of the high 90 scores and 100 scores are the highest ratings those websites have ever given a game.

 

[sanstesy]

Cool scores!

So when does my Switch ship?

 

[CaviarMeths]

Ocarina of Time is my favorite video game of all time. Many reviewers are saying this is better.

My heart can't take this. Am I witnessing history right now?

Edit:

34, been playing games since the Atari.

Previous all-time favorites (abridged):

• Chrono Trigger
• Final Fantasy VI
• Super Metroid
• Super Mario World
• The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening
• The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
• Metroid Prime

BotW might be better than all of these games.

Thanks, I'm dead. Didn't even get a chance to play it.

 

[Mantorok]

I really need to read one of these reviews because so far all I'm hearing about is how open-world it is, yet I've heard nothing about the core story yet, which, whilst the free-roaming is great, Zelda always had a solid storyline going on too.

 

[Lom1lo]

Man the framerate gets really shitty in the easy allies review

 

[ubiblu]

Breath of the Wild is pretty much confirmed to be the best video game of the last 20 years.

Nintendo magic is back.

 

[Celine]

So it seems that anything lower than 10 for Breath of Wild is the new 8.7 lol

Ocarina of Time is my favorite video game of all time. Many reviewers are saying this is better.

My heart can't take this. Am I witnessing history right now?

You are witnessing history but it depend on you how much you will like it.
There will surely be people that won't like the game that much even if Breath of Wild average score will be close to 100.

 

[OrbitalBeard]

Super Mario Odyssey has a lot of work to do

If any game can come close this year, it's this one.

 

[piccio_ssl]

From Trusted Reviews:

Spoiler

For example, the most iconic weapon possibly in all of gaming, the Master Sword, is hidden deep within part of the world and at no point does the game tell you how to get it. I decided around halfway through the game to go and search for it, having studied the map and having a hunch it was found in a particular area. The nearly two-hour journey of solving puzzles and reading the map to finally see Link standing in front of the plinth housing the Master Sword was one of the most memorable gaming experiences I’ve ever had, simply because I learned how to find it on my own.

Not story-related.

This is what I've wanted for a long time.

Fully Erected

 

[Seesaw15]

I'm excited! Haven't had the chance to play a Zelda game since Oracle of seasons in 2001. Looks like I'm picking up a switch this Christmas.

 

[forknknife]

Hey, OP, could you please indicate which reviews are spoilerish in your OP? With that I mean reviews that show stuff that hasn't been shown in the previews. Probably most of them I guess but still...

 

[TheDinoman]

Nintendo magic is back.

Honestly? It never left.

 

[daxy]

Here comes the wife convincing game. Wish me luck guys.

Godspeed, you brave soul.

 

[NotLiquid]

Hey guys good morning what's going o-

... Oh

 

[ckaneo]

That GTA IV score is deplorable.

 

[NHarmonic.]

Nope it actually preety sad that Zelda won't get attention it deserves. What it deserves it GTA- Minecraft level sales, with appreciation from the whole gaming community.
Oh and comparisions are inevitable. They're both open world action-adventure games that come out in the same week.

What are you talking about? This franchise is one of the most famous ever, it's appreciated and discussed a lot, even when it's not that much of a seller.

 

[Zalman]

History in the making.

 

[Kodaman]

Freaking impressive scores. More so in this times.

 

[Hero]

Wow, this is insanity. I haven't seen a game review this well in such a long time.

 

[stoff]

This is the Second Coming!

 

[Milennia]

Just to get it out of the way I loved tony hawk pro skater 2

But get the fuck out of the way

 

[ViciousDS]

I kind of feel bad for guerilla. They are given the go ahead to make a new style of game. They deliver fantastically for a first try an amazing open world game and it's got a stunning story, amazing gameplay and stellar visuals.

And it gets drowned out by a GotG 3 days later.


The truly worst part is........should I finish horizon.......or start Zelda, a game that I've waited a long long time for.


Shit

 

[Diprosalic]

That Easy Allies review is really really good.

The difference between reviews and their on site content is so funny to me. They talk about games like they are the gift of gods and they only exist to worship video games and then they put out fair reviews. 4/5 it's alright.

 

[RocknRola]

From Metacritic, credit Nibel for screenshot

I feel like GTAIV + Tony Hawks most definitely don't belong there, but otherwise that's a damn solid list. Any one of those games is indeed great.

 

[ubiblu]

Honestly? It never left.

I'm a fanboy. Of course it never left for me.

But for the general population? This shit is the start of another generation of new Nintendo fans.

 

[jacobeid]

Breath of the Wild is pretty much confirmed to be the best video game of the last 20 years.

Nintendo magic is back.

Nintendo never left though.

Edit: saw your post above. Fair enough!

 

[SmokedMeat]

I'm officially taking off from work tomorrow.

 

[BriGuy]

Pretty cool. I just hope the delivery guy comes early on Friday, none of this "by 8PM" bullshit.

 

[Anteo]

Is posting my own in here to be added OK? If so, mine for Zam:

http://www.zam.com/article/1365/the-legend-of-zelda-breath-of-the-wild-review

I knew it it sucks.

Not really but I actually dont like open worlds that much and even in both xenoblade games where it was sometimes fun to explore the world, it wasnt enough for me to explore everything and thats why I found X kind of boring at times. Just like you said some people like to explore worlds just because its there, but thats not for me.

Im most likely gonna have a similar experience to yours, maybe nots as negative but still bad.

 

[toastyToast]

From Trusted Reviews:

Spoiler

For example, the most iconic weapon possibly in all of gaming, the Master Sword, is hidden deep within part of the world and at no point does the game tell you how to get it. I decided around halfway through the game to go and search for it, having studied the map and having a hunch it was found in a particular area. The nearly two-hour journey of solving puzzles and reading the map to finally see Link standing in front of the plinth housing the Master Sword was one of the most memorable gaming experiences I’ve ever had, simply because I learned how to find it on my own.

Not story-related.

This is what I've wanted for a long time.

damn this is dope as fuck

 

[mrmickfran]

A 98?

Holy fuck

 

[VDenter]

Honestly? It never left.

It did partially during the Wii U era. Who cares though its back in full force.

 

[Gurish]

So basically going by the cons I've read if the game was on a more powerful hardware it would have been a perfect 10, only complaints are about the visuals and fps, so the game itself is basically perfect, insane.

 

[othersteve]

I like your phrasing here in the bold. Those of us that have been around this long know that when you get up to the best games ever created, the list changes often, changes order often, and becomes a heaven of highs regardless of the titles to which we personally become attached. Thanks for the feedback.

I could not be more excited.

Yes, it's an inexact science for sure. Superlatives are easy to fall prey to... my fellow podcast pals took me to task about this on our two-hour Zeldacast that we just finished publishing also!

http://flapjawspace.com/FlapJawSpace.xml

 

[MHWilliams]

I'm a bit out of the loop regarding the game's language settings: is it possible to change the VO to Spanish, but keep the subtitles in English?

Missed this. I don't think so? BOTW doesn't have voice options, the game just uses the Voice over and subs of whatever region you have the system set to.

 

[?oe?oe]

Does Tony Hawk Pro Skater 2 hold up nowadays?