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The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild | Review Thread
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They give different weights to publications?
victreeb3l
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I remember going to Funcoland (remember that place?) with my older brother to pick it up. I also remember I was too scared to travel through Hyrule at night. It wasn't until a few years later when I got my own computer and gaming communities really exploded online that I really understood Ocarina of Time's impact. I did absolutely love the game when I played it though.
Oh man I cannot wait for this gaaaaaame.
Basically. In fact, his dungeon analysis basically boils down to how cool his self made map looks
Inferno313
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Yeah, that's the whole concept of metacritic. Joe Schmoe's Movie Blog has less weight than the New York Times.
Not really. I only played the hd version.
unrenowned
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Has anyone seen a full Wii U review yet? I don't care if it's scored or not, I just want to know if the framerate actually is an issue.
CaviarMeths
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Yes. The major publishers like IGN and Edge have significantly more weight than NintendoFanBlog.org.
And with all the major pubs already raining 10s on BotW, that 98 score is likely to stay. 97 is the lowest it will go.
I think so. Any big publicaton gets more pull than some random site run by a few guys or something.
civilstrife
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There is no cycle. There was just console Zelda games getting worse with every iteration since Majora's Mask. So the previous game always looked better by comparison.
Pretty plain to see, especially with this game finally shaking things up.
Even most of the outlets are different.
The only outlet that still exists and reviewed both AND gave different scores (that I could find) was Gamepro and they gave OOT a higher score. But even that isn't apples to apples as that outlet used to be a magazine.
Mister Wolf
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King of kings.
I don't even know if Nintendo sent out review copies for the Wii U version, which probably says all you need to know about it.
brandonh83
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I don't think it's any more or less fun than riding the boat around for eons or steering a stubborn horse or, well, jogging. Both times I've played through Skyward I spent minimal amounts of time flying the bird aside from the very few times you're forced to. I used it to get from one place to another and it never took more than a moment or two. I spent most of the time in Skyloft, Eldin, Faron, Lanayru, and in the dungeons.
I dunno, to each his own! It was just a non-issue for me as I didn't do it much, I wasn't flying aimlessly like oh man this is so boring an empty but rather doing the stuff the game was actually giving me to do.
Yoshi
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TP's dungeons are great for their puzzles. Non-linearity is not a quality measure, but it is all he is focussing on in the analysis. I love his Game Maker's Tool Kit, but his Zelda analyses are weak.
Aaronrules380
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Nintendo was never going to send wii u review copies regardless of quality. If it's bad it'll hurt wii u sales of the game, if it's the same it might convince people not to make the switch.
AcademicSaucer
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I am very much looking forward to this game but people need to chill out with the claims about it being the best Nintendo game ever made, Donkey Kong 94 ain't getting dethroned.
It's not reductive, it's the entire point of those videos. They're all about the structures of the dungeons, and how they changed over time, that's what he's looking at. That's what Boss Keys is about.
It's not about the puzzles, atmosphere or boss, it's about how you move through the dungeon.
Crazyorloco
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Horizon, Zelda, Logan...
and Ed Sheeran's new album all in one week.
and Ed Sheeran's new album all in one week.
GregLombardi
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lol this made me laugh.
I am still in shock at these scores. I was so nervous over this game. When I first saw this game, the artist in me that I know exists reacted with inspiration. As such, I knew it had the potential to give Ocarina a run.
The scores seem to indicate it might. I am so giddy and yet reserved with anticipation. Just filled with different emotions.
KilgoreTrout
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You're not out because people like marrec are not capable of starting a discussion. You're out because your opinion has no real basis, and you can't substantiate it with any logic.
Your post history is plugs for your PS reviews, and primarily comments on PlayStation games. And that is fine.
Don't act like people shouldn't treat your opinion with skepticism when it's some reactionary fit about how it's unfair Horizon gets judged on a slightly different set of criteria. Reviews and previews have brought up the frame rate issues. They mention the game isn't the best looking thing ever. That ultimately is overcome by gameplay though.
You can enjoy both Horizon and Zelda.
You go on ahead and keep manufacturing enough cognitive dissonance to make sure you don't want to play a game outside your realm of fanboyism. I'll enjoy both games. Thanks.
And a new Carpenter Brut ! Truly the best week of the year.
Same. I'm at what feels like the end of the introduction of Horizon and I kind of don't want to go farther now knowing I won't be back to it for a while.
Fucking Kong next week too
Aldric
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l think sailing is boring too but l enjoy horse riding and even sprinting as wolf Link. Overworld traversal was only one of the elements l talked about anyway, to me SS's biggest flaw was the padding and rehashing of the same three zones, two of them being of very little interest.
I like SS a lot, but it doesn't touch WW for me personally.
WW might be dethroned as my favorite tomorrow
Don't be surprised when you see a lot of gaffers calling BotW one the best games of all time too. Just think of how many people have a Zelda game as one of their all time favorites already.
Greatest Ever
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The Easy Allies review was pretty good. I dunno, the FPS drops I don't mind, but I'm just not feeling excited, I guess, because of the open world nature. Still, here's hoping it lives up.
Wind Waker is absolutely better than Skyward Sword
WHAT. That's new to me!
Good lord.
boiled goose
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You're putting words in his mouth. His argument only comes down to linearity. Which is objective.
He clarifies he is not considering in room puzzles and praises other things like dungeons having clear themes.
Tp had tightly designed dungeons, but they were very formulaic in structure. I felt that playing and Brown's analysis formalizes why.
I also felt the dungeons in WW were a boring linear cakewalk. Again proven by Brown's analysis.
Maybe you dont like challenge.
Like Brown, I think that the best oot dungeon is the water temple and that Zelda has been in general decline in terms of dungeon complexity for a while.
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