Incitemaybe
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Is it possible for someone who has beaten the game to say a little something on how the new game + works or if it's interesting/something good or not WITHOUT SPOILERS?
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The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword |OT| Home of Punkin' Chunkin' Champion 2011
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Watch Da Birdie
I buy cakes for myself on my birthday it's not weird lots of people do it I bet
He was pretty hard too, since I never thought to head up the slope all the way where the hearts are.
Even though Ghirahim was harder, I prefer these big epic bosses.
MidnightCowboy
Member
The stuff before and inside the third dungeon is incredible. But damn, that must have been the easiest boss battle of all time.
Slurpy2k20
Member
The next boss will kick your ass.
PhoenixSFT
Member
Whaaaaaa so maybe that's how you trick Bokoblins, I swear those things parry my every sword strike.
MasterShotgun
brazen editing lynx
Holy shit did the game get good. Today I
. For anyone who complains the game is boring, get to the third dungeon. Everything about it was great. And afterwards, shit gets real. There were so many "Holy shit!" moments. The only way it could have been better was if
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*spoilers about post third dungeon section*
I'm so glad the game has picked up. I want to play even more, but I don't want to beat it too quickly. I still think SS can become my favorite Zelda game if it can keep up its current pace for most of the rest of the game. I know about the various fetch quests, but I'll have to judge them when I get to those parts.
And I'm officially in the "Fi needs to shut the hell up" crowd. She's currently being underused as a character, which I would rather see more of instead of getting to the boss door and having her tell me "There's something dangerous behind this door". It's not like I couldn't tell by it looking like the past two boss doors. I'm also going to have to look away from the TV so she doesn't spoil puzzles, like she almost did for the
. I turned my head just in time to avoid her words. I don't having a guide, but let me solve the puzzles on my own unless I specifically want help and stop telling shit a three-year could figure out.
Easiest in the game up to that point? Probably. It was still a cool battle and I liked it better than the second boss. All three bosses so far have been great though.
Easiest of all time? Hell no. The first one that came to my mind is Queen Gohma in OoT. She can be taken out in under a minute with ease.
finished Lanayru Desert, completed the whole third dungeon, and got fought the Imprisoned
I got to fight Ghirahim on the bridge
*spoilers about post third dungeon section*
Returning to Faron Woods yielded even more awesome stuff. Groose freaking out after landing in the woods had me in tears. "T-tiny birds?", "You imploded my mind", and "I'll call it... Grooseland!" were my favorites. The harp isn't as bad as I thought it would be, but it is a little difficult to move with a given rhythm. Playing it along with the background music in any area is a pretty cool idea however. And I'm surprised I figured out how to beat the Imprisoned so quickly. I just tried jumping on him to see if it would work, and to my surprise, it totally did. I guess I'm now on the path to forging the Master Sword now. I headed back to Skyloft and stopped playing for the night.
I'm so glad the game has picked up. I want to play even more, but I don't want to beat it too quickly. I still think SS can become my favorite Zelda game if it can keep up its current pace for most of the rest of the game. I know about the various fetch quests, but I'll have to judge them when I get to those parts.
And I'm officially in the "Fi needs to shut the hell up" crowd. She's currently being underused as a character, which I would rather see more of instead of getting to the boss door and having her tell me "There's something dangerous behind this door". It's not like I couldn't tell by it looking like the past two boss doors. I'm also going to have to look away from the TV so she doesn't spoil puzzles, like she almost did for the
generator puzzle at the end of the Lanayru Desert
Easiest in the game up to that point? Probably. It was still a cool battle and I liked it better than the second boss. All three bosses so far have been great though.
Easiest of all time? Hell no. The first one that came to my mind is Queen Gohma in OoT. She can be taken out in under a minute with ease.
Incitemaybe
Member
He was easy, but I liked that battle!
MidnightCowboy
Member
Oh it was definitely fun, I was just surprised at the ease. It barely even attacks.
Metroid Killer
Member
Doesn't he have a dog if I remember correctly (which inspired Nintendogs). A cat probably scratched his poor dog and now they are eternally marked as evil :/
Chet Rippo
Member
He was easy, but not Gohma easy.
Incitemaybe
Member
I hear ya, especially considering the first temple boss fight, however I wonder how I'd fare against it now that I'm better with the combat system.
ViewtifulJC
Banned
Ok so what exactly do I do for this Ballad thing now that the windmills are facing each other >_>
WiiRevolution1
Member
Just beat the game. I started Sunday at 12PM and Finished today (Tuesday, master) at about 11PM
Total playtime 35:25
Damn it was awsome. Its to soon to tell but this may be my favorite Zelda game ever, which means its my favorite game ever. (coming from someone who grew up on 3D Zeldas)
FINAL BOSS/STORY SPOILERS. DO NOT READ UNLESS YOU HAVE BEATEN THE GAME.
Edit: whoops didnt see spoiler thread. Ill repost there tomorrow...
Total playtime 35:25
Damn it was awsome. Its to soon to tell but this may be my favorite Zelda game ever, which means its my favorite game ever. (coming from someone who grew up on 3D Zeldas)
FINAL BOSS/STORY SPOILERS. DO NOT READ UNLESS YOU HAVE BEATEN THE GAME.
Those final bosses was fucking awsome and intense. The 3 part Grahim (spelling I know) boss battle was awsome and the enemies that came from all directions beforehand was simply epic! Then the first Ganondorf incarnation comes up, kills Grahim and challenges you to a duel. I was glad I could go back and get postions since I had 2 hearst left when I started with 2 potions and 13 hearts.
The actual final boss was the most intense battle I have ever faced. Took my awhile to figure out its 1st form without losing to many hearts. After figuring out the second form I couldnt do a Skyward Strike. My wiimote kept losing calibration. That ruined it and made me die 7 times. Whoa.
But then I beat it and the epologue kept being amazing.
Amazing game is amazing.
Amazing credit music is amazing.
And the sealed temple being eluded to being OoT's Temple of Time was amazing.
Grahim being eluded to being Dark Link at the end was also cool.
Groose...well I figured he would be Ganondorf but it turns out hes just someone random and not in any other games as far as I can tell...but hes my 3rd favorite character besides Zelda and Grahim.
I'll post my cons and my jaw dropping moments later in the week or two. That final boss weakened me. I can barely move my arms lol.arms.
The actual final boss was the most intense battle I have ever faced. Took my awhile to figure out its 1st form without losing to many hearts. After figuring out the second form I couldnt do a Skyward Strike. My wiimote kept losing calibration. That ruined it and made me die 7 times. Whoa.
But then I beat it and the epologue kept being amazing.
Amazing game is amazing.
Amazing credit music is amazing.
And the sealed temple being eluded to being OoT's Temple of Time was amazing.
Grahim being eluded to being Dark Link at the end was also cool.
Groose...well I figured he would be Ganondorf but it turns out hes just someone random and not in any other games as far as I can tell...but hes my 3rd favorite character besides Zelda and Grahim.
I'll post my cons and my jaw dropping moments later in the week or two. That final boss weakened me. I can barely move my arms lol.arms.
Edit: whoops didnt see spoiler thread. Ill repost there tomorrow...
PaddyOCanager
Member
Not sure what I think of this game yet. I'm in the Desert right now looking for the three power nodes. Motion controls have really pissed me off more than a few times. I've had to repeat the same motion before it works, or it just doesn't respond at all. In some instances the motion just feels tacked on or frustrating. I spent 10 minutes trying to open a fucking door because I had to stand on a switch and bowl an electric hermit crab into the opening right at my feet. It was stupid and needlessly frustrating because of the controls. Lining up shots with bombs has felt like trial and error. Sword fighting can be satisfying, but the controls rarely register thrusts and Link loves to use his spin move when I don't want him to. I'll keep at it but so far it's been peaks of fun punctuated by valleys of severe frustration.
The Technomancer
card-carrying scientician
Wow, after hearing all the terrible things about swimming controls I expected a lot worse. You guys are holding down A while you swim, right?
You can carry the electric eggs to the switch with the Beetle and just hit them into the opening with your sword.
Incitemaybe
Member
I just got to the swimming part today and it controlled great.
I'm one of those rare people in this thread who has had minimal issues with the controls however.
Laughing Banana
Weeping Pickle
- Enemies do double damage to Link
- No heart drops from enemies--except with Heart Medals and even so, the drop rate is incredibly small. I also think they cut the possibility of hearts appearing from breaking jars/cutting grass
- You can skip events.
- Some characters will recognize that you're playing in the Hero Mode and will address you accordingly.
I think that's it.
Slurpy2k20
Member
Oh my FUCK I thought that part was going to drive me to a fucking asylum. I almost smashed my controller, the Wii, and the TV. I think I died like 5 times, by being electrocuted by the fucker, and more than once it BOUNCED off the fucking thing, and back into the pit. OR it would get stuck between the button and the grate. The thing is, you had like 2-3 seconds between electrocutions to approach the ball, twist the fucking wiimote into the bowling position, angle the fucker properly into the whole, and letting go. I was too embarrassed and infuriated to post about that part, and I wanted to block it out of my memory forever..but since you mention it, I thought Id come out of the closet. The maddening part was how nightmarishly difficult it was, when it was clearly not intended to be. I never in the game felt the controls were more broken than that part. I was mumbling to myself in an insane manner by the end.
EDIT: Wait, we could HIT the fucking thing?
MidnightCowboy
Member
I'm glad Link doesn't put rupees back into chests anymore, but it sure does sting when a gold rupee equates to 0 because my wallet is full :/
Regulus Tera
Romanes Eunt Domus
Finished the second dungeon. Impa can honestly go suck a dick.
The boss was a bit underwhelming. The atmosphere was great, but his weakness was obvious as fuck. And he wasn't particularly threatening either. The temple was as close to Super Mario Galaxy as they come though.
The boss was a bit underwhelming. The atmosphere was great, but his weakness was obvious as fuck. And he wasn't particularly threatening either. The temple was as close to Super Mario Galaxy as they come though.
The Technomancer
card-carrying scientician
I had trouble with that, but honestly? I couldn't see it being any easier with traditional controls. The problem wasn't actually rolling it in, it was lining Link up with the hole, which was incredibly frustrating because I'd have like two seconds to tap the nunchuck just right before it zapped me.
I thought someone mentioned that you only have 6 hearts or something? It was a while back, so my memory is hazy.
Slurpy2k20
Member
Yeah, no thanks, won't be playing that. Without motion controls- maybe- but I can see myself being more frustrated than having fun.
Is it just me or can you really not tell what direction you swung your sword when it gets blocked? It seems like the blocking animation is just the same regardless of what direction you swung, and I'm always left wondering if it was blocked because I was slow, or if it didn't swing the way I intended it to...
DrForester
Kills Photobucket
The shield is your friend.
ViewtifulJC
Banned
No really, I turned the game off, but I'm clueless here >_>
It broke. Just beat him without it. But jesus...
DrForester
Kills Photobucket
Are they facing each other, or the tower in the village? Once they face the tower, go up and play your harp.
ViewtifulJC
Banned
lol I thought I had to learn a song first before I could equip it, I'm dumb
Chet Rippo
Member
It's up on the d pad.
I only had problems with
the second phase of his final form where you have to hit his sword and then continuously hit it solid until it breaks.
This is definitely one of the hardest (if not the hardest) Zelda game ever made. Thanks to motion controls.
The Technomancer
card-carrying scientician
So getting from the end of dungeon three to the start of four took an entire night's worth of playtime. Thoughts:
-The imprisoned is very cool. Very very cool. I hope it stays that way.
-Re-visiting Faron Woods was fun.
-The silent realm was also fun.
-So was getting to the water dragon.
-Revisiting the first dungeon, however, was not.
-Really really not
-Seriously, fuck that mogma
-And that fucking key
-And those stalfos
-But the water dragon's true form looks really cool
-So thats alright I guess
-Re-visiting Faron Woods was fun.
-The silent realm was also fun.
-So was getting to the water dragon.
-Revisiting the first dungeon, however, was not.
-Really really not
-Seriously, fuck that mogma
-And that fucking key
-And those stalfos
-But the water dragon's true form looks really cool
-So thats alright I guess
Oh wow, will try this, thanks!
Was it my post about general combat earlier? If so, you're welcome.
Did no one else just use the beetle to drop the ball in front of the gate, stand on the switch, then smack it into the hole with your sword when it wasn't electrocuting?
Alexios
Cores, shaders and BIOS oh my!
It's like
flying without the flapping, I don't get the hate. I also love swimming in SMG and other games people generally hate underwater stuff in for some reason though
Was it my post about general combat earlier? If so, you're welcome.
Did no one else just use the beetle to drop the ball in front of the gate, stand on the switch, then smack it into the hole with your sword when it wasn't electrocuting?
No, that was the method I was used. I didn't realize there was another way to do it.
Alexios
Cores, shaders and BIOS oh my!
I just
stood on the switch then brought it in with the beetle and released it just in time for it to slightly roll right inside the opening by itself, there was no need to smack it or anything
..Shouldn't some of these explanations of how stuff are solved or what abilities you get be in spoiler tags... Sure, they're easy to figure out but it's still nicer to do it yourself all like "oh that's what I have to do" instead of "oh that's what people were talking about", or get the surprise of the new ability...
MidnightCowboy
Member
Same method I used. Never even occurred to me to try rolling it.
Was it my post about general combat earlier? If so, you're welcome.
Did no one else just use the beetle to drop the ball in front of the gate, stand on the switch, then smack it into the hole with your sword when it wasn't electrocuting?
Might of been, I forget, haha. If it was posted today then probably not, though. Either way it's an incredibly handy tip.
Knux-Future
Banned
Halfway through the first...err dungeon and this game is awesome.
The combat is a bit wonky as like I said earlier you want to waggle so bad but you can but even then it doesn't always register small wrist movements like you want it to. So you kinda gotta do the early wii commercial stuff sometimes but it's mainly because you gotta take is slow and be patient.
It's good so far that you actually have to pay attention to every fight..a welcome change.
Fi is a little chatty but so far it's fun which in the end is all that really matters
The combat is a bit wonky as like I said earlier you want to waggle so bad but you can but even then it doesn't always register small wrist movements like you want it to. So you kinda gotta do the early wii commercial stuff sometimes but it's mainly because you gotta take is slow and be patient.
It's good so far that you actually have to pay attention to every fight..a welcome change.
Fi is a little chatty but so far it's fun which in the end is all that really matters