butter_stick
Banned
I've finished dungeon 6 and so far the game is below Ocarina and TP, above WW and probably a little above MM.
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The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword |OT| Home of Punkin' Chunkin' Champion 2011
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Metroid Killer
Member
Skellig Gra
Member
Man, for all the haters who want a more "mature" Zelda. Compare the style of this to TP and it just seems foolish to want anything but this. TP was bland and depressing compared to this game. It just works perfectly.
ShockingAlberto
Member
As of Dungeon 3, I place it above TP and WW, unsure about OoT.
It's the oddball characters like Groose and the shop merchant which make me glad Nintendo don't listen to the "mature" gamer crowd.
Where was this from? Oh never mind it's a spoof picture. I thought for a second they added some crazy cartoon style unlock movie somewhere in the game.
Watch Da Birdie
I buy cakes for myself on my birthday it's not weird lots of people do it I bet
Beauty and the Beast.
butter_stick
Banned
But you've only played through one good dungeon!
I saw a lot of people complain about the Earth temple, but I thought it was great. Fun, unique, and visually stunning.
The boss was also very good.
butter_stick
Banned
The boss was great. The dungeon was zzz.
To me that boss signified the start of the game being enjoyable.
I liked it too. It wasn't hard per se (Aside from one spot I couldn't figure out how to proceed till I looked at the map), but it was pretty clever. And the
part where you get the boss key was cool.
IceDoesntHelp
Banned
ENDING SPOILERS
I thought it was neat that Ghirahim was just the spirit of Demise's sword (honestly didn't expect that), and that the sword was basically an evil Master Sword. Also, I was surprised there wasn't any slow down when the waves of Bokoblins came rushing in.
just reached
and continuing with post dungeon 6 antics
love, love loving! this game....though am now entering about to as big of fetch quest filler scernario as i fear?
flooded faron woods
I'm assuming that was the last real one? 
i need the last note its a yellow one stuck under a spiked lilly pad? how do i get it?
i need the last note its a yellow one stuck under a spiked lilly pad? how do i get it?
love, love loving! this game....though am now entering about to as big of fetch quest filler scernario as i fear?
Skellig Gra
Member
FairXchange
Member
I played the first 3 hours of Skyward Sword last night.
Early impressions.. motion plus is awesome and it's implemented well enough to keep Link's arm stable but also respond accurately to what your intended movement is.
The game is beautifully crafted. I hear the complaint of filler content being thrown around but I think I may just "get it" in terms of how the devs intertwined cinematics, environments, graphics, combat and pacing.
This is going to be an amazing ride, and I can't believe it came out the same time as Skyrim, I'll have to really commit to finishing it over December.
Early impressions.. motion plus is awesome and it's implemented well enough to keep Link's arm stable but also respond accurately to what your intended movement is.
The game is beautifully crafted. I hear the complaint of filler content being thrown around but I think I may just "get it" in terms of how the devs intertwined cinematics, environments, graphics, combat and pacing.
This is going to be an amazing ride, and I can't believe it came out the same time as Skyrim, I'll have to really commit to finishing it over December.
What? How is the [road to dungeon 5 spoiler]
mine cart ride padding? The reused boss is meant to be something you don't expect to see in the open, and it's not a coincidence they chose the easiest one. It also needs less hits to go down, and in what? Three minutes tops? There is padding in this game, but saying 3-5 minutes sequences once in a while are PAAAADDDDDIINNNNGGGGG is a little bit too much.
vas_a_morir
Banned
I am finished with 6 dungeons. I'm going to be so sad when this game is over. It's too short! Will I have to wait another 5 years?!?!
just reachedand continuing with post dungeon 6 anticsflooded faron woodsI'm assuming that was the last real one?
i need the last note its a yellow one stuck under a spiked lilly pad? how do i get it?
love, love loving! this game....though am now entering about to as big of fetch quest filler scernario as i fear?
[Post dungeon 6 spoilers]
You need to
jump from the tree to flip the lily pad.
that flooded part is the biggest one and you're almost done with it.
Well, they said they experimented for 2 years. Assuming they don't need to experiment with HD graphics or Wii U that much they should be a bit quicker this time. Having the Wiimotion+ Controls perfected and all.
Anyway, I won't stand 5 years without Zelda again. By then I'm probably husband and father
IceDoesntHelp
Banned
I thoughtThe 3rd dungeon boss was a joke.You'd think this would be some mini-boss instead.Ghirahim >> Big Ball of Fire >>>> Scorpion.
Moldarach
Pie and Beans
Look for me on the local news, I'll be the guy arrested for trying to burn down a Nintendo exec's house.
an entirely on rails (literally) sequence and a re-used boss followed by a "I GUESS THERES NOTHING HERE, HAHA" prompt is the definition of padding. And the game just doesn't need it. Bottles of restorative water to be fetched from the other side of the map and through a temple, finding gates to challenge levels somewhere in a level and more just sour me from the actual good parts.
[Dungeon 3 boss spoilers]The 3rd dungeon boss was a joke.You'd think this would be some mini-boss instead.Ghirahim >> Big Ball of Fire >>>> Scorpion.
At least the dungeon itself was interesting.
Yes, it's by far the weakest boss in the game imho. The twist when he buried himself under the sand was pretty cool, though.
Dude, spoiler tags.
[Pre-dungeon 5 spoilers]
I had no idea on rails sequences were padding. Oh, wait, they're not. And I said myself the game does have padding, but this doesn't mean EVERYTHING is, or that we should start calling out padding at the first, smallest instance of repetition (which is, in case you never noticed, what video games are based on, a repetition of actions within a set of rules). If we did, there would be nothing left in any game.
butter_stick
Banned
The outside the dungeon stuff is very hit or miss. 1 and 2 had terrible pre-dungeon tasks. 3 had an excellent one, followed by some tedious fetching after the dungeon. 5 was really fun (I don't care if ultimately it was linear and pointless, it was fun).
ViewtifulJC
Banned
Damn, we even defend padding/tedious fetch quests now as the basis of video gaming.
We also distort the meaning of words, apparently. Or lack reading comprehension: the sentence had nothing to do with padding or fetch quests, and everything to do with the fact you can theoretically call anything padding, because videogames are inherently a repetitive activity, but it doesn't mean it makes sense to.
ViewtifulJC
Banned
Oh stop being so obtuse, Jocchan. When people say something is "repetitive" they usually mean because its fucking BORING. The game didn't engage you with enough variety, depth, or challenge to mask its repetitive design decisions.
There's a lot of BORING/"repetitive" gameplay elements in Skyward Sword.
It literally took me till my last heart or two till it actually clicked what I was supposed to do at that point, when i realised it I kicked myself.
And that's what I said (twice, actually). What I also said is that this doesn't mean it makes sense to call out everything we meet as padding, just because we know there is padding in the game.
Would it make sense to call the second deku baba you meet in the game padding because you already defeated one? Of course not, it would be laughable. So where do we draw the line? Probably at the point where you stop having fun and start to see the puppet strings. And while there are some of these instances throughout the game, honestly, I believe most of the ones that are being called out are way overblown.
But hey, everyone is entitled to their opinion, of course.
IceDoesntHelp
Banned
Listening to the CD now...I swear this was composed by gods.
Skellig Gra
Member
You shoulda heard it live, it was awesome.
Metroid Killer
Member
Sure but it's never just black and white. Do you think devs would include so called fetch quests in games if it was a fact that fetch quests are 0% fun and 100% agony? Some fetch quests are made better than others, some players like certain fetch quests better than others.
P.S. I'm not denying that there isn't any boring/repetitive gameplay in ss.
butter_stick
Banned
It feels like they wanted every pre-dungeon segment to be of reasonable size and length but didn't invest in the resources for half of them to make them enjoyable.
Metroid Killer
Member
They better have more locations than just London when they announce the next tour for Europe. God damn I was so pissed when I found out it was only London!!
IceDoesntHelp
Banned
Hey, at least its hitting Europe. No dice for us Canadians ):
GregLombardi
Member
Again I'm not very far in the game but thus far I 100% agree. Someone out there is literally being hypercritical based on what I've seen. Being critical is absolutely necessary to giving accurate depictions of games, but hypercriticism comes from some other more sinister place.
It'll come to Toronto, I'm sure of it!
This. Going to places I have already been - better equiped - is fun. And I can't get enough of this game.
IceDoesntHelp
Banned
It better.
Skellig Gra
Member
I agree but I've felt this way with every 3D Zelda outside of OoT, where the pre-dungeon stuff was reasonably enjoyable.
They'll announce five dates; North, South, East, West and Central London.
IceDoesntHelp
Banned
Holy crap, the Symphonic Movement's are so well put together. Sounds like they came straight out of an anime or a movie. Sogood.gif
I got goosebumps from the Twilight Princess Symphonic Movement because of the Ganon boss music. So epic.
I got goosebumps from the Twilight Princess Symphonic Movement because of the Ganon boss music. So epic.