i can safely say that during these past 10 days no 24 hours have passed without me thinking about this game
i can safely say the opposite
not even thinking of it right now thanks to the wonder of self-hypnosis
I originally wasn't planning on getting it, but over the past week I think its safe to say I've changed my mind. I really preferred the art style for twilight princess over this game, but I've heard enough good things to convince me to buy it.
However I won't be getting it for a while, going to wait for a game drought, since there's enough stuff to play right now
Quote from: cipher on November 11, 2011 07:09 PM
I originally wasn't planning on getting it, but over the past week I think its safe to say I've changed my mind. I really preferred the art style for twilight princess over this game, but I've heard enough good things to convince me to buy it.
However I won't be getting it for a while, going to wait for a game drought, since there's enough stuff to play right now
I'm with cipher, but I will get that game no matter what. I've got a plethora of games and the list is going on and on... I will say that it's a beautifully crafted game. A great way to see off the Wii. Good job, Nintendo.
Looks very amazing so far, much better than I thought from seeing someone else play. The music is great so far from what I've heard of it.
Kind of different that link dashes now instead of rolls and can run up walls a little bit. I would definitely buy it if I had a Wii.
i'm definitely anticipating this game too, though i've decided to spoil little to nothing of the game for myself so far
wait is it already out
I havent thought about it all, too many pc games on my mine to think about a game on the wii
comes out on the 20th. it is the first time ever that ive been so obsessed over a game that i actually preordered it
i can't wait for this game. looks beautiful
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Cutest Zelda yet. The Bohemian look really fits her along with the watercolor design of the game.
game got like 10/10 on every site it seems. a lot of people are saying it's the best zelda game of all time, which is a pretty big thing to say. i've had this preordered for months but am doing the same thing as retrosmash and haven't looked up anything at all about it.
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Zelda Hilton
Isn't a controller packaged with the game? I know Nintendo had done that with Wii Play or something like that.
im not sure if the remote comes with every single game (altough i think wiimotion is gonna be a requirement to play it..?) but goddamn its gonna be cool to swing around a fancy ass golden wiimote. i know i will enjoy it
Yeah I've spoiled very little about it myself
On a side note, apparently the control scheme (with the wii motion plus) is amazing, and has some of the best most controls yet. And yeah I think there's a bundle that comes with a controller
there is and you need a wii motion plus controller to play it
the bundle comes with some fancy zelda wii mote
I got one of the Wii motionplus dongles back a while ago. Those things are ugly, but they work!
the fuck
http://www.gamespot.com/the-legend-of-zelda-skyward-sword/reviews/the-legend-of-zelda-skyward-sword-review-6345839?tag=summary%3Bread-review (http://www.gamespot.com/the-legend-of-zelda-skyward-sword/reviews/the-legend-of-zelda-skyward-sword-review-6345839?tag=summary%3Bread-review)
THE FUCK
the fuck indeed, the text makes it sound more like a 4/10
damn paid-off critics
you can't please everyone
i want to play it but i don't have a wii
maybe my little brother will get it for christmas and i can play it while i'm in PA
the thing is i didn't like playing twilight princess on the wii because the controls sucked. swinging the sword was a bitch and made it less fun
i preferred the gamecube version, and with the way nintendo is right now i know that there probably won't be an alternative version of the game so i don't know if i'll even want to play it at all.
which sucks because i love zelda games
they're the only game series i've ever really gotten into
fuck
i think it is very possible that the control scheme will fuck up the way i feel about this game. but those who have played it so far all seem to enjoy it except for this gamespot reviewer. and i agree with gamespot ratings most of the time... im gonna have to wait to find out and judge if the review is legit
yeah honestly, every review I've seen so far, spare that one has been very positive.
Maybe the reviewer had an anti-zelda bias or something
http://www.zeldainformer.com/2011/11/gamespots-tom-mcshea-speaks-about-his-skyward-sword-review.html (http://www.zeldainformer.com/2011/11/gamespots-tom-mcshea-speaks-about-his-skyward-sword-review.html)
and the end of the day though who really gives a shit about what reviewers say - if you're a fan of a franchise, you're probably gonna buy its sequels regardless of what some guy on the internet has to say about his personal experience with the game.
i agree but i still find it interesting to see other people's opinion on a game i'm going to buy. if i asked someone 'hey is ----- a good game?' and they say it's terrible it won't effect my interest in it, but i'll ask anyway because i like to see why someone didn't like it, or rather why they did.
i don't like the idea of giving a game a score though, which is why i like yahtzee's stuff.
Quote from: emanhattan on November 18, 2011 08:07 AM
the fuck
http://www.gamespot.com/the-legend-of-zelda-skyward-sword/reviews/the-legend-of-zelda-skyward-sword-review-6345839?tag=summary%3Bread-review (http://www.gamespot.com/the-legend-of-zelda-skyward-sword/reviews/the-legend-of-zelda-skyward-sword-review-6345839?tag=summary%3Bread-review)
THE FUCK
Average Reaction to GameSpot (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t9zpvL5Ssc4#)
a good work can defend itself from criticism
Isn't this a story before all the other zelda games took place? can't remember if I heard that from somewhere or not.
I will be picking it up as soon as it's out, can't wait
Quote from: rtil on November 18, 2011 10:36 PM
and the end of the day though who really gives a shit about what reviewers say - if you're a fan of a franchise, you're probably gonna buy its sequels regardless of what some guy on the internet has to say about his personal experience with the game.
well i'm getting heart of the swarm even though i know the story will be just as bad or worse than wings of liberty, but i'll still cringe when i see reviewers praising it when it has blatant flaws and problems
rtil's right, i'll still buy it. And you made a good point with that other article, thanks man. I'm a reviewer and regular on Gamespot but this is news to me. Not surprising, as of late, GS has been giving out some lower scores compared to other major review sites.
this game is amazing.
i'm only 5 hours in and maybe i'm just blowing smoke for now but i know for sure it's my favourite zelda game ever. everything about it feels great to me and sucks me in like no other zelda game was capable of doing. the story really feels like a story this time around. that may sound offensive to people who really enjoy zelda but i always felt the stories in all of them were generally uninteresting. they didn't really give me a lot of initiative to explore and find out what happens at the end. the motion controls are really cool, but sometimes i do find myself wishing i could just press a button instead of waving my arm around. i feel like this is the only game on the wii that really uses the whole 'motion' thing properly. actually i think it's the only game ever that does it properly.
i know i shouldn't really write about how awesome i think this game is until i finish it, but it is definitely worth the buy.
for those of us strapped for cash, I really try to choose games that only score above something for my hardearned money. I use it as a guideline. However if I hear and see enough good things about a game, I will grab it.
Most things by Suda 51 are exempt from this rule. I am a blind fanboy of his
if a game doesnt score at least 8.5 it does kinda scare me away from buying it. but ive enjoyed a lot of games that score below 8.5 like voodoo vince, munchs oddysee and cell damage.
and yeah suda 51 is boss
reviewers are fags
go to metacritic, check reviews, compare to user feedback, look at all the negative user reviews and compare to more positive ones (do they bring up the same points?) then make a decision based on all these factors
yeah i don't really like reviewers in general, though they are useful if you view them in the correct light.
like using music reviews. a lot of music reviewers are snobby assholes (pitchfork media's whole fucking staff, the needledrop, etc)
but i've found that if you see a group that is usually labeled as similar to a group that you like, or you hear a group somewhere and like a song, or someone recommends a band to you, etc, it's not a bad idea to check out their albums and see what kind of reviews they all got.
with some groups (like joan of arc) not a lot of people review them and they usually get either very positive or very negative scores, so this process doesn't work well. but plenty of times when a band is recommended to me and i find a good album by them it helps me to get into them. almost all bands at some point go downhill and make a not-so-great album, and it sucks if that's the first one you listen to.
but with video games i just follow a franchise because i'm not much of a gamer. i pretty much mainly play zelda games but not very often at that.
I'm totally getting this game. It'll be the first Zelda game I've played since Minishcap (which was shit).
play link's awakening you philistines
i am just going to assume everyone has already played link's awakening
and if you haven't just keep your mouth shut or i will ban you
that was first video game I ever played, took me a year or so to figure out that you had use your shield to push the damn urchin thing blocking the sword
Link's Awakening was an excellent game. The first one I ever managed to beat.
link's awakening, first and only zelda game i ever played (and never beat)
I never played Links Awakening O WELL
i like link's awakening but it has its drawbacks
like you can't save the game unless you die.
everyone has to play a link to the past. amazing fucking game, same with the two n64 zelda games: ocarina of time and majora's mask.
link to the past owns
link to the past was gay because someone deleted my save file and i never wanted to play it again
I am probably the only one here who loved both Oracle of... games. :(
Quote from: bug on November 22, 2011 06:44 PM
Quote from: trent bortknob on November 22, 2011 09:30 AM
i like link's awakening but it has its drawbacks
like you can't save the game unless you die
nope
can you save the game in another way? i'd really love to know how. i was playing it for days and could not figure out how to save it, so i had to leave it on. i googled it and everyone said you had to die to save, except some people who said if you hit some button combination it would save, but it never worked for me.
you press A, B, start and select together
it ends the game but it was probably designed to discourage marathon play
i still think majoras mask is the best zelda game. but id be more than welcome to have a new favorite after I finish skyward
i think majora and link to the past are the best personally, but my fav is skyward.
im listening to the orchestra disc that comes with the game. I had almost forgot it even exists! its pretty badass too
Quote from: emanhattan on November 25, 2011 10:47 AM
im listening to the orchestra disc that comes with the game. I had almost forgot it even exists! its pretty badass too
That's probably the main reason why I would get the limited edition bundle.
that disk will come with all games independently of you getting the bundle or not methinks
yeah it comes with all copies
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Quote from: stusader on November 27, 2011 04:58 AM
yeah it comes with all copies
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I'm guessing he's checking out Zelda's pin ups from 1986.
Quote from: stusader on November 27, 2011 04:58 AM
yeah it comes with all copies
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lmfao this is so appropiate
i need it