The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword Review

[Jeremy]

The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword Review by Jeremy

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[Benza]

could not disagree with you more.This game basically confirmed that Nintendo have no clue what they're doing anymore. Everything seems like 1 step forward 4 steps back.

Take the new stamina bar for example, sure it gives us a newly more athletic link wich I dug, but then they chuck the stamina on things like climbing vines, pushing blocks and carrying shit? So now to push a block over to a switch I have to take a break in the middle of it and wait for my stamina to go up again? Or I have to rush through every climbing bit and not actually explore for fear of falling to my death?

Or the filter on the game, on the one hand when it works it looks great, and I love the idea that they're trying something new in a game giving it the whole impressionistic art style, on the other hand it only works like 1 time out of every 3 and leaves the game looking like a blury mess every other time.

The motion controls are straight up broken, trying to get those eyes to follow my sword was frustrating as hell, and I ended up stopping playing when the game would constantly reset my my wii+ thing and lock it's defualt position as being like behind links head or something and make the game unplayable. And even when it does work, it's done in a way that there is no way you can hold the wii-mote that doesn't make link look like a complete spaz running around.

And that's not even starting on fucking Fi. Seriously even if the rest of the game had been perfect I would have taken two points off just for her.
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[James]

I'm currently right at the end of the game and the final series of quests is really taxing my patience. It's back to the same areas for the 4th or 5th time. There's just not enough new to make it entertaining and there's so much friction everywhere. This is the 1,000th item I've picked up, you do not need to pause the game, explain what it is then take me to the inventory screen. Just let me play the damn thing. Fi is useless, says what you only what know and gives you no additional help when you actually need it. The controls are frustrating and the graphics are making my eyes water!

At the start of the game I had mixed feelings, after a few hours I began to really love it, but now I just wish it was over.

[Ryvenor]

Agree with the above two posters.

I was "meh" at the start of the game, then after the first 2 temples i started to enjoy the game, but when i had to go revisit old areas again to do boring and childish quests...i seriously had to force myself to sit down and finish the game. The "filler" content in between temples was just poor quality.

I also agree with the stamina bar that Benza mentioned. It didnt add anything besides a limitation on what you could do. There is nothing fun about having to stand around waiting for a bar to fill up before you can climb a vine or push something.

I did enjoy most of the temples though, and the story was decent enough to hold my attention. I loved how we learn more about Ganon and the Master Sword as well.

Im just glad i finished it

[celikaz]

"The sky is no longer the limit." LOL I GET IT jason derulo must think, "well i beg to differ..."

aniiways yesss the item keeps reintroducing after continuing i hate that the most, FI is annoying... but its part of navi's charm, grafics psssssh.... name another creature that is cuter then the kiwiks >.< if it was realistic it wont look cute nemore

kinda sux that link cant run and cut like in TP, have to stop then swing, the stamina thing IS GOOD, every game has it and they too dont last forever (BF3 soldiers most be on steroids cuz i dont see them run out of breathe)

there is more stuff to do but there isnt any room to explore and yes revisit the same place for 4th 5th time sux, upgrading is a keeper for the series...

BUT i never get lost cuz of the constant reminder of FI and mystic man.... whereas skyrim i get lost constanly, and that sux more than aniithing this games quirks have

[Brendo]

watching for the "queues" to success?
"cues" perhaps?
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[admeister]

I just have to say, there are some pretty major spoilers for the game contained in those screenshots. One of them shows the boss from the fifth dungeon...
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"The first person to prove that cow's milk is drinkable was very, very thirsty." - Fact Sphere.

[Grom]

NPC: "Well, I'd like to help you, Link, but it seems I don't have [item x]. You could try looking for it over in [area y]."
Fi: "Master, we should try looking in [area y] for [item x]. I calculate a 90% probability that having [item x] will allow us to progress the quest."

2 minutes pass. Link is, like, right next to the item.

Fi: "Master Link, my calculations indicate that this is [item x] that [NPC] was talking about. We should take this item to [NPC] quickly. Do you need assistance locating [NPC]?"

Without exaggeration, that is literally all Fi does. That, and look TERRIFYING when you learn a song.

But yes, Fi aside, the game really improves when you're on the ground. I was seriously sick of the hand-holding in the sky tutorial, it felt like hours up there. Anyway, once all that passed, I actually started enjoying the game, despite my incompetence with some of the sword controls. It's not a fantastic game, but it's definitely enjoyable, and the story from the third dungeon onwards is great.

I agree with the review about how they could/should have greatly increased the ground from the 3 main areas. I grew thoroughly sick of visiting the same places, especially when getting the 4 pieces of the song there. It's like, wow. Forest. This would be really fun if I hadn't already been here 15 times before this latest fetch quest.

[WarAdept]

This game is the console version of Phantom Hourglass/Spirit Tracks.

FILTH.

All the equipment has been seen in past Zelda's except for the Beetle, the bow is obtained as the 2nd last item (so your stuck with the shitty slingshot if you want to roleplay archer Link) and copy pasting the game design from the DS games (including directly lifting the tablets from Spirit Tracks...).

At least the 5th boss (which is that cyclops tentacle thing) was an interesting fight. And he looks like one of the cast from Monsters Inc.

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[KT]

The negativity in this thread reassures me. After seeing the 9.5, i was worried that i would be in the minority. The flaws in the game are just too overwhelming.

Keep fighting the good fight PALGN users.

[WarAdept]

I just make my character in Dark Souls look like Link and pretend it's a Zelda game.

[David No.1]

I enjoyed the game heaps, had fun with my 50 or so hours with it. Yes the formula hasn't changed much and some of the back tracking got kind of boring - but they tried to break it up. haha. But yeah... I found myself really hooked once I got into it and didn't stop, so I must of had fun. I know story isn't important in a Zelda game, but I really did enjoy it. How the master sword came to be, Zelda always just being one step ahead... (cutie too )

Potatoes gonna potate.
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[UNICRON_75]

Can i ask, how old are you pack of ungrateful whingers?

You people would still find a fault even if every copy came with a free BJ.

[LeonJ]

This was the game of the year in 2011. I actually MISS playing it. It was a fantastic achievement by Nintendo. It has restored my interested back in the Zelda universe after Twlight Princess.
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[GooberMan]

ITT: A guy that names himself after a robot in a family friendly cartoon complains that people think a family friendly game is overrated.
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[Bronze]

Biggest disappointment of 2011 for me.

The whole design is tired. The recycling of assets was excruciating. The goddess trials were the worst addition to the franchise since the Temple of the Ocean King in Phantom Hourglass. The sky world was basically empty and pointless. The motion plus controls detracted from the experience due to the constant need to calibrate and the over-sensitivity of their application.

I loved the Zelda franchise. I have genuinely fond memories of each and every Zelda from the first, right up until Twilight Princess. But ever since the loathsome DS games, the franchise has become dull and uninspired. They've been void of personality, innovation, and unfortunately, the fun is completely gone as well.

Unless Shiggy gets back on board and steers the franchise back in the right direction, I won't be picking up any more Zelda games. What a shame.
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[el_supraman]

Game did not deserve a 9.5.....it deserved a 10
Loved every second of it. I enjoyed it so mcuh I could not get myself to play anything else for a few days.
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[Jarrod]

I liked this game.
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[BigBoss]

AS a Zelda fan I have to say I probably enjoyed both twilight princess and phantom hourglass/spirit tracks more. Those game really had a hook about them to finish. Skyward really made me force myself to get through it.

[Benza]