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You can't bash a game you've never played... And how is Skyward Sword too different, Majoras Mask is just as much of an oddball.
Aye, I haven't played the game, yet I've seen how the game plays out in its entirety both from gaming streams, and a cousin of mine when we visited. I'm not bashing Skyward Sword per-se and I had tried to not give off that tone if possible, but little can be done with minimal proofchecking. (Time constraints)
More or less this wasn't meant to be an article of Skyward sword being a bad
game by any means, the game firmly deserves both the sales and rewards it has.
This was more of a question I posed to myself and elaborated with an answer.
It's not that the game is actually flawed in anyway (though I do loathe motion controls)
I was expressing more on the question what turned I myself off to dedicating time to a game many call fantastic, and in that method asking if anyone in the community had a similiar opinion. Let me emphasis though I don't hate the game at all, rather it's more why the game personally estranged me when I've loved, bought and played near. Every title in the series, some like the characters, some don't, this was just an opinion however. I probably should have been more specific on how I was exposed to the games story and characters. Thanks for the comment though cool8t, hopefully this clears it up for other readers and I always welcome constructive crticism in all its forms.
More or less this wasn't meant to be an article of Skyward sword being a bad
game by any means, the game firmly deserves both the sales and rewards it has.
This was more of a question I posed to myself and elaborated with an answer.
It's not that the game is actually flawed in anyway (though I do loathe motion controls)
I was expressing more on the question what turned I myself off to dedicating time to a game many call fantastic, and in that method asking if anyone in the community had a similiar opinion. Let me emphasis though I don't hate the game at all, rather it's more why the game personally estranged me when I've loved, bought and played near. Every title in the series, some like the characters, some don't, this was just an opinion however. I probably should have been more specific on how I was exposed to the games story and characters. Thanks for the comment though cool8t, hopefully this clears it up for other readers and I always welcome constructive crticism in all its forms.
Aye, I haven't played the game, yet I've seen how the game plays out in its entirety both from gaming streams, and a cousin of mine when we visited. I'm not bashing Skyward Sword per-se and I had tried to not give off that tone if possible, but little can be done with minimal proofchecking. (Time constraints)
More or less this wasn't meant to be an article of Skyward sword being a bad
game by any means, the game firmly deserves both the sales and rewards it has.
This was more of a question I posed to myself and elaborated with an answer.
It's not that the game is actually flawed in anyway (though I do loathe motion controls)
I was expressing more on the question what turned I myself off to dedicating time to a game many call fantastic, and in that method asking if anyone in the community had a similiar opinion. Let me emphasis though I don't hate the game at all, rather it's more why the game personally estranged me when I've loved, bought and played near. Every title in the series, some like the characters, some don't, this was just an opinion however. I probably should have been more specific on how I was exposed to the games story and characters. Thanks for the comment though cool8t, hopefully this clears it up for other readers and I always welcome constructive crticism in all its forms.
More or less this wasn't meant to be an article of Skyward sword being a bad
game by any means, the game firmly deserves both the sales and rewards it has.
This was more of a question I posed to myself and elaborated with an answer.
It's not that the game is actually flawed in anyway (though I do loathe motion controls)
I was expressing more on the question what turned I myself off to dedicating time to a game many call fantastic, and in that method asking if anyone in the community had a similiar opinion. Let me emphasis though I don't hate the game at all, rather it's more why the game personally estranged me when I've loved, bought and played near. Every title in the series, some like the characters, some don't, this was just an opinion however. I probably should have been more specific on how I was exposed to the games story and characters. Thanks for the comment though cool8t, hopefully this clears it up for other readers and I always welcome constructive crticism in all its forms.
I wouldn't say that there is really much grayness when it comes to Zelda characters. Perhaps in Majora's Mask, but I feel that is entirely unique to that title in the franchise.
Pre-OoT it was fundamentally if they don't attack you they are good. Even in OoT when you met a new set of characters they may not take to you instantly, but they definitely were not evil. Twilight Princess had this a bit, but the line between ally and enemy always seemed pretty constant. Same with Windwaker after you realize how all the characters play into the classic Zelda arc.
Though as far as story telling MM is the pinnacle, and it's been a slow degradation from there. One could argue that Zelda isn't originally about the story, and in truth they would probably be right, but the fans seemed to have shifted it in that direction. Probably because the actually minute to minute gameplay isn't terribly memorable (least in the 3D titles), so the story bits seem to pop out a bit more. Least I feel this way as you don't hear gushing praise for the story in LttP even though I think it had a pretty interesting one.
Pre-OoT it was fundamentally if they don't attack you they are good. Even in OoT when you met a new set of characters they may not take to you instantly, but they definitely were not evil. Twilight Princess had this a bit, but the line between ally and enemy always seemed pretty constant. Same with Windwaker after you realize how all the characters play into the classic Zelda arc.
Though as far as story telling MM is the pinnacle, and it's been a slow degradation from there. One could argue that Zelda isn't originally about the story, and in truth they would probably be right, but the fans seemed to have shifted it in that direction. Probably because the actually minute to minute gameplay isn't terribly memorable (least in the 3D titles), so the story bits seem to pop out a bit more. Least I feel this way as you don't hear gushing praise for the story in LttP even though I think it had a pretty interesting one.
@SaveFaustus
You pretty much hit the nail in the head of the point I was getting across in this article, maybe not the most exciting albeit, but something that was on my mind at the time
You pretty much hit the nail in the head of the point I was getting across in this article, maybe not the most exciting albeit, but something that was on my mind at the time
I'd suggest reserving your judgement until you get a chance to play the game. And I don't mean that in a dick-ish way. I actually had really similar feelings to your own about Skyward Sword upon first seeing it, and even after playing an early demo at E3 a couple years back. As with all Zelda games, the joy is in the way the game unfolds itself to the player. There is really no justice that can be done by a gameplay video or even an out of context demo. Skyward Sword far surpassed my expectations (I found it to be about a million times more enjoyable than Twilight Princess). If you're a big Zelda fan, you really owe it to yourself to at least check it out!
You know, I wasn't all that impressed by it either... until I picked up the Wiimote and started playing. It really is pretty fun :)
I don't like motion controls either but this game didn't make me wanna break my screen. I actually kind of liked the controls except when I could have been using the stick for better control like flying. The sword swinging is mostly well used and only occasionally would I have trouble which was usually my fault anyways. I would say give it a shot and as long as you don't slouch on a couch, you can play by sitting down easily.
