Name: RedCream 2011-11-25 3:40
So my brother brought his Wii and Zelda SS over for Thanksgiving. We managed to get through the first dungeon before he left back for Austin so my impressions end there.
PROS
Sprinting is nice, but the stamina gauge is a pointless addition.
Swordplay is alright sometimes
Dungeon was well-designed
New item was cool (Beetle)
CONS CUTSCENES
So the game start with this endless stream of cutscenes where you can't take 2 steps without somebody talking to you or a new cutscene starting. The cutscenes are really horrible. It's like some teen drama anime and I still don't give a shit about the characters. The mo-cap acting is the worst. It's really over-the-top jappy theater acting.
CONS PACING
It looks 4 goddamn hours of pointless bullshit to get to the first dungeon. Literally every boring thing you could think of you HAD to do before you got there. I'm getting frustrated just thinking about it COLLECT THIS! FIND THIS! WATCH THIS! WALK AROUND! TALK TO THIS PERSON!lskdhfasdhfasdhflkasdfklasdjf
CONS GRAPHICS
Jaggies like Twilight Princess
Low poly like Twilight Princess
Bottom line doesn't impress like Wind Waker did in 2002.
CONS ART STYLE
A small handful of character look good.
Most look like this: http://i.imgur.com/8BDEY.jpg
did i mention jaggies?
CONS GAMEPLAY
Swordplay not as fun as it should be. Bottom line. I honestly think the fun of combat in Zelda must originate from the enemies you fight and not from how 1:1 sword combat is. I honestly found Wind Waker's combat dungeons more enjoyable than anything I've done in SS. Maybe focus on Enemy AI and a huge amount of enemy types next game.
BOTTOM LINE
I'll quote the e-mail I sent to my cousin when he asked about it. First:
Hours in and still nothing has happened. Id be 3 dungeons down in alttp by now
Then:
Honestly it has been the worst 4 hours of a first party nintendo game ever.
I'm glad the game is gone. I'm sure there are fun moments somewhere in it, but it's just not worth it. Had it not been for the good times of making fun of what we had to do, I would have shut it off.
4/10 through the first 5 hours or so.
PROS
Sprinting is nice, but the stamina gauge is a pointless addition.
Swordplay is alright sometimes
Dungeon was well-designed
New item was cool (Beetle)
CONS CUTSCENES
So the game start with this endless stream of cutscenes where you can't take 2 steps without somebody talking to you or a new cutscene starting. The cutscenes are really horrible. It's like some teen drama anime and I still don't give a shit about the characters. The mo-cap acting is the worst. It's really over-the-top jappy theater acting.
CONS PACING
It looks 4 goddamn hours of pointless bullshit to get to the first dungeon. Literally every boring thing you could think of you HAD to do before you got there. I'm getting frustrated just thinking about it COLLECT THIS! FIND THIS! WATCH THIS! WALK AROUND! TALK TO THIS PERSON!lskdhfasdhfasdhflkasdfklasdjf
CONS GRAPHICS
Jaggies like Twilight Princess
Low poly like Twilight Princess
Bottom line doesn't impress like Wind Waker did in 2002.
CONS ART STYLE
A small handful of character look good.
Most look like this: http://i.imgur.com/8BDEY.jpg
did i mention jaggies?
CONS GAMEPLAY
Swordplay not as fun as it should be. Bottom line. I honestly think the fun of combat in Zelda must originate from the enemies you fight and not from how 1:1 sword combat is. I honestly found Wind Waker's combat dungeons more enjoyable than anything I've done in SS. Maybe focus on Enemy AI and a huge amount of enemy types next game.
BOTTOM LINE
I'll quote the e-mail I sent to my cousin when he asked about it. First:
Hours in and still nothing has happened. Id be 3 dungeons down in alttp by now
Then:
Honestly it has been the worst 4 hours of a first party nintendo game ever.
I'm glad the game is gone. I'm sure there are fun moments somewhere in it, but it's just not worth it. Had it not been for the good times of making fun of what we had to do, I would have shut it off.
4/10 through the first 5 hours or so.