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Well, having never really played a Zelda game before, and certainly never having owned one, I decided to chance the Wind Waker.
Right now I'm surprised at how popular it is. The speech is really annoyingly slow, with one of the most infuriating noises ever recorded at the end of each sentence. Plus the first word of the sentence is usually said, for example "Hey" or "Hello", which is just...unnecessary.
The graphics? Great in a lot of places, in others it's merely passable. I really like some bits, especially the bird that captures Aryll at the start, but the far scenery is made out of cardboard.
The jumping kind of annoys me as well. There is no jump button, but he just jumps when he reaches the end of a platform. It removes the skill, but I guess that's not really the point of the game. That's what your going to say, right? Okay, I take that on board, but at one point I jumped off a ledge thinking it was the right place to go, only to find I'd already been here and couldn't get back up to the ledge. Surely this isn't the point either? A manual jump would've let me get onto a ladder to get back up there.
Now, I haven't got very far for two reasons - hardly any time on the game, no space on the memory card. So I can't comment on battles further into it, but the ones I have done have been incredibly easy. To the point of boredom. Even when you have to get a weapon from the opponent, all you do is stand there pressing block and wait for it to hit you. And it even misses a lot of the time.
Basically random musings here, but it seems very simplistic and Mario-ish most of the time. I'm probably the only person who will understand that, but basically it isn't a good thing. And I know most people won't have got this far because the moment they saw it was primarily an anti-Zelda thread they'll have furiously stuffed on their angry hats ready to type out an amazingly flawed and typo-riddled reply on why I'm wrong in under three seconds, and that's fine. If you want to do that, go ahead, but don't expect to get anywhere. It's all subjective, there is no proof, and a lot of people can't even tell the difference between fact and opinion.
Oh, and what's with those guard pigs who have 360 degree vision?
Right now I'm surprised at how popular it is. The speech is really annoyingly slow, with one of the most infuriating noises ever recorded at the end of each sentence. Plus the first word of the sentence is usually said, for example "Hey" or "Hello", which is just...unnecessary.
The graphics? Great in a lot of places, in others it's merely passable. I really like some bits, especially the bird that captures Aryll at the start, but the far scenery is made out of cardboard.
The jumping kind of annoys me as well. There is no jump button, but he just jumps when he reaches the end of a platform. It removes the skill, but I guess that's not really the point of the game. That's what your going to say, right? Okay, I take that on board, but at one point I jumped off a ledge thinking it was the right place to go, only to find I'd already been here and couldn't get back up to the ledge. Surely this isn't the point either? A manual jump would've let me get onto a ladder to get back up there.
Now, I haven't got very far for two reasons - hardly any time on the game, no space on the memory card. So I can't comment on battles further into it, but the ones I have done have been incredibly easy. To the point of boredom. Even when you have to get a weapon from the opponent, all you do is stand there pressing block and wait for it to hit you. And it even misses a lot of the time.
Basically random musings here, but it seems very simplistic and Mario-ish most of the time. I'm probably the only person who will understand that, but basically it isn't a good thing. And I know most people won't have got this far because the moment they saw it was primarily an anti-Zelda thread they'll have furiously stuffed on their angry hats ready to type out an amazingly flawed and typo-riddled reply on why I'm wrong in under three seconds, and that's fine. If you want to do that, go ahead, but don't expect to get anywhere. It's all subjective, there is no proof, and a lot of people can't even tell the difference between fact and opinion.
Oh, and what's with those guard pigs who have 360 degree vision?
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Because obviously working for a games retailer, I have to love every game on the market and have no opinion. And I'm on my week off, so it's okay.
Mr Snuggly wrote:
> I saw Zelda running on the office GameCube and was less than
> impressed. Not my cup of tea really.
thats a great advert for your business
> I saw Zelda running on the office GameCube and was less than
> impressed. Not my cup of tea really.
thats a great advert for your business
I got the same sort of response though when I said I didn't like GTA.
I was told that I must be a fanboy because everyone likes GTA, I'm just jealous that it's not on Gamecube.
Tsk tsk
I was told that I must be a fanboy because everyone likes GTA, I'm just jealous that it's not on Gamecube.
Tsk tsk
Mr Snuggly wrote:
> I got the same response when I said I didn't like Metroid Prime.
Ah, Metroid Prime. I agree with you I really don't like it at all, I got it a few weeks ago and it is boriiing.
But Zelda, that's just a masterpeice that is.
:)
> I got the same response when I said I didn't like Metroid Prime.
Ah, Metroid Prime. I agree with you I really don't like it at all, I got it a few weeks ago and it is boriiing.
But Zelda, that's just a masterpeice that is.
:)
Blank wrote:
The only way it could be top of it's
> genre is if it had a genre to itself - there's no way this is better
> than ANY of the Res Evils.
All a matter of opinion. As much as I enjoyed the Resident Evil games i've gotta say that Eternal Darkness beats all of them except the remake in terms of being fun to play.
It actually tried to do something new with the genre instead of using the same old tired concepts over and over again. As for the controls and the clunkyness of some of the puzzels in Resi, there really is no contest.
The game will never get anywhere near the attention that the Resi series gets, but in terms of design and innovation, Eternal Darkness slaps Resi with a big Bruce Campbell sized boomstick.
The only way it could be top of it's
> genre is if it had a genre to itself - there's no way this is better
> than ANY of the Res Evils.
All a matter of opinion. As much as I enjoyed the Resident Evil games i've gotta say that Eternal Darkness beats all of them except the remake in terms of being fun to play.
It actually tried to do something new with the genre instead of using the same old tired concepts over and over again. As for the controls and the clunkyness of some of the puzzels in Resi, there really is no contest.
The game will never get anywhere near the attention that the Resi series gets, but in terms of design and innovation, Eternal Darkness slaps Resi with a big Bruce Campbell sized boomstick.
arrg curse the internet that is the second time I mis-interperated someone caus "sarcasm" cannot be sent though cable!
Tony_Blair wrote:
> Ergg Tilta it's that kinda of attitude which we (neutrals get blamed
> for) We cannot enforce an opinion upon them but the fact is Zelda and
> Prime to the general public is pure class but there would be people
> who will not like it.
You do realise I was joking......right?
> Ergg Tilta it's that kinda of attitude which we (neutrals get blamed
> for) We cannot enforce an opinion upon them but the fact is Zelda and
> Prime to the general public is pure class but there would be people
> who will not like it.
You do realise I was joking......right?
Yes there is and I achknowledge that. Monkey ball, Timesplitters 2, Tony Hawks. But it is so much easier to name games which are good that are first party: Zelda WW SSBM SMS Wave race (coming soon mario kart + F zero + Kirby air ride)
but then theres Crystal Chronicles.. hm..
but then theres Crystal Chronicles.. hm..
There are other games beyond the realms of first-party.
No offence thing is the whole point most of us went "purple" was because of the first party games. If someone walks in here and disses the whole point of us being here and owning whatever then it might seem a bit threatening and worrying IMO.
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