Instead of having different threads like " here's my impressions and here's mine" I thought that it would be better to have one thread that everybody who has played the game can wright in and share each others oppinions and impressions of the game, if you think this is unecessary or if a thread like this has already been posted, feel free to close it.
Anyway, I got the game today and for all of you that has to wait until tomorrow or sunday and are worried if this game will be living up to theyre expectations or not can in my opinion rest easy, Im very happy to tell you that i am pleasantly suprised by this game and if you are a zelda fan i think you will love this game, i have just finished the forest temple and defeated the boss ghirahim, so i have only played for a few hours, but still this game has been amazing so far, though it has some minor flaws, but they are defenetly not anything that ruins the experience. Don't worry about spoilers because i won't write any.
first i would like to say that the first 30 to 45 minutes of the game is probably the best start for any zelda game ever. The character development is great and the game really makes you care about the characters even after just 30 minutes in, and the motive is very strong, i myself really want link to succeed and it keeps me playing the game, which makes me relate to link even more.
The controls for the sword are great, not perfect, but great. They take some time to get used to, bet when you've figured out how the game wants you to hold the remote it will be much better.But there are still times when you need to hold the wiimote still in a few seconds so it can re-calibrate. but it is very fun to just chop things, and you can slice ALOT in this game, there are plants, grass and trees everywhere for you to hit. all the items work perfectly so far and the bird flying is, once you got it down, very nice.
I was worried before that the game wasn't that large and with the 3 split underworlds and more dense areas i thought there would be less exploration than before, but i was wrong. For example Faron woods is much bigger than the videos show you(imo), and there are alot of stuff to collect and find. secrets are everywhere and the upgrade system makes collecting stuff more fun. When i was exploring faron woods a thought came to mind that " oh wait, there are 2 more of these underworlds and i haven't even seen half of this one, and there's a huge sky to explore too!" so so far im very pleased with the world design, which was a relief.
Im split on the graphics. sometimes it looks beautiful, and sometimes it looks pretty bad, but i dont really care, the artstyle fits with the game and its never anything that breaks the experience. Overall i am pleased with the graphics. The water looks really good though in my opinion, for wii that is, just something i wanted to point out.
the save point system is actually pretty good in my opinion, they are very frequent so you don't have to travel long distances to reach your destination, and the game will ask you after major events if you want to save your progress so i have no problem with that. And its better than saving anytime you want in some ways, for example when you were in a dungeon and saved in past games, when you then started again you were most of the time sent back to the entrance, however in this game if you save at a statue that is deeper in the dungen you will start there and won't have to go through the whole tempel again.
some minor flaws i have is that it can be a little frustrating to go back to skyloft everytime you want to buy something or upgrade something and to buy a potion you need to have a bottle( of course) but you won't get a bottle automatically like you do in twilight princess for example, and i think this is the hardest zelda game yet, iv'e only died once, but i have been close a few times. But this is a very minor flaw and it should not be considered as something gamebreaking.
those are the things that i want to point out right now, despite the very few and minor flaws this game shows great promise and it will be an absolute joy for all of you to play this weekend i think. It is different from other zeldas, but in a good way, i do not say that i want all zelda games to be like this, but this works great.
feel free to ask questions about anything you want to know.
Anyway, I got the game today and for all of you that has to wait until tomorrow or sunday and are worried if this game will be living up to theyre expectations or not can in my opinion rest easy, Im very happy to tell you that i am pleasantly suprised by this game and if you are a zelda fan i think you will love this game, i have just finished the forest temple and defeated the boss ghirahim, so i have only played for a few hours, but still this game has been amazing so far, though it has some minor flaws, but they are defenetly not anything that ruins the experience. Don't worry about spoilers because i won't write any.
first i would like to say that the first 30 to 45 minutes of the game is probably the best start for any zelda game ever. The character development is great and the game really makes you care about the characters even after just 30 minutes in, and the motive is very strong, i myself really want link to succeed and it keeps me playing the game, which makes me relate to link even more.
The controls for the sword are great, not perfect, but great. They take some time to get used to, bet when you've figured out how the game wants you to hold the remote it will be much better.But there are still times when you need to hold the wiimote still in a few seconds so it can re-calibrate. but it is very fun to just chop things, and you can slice ALOT in this game, there are plants, grass and trees everywhere for you to hit. all the items work perfectly so far and the bird flying is, once you got it down, very nice.
I was worried before that the game wasn't that large and with the 3 split underworlds and more dense areas i thought there would be less exploration than before, but i was wrong. For example Faron woods is much bigger than the videos show you(imo), and there are alot of stuff to collect and find. secrets are everywhere and the upgrade system makes collecting stuff more fun. When i was exploring faron woods a thought came to mind that " oh wait, there are 2 more of these underworlds and i haven't even seen half of this one, and there's a huge sky to explore too!" so so far im very pleased with the world design, which was a relief.
Im split on the graphics. sometimes it looks beautiful, and sometimes it looks pretty bad, but i dont really care, the artstyle fits with the game and its never anything that breaks the experience. Overall i am pleased with the graphics. The water looks really good though in my opinion, for wii that is, just something i wanted to point out.
the save point system is actually pretty good in my opinion, they are very frequent so you don't have to travel long distances to reach your destination, and the game will ask you after major events if you want to save your progress so i have no problem with that. And its better than saving anytime you want in some ways, for example when you were in a dungeon and saved in past games, when you then started again you were most of the time sent back to the entrance, however in this game if you save at a statue that is deeper in the dungen you will start there and won't have to go through the whole tempel again.
some minor flaws i have is that it can be a little frustrating to go back to skyloft everytime you want to buy something or upgrade something and to buy a potion you need to have a bottle( of course) but you won't get a bottle automatically like you do in twilight princess for example, and i think this is the hardest zelda game yet, iv'e only died once, but i have been close a few times. But this is a very minor flaw and it should not be considered as something gamebreaking.
those are the things that i want to point out right now, despite the very few and minor flaws this game shows great promise and it will be an absolute joy for all of you to play this weekend i think. It is different from other zeldas, but in a good way, i do not say that i want all zelda games to be like this, but this works great.
feel free to ask questions about anything you want to know.
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