Hi all,
i've just registered to tell you my feelings about this.
I am/was a huge Zelda fan, have played all the games in the 90s for gameboy, SNES and of course Ocarina of time for N64. I loved Ocarina of time, due to its adventurous feeling, lovely graphics and gameplay. I also played Wind waker on Gamecube which was slightly more boring than ocarina because of the long distances and less content in the game. Since then i havened owned a nintendo system so i couldnt really play the other games (apart from some weekend sessions at friends/family).
Hi Raykay! Welcome to the forums to start out with. I just wanted to point a few things out to you, politely. ^^ Above you mention that you've only owned a probably all the early consoles and games. This makes it understandable why you haven't completely adjusted to the newer titles. Since you can only play weekends at a certain place I take it you're very busy. That's a wholesome lifestyle, because everything doesn't revolve around games; they're only here for entertainment.
well but i never really forgot how beautiful ocarina of time was (and partly wind waker) and about the great time i had with this game. Then i heard from the anniversary of Zelda, and read that probably the "best Zelda ever" is going to be released soon and i decided to give it a try and bought a wii and the game on release date.
It's true that Skyward Sword is called the "best Zelda ever," and having played it a good amount yesterday I have to agree. Ocarina of Time was beautiful and had amazing gameplay, there is no denying that. But new things come to replace the old. This is nature's way; you have only to adapt as mankind has to every circumstance thrown their way.
Since then ive played around 5 hours and just yesterday finished the first temple (which was very short somehow).
And i am asking you this: What the hell is this sh**?? Is that really zelda?? it hasnt made any progress in tha last 20 years?
This is where you would have gained the appellation of
troll. It could have been asked nicer, to be frank. But it has made progress, and loads of it, moving past OoT's innovation to new and even more inventive levels.
_The graphics are worse then in Ocarina of time?! really?! Why?
Skyward Sword's graphics are vibrant and vivid, full of life, whereas Ocarina's were grainy at times. OoT's also didn't match up all the time such as, say, between Link's treehouse and Kokiri Forest. But SS is visually complete in every aspect.
_The areas i have explored are a total joke, in the sky there are like 3 or 4 islands so small you can barely land on them..
Yet the sky itself is filled with a sufficient amount of content as it is. Those 3 or 4 isles you may have seen wherever would be considered superfluous if they were any bigger.
_The "sky city" itself has like, dont know 20 NPCs? What kind of life is that when they are living just in that town for centuries havent seen anything of the earth land and still are just 20 people?
I don't think Skyloft's existence was ever confirmed to be centuries. And not all its inhabitants are there because accomplished Knights might be patrolling Skyloft's borders, and even more people could prefer to stay inside. You can't access any door at any given time.
_The areas on the earth (have just finished wood area and a bit of vulcano) are really small and very straight forward, i mean even the "worlds" in Super Mario 64 (where you have to jump through a painting) had more freedom of exploring and were almost as big as one of the (only!) three areas in this game?! Furthermore there is like no life on the earth, there are occasionally some enemies (who hold up their swords very awkwardly by the way, just to have a reason for the annoying motion playing?) but nothing else? No cities, no villages nothing? are there even quests down there, except going to the temple? Why is this damn whole in the sky then not directly above the temple?
The sky is above the Temple, and all its surroundings as well. The towns might have been eradicated by the enemies below so that they could start their own habitations. And lastly, there is life. You see trees and shrubbery everywhere in Faron Woods and a tropical environment in Lanayru Desert once it's restored. Eldin is excempt because it's a volcano.
_Quests? Are there any? Have done exactly... one! since ive started the game. Wont spoiler here, because that might be the only quest in the game( something about a girl).. Main story line is more like a long manga or comic book for me rather than a quest line, there are no real quests in it just go here and there. Im playing skyrim too since 2 weeks and its like the complete opposite you can go to talk to anyone in the vast amount of towns and villages and almost everyone has something to say or do.
There are tons of sidequests; you only have to go looking for them. They could be more easily found if you put Skyrim down for a time.
I think the most annoying thing is really that you have nothing to explore, the sky world has really so few content it feels like it was orginally planned to be a screen saver in the nintendo offices. And the earth areas are just bad. just really bad. you never have the option to go either this way or that.. i hope this gets better during the game, though.
I respectfully disagree. Once again, the world is huge, full of life, brimming with enough content to keep one on the move for hours. Seems like we're rehashing some old points here, and they're less supported by evidence than the statements before them.
Last thing im really confused of, since when do you repair shield and upgrade swords with butterflies and bugs? Wth?!
The upgrade system started in this game. It's meant to immerse the player more than ever, giving them additional options and activities. I say it goes really good with the theme of the Master Sword being upgraded throughout the game, so I don't find the experience lacking one bit.
