Skyward Sword VikzeLink's Weekly Sunday Poll 109!

[VikzeLink]

Last week's winners:

Third Place: NEVER! (12.50%)
Second Place: Draw between "It would be great!" and "It would be okay" (25.00% each)
First Place: No Thanks (29.17%)

This week's question: Many considers SS too linear. What would you change about it to make it less linear?

The Story
The Level Design
Let the player choose their own path (like in ALBW)
Nothing, it's good as it is

 

[Deleted member 14134]

Level design, I suppose. Though not the only thing I would change about this game.

 

[Sheik]

I found the level design in SS to be quite enjoyable, so I wouldn't change that. My vote is on "Let the player choose their own path". For instance, I think it would be neat to explore Eldin Volcano before Faron Woods, or maybe take on the Sandship before Ancient Cistern, contrary to a previous playthrough. Honestly, though, this would have to involve changing the story to fit whichever path you take, which would make things rather complicated. Would have been interesting, though.

 

[Iridescence]

To be honest, there's dozens of horrible design choices in this game that has made it as disappointingly linear as it was. It's not like just one aspect could be surgically fixed and the game would be good to go.

 

[VikzeLink]

For me, it's the level design that was way too linear... It felt like you were just following a path to a goal, like a Super Mario stage

 

[Mask-Salesman]

I guess the level design, but that wasn't the only thing I disliked about SS.

 

[Rafa1996]

I think we should have been able to choose our own path. Maybe not with all the dungeons, maybe just for the Ancient Cistern, Sandship, and Fire Sanctuary.

 

[Shankapotomus]

I don't think the level design was TOO linear. You followed a set path into a more open area, like the Sealed Temple into Faron Woods. I also liked how they kept those more open areas compact, so there wasn't too much wandering around. If they allowed the player to go in any dungeon order, then they'd have to change the story as well, so I voted for "Nothing. It's good as is." I thought Skyward Sword was a pretty awesome game on it's own. Yes, it had its flaws, and it certainly isn't my favorite Zelda ever, but I still really enjoyed it.

 

[Heroine of Winds]

I'd change the level design because the game was just way too linear. SS has a lot of problems for sure, but I thought the level design was the worst problem it had, imo.

 

[r2d93]

The level design. That was my main gripe. I enjoyed it much more on a recent play through but it leaves very little room for pure exploration

 

[Spiritual Mask Salesman]

I picked letting a player choose their own path, while the level design wasn't great and that would have been my second choice I just think letting a player have freedom is something the games need to improve on.

 

[JuicieJ]

Why are so many people *****ing about the level design? That's one of the game's strongest features. I suppose the surface portions could stand to be a bit more open, but the Sky was supposed to be the exploration section. The problem is just that it lacked substance, much like the Great Sea.

Anyway, I chose letting the player choose their own path. See above for reasons why.

 

[Spiritual Mask Salesman]

Why are so many people *****ing about the level design? That's one of the game's strongest features. I suppose the surface portions could stand to be a bit more open, but the Sky was supposed to be the exploration section. The problem is just that it lacked substance, much like the Great Sea.

Anyway, I chose letting the player choose their own path. See above for reasons why.

What? You mean what I said, above your post...? About the games needing to improve upon giving the player freedom? Actually shouldn't all of us want that, I know I do.