The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess Comments by Kristan Reed
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Got it today - and to be honest, I think these guys gave it 9/10 just for the sake of it being Zelda. It does _not_ deserve that score at all. Maybe a 7. The controller feels fucked up, the graphics are terrible, and its repetitive.
Blinded by hype. Just like with Halo 2 then. Sequels to big games always HAVE to dazzle the ones actually reviewing the games :( |
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"but it's quickly apparent that you're not actually controlling the sword; instead, the slashing movement is interpreted as a button press, and Link swings his sword just how he would if you'd pressed a button, regardless of how you held or moved the Wiimote."
This is what puts me off. Its like standing in front of the telly and kicking an imaginary ball, each time I press the 'a' button on my 360 controller! |
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Has anyone tried the standard 'cube version yet? And if so, is it basically the same game?
I wouldn't mind picking this up but don't really want to invest in a Wii for it.....but the cube needs about 5cm of dust brushed off the top first :) I heard some distrurbing rumours that the standard cube version isn't coming out in Europe.......disturbing but not reliable. |
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Psychopompus
08/12/06 @ 15:42
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'Graphically, the game is initially disappointing - it shows its GameCube origins clearly, and even at that it doesn't rival titles like Resident Evil 4 for graphical quality.'
This game has been finished for ages, they could have upgraded the graphics in the timespan between finishing the game and release. Lazy bastards |
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JetSetWilly
08/12/06 @ 15:50
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Both reviews an excellent read. I can't wait to get stuck into this.
/puts life on hold |
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Muddtallica
08/12/06 @ 15:54
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9/10 is good enough for me...well, heck, what am I talking about, I was always going to get it anyway. Sounds great though, and none of the mild criticisms in there were anything that I wasn't expecting, nor that I couldn't live with...I am curious to know what changed, though, between the E3 2006 build and the final version? Because I recall that EG were really scathing on this back in May, and now they've changed their tune completely...
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How about using actual quotes from the review, instead of making them up MMUK? Although, I know how you love to invent stuff then argue about it as if it's real.
And the text matches the score completely. They love almost everything about the game, apart from a few annoying flaws that drag it down from a 10 to a 9. It really couldn't be more simple to understand.
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Im going to buy it on cube, i doubt the wiimote controls make £180 worth of a difference
We haven't seen a Cube version, but I agree with that assertion. The Wii controls are something I'm neutral for in this game - playing games like Wii Sports shows the real potential of the controller, whereas Zelda really just uses the gesture sensing to replace button presses. It's fun, but the trade-off is a little accuracy; I think on balance, for me, it's an even match between whether I'd prefer it this way or with a standard controller. If this is genuinely the only difference between the Cube and Wii versions, then just go for whichever one you fancy. |
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Starmaniac
08/12/06 @ 15:59
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A very tempting game, I have tried it for about two hours on Wii. But than I have decided to wait for the Gamecube version. I am sure I could have get used to the controls, but do I really need to go through the hassle when the good old gamepad version is around the corner? No
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gypsumfantastic
08/12/06 @ 16:00
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A nine? A tossing NINE?
Right. That's it. I'm burning down the Internets. |
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JetSetWilly
08/12/06 @ 16:03
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@ManicMinerUK
I know what you mean, but I don't think that's peculiar to the Zelda review. At the time I made the point that Dead Rising's save system would have took more of a panning if the overall game was heading for a 5. |
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Er, isn't this game a launch game to prove the other half of the Wii interface. That the Wii can give a whole new gameplay experience AND do existing genres well.
Something that took quite a while to be realisd on the DS, when games started to choose better which extra functions to incorporate, and which not to use. |
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Starmaniac
08/12/06 @ 16:05
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Is there a reason for the Cube version to have less slots and no widescreen suppost other than Nintendo trying to make look the Wii version better artificially?
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Go on then, find us an EG review where the flaws from Zelda are present but EG make a big deal about them and give the game an 8 or a 7.
I recall them marking RE 4 down for a few annoying flaws, but only from a 10 to a 9. And Gears of Wars single-player got an 8 partly because it's such a short game which is one flaw Zelda certainly doesn't have. |
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Artemis_Matsas
08/12/06 @ 16:05
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What an irony...
Right now i hold my copy of Zelda, but the shop i ordered my Wii from f****d up and i'm getting the system on Tuesday!!! AAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! |
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Muddtallica
08/12/06 @ 16:06
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ManicMinerUK: Have you played a Zelda game before? Those are flaws that I recognise from previous entries, and if I think about them, I suppose they do sound quite bad, but I never really noticed them. The dungeon save thing isn't a big issue, it just means you have to do a bit of walking if you save and quit in the middle of a dungeon, and as for the lack of direction, it's always happened very infrequently, and it's never really even close to being a game-breaking problem.
The camera thing's a bit more concerning, because Wind Waker had an ace camera, and I'll be sad to sacrifice that control, but I never had any actual problems with OoT's one-button camera control. If it's as good as that, I'll be happy enough. |
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gypsumfantastic
08/12/06 @ 16:06
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Hulking muscle-mary Marcus Fenix could have a Mincing queen link in a fight any day.
Feel the homoerotic tension. |
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@ Feanor:
Good lord I hope the GC version won't have seperate camera controls. It was one of the things that annoyed me most about WW after the N64 Zeldas. It wasn't quite as bad as Sunshine, but the constant need to adjust the camera rather then having a good automatic one frustrated me to no end. |
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