Skyward Sword is one of the most polarizing Zelda games. Some fans sound their horns in praise, while some are more critical. It's now a bit older, and any initial hype has worn down. Many people (myself included) have had a chance to play it twice. So what do you think of it?

Skyward Sword is overall a disappointment to me. It has my two all time favorite dungeons in a Zelda game, and some very cool sections, but the EXTREME padding, lack of exploration, hand holding, and back tracking ruin it for me.

So what is the VGcharters general opinion of the game?

I feel they should make an HD remaster of that game...

I think they should have released it, in HD, for the Wii U's launch.

As for the game itself, I think it's a great game, with a good story and a charming universe. But the game was too linear and had way too much hand holding. But it had some great ideas, good concepts, a great visual style, good dongeon designs, and gameplay was fun. Certainly not the best in the series, but it's a great game.

The hand holding and the entire beginning of the game really ruined the experience for me. I haven't played all the Zelda games, so I can't say it's the worst ever, but it definitely is my least favorite of the Zelda games I have played.

Too easy and too cheesy. Not a bad game though

My favorite Zelda, and this is coming from someone who has played every single entry in the series besides Zelda 2.

Its an ok Zelda game however an excellent game compared to what majority of what the game industry produces these days... I liked it a lot but its worse than most console zelda's imo... 80/100... If they took out the mandatory motion controlls, I think I would have liked it a lot better

One of the best video games of the 7th generation, and the second best Zelda behind Ocarina.

Immersive controls, remarkable level design, and that magic that only the best Nintendo games have.

Dungeon design is excellent, presentation is excellent. The game has real problems, but I love it anyway. The controls worked well for me and I loved the combat. Seeing people praising Wind Waker's combat after playing that hurts my brain, and I love Wind Waker even more than I do SS.

I actually really liked parts of that game but it was really hampered by severe pacing issues, especially in the second half, an uninteresting story and characters, lack of exploration, and infuriating hand holding.

In fact, I wrote a review of the game over a year ago than gives a more thorough explanation for my overall disappointment of the game.  Here's the link if anyone is interested: http://ryanspopculturethoughts.blogspot.com/2013/03/video-game-reviews-legend-of-zelda.html

Sorry for the blatant self promotion.

Hand holding is par for the course in most games these days as people are generally dumber than they once were, so I'll hold that criticism against video games as a whole rather than single out skyward sword.

SS was no ocarina that's for sure but I liked it a lot more than either wind waker or twilight princess. My only gripe is that I could've lived without the motion controls but they weren't a deal breaker.