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Darwinianevolution on 11 December 2014

This will be The Elder Scrolls: Hyrule. And it will be amazing.



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kekrot on 11 December 2014

It looks like SotC because they haven't had the time to fill the world with various enemies and NPCs yet.



Yep.

hated_individual on 11 December 2014
ghost_of_fazz said:

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This...

Its sad to see people compare LOZ Wii U to games that were inspired by LOZ...



Barkley on 11 December 2014
Darwinianevolution said:
This will be The Elder Scrolls: Hyrule. And it will be amazing.


It's going to be amazing ,but I don't see how it's going to be like an Elder Scrolls game at all. Just because it's an open world and you have a sword?



Anfebious on 11 December 2014

Actually it can be argued that Shadow of the Colossus copied Zelda. Since the Ocarina of Time games, bosses have a certain element of puzzle in their fights. More than a boss fight, they are puzzles.

The colossus in the SOC game where essentially, puzzles! So yeah, take that!



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Materia-Blade on 11 December 2014

"But it never gets pointed out if a sony game is inspiring other games. For me the newest zelda is reminding me a lot of shadow of the colossus. especially riding trough empty environment. Zelda was never about that or at least it wasnt the main focus of the game. "

Sigh, it's nothing like sotc, move on.

and if anything, sotc was inspired in previous zeldas.



teigaga on 11 December 2014

SOTC still has better animations



toot1231 on 11 December 2014
Nintentacle said:
I wouldn't say "Shadow of the Colossus: Zelda Edition", or "The Elder Scrolls: Zelda". More like "Zelda 1 in 3D"


Agreed. People saying this is ripping off either Skyrim of SoC has no idea what those games ripped off of.



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sc94597 on 11 December 2014
toot1231 said:
Nintentacle said:
I wouldn't say "Shadow of the Colossus: Zelda Edition", or "The Elder Scrolls: Zelda". More like "Zelda 1 in 3D"


Agreed. People saying this is ripping off either Skyrim of SoC has no idea what those games ripped off of.

What did The Elder Scrolls series rip off? Other WRPG's in 1994? Much like OoT, or Doom it was one of a kind and mechanics-defining during its  original release. 

 

@OP Anyway, I can see the similarities with SoTC in terms of landscape, mechanics , and atmosphere, but like others have said that is because SOTC was preceded in these areas by the original LoZ. It has nothing to do with Nintendo copying Team ICO  and everything to do with Nintendo returning the series to its roots.  



cfin2987@gmail.com on 11 December 2014
Jizz_Beard_thePirate said:

I was actually kinda thinking about that cause of the whole horse thing cause since the horse can essentially be "automatic," that leaves the player being able to do more things then he otherwise couldn't have due to wonky controls. So this way, you can tell the horse where to go while being able to do various things while riding on the horse


What bugs me is, that horses are not cars and the people complaining about it need to think about that. If a person was driving a car, they would have complete control over the car. But when they are riding a horse, they can only guide the horse. Horses are seperate creatures, and as such, the player cannot control both at the same time. It would be really weird to suddenly be in control of the horse. The horse is not a tool or weapon. It is supposed to have a mind and I think Nintendo handled this well.