... And so i gave Skyward Sword a second try, but...

[winston000smith]

SvennoJ said:

winston000smith said:

Majora said:
I bought this first day, ran home to start playing, was so damn excited for this game. Started playing, and... stopped. Since that day, I've not even looked at it. I can feel the game staring at me from my collection, but it is the first Zelda I have ever played that has completely failed to grab me. All the others had me playing maniacally, I had never known such magic, but SS for me is just, well.... Soulless.

I hope to complete it one day, though, and enjoy it. But somehow, I don't think I will.

+1

Finally a bit of honesty. It IS soulless, that's the best way to describe it. There is just something lacking in SS.

It is the Mario Sunshine of Zelda games - I thought that was strangely soulless as well and can't remember completing it.

You're on to something. I felt the same about Mario Sunshine as I do of SS. The lack of soul prevented me from pushing on through the tedious bits. I didn't finish either game. The third time I quit for good and traded SS in. Although I was about 75% through the game, it just couldn't keep my interest anymore to put up with all the minor annoyances.

The amount of soul a game has is subjective and not everyone will understand what we mean but I'm glad you get what I'm on about.

Mario Sunshine felt oddly empty and rushed. The camera angles were horrible (never a problem in Mario 64 or any Mario since) and WTF was all that water squirting about? Horrible game, I'd be surprised if anyone considered it a PROPER Mario game.