Skyward Sword was the worst Zelda I have played. We need to talk about this.

[happydolphin]

Runa216 said:
With me, I want to like it because I'm a huge zelda fan, but I'm finding two major, MAJOR problems with the game, the first I should have expected, and the second would have made it a crappy game regardless.

My first problem was the motion controls. Yeah, I get it, Wii Motion Plus needed a game as a herald for its greatness, but come on, this is as gimmicky as Wii Sports! Balance the controller to walk a tightrope, balance it to fly your bird, flail it about to flap wings, flick it up or down to throw bombs, tilt to fly the beetle thing. it just so full of shit. All of these functions were just fine with simple button presses, adding motion controls did NOTHING to make the game more immersive, save the swordplay, which is kind of lame because the enemiees are dumb and the entire combat model revolves around figuring out which direction to slash...or just flailing about till you hit him because certain angles don't work with 100% effectiveness. Gimmicky controls are lame, and these controls do nothing to add to the game.

The second issue I have is the pathetic adherence to sidequests. Early on I encountered some pathetic tree-based lifeform that basically said "yeah, I know where zelda is, but I'm not going to tell you where she is till you help me find my tribe members." yeah, Eff that. the game is FILLED with meaningless sidequests you have to complete to continue, and it's sad. there's only like 5 dungeons in all, and the game is linear; I like linear, but it doesn't really work here.

The point is: shitty controls and stupid forced sidequests you can't avoid. both are dumb.

Agreed. The side-quests were fun but they should have been optional bonus quests, with rewards.

I also agree that motion controls were tacked on for tight-rope. But for bombs, it's the same concept as the sword. You are Link. That was the point. And why not the bird? Maybe you felt like controlling a whole bird was a bit much? I could understand that. But I actually found flying the bird fun, that's me. And I'm not bs'ing, I actually was eager to get on the bird to fly and nosedive and flap its wings and do it better. Maybe there should be an option to go on relaxed mode or something.

The tight-rope didn't work well for me at all, so I kind of agree on that one.