Visually, Zelda for Wii U is EXACTLY what I wanted.

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spemanig said:

sc94597 said:
I really don't care about the art-style of Zelda games. As long as they are quality visuals and get their goals across nicely, I'll like it. Having said that, this game looks AMAZING to me. I am glad they didn't go for a naturalistic setting because that would have made it harder for them to seamlessly and flawlessly provide the open-world experience they are pushing for (look at how buggy Bethesda, GTA, and other open world games are.)

Lol, I care immensely about art-style. With Zelda, the artstyle more revently effects the direction of the gameplay, and aside from that it's the way they get away with inferior graphics. Zelda Wii U is without a shadow of a doubt the best looking next gen game, and it's running on inferior hardware. That's all because of it's artstyle.

I will have to agree that it affects the gameplay, like I said, they might take longer and struggle more in providing a seamless, and flawless open world experience with more realistic style that demands more realistic geometries and landscapes. Yet, I don't think a certain art-style implies a certain gameplay style, strictly. Spirits Tracks* plays very differently from Windwaker, for example, yet their art style is pretty much the same. That is mostly because of the limitations of the DS vs. the Gamecube though. Quite honestly though, I expect this Zelda to have gameplay like none of the others other than some basic rudimentaries. I hope Nintendo takes advantage of this opportunity to change some of the standards we've had since Zelda became 3D as well - in combat, in dungeon format (this seems like a given with its open world design), etc, etc. 

 

* I don't mention PH because a direct sequel/spinoff is more likely (but not always: see Zelda II) to play like its predecessor.