| The_Yoda said: Take this with a grain of salt as I haven't played WW since it originally released. How about this lets look at 3 points: point A is where you are, point B lies almost directly between A and C. Point C is where you are going. In WW lats say that point C is an island. Because the ocean is flat (or 2d) you will be able to see everything static between points A and C. While you are traveling between points A and C there is no point in turning around, you won't see anything static that was previously hidden because you are on essentially a 2D plain. Now lets do the same thing with ZU . You are at point A and are traveling to C what you can't tell at first is there is a valley containing a town at point B. You can't tell this because with elevation you now have three axises to deal with. Something can be hidden in a valley, or the far side of the hill. If you have one of those two things you now have to turn around to see the backside of the hill, something you don't have to do in WW. This changes the gameplay, and in my opinion adds to exploration. |
Of course it adds to exploration in that way, but that's not what's being argued. It very inconsequencially changes the way you go about doing the same thing. That's not extra content. You're not exploring more things, you're just exploring more of nothing. If there were a giant wave, an example I've already used, in the ocean of WW, you wouldn't be able to see what's past it. Maybe you want to and maybe you do. It doesn't change the fact that you did the exact same sailing for the exact same distance to get there. It just changes the way it looked to get there. That's not a signifigant change in gameplay at all. That third plain didn't add anything tangable to getting from point A to point B. You know what is tangable? Shooting swimming enemies, filling a map piece, scavenging for sunken treasure, exploring the remnants of an abandoned island. Riding over a hill on a horse or through a bridge or a bunch of trees instead of your usual grassy plain does absolutely none of that.
