Worst 3D Zelda?

[Mythmaker1]

curl-6 said:

Mythmaker1 said:

curl-6 said:
I enjoyed the story of Skyward Sword as well; Zelda herself was by far my favourite incarnation of her; very likeable and endearing. Ghirahim was a fun villain also. Plus, some scenes I won't spoil here genuinely moved me.

There are some genuinely good moments. People often criticize the slow tutorial, but from a story perspective it's pretty decent. And the segment after going through the gate of time is well done.

The problem is that those moments are few and far between. The pacing of this game is atrocious, and the plot is contrived and nonsensical. The characters are probably the one real bright spot, but they're all just cliches ripped straight from a cheesy anime.

The only pacing I found problematic was returning to fight the bloody Imprisoned twice in the space of about an hour. Other than that, I had fun virtually from start to finish.

Zelda plots are always nonsensical. As for anime characters, here's where the lack of voice acting is a good thing; they're much more likeable when you don't have to listen to those same four fuckers they have locked in a basement somewhere to do the VA for all anime...

My point of view is this: after Link picks up the Goddess Sword, he spends the next 6-8 hours or so wandering around after Zelda. Nothing is accomplished, and nothing of substance is learned. The plot basically stops in its tracks so that gameplay can happen. After that, 20-30 minutes of plot-relevant stuff happens, followed by another 6-8 hours wandering around looking for the sacred flames. Nothing is accomplished, nothing of substance is learned. Then 20-30 minutes of plot stuff happens, before Link spends even more time wandering and nothing is accomplished etcetra etcetra.

If you ignore the cutscene at the Temple of Time (which didn't actually change the status quo since you're STILL following after Zelda), there is something like 15 solid hours of nothing happening in the plot.  If that's not a pacing problem, I don't know what is.

Always nonsensical? There are bits that don't make sense in other games, but basically everything in Skyward Sword falls apart if you start asking questions. Seriously, why...anything?

As far as the characters go, the problem isn't that they're just cliches. Groose is probably the strongest character in the entire story, but even he's barely passable, even in his own medium.