Why do Zelda Console games take 5 years to develop.... ?

[Mythmaker1]

mZuzek said:

Mythmaker1 said:

I'd argue that it's "hated" because it's simply not good. What it does have is a lot of fan-service, a unique art-style, and superficially interesting combat mechanics. 

Speak for yourself. In my opinion it's a far better game than Twilight Princess or Ocarina of Time (considering OoT by today's standards, not 1998's). I have several reasons for this, but in the end it all comes down to opinion.

No 3D Zelda game - hell, no mainline home console Zelda except Zelda 2 - has ever been "not good". They are all fantastic games. Some people like one or another better and a couple of others not so much, but they are all stellar titles.

My opinion is that Skyward Sword isn't good (on its own merits, much less judged as part of the series), but that opinion is not based on taste. The story is, by virtually any standard, shallow, badly paced, and internally inconsistent. The mechanics are, by virtually any standard, lacking strategic depth or challenge. And while elements of Ocarina of Time have not aged well, many of those elements are present in Skyward Sword, and to an even greater degree.

I don't like Skyward Sword. You may enjoy it, but I can't think of a reasonable standard by which it can be considered a "good" game.