Thoughts on Skyward Sword?

[HoloDust]

InnocentSin said:

HoloDust said:

Pavolink said:

I think Aonuma has not found a good overworld. While the surfwace was good, the sky was the opposite.

And the other overworlds are empty. Not much hope for Zelda HD.

Yeah, Aounuma seems to have really big problem with designing overworlds. But, at least from what was shown till now, I have the feeling that Zelda U might be different in that regard, I actually liked quite a bit what I saw.

From what we've seen of Zelda U, I'll have to agree that the overworld does look good and the game does seem like a true open world. I just hope the overworld is not as empty as past entries.

Well, landscape design seems pretty good from what they've shown so far and it seems they've payed attention to vertical aspect as well, which I find very important in open-world games. I think they just need to populate it with enough interesting creatures and smaller caves/dungeons, especially if they're further improving on SS with equipment upgrades, and we'll almost by default get better overworld than any Zelda game so far.