Nuvendil said:
Imo, Twilight Princess HD gives both. And Skyward Sword may be less epic in the traditional sense, but it has characters I'm invested in. And that, I think, is the weakest part of OoT: no investment in anything. People praise the opening of OoT for being in medias res, but I find it is more like taking a book that does start in medias res, turning two pages and starting at a random point in a random paragraph. I have no attachment with the town or the rest of the world, there's no world building. And in an adventure game or RPG, I find that very important. |
I was invested in it just fine, simply for being such a vibrant fantasy world of talking trees, a lost tribe of elf kids, a dark prophecy, etc. Cliche on paper, but delivered on screen with the sincerity and gusto to make it work. Frankly, character development and story is not a major concern of mine in video games.
