Twilight Princess vs Skyward Sword

[Jumpin]

curl-6 said:

Finale said:

Twilight princess also bothers me in a personal level because its trying to be "dark" and "mature" in response to the idiotic wind waker backlash, and does so in the stupidest way possible. "Look guys, dark link with red eyes", "look guys, its your friends with white eyes. It doesnt mean anything, but it sure is scary and mature right?". None of it is any "darker" than majora's mask also, because that game had a reason for its creepy imagery and melancholic athmosphere. Twilight princess is just nintendo giving early 2000's edgy kids, that thought they were "big boys" now and wanted them to stop making these "baby games", what they wanted. And it is dissapointing, no matter how much i like midna and some early wolf sequences.

Twilight Princess isn't "edgy". If it was edgy it would have blood, excessive violence, coarse language, etc. 

It had a measure of darkness and moodiness the same as Ocarina of Time did. It simply returned the series to an aesthetic and tone that had already proven to be beloved by its fanbase. 

Artistically it was closer to Ocarina of Time than Celda was, but Breath of the Wild looks the closest of any game since Majora's Mask. While Twilight Princess was back on track, away from the Celda direction, it kind of went a little bit too far on the washed out look... Although, I think this may have been due, mostly, to art conventions of the time as many games looked like that in the PS2 era. Skyward Sword was a little bit closer to Ocarina of Time's look, but I think Breath of the Wild nailed it (granted, it's like 100X more detailed, but it's a very similar art direction).

Here's a shot from Ocarina of Time's Concept art and some various shots from various Zelda games. Just my opinion, while I think Twilight Princess is WAY closer to the Zelda standard than Celda, I also think Twilight Princess is the one that is next most off:

Breath of the Wild was the first game that let us oldtime Zelda fans do what we've always wanted to do. Stand out on a cliff face and look out over hyrule.

Last edited by Jumpin - on 14 March 2020