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Roma on 25 October 2011
Mr.Ashtear said:
Seece said:
Mr.Ashtear said:
Well, Twilight Princess is at 95, an according to early opinions, SS is waaay better and fix most of the usual complains about the Zelda series. So a 96-97 could be totally possible, imo.

Not saying SS won't but that reason is crap, loads of sequels have improved on their last game and have scored lower, a lot of games this year in fact.

The thing that will help Zelda in this case is that itspredecessor is really a game from last gen and came out 5? years ago.


Also I think theres a lot of hype due to this Zelda being the "not so formulatic Zelda we all have been asking for". Buuut, it may be punished on the graphics department, a problem a TP didnt have to suffer much. 

Comparing it graphically to the HD games is the stupidest thing any reviewer would do if that is what you mean with punished



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Mr.Ashtear on 25 October 2011
Roma said:
Mr.Ashtear said:
Seece said:
Mr.Ashtear said:
Well, Twilight Princess is at 95, an according to early opinions, SS is waaay better and fix most of the usual complains about the Zelda series. So a 96-97 could be totally possible, imo.

Not saying SS won't but that reason is crap, loads of sequels have improved on their last game and have scored lower, a lot of games this year in fact.

The thing that will help Zelda in this case is that itspredecessor is really a game from last gen and came out 5? years ago.


Also I think theres a lot of hype due to this Zelda being the "not so formulatic Zelda we all have been asking for". Buuut, it may be punished on the graphics department, a problem a TP didnt have to suffer much. 

Comparing it graphically to the HD games is the stupidest thing any reviewer would do if that is what you mean with punished


Im really expecting IGN to do it, lol. 



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yo_john117 on 25 October 2011
spurgeonryan said:
yo_john117 said:
spurgeonryan said:
yo_john117 said:
spurgeonryan said:
yo_john117 said:
Yeah I could see it being the highest rated game on metacritic this year.


What makes you say that? More than Gears 3 or that new race car game you have been playing?

Gears 3 and Forza 4 are both at a 91 so they don't stand a chance.

The only games that can challenge Skyward Sword is Batman Arkham City and Portal 2 which are both at a 95 right now.


Out of all the review sites and magazines, which one do you think will be the hardest on this game?

I haven't a clue. I only pay attention to metacritic, Gametrailers, Gameinformer, Vgchartz and IGN (I don't really care for IGN though)

So I have a wierd message on yahoo. Says yo_John accepted your friend request. Why do you not like IGN?

Cause their reviews are rather mehish.



Roma on 25 October 2011
Mr.Ashtear said:
Roma said:
Mr.Ashtear said:
Seece said:
Mr.Ashtear said:
Well, Twilight Princess is at 95, an according to early opinions, SS is waaay better and fix most of the usual complains about the Zelda series. So a 96-97 could be totally possible, imo.

Not saying SS won't but that reason is crap, loads of sequels have improved on their last game and have scored lower, a lot of games this year in fact.

The thing that will help Zelda in this case is that itspredecessor is really a game from last gen and came out 5? years ago.


Also I think theres a lot of hype due to this Zelda being the "not so formulatic Zelda we all have been asking for". Buuut, it may be punished on the graphics department, a problem a TP didnt have to suffer much. 

Comparing it graphically to the HD games is the stupidest thing any reviewer would do if that is what you mean with punished


Im really expecting IGN to do it, lol. 

I’m sure it will get a 10 from them as I read that it is far exceeding their expectations :) but you never know :P



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Pyro as Bill on 25 October 2011
Seece said:
Mr.Ashtear said:
Well, Twilight Princess is at 95, an according to early opinions, SS is waaay better and fix most of the usual complains about the Zelda series. So a 96-97 could be totally possible, imo.

Not saying SS won't but that reason is crap, loads of sequels have improved on their last game and have scored lower, a lot of games this year in fact.

The thing that will help Zelda in this case is that itspredecessor is really a game from last gen and came out 5? years ago.


It'll get good scores because it's predecessor is a game from last gen?

Are you familiar with any of Nintendo's main IPs?

"that reason is crap"



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Seece on 25 October 2011
Pyro as Bill said:
Seece said:
Mr.Ashtear said:
Well, Twilight Princess is at 95, an according to early opinions, SS is waaay better and fix most of the usual complains about the Zelda series. So a 96-97 could be totally possible, imo.

Not saying SS won't but that reason is crap, loads of sequels have improved on their last game and have scored lower, a lot of games this year in fact.

The thing that will help Zelda in this case is that itspredecessor is really a game from last gen and came out 5? years ago.


It'll get good scores because it's predecessor is a game from last gen?

Are you familiar with any of Nintendo's main IPs?

"that reason is crap"

That's not what I said.



 

Pyro as Bill on 25 October 2011
Seece said:
Pyro as Bill said:
Seece said:
Mr.Ashtear said:
Well, Twilight Princess is at 95, an according to early opinions, SS is waaay better and fix most of the usual complains about the Zelda series. So a 96-97 could be totally possible, imo.

Not saying SS won't but that reason is crap, loads of sequels have improved on their last game and have scored lower, a lot of games this year in fact.

The thing that will help Zelda in this case is that itspredecessor is really a game from last gen and came out 5? years ago.


It'll get good scores because it's predecessor is a game from last gen?

Are you familiar with any of Nintendo's main IPs?

"that reason is crap"

That's not what I said.

It has to be 5 years old too?

"the thing that will help *insert Nintendo IP* is that it's predecessor is really a game from last gen and came out 5 years ago"

Is that what you said?



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Nintendogamer on 25 October 2011

Maybe but will it sell the most that;s the most important thing.



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Jay520 on 25 October 2011
Seece said:
Mr.Ashtear said:
Well, Twilight Princess is at 95, an according to early opinions, SS is waaay better and fix most of the usual complains about the Zelda series. So a 96-97 could be totally possible, imo.


The thing that will help Zelda in this case is that it's predecessor is really a game from last gen and came out 5? Years ago.



Yeah, that and the fact that Zelda games usually incorporate a new & creative forumula with each iteration unlike most 2-3 year HD franchises. With that said, most complaints about "tried & true formulas" or "lacking creativity", found in most HD sequels, should be nonexistant in Skyward Sword.

kopstudent89 on 25 October 2011

Yeah definitely has a chance since it is Zelda and i don't remember the last Zelda game rated lower than 95 on metacritic (on home consoles of course)

And i think what SEECE is trying to say is that series that have sequels every 1 or 2 years tend to have lower scores. Because Zelda was last seen at the end of the GC/beginning Wii rane, then critics will tend to compare it to that which will make it seem a lot better than it probably actually is (not saying it won't be amazing, but some games did get overrated by critics for unreasonable stuff).