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disolitude on 09 January 2014

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Augen on 09 January 2014

As others have touched on we Zelda fans are impossible to please. When "A Link Between Worlds" was announced I was over the moon and so happy. Yet I came on here and people grumbled how it was "backward" to follow up "A Link to the Past" and all Zelda games should be like "Ocarina of Time".

I do not envy Nintendo on this series which seems to get grumbled out despite being among the elite series over a 25 year span in terms of quality.



archer9234 on 09 January 2014
Anfebious said:
benji232 said:
Anfebious said:
I am a Zelda fan but I seem to be on the minority in the fanbase. I actually like all the Zelda games! Every game in the franchise has it's strenght!

Except the CD-i ones... those really suck.

This!

I do believe that a lot of people overlooked SS due to the motion controls.


Very true! That game gets ahte for doing motion controls right. I actually liked the improved sword handling.

Maybe it had some issues with it's slow start but it definitely gets better the more you play!




The search bug thing handled horribly with motion controls.



NintendoPie on 09 January 2014

Who in the world quoted me? A phantom quoter in out midst, is there?



outlawauron on 09 January 2014
NintendoPie said:
outlawauron said:

You wouldn't know it talking to Zelda fans. The ones I know who love the series have said Skyward Sword is either shit or they couldn't even finish it (I'm talking about you Zucas).

Just wait till the next iteration. Skyward Sword will then become the shit. Just like with Twilight Princess... and Wind Waker...

True fact!

and now I am the one who hath quoted you.



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fordy on 09 January 2014
Anfebious said:
I am a Zelda fan but I seem to be on the minority in the fanbase. I actually like all the Zelda games! Every game in the franchise has it's strenght!

Except the CD-i ones... those really suck.


CDi Zeldas have their strengths....they'll always be a staple meme on YouTube Poop...



NintendoPie on 09 January 2014
outlawauron said:

True fact!

and now I am the one who hath quoted you.

Ah, so you're the Phantom Quoter. 

And indeedy it is. I wonder why new iterations in the franchise are always pummeled and then after while loved. Nostalgia?



MDMAlliance on 09 January 2014
Somini said:
It has it easier than most games actually. A lot of reviewers score them based on nostalgia. Something a game like, say Titanfall won't have.

That doesn't mean it has it easier at all, really.  A lot of reviewers today idealize the previous game entries and lower a score for not living up to their nostalgic memories.  There's a very very good example of this nostalgia working against a game in some of the reviews for A Link Between Worlds.

In fact, here's the one I'm talking about:
A Link Between Worlds' main problem at the end of the day is a complete lack of anything that's memorable. There's no defining moment, no newly minted classic villains or characters, and no truly "new" items that make their mark on the series. It's certainly playable in every sense of the word, but I didn't feel the same spark I had felt so many times before.

http://www.destructoid.com/review-the-legend-of-zelda-a-link-between-worlds-265374.phtml

6.5/10



Wright on 09 January 2014
MDMAlliance said:
Somini said:
It has it easier than most games actually. A lot of reviewers score them based on nostalgia. Something a game like, say Titanfall won't have.

That doesn't mean it has it easier at all, really.  A lot of reviewers today idealize the previous game entries and lower a score for not living up to their nostalgic memories.  There's a very very good example of this nostalgia working against a game in some of the reviews for A Link Between Worlds.

In fact, here's the one I'm talking about:
A Link Between Worlds' main problem at the end of the day is a complete lack of anything that's memorable. There's no defining moment, no newly minted classic villains or characters, and no truly "new" items that make their mark on the series. It's certainly playable in every sense of the word, but I didn't feel the same spark I had felt so many times before.

http://www.destructoid.com/review-the-legend-of-zelda-a-link-between-worlds-265374.phtml

6.5/10

 

Yet it holds a 91/100 in Metacritic!



orniletter on 09 January 2014

I think it is a tie between Zelda, Sonic and Final Fantasy.

With Zelda and Final Fantasy having it the worst.