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Forums - Nintendo - Zelda: Breath of the Wild review thread - 97 on Switch, 96 on Wii U

Jranation on 02 March 2017
Intrinsic said:
FloatingWaffles said:
A fucking 98 metacritic game on DAY ONE of a new console launch. That is fantastic.

does it count that the game is also on the WiiU, announced for the WiiU in 2013 and scheduled to release for the wiiU in  2015 and delayed until 2017?

Guess we can say the same thing about The last of Us and GTA5 also being "launch" titles......

Anywyas, let me not detract from this thread. I have to find a way to play this game.

 

But he is right though. Its at launch! Not on Wii U! on the Switch! And people are reviewing this on the Switch! 



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Jranation on 02 March 2017
Dark_Feanor said:
It seems reviewers have the mission to save the Switch and Nintendo with artificialy inflated scores... nothing new, or unexpected.

I don´t think it will translate to big sales or main stream access. Zelda is not what it used to be.

You're not joking right?!?!?!? 



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riecsou on 02 March 2017

98 after more than 50 reviews??? In those days and age??? I am very surprised



irstupid on 02 March 2017
mZuzek said:
Intrinsic said:

Nope... I said that like its not that big of a deal it being a "launch" game when you consider the game has been delayed for around 2 years.

That would have been the equivalent of releasing the last gaurdian with the PS4.... doesn't take away that it was delayed forvever.

Also not that big a deal when you consider that its a "nintendo" exclusive as opposed to be a switch exclusive. Its also on the WiiU..... lets not act like that platform doesn't exist too.

My point is, if this game never got delayed, it just wouldn't have been such a masterpiece in the first place.

Obviously, I'm not acting as if the Wii U doesn't exist, after all, that's where I will be playing this game. But it is a launch title for the Switch, it is better on the Switch, it is the reason for every Switch sale within the next couple of months, and that is just how it is.

Well you never know. It might be gettting better reveiws if it weren't delayed. If it weren't delayed and came out "in this condition" back in 2015 imagine it.

Be the same for all "end gen games" Think of like "the last of us" Think if that was a launch title for the PS3. People would be flipping balls. It would be an insane technical marvel compared to games of that time.

The fact that Zelda is scoring as high as it is right now is more impressive due to the delay. Any amazing feats it did might have already been done by another due to the delay. Hype only continues to grow and expectations grow with delays. Delays never help a games ratings, imo. Unless its to fix some huge glaring fault (meaning the game was clearly not ship ready) But in this case the delay was more to do with launchign on switch than anythign else. Thus a delay could ony hurt it imo.



ironmanDX on 02 March 2017

Wow. Well done Nintendo.



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Bajablo on 02 March 2017
riecsou said:
98 after more than 50 reviews??? In those days and age??? I am very surprised

not to go off topic.. but the only score i see that is more impressive on meta is GTA4's 98 with 80+ reviews
i don't know if a 99 by 22reviews is as impressive (OOT)..

this is looking to be one hell of a game and very much looking forward to it :)



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Wright on 02 March 2017

I predicted 89, so I'm quite off here. No beating around the bush here, this is some amazing score in this day and age.

Congratulations to the Zelda team are deserved.



Slarvax on 02 March 2017

Nice. I was wrong. Now to play the game and see of I agree with reviewers (unlike every other Zelda. Except Wind Waker).



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Intrinsic on 02 March 2017
FloatingWaffles said:
Intrinsic said:

So me talking about it also being on the wiiU is downplaying?  o....k...

got you.

That's not why I said you were downplaying or what I said, but you can think what you want.

Then please, show or tell me what i said that suggests i was downplaying the game...... or stop throwing overly sensitive accusations around simple because I pointed out that the game was originally supposed to be a wiiU only game and be released in 2015.

Even if i don't like a game... I will never say anything bad about it. Just not something I do... because i understand that game preferences are purely subjective. I hardly even go into game specific threads unless I have a vested interest in the game. And I have a vested interest in Zelda.

So pls, don't make accusations just for the hell of it. 



Slarvax on 02 March 2017

Also, the Wii U version has literally 0 reviews. RIP, old friend.



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