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Khuutra on 03 March 2009

The stories are fine. I can't imagine them being much better than a few choice entries in the series.



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Riachu on 03 March 2009
CHYUII said:
I think of Zelda like the 1st 2 Metroid Primes, they don't force you to pay attention to the story.
The game play is slightly higher than the story and the story is generally subtle in comparison to something like FF.


Cool?

FF is mainly played for story and Zelda is usually played for gameplay.  Zelda has deep stories in some of them but the depth is very subtle.

 



 

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Words Of Wisdom on 03 March 2009

I ask of Zelda story-wise the same thing I ask of Tetris.



im_sneaky on 03 March 2009

I think the next Zelda should have a more complex story in order for the series to stay fresh. But until now the stories are cliched but fine, with the exception of MM which was pretty damn good.



 

 

Riachu on 03 March 2009
im_sneaky said:
I think the next Zelda should have a more complex story in order for the series to stay fresh. But until now the stories are cliched but fine, with the exception of MM which was pretty damn good.

Yeah,  most Zelda stories are good enough.  However, MM told a truly deep and mature story dealing with themes already discussed in this topic.  Isolation being one of them.  We don't ask as much from Zelda stories as we do of Final Fantasy and MGS stories.  Even so, I wouldn't mind a more complex story just as long as it enchances the experience instead of ruining it.

 



 

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Maynard_Tool on 03 March 2009

i like them



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CHYUII on 03 March 2009

No more water worlds!



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Tomorrow is the day tomorrow dies.

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Spedfrom on 03 March 2009
foont said:
Spedfrom said:

The only Zelda I've bought, played and ended up loving was The Wind Waker, even though that endless ocean pissed me off when I wanted to travel somewhere.

Gameplay wise, it was fun (except for the aforementioned). Presentation wise, it was a high quality cartoon in real time. Story wise... what? There was one?

Yes. Yes there was. And one of the better Zelda storylines too.

Oh hai! I r Ganond0rf and I gonna kidnap all pretti little gurlz kkk? U little boi in green haz no chance against me. All ur friend Zelda r belong to me. Yaaaa!

^ You mean this story? Please. I loved the game, but Zeldas have stories on par with Mario games. Peach is kidnapped for the umpteenth time. Mario to the rescueeeeeeeeee!!

 



Khuutra on 03 March 2009
Spedfrom said:
foont said:
Spedfrom said:

The only Zelda I've bought, played and ended up loving was The Wind Waker, even though that endless ocean pissed me off when I wanted to travel somewhere.

Gameplay wise, it was fun (except for the aforementioned). Presentation wise, it was a high quality cartoon in real time. Story wise... what? There was one?

Yes. Yes there was. And one of the better Zelda storylines too.

Oh hai! I r Ganond0rf and I gonna kidnap all pretti little gurlz kkk? U little boi in green haz no chance against me. All ur friend Zelda r belong to me. Yaaaa!

^ You mean this story? Please. I loved the game, but Zeldas have stories on par with Mario games. Peach is kidnapped for the umpteenth time. Mario to the rescueeeeeeeeee!!

You have to be trying to be that needlessly reductive. I find it impossible to believe that you actually think it's ever that simple. I mean, the plot, yes, but almsot all plots can be summarized that simply.



Spedfrom on 03 March 2009

Even if I had hated the entire game, which I didn't, the last battle where you fight Ganondorf was absolutely memorable to me.