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Kreeeee · 24 Oct 2021 at 11:14

Noxia said:
Firmly in the worst Zelda ever camp and a pretty bang average open world game. Never known a game like it to split people right down the middle.

It’s really not a Zelda game, it’s missing the music, dungeons, characters, toolkit progression, and atmosphere of a Zelda game.

Just like RE4 isn’t a Resident Evil game in nature.

Both are great games but both are so far from the series rire that they should have been split into a new franchise. Tacking the franchise name into an otherwise great new IP just disappoints a lot of fans of the series.

unwashed potato! · 24 Oct 2021 at 11:16

Have you guys played the very first ever zelda fame recently?

Kreeeee · 24 Oct 2021 at 11:23

Apex said:
Have you guys played the very first ever zelda fame recently?

Yes I’ve heard that poorly thought out rhetoric before.

If you engage your brain and think about it, the series has slowly evolved into the modern day Zelda formula that defines the series.

A sharp departure from what fans expect is always going to put off fans of the past 30 years of the series. Surely you can grasp that notion?

Noxia · 24 Oct 2021 at 12:09

On a plus I'm having a blast on links awakening. I never played it before and this is the formula I enjoy.

unwashed potato! · 24 Oct 2021 at 12:10

Kreeeee said:
Yes I’ve heard that poorly thought out rhetoric before.

If you engage your brain and think about it, the series has slowly evolved into the modern day Zelda formula that defines the series.

A sharp departure from what fans expect is always going to put off fans of the past 30 years of the series. Surely you can grasp that notion?

wow what a ****

Cavallino · 24 Oct 2021 at 12:15

Ah this ought to be good

*Takes a seat ready for the main event screening*

cheesyboy · 24 Oct 2021 at 12:23

Didn't mean to throw a grenade into the room, lads

Was hoping to hear "yeah, it improves after that", but it seems either you love it all, or think it's all totally meh.

Noxia · 24 Oct 2021 at 12:32

Apex said:
wow what a ****

Well, I mean he's not wrong. It's a bit like people who hates it when final fantasy dropped the turn based stuff. Can't think of other games that had a big change right now.

Plainsong · 24 Oct 2021 at 12:48

Noxia said:
Well, I mean he's not wrong. It's a bit like people who hates it when final fantasy dropped the turn based stuff. Can't think of other games that had a big change right now.

God of War. Though to be fair they did a cracking job with that.

I am a zelda fan and have been since the snes. I love the new links Awakening reboot (apart from the weird juddering on exiting buildings) and I loved BoTW as well. Old ways or new, I don't really care as long as they're still enjoyable to me.

unwashed potato! · 24 Oct 2021 at 12:53

Noxia said:
Well, I mean he's not wrong

Do you think being wrong or not is the reason for the follow up

Let me see if I can rephrase my post in a Kreeeeebaby style.

Your poorly thought out rhetoric is not relevant.

If you engage your brain and think about it, being right or wrong wasn't the issue.

A sharp departure from civility and a **** reply is always going to put off people, especially when from those past 30 years of age. Surely you can grasp that notion?

:cry:

malachi · 24 Oct 2021 at 12:56

Noxia said:
Well, I mean he's not wrong. It's a bit like people who hates it when final fantasy dropped the turn based stuff. Can't think of other games that had a big change right now.

Metroid when it went 3rd person but Nintendo have a history of changing their formulas. Like Zelda 1 and Zelda 2 on the NES.

In 20 years time Nintendo might use the latest Unreal Engine and go full voice acting with Zelda

You never know with them.

unwashed potato! · 24 Oct 2021 at 12:59

malachi said:
Metroid when it went 3rd person but Nintendo have a history of changing their formulas. Zelda 1 and Zelda 2 for example.

Now that was an awful change. Thank god that quickly learnt the lesson there. I was planning to play from zelda 1, then 2 then up to what I can be bothered to stop, but I may skip zelda 2 as its just the worst.

Skyward sword too was a very different zelda game and partly I think why they made botw as they realised just how poor the style they were going in wasn't working.

Majoras mask to wind waker too, very different and I remember the outcry then. I never played wind waker, partly due to the outcry at the time, plus I didn't have a game cube which is probably the biggest reason why

Noxia · 24 Oct 2021 at 13:00

Apex said:
Do you think being wrong or not is the reason for the follow up

Let me see if I can rephrase my post in a Kreeeeebaby style.

Your poorly thought out rhetoric is not relevant.

If you engage your brain and think about it, being right or wrong wasn't the issue.

A sharp departure from civility and a **** reply is always going to put off people, especially when from those past 30 years of age. Surely you can grasp that notion?

I'm fine with that kind of reply though

Its amusing.

unwashed potato! · 24 Oct 2021 at 13:03

Noxia said:
I'm fine with that kind of reply though Its amusing.

Luckily it wasn't directed at you. I'm sure you can agree that because you like it and find it amusing, many others wouldn't appreciate it? Plus it really wasn't called for regardless

Kreeeee · 24 Oct 2021 at 14:02

Apex said:
Now that was an awful change. Thank god that quickly learnt the lesson there. I was planning to play from zelda 1, then 2 then up to what I can be bothered to stop, but I may skip zelda 2 as its just the worst.

Skyward sword too was a very different zelda game and partly I think why they made botw as they realised just how poor the style they were going in wasn't working.

Majoras mask to wind waker too, very different and I remember the outcry then. I never played wind waker, partly due to the outcry at the time, plus I didn't have a game cube which is probably the biggest reason why

petridish · 28 Oct 2021 at 10:29

On the subject of BOTW I recently picked it up again having only just got out of the first area about 6 months ago. I'd forgotten all of the controls and battle techniques and I'm finding it a bit tough to get back into.

Perhaps I'll start over and try and keep playing in a reasonable timeframe this time.

I'm still on the fence about it, I want to love it but it's just not pulled me in yet to where I have to keep playing.

Kreeeee · 28 Oct 2021 at 11:03

petridish said:
On the subject of BOTW I recently picked it up again having only just got out of the first area about 6 months ago. I'd forgotten all of the controls and battle techniques and I'm finding it a bit tough to get back into.

Perhaps I'll start over and try and keep playing in a reasonable timeframe this time.

I'm still on the fence about it, I want to love it but it's just not pulled me in yet to where I have to keep playing.

If it doesn’t grab you after 1 or 2 hours outside the great plateau then I’d not the game for you. Nothing changes from that point on until the end of the game.

Noxia · 28 Oct 2021 at 11:06

Kreeeee said:
If it doesn’t grab you after 1 or 2 hours outside the great plateau then I’d not the game for you. Nothing changes from that point on until the end of the game.

This. I tried many hours hoping for some magical change but no. There was some cool moments for sure but they were so few and far between it was just a waste of time for me personally.

phatboy · 28 Oct 2021 at 11:45

Owned BOTW twice and sold it twice now, just don't have the time it demands to really achieve anything and just got frustrated with it sadly.

Absolutely beautiful game and plays wonderfully, just so hard to get into!

unwashed potato! · 28 Oct 2021 at 11:54

you're all a bunch of miserable old men

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