GotY 2011 Confirmed

Legend of Zelda Skyward sword certainly has the best chance of becoming game of the year for Nintendo, but I think Super Mario 3D Land has a good chance too (yeah Im optimistic)

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[QUOTE="charizard1605"] Except this game DOES have a story, and even dialog options, apparently.charizard1605

OP I hate you!!! Zelda is one of the only 4 games I'm looking forward to this year and you just spoiled things in my face. I didn't stop to read but yes, the human mind can perceive things so quickly that a quick flash of information gets integrated into your brain and then you wonder... did i just read what i thought i read? Because you didn't stop just flashed it but.... i saw dungeon + not completing it + going back to. Damn you... give spoiler warning in the tittle =[

I still would like voice work for the series heck even link doesint have to talk if thats what it takes. It bugs me when character flap thier mouth and insted of words text pops up.It just look silly now and days.

OP I hate you!!! Zelda is one of the only 4 games I'm looking forward to this year and you just spoiled things in my face. I didn't stop to read but yes, the human mind can perceive things so quickly that a quick flash of information gets integrated into your brain and then you wonder... did i just read what i thought i read? Because you didn't stop just flashed it but.... i saw dungeon + not completing it + going back to. Damn you... give spoiler warning in the tittle =[

Joedgabe

Thats not a spoiler :?

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8. No one dungeon can ever be completedin one go in this game. You start a dungeon, get inside it, reach a dead end, leave with whatever you found in the dungeon, go to another dungeon with your new item, get deeper inside it with the new item, find another new item, return to the first dungeon with the new item to get deeper. Sort of like Metroid Prime.

Solid_Sterb

More like Metroid? Yes, please!

The more I hear about Skyward Sword, the more amazing it sounds.

It's going to have tough competition.

I won't say it is guranteeded GOTy but it certainly is a contender I think Uncharted 3 is the frontrunner at the moment.

So many great games have been out and are coming out this year.

I dont think its Game of the Year but it will be for some Nintendo fans.

miyamoto finally did his glorious first person zelda? lol. sorry shija, but no way in hell i'm playing it in first person :P point #3 made me lol hard :lol: wait... is it for real? the voice acted girl? i don't really remember her saying anything in the one dialogue box of her i've seen. #8 reminds me a lot of a dungeon concept i had. now all it needs are multiple entrances and that "is this really a dungeon or just a bunch of puzzles thrown around in the overworld?" feel.BrunoBRS

Yeah neither do I, but maybe that one dialogue box of her that we have seen was before they adding in the voice acting?

I still would like voice work for the series heck even link doesint have to talk if thats what it takes. It bugs me when character flap thier mouth and insted of words text pops up.It just look silly now and days.

finalfantasy94

Wow, dialog options! LA Noire, Deus Ex, The Witcher 2 and Skyrim really need to learn a thing or two from Zelda.

What if I do not like Zelda?

And it's supposed to take over 50 hours to complete, with the possibility of 100 hours or greater of content. That, to me, is amazing, ewpecially when you have game after game come out lasting only 5-8 hours. And with Nintendo's polish, I'd say it has the best shot at GOTY.

Any form of entertainment or art can have a kiddy exterior but deep inside have mature themes that an adult can enjoy. Zelda series is an example of this, a kiddy fairy tale like exterior but also with deeper, more mature themes that a child might not understand.

To look down on something because it is kiddy is signs of not only insecurity, but also lack of maturity.

Amazing news... Can't wait to see how it turns out.

[QUOTE="BrunoBRS"]miyamoto finally did his glorious first person zelda? lol. sorry shija, but no way in hell i'm playing it in first person :P point #3 made me lol hard :lol: wait... is it for real? the voice acted girl? i don't really remember her saying anything in the one dialogue box of her i've seen. #8 reminds me a lot of a dungeon concept i had. now all it needs are multiple entrances and that "is this really a dungeon or just a bunch of puzzles thrown around in the overworld?" feel.Gamingclone

Yeah neither do I, but maybe that one dialogue box of her that we have seen was before they adding in the voice acting?

What if I do not like Zelda?

samanthademeste

Then it is not your GotY?

And it's supposed to take over 50 hours to complete, with the possibility of 100 hours or greater of content. That, to me, is amazing, ewpecially when you have game after game come out lasting only 5-8 hours. And with Nintendo's polish, I'd say it has the best shot at GOTY.

Cheese-Muffins

What if I do not like Zelda?

samanthademeste

What if I do not like Zelda?

samanthademeste

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And it's supposed to take over 50 hours to complete, with the possibility of 100 hours or greater of content. That, to me, is amazing, ewpecially when you have game after game come out lasting only 5-8 hours. And with Nintendo's polish, I'd say it has the best shot at GOTY.

SquirrelTamer

That is why I said "Nintendo's polish." No bugs, and great level design and gameplay.

And where are you getting 240 hours for Dark Souls? I'm seeing anywhere between 40-60 hours for that game...

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And it's supposed to take over 50 hours to complete, with the possibility of 100 hours or greater of content. That, to me, is amazing, ewpecially when you have game after game come out lasting only 5-8 hours. And with Nintendo's polish, I'd say it has the best shot at GOTY.

Cheese-Muffins

That is why I said "Nintendo's polish." No bugs, and great level design and gameplay.

[QUOTE="SquirrelTamer"][QUOTE="Cheese-Muffins"]

And it's supposed to take over 50 hours to complete, with the possibility of 100 hours or greater of content. That, to me, is amazing, ewpecially when you have game after game come out lasting only 5-8 hours. And with Nintendo's polish, I'd say it has the best shot at GOTY.

Cheese-Muffins

That is why I said "Nintendo's polish." No bugs, and great level design and gameplay.

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[QUOTE="SquirrelTamer"] Skyrim is 300+ hours so it wins by that logic. Dark Souls is like 240BrunoBRS

That is why I said "Nintendo's polish." No bugs, and great level design and gameplay.

Yes, that too :P

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[QUOTE="SquirrelTamer"] Skyrim is 300+ hours so it wins by that logic. Dark Souls is like 240BrunoBRS

That is why I said "Nintendo's polish." No bugs, and great level design and gameplay.

[QUOTE="SquirrelTamer"][QUOTE="Cheese-Muffins"]

And it's supposed to take over 50 hours to complete, with the possibility of 100 hours or greater of content. That, to me, is amazing, ewpecially when you have game after game come out lasting only 5-8 hours. And with Nintendo's polish, I'd say it has the best shot at GOTY.

Cheese-Muffins

That is why I said "Nintendo's polish." No bugs, and great level design and gameplay.

And where are you getting 240 hours for Dark Souls? I'm seeing anywhere between 40-60 hours for that game...

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[QUOTE="SquirrelTamer"] Skyrim is 300+ hours so it wins by that logic. Dark Souls is like 240SquirrelTamer

That is why I said "Nintendo's polish." No bugs, and great level design and gameplay.

And where are you getting 240 hours for Dark Souls? I'm seeing anywhere between 40-60 hours for that game...

I've been seeing people say it's around 3 times as big as Demon's Souls. But how much of that time was spent dying and redoing the same things over and over?

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I still would like voice work for the series heck even link doesint have to talk if thats what it takes. It bugs me when character flap thier mouth and insted of words text pops up.It just look silly now and days.

Bigboi500

SOTD=bad voice acting.... does not compute. THe VO was well done imo.

So, for all of you who were wailing about The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword not changing the formula, here goes:

1. It is possible to play almost the entire game in first person mode. You can walk around in first person mode, interact with objects in first person mode, and more. (Kotaku)

2. There are dialog choices when you talk with anybody. (Destructoid)

3. Zelda is apparently Link's girlfriend in this game. There is one other character who has a huge crush on Zelda, so he tries to sabotage Link. He may end up selling out to the bad guys, and lead to the corruption of the Triforce of Power.

4. There are save points, specific save statues like Majora's Mask

5. Fi (your partner in this game) is voice acted. She is supposed to sound like GLaDOS.

6. THE MUSIC

7. The game leads up to Ganondorf's rise, the populating of Hyrule, the first sealing away of the Triforce, the founding of the Sacred Realm, the forging of the Master Sword, and more

8. No one dungeon can ever be completedin one go in this game. You start a dungeon, get inside it, reach a dead end, leave with whatever you found in the dungeon, go to another dungeon with your new item, get deeper inside it with the new item, find another new item, return to the first dungeon with the new item to get deeper. Sort of like Metroid Prime.

9. There is an upgrade system for all your equipment and gear in this game. At least six shields and four swords, along with three different kinds of tunics, are currently confirmed.

So, not only does this look like the definitive 3D Zelda game, it also seems to be mixing up the traditional gameplay and story formula very well.

And my hype for the game just shot through the stratosphere.

charizard1605

1. Um thanks but I wont use that feature
2. Link has had enough of your disenguos assertions.
3. That is cool I am getting into the story the more I hear about it
4. cool
5. I want to hear the voice before i comment
6. is always awesome
7. Nice, I love the over arching zelda canon
8. The first was kind of like that.
9. yay give him a chainsaw

I'll get it on the Wii U when it comes out. Right now I have too many other games to buy, and I have a backlog. I want to save this game for when there's nothing else to play.

Nintendo is using some pretty cool techniques to get the most out of the Wii, like having distant islands and objects become detailed 2D paintings. Really the art style is pretty fantastic, it's just that some of the characters are a little iffy. *Debbie* is just cringe worthy, but I can get over that I suppose.

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That is why I said "Nintendo's polish." No bugs, and great level design and gameplay.

And where are you getting 240 hours for Dark Souls? I'm seeing anywhere between 40-60 hours for that game...

Cheese-Muffins

I've been seeing people say it's around 3 times as big as Demon's Souls. But how much of that time were spent dying and redoing the same things over and over?

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[QUOTE="SquirrelTamer"] I think people say it'll take at least 4 times to as much time to beat it. And Demon's Souls took like 60 hours for me. Maybe less but that's like the average. SquirrelTamer

I've been seeing people say it's around 3 times as big as Demon's Souls. But how much of that time were spent dying and redoing the same things over and over?

I mean, that to me is somewhat artifically lengthening the game. I'm not saying change the difficulty, but saying its going to take X amount of hours is somewhat misleading when you spend most of that time redoing the same tasks and fighting the same monsters over and over until you don't die.

zelda and mario have been challengless nostalgia praying childish/overly easy crap since the gamecube... and even moreso with the wii.PC360Wii

That just sounds like a whole lot of back tracking.

Chutebox

[QUOTE="PC360Wii"]zelda and mario have been challengless nostalgia praying childish/overly easy crap since the gamecube... and even moreso with the wii.bbkkristian

[QUOTE="SquirrelTamer"][QUOTE="Cheese-Muffins"]

I've been seeing people say it's around 3 times as big as Demon's Souls. But how much of that time were spent dying and redoing the same things over and over?

Cheese-Muffins

I mean, that to me is somewhat artifically lengthening the game. I'm not saying change the difficulty, but saying its going to take X amount of hours is somewhat misleading when you spend most of that time redoing the same tasks and fighting the same monsters over and over until you don't die.

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You say that as if complexity ever made a game good.

trollop_scat

^This is really what it all boils down to. The game is intended for young children, as evidenced by its E (10 years or older) rating. Just think about that - the game literally has a target audience of ten years old.

Now lets look at an avid SS defender: ChubbyGuy40. There's a chance that the 40 at the end of his nic is his age. A 40 year old man is hyping a game intended for 10 year olds. I can't comment on that any further due to the overly strict ToS at this site, but it doesn't take much imagination to get creeped out by that.

As far as the 2011 GotY, that's easy. It's Dark Souls hands down, just like Demons Souls before it. Dark Souls is basically what the Diablo franchise should've morphed into instead of that kiddy cartoon style they went with to sell more games to kids with nosey parents...

1. Zelda is targeted for all ages. It has the ability to appeal to both adults and children at the same time. E rating doesnt mean it can only be enjoyed by chilrdren.
2. ChubbyGuy40 is mature enough to not care if the things he enjoys are "childish". That is all there is to it. There are a 3 things in this world I consider childish: 1. To refuse to take responsibilty for your actions... and lack of them. 2. To dephend on those around you and never on yourself. 3. The fear of childishness.
3. Pretty sure a big part of Diablo is items and loot, as well as social features. 2 things lacking severly in Demons Souls. Especially social features.
4. I am in my twenties and I am reading and loving the heck out of The Wizard of Oz. A book suitable for children. What does that make me?

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[QUOTE="finalfantasy94"]

I still would like voice work for the series heck even link doesint have to talk if thats what it takes. It bugs me when character flap thier mouth and insted of words text pops up.It just look silly now and days.

finalfantasy94

SOTD=bad voice acting.... does not compute. THe VO was well done imo.

[QUOTE="bbkkristian"][QUOTE="PC360Wii"]zelda and mario have been challengless nostalgia praying childish/overly easy crap since the gamecube... and even moreso with the wii.PC360Wii

[QUOTE="PC360Wii"][QUOTE="calvinsora"]

You say that as if complexity ever made a game good.

trollop_scat

Now lets look at an avid SS defender: ChubbyGuy40. There's a chance that the 40 at the end of his nic is his age. A 40 year old man is hyping a game intended for 10 year olds. I can't comment on that any further due to the overly strict ToS at this site, but it doesn't take much imagination to get creeped out by that.

That's hardly creepy and it just seems you wanted to attack a user here.

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[QUOTE="PC360Wii"] Not so much about complexity as it is how kiddish and easy Zelda/Mario are... I was fine when I was 6-15 years old.... now they feel like nothing at all =/Maroxad

^This is really what it all boils down to. The game is intended for young children, as evidenced by its E (10 years or older) rating. Just think about that - the game literally has a target audience of ten years old.

Now lets look at an avid SS defender: ChubbyGuy40. There's a chance that the 40 at the end of his nic is his age. A 40 year old man is hyping a game intended for 10 year olds. I can't comment on that any further due to the overly strict ToS at this site, but it doesn't take much imagination to get creeped out by that.

As far as the 2011 GotY, that's easy. It's Dark Souls hands down, just like Demons Souls before it. Dark Souls is basically what the Diablo franchise should've morphed into instead of that kiddy cartoon style they went with to sell more games to kids with nosey parents...

1. Zelda is targeted for all ages. It has the ability to appeal to both adults and children at the same time. E rating doesnt mean it can only be enjoyed by chilrdren.
2. ChubbyGuy40 is mature enough to not care if the things he enjoys are "childish". That is all there is to it. There are a 3 things in this world I consider childish: 1. To refuse to take responsibilty for your actions... and lack of them. 2. To dephend on those around you and never on yourself. 3. The fear of childishness.
3. Pretty sure a big part of Diablo is items and loot, as well as social features. 2 things lacking severly in Demons Souls. Especially social features.
4. I am in my twenties and I am reading and loving the heck out of The Wizard of Oz. A book suitable for children. What does that make me?

1) Targeted at all ages? no targeted at kids, and former zelda playing adults.... it works on some, fails on others (me for example) due to no top end of anything being presented in the games.

2) Whos afraid of childeshness. the game is designed for kids on an intellectual level and theme.... and yet you lot are the ones afraid of childishness by being so concerned that I am saying you are playing a game designed for kids in int property and appeal.... but because you grew up on them your convinced they are for adults too :roll:

3) cant agree more. and Diablo III doesnt look at all kiddish....

4) Comparing a book to an easily designed kids adventure game is next to impossible.... as like ive said, it isnt the childish "theme" that is the problem, its the property that fails to satisfy me.... zelda is nothing.... what can it provide that skyrim cant on a much grander level and to an adult? exploration? weaponry? action? epic encounters? VOICE ACTING.... lenght?

Its a boring old forumlar that has aged as not stimulating to my mind... end of story really... I was impressed as a kid... im not longer a kid.

[QUOTE="PC360Wii"][QUOTE="calvinsora"]

You say that as if complexity ever made a game good.

trollop_scat

^This is really what it all boils down to. The game is intended for young children, as evidenced by its E (10 years or older) rating. Just think about that - the game literally has a target audience of ten years old.

Now lets look at an avid SS defender: ChubbyGuy40. There's a chance that the 40 at the end of his nic is his age. A 40 year old man is hyping a game intended for 10 year olds. I can't comment on that any further due to the overly strict ToS at this site, but it doesn't take much imagination to get creeped out by that.

As far as the 2011 GotY, that's easy. It's Dark Souls hands down, just like Demons Souls before it. Dark Souls is basically what the Diablo franchise should've morphed into instead of that kiddy cartoon style they went with to sell more games to kids with nosey parents...

Oh man, I hope you have never watched a Pixar film, those are rated G, PG tops. Wouldn't want anyone thinking you are a little kid because you saw something, or played something, that they can also. The rating E stands for EVERYONE, let me repeat EVERYONE. The plus 10 means no one under ten, just thought I would clear that up for you also.

And so I am assuming you enjoyed Twilight Princess because it wasn't rated for everyone to play.