Why do people feel that Skyward Sword looks disappointing?

[QUOTE="AmayaPapaya"]

[QUOTE="lucky_star"]

The character models look good, maby not as great as Wind Waker, but still great.

The enviroments are a bit meh, hope they tweak them.

lucky_star

From what people have been saying is, the environments shown at E3 were quickly made for the demo. Which is believable. If the character models are any way of judging the real environments of the game, it will look amazing:D

I didn't mean that type of amazing:P I meant something similar to what you would think of SMG 2.

I think it looks good. If you ask me, it's the Zelda cycle all over again when it comes to something like this.nintendoboy16

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Just saying... Liking mature entertainment does not make one immature, despite the popular claims by Nintendo fans.Timstuff

Graphics are absolutely amazing.

Looking at them now, I think they sort of went back into the OOT/MM art style but I'm not really sure.

Oh and the Zelda fanbase on Gamefaqs is ridiculous. People want sex scenes in the game. SEX scenes :?

[QUOTE="Mario1331"]

[QUOTE="DillonShwing"]

Fail. If you read what I posted you would know exactly what I'm talking about. Zelda feels very small and linear now compared to other open world games and on top of that, the series has not advanced a bit. Every Zelda game since Ocarina of Time (besides Majoras mask) has had the same exact formula and it is getting extremely boring.

DillonShwing

lol once again good opinion many others dont feel this way its boring to you and does not feel linear. Im starting to think many of yall didnt even play zelda games from the start.

Play Oblivion or Morrowind and then go back and play Zelda. It feels extremely linear. I'm not saying I don't like Zelda, Ocarina of Time and Majora's mask are some of my favorite games, but they are much more linear games than the elder scrolls

[QUOTE="Mario1331"]

lol once again good opinion many others dont feel this way its boring to you and does not feel linear. Im starting to think many of yall didnt even play zelda games from the start.

Play Oblivion or Morrowind and then go back and play Zelda. It feels extremely linear. I'm not saying I don't like Zelda, Ocarina of Time and Majora's mask are some of my favorite games, but they are much more linear games than the elder scrolls

[QUOTE="Mario1331"]

[QUOTE="DillonShwing"]

Fail. If you read what I posted you would know exactly what I'm talking about. Zelda feels very small and linear now compared to other open world games and on top of that, the series has not advanced a bit. Every Zelda game since Ocarina of Time (besides Majoras mask) has had the same exact formula and it is getting extremely boring.

DillonShwing

lol once again good opinion many others dont feel this way its boring to you and does not feel linear. Im starting to think many of yall didnt even play zelda games from the start.

Play Oblivion or Morrowind and then go back and play Zelda. It feels extremely linear. I'm not saying I don't like Zelda, Ocarina of Time and Majora's mask are some of my favorite games, but they are much more linear games than the elder scrolls

im pretty sure it is but oblivion and morrowind offer different experience then a zelda game. i believe they are in different genres as well.

zelda has its own formula it follows and so has oblivion.oblivion may be less linear but to say its the better series is an opinion.

[QUOTE="princeofshapeir"][QUOTE="DillonShwing"]

Fail. If you read what I posted you would know exactly what I'm talking about. Zelda feels very small and linear now compared to other open world games and on top of that, the series has not advanced a bit. Every Zelda game since Ocarina of Time (besides Majoras mask) has had the same exact formula and it is getting extremely boring.

Timstuff

no its not shrinking and proof?

[QUOTE="AmayaPapaya"]

[QUOTE="lucky_star"]

The character models look good, maby not as great as Wind Waker, but still great.

The enviroments are a bit meh, hope they tweak them.

lucky_star

From what people have been saying is, the environments shown at E3 were quickly made for the demo. Which is believable. If the character models are any way of judging the real environments of the game, it will look amazing:D

why cant a wii game look amazing? ive seen ps3 games look like crap

I am a grownup now, so I think I can handle a Zelda game made for grownups.Timstuff

[QUOTE="Timstuff"]I am a grownup now, so I think I can handle a Zelda game made for grownups.Shinobishyguy

[QUOTE="Shinobishyguy"][QUOTE="Timstuff"]I am a grownup now, so I think I can handle a Zelda game made for grownups.GunSmith1_basic

[QUOTE="Timstuff"]Just saying... Liking mature entertainment does not make one immature, despite the popular claims by Nintendo fans.Haziqonfire

[QUOTE="GunSmith1_basic"][QUOTE="Shinobishyguy"] Lemme guess? You want a big action Hollywood-esque zelda with blood, gore, swearing, "epic battlez and explosionz" right? I suggest you go play majoras mask. It's way more "mature" than those dime-a-dozen rip offs like darksiders.Shinobishyguy

[QUOTE="Shinobishyguy"][QUOTE="Timstuff"]I am a grownup now, so I think I can handle a Zelda game made for grownups.GunSmith1_basic

As a long, long time Zelda fan, here is my two cents. I am probably going to pass this latest game by.

At E3, the controls did look clunky and horrible, but every review from critics who played the game at E3 said they didn't have the same issues that the demonstration did.

However, whether the controls work or not, what I saw was just more of the same old Zelda rehashed YET AGAIN. Everything is the same and while I can see that it may be difficult to revive the Zelda franchise without sacrificing what made it so great in the first place...Mario Galaxy did exactly that. So it can be done. Metroid Other M may end up being terrible, but again, they've revamped the franchise. Zelda just seems content to keep doing the same thing over and over and over but with a different shade of green paint.

At this point, I would much rather Nintendo release a 2D Zelda for Wii, along the lines of Link to the Past (still the best Zelda BY FAR IMHO). I'd buy that in a second. But this new Zelda I will probably pass it by.

[QUOTE="Haziqonfire"][QUOTE="Timstuff"]Just saying... Liking mature entertainment does not make one immature, despite the popular claims by Nintendo fans.Timstuff

[QUOTE="Timstuff"]

[QUOTE="Haziqonfire"] I'd rather be varied in what I watch/play then just stick to liking "mature" entertainment, but whatever floats your boat.Shinobishyguy

[QUOTE="Shinobishyguy"][QUOTE="Timstuff"] I still watch cartoons so I would hardly call my tastes limited to mature entertainment. Zelda, however, is a franchise that I grew up with so I can't help but feel disappointed that it is no longer growing up with me.

Timstuff

Blood, dark colors and an adult-looking character done't make a game "mature". A mature game is more about the complexity of the game play and story, not the superficial aspects of the game. Games like God of War, Mad World and other games with graphic violence aren't "Mature" just because of their rating. It' mostly mindless hack and slash, with blood for the sake of blood. (I do really like God of War, by the way, it's just not a favorite.)

[QUOTE="Timstuff"][QUOTE="Shinobishyguy"] the problem is that you want it to grow up in such superficial waysjimkabrhel

Blood, dark colors and an adult-looking character done't make a game "mature". A mature game is more about the complexity of the game play and story, not the superficial aspects of the game. Games like God of War, Mad World and other games with graphic violence aren't "Mature" just because of their rating. It' mostly mindless hack and slash, with blood for the sake of blood. (I do really like God of War, by the way, it's just not a favorite.)

1st of all, I am sick of brown looking games and I criticized Twilight Princess for this when it came out. Oblivion is a much more colorful game and I liked it better than Twilight Princess.

Second of all, what does blood have anything to do with anything? I do not want a Zelda game that looks like God of War with ridiculous amounts of blood going everywhere, with severed limbs and ridiculous fatalities. If there was no blood in the next Zelda game but it still had a more mature looking world, dangerous looking monsters and an intelligent story, then I would be satasfied that it was mature enough. If there was any blood I would not want it to beyond what is permissible under a T-rating, because I do not think Zelda should ever go M-rated (an M-rated Metroid on the other hand-- there's tons of potential there).

If there was any blood it should not be worse than what was in the Lord of the Rings games where if you kill a Moblin there may be a few little splats of black Moblin blood, and of course the green slime for some other enemies, but nothing more than that. You make it sound as if I called for Zelda to be as ridiculous as Dragon Age, when I didn't say anything about blood other than that the gold cart of OoT had some blood during the end battle and I though that it made the experience better than using green slime like the gray cart did.

Still waiting for an explanation as to how SS looks worse than TP ] It's like people forgot how grainy and muddy TP looked.Shinobishyguy

Let's not forget how jaggy it looked as well.

TP came out a year later than it was supposed to, and if it had come out on time the graphics would have been considered great. Instead, it was held back a year and had to go head-to-head with Oblivion, which many gamers would show to their friends just to show off their new TVs. I'm not denying that from a technical POV Skyward Swords looks cleaner and sharper than Twilight Princess. My big beef with it is that I hate the art direction.

I didn't like the brown camera filter that was all over Twilight Princess, but SS goes way too far in the opposite direction and yet still manages to find itself boringly stuck in between Twilight Princess and Wind Waker's art styles. I would rather have something that looked more like Twilight Princess's art direction without being so muddy looking, or something that looked like a living cartoon ala Wind Waker. Right now, we are stuck with a colorful looking game with simple designs, flat shading, and a main character who looks totally out of place in his own game.

To answer the original question, people feel Skyward Sword looks disappointing because Nintendo has been rehashing the same exact game for more than 10 years.

To answer the original question, people feel Skyward Sword looks disappointing because Nintendo has been rehashing the same exact game for more than 10 years.

DillonShwing

What a coincidence. People have been rehashing this same statement for over 10 years.

I think it looks good, might even make me pick up a wii again.

To answer the original question, people feel Skyward Sword looks disappointing because Nintendo has been rehashing the same exact game for more than 10 years.

DillonShwing

The game looks like another Zelda title, nothing special about it. I've never understood why people love Zelda so much.

For once I think I can agree with Jim Sterling. There's probably been about 10 minutes total of Skyward Sword footage, only really showing off one area, and it looks fantastic. It blends the right amount of the "realistic" style of Twilight Princess, and the cartoon style of Wind Waker. Nintendo has found a perfect solution that resolves the dispute over which art style better suits the franchise by combining the two, and, of course, many fanboys are not happy (probably the same types who complained about Diablo 3).

Or you could look at it this way: If you liked how Super Mario Galaxy (or the sequel) looked, how could you not like how Skyward Sword looks? It's pretty much the same style of visuals.

I think it looks great day 1 for me.

The game looks like another Zelda title, nothing special about it. I've never understood why people love Zelda so much.

Wasdie

[QUOTE="2-10-08"][QUOTE="DillonShwing"]

To answer the original question, people feel Skyward Sword looks disappointing because Nintendo has been rehashing the same exact game for more than 10 years.

DillonShwing

Someone obviously needs to shut the **** up. I have played every single zelda game and the only two games to ever really change up the formula was Zelda 2 the adventure of Link, and majoras mask Besides those games, Nintendo has basically been making the same game over and over.

^^ Not to mention that this Zelda is going to be largely controlled by motion sensing. One of my favorite parts of Twilight Princess was using the wiimote to shoot arrows while riding a horse.

I think it looks just fine. It's the best looking game so far in terms of graphics and colors, and I see no issues with the art style.

[QUOTE="DillonShwing"]

[QUOTE="2-10-08"] Someone's obviously never played all the zelda games.2-10-08

Someone obviously needs to shut the **** up. I have played every single zelda game and the only two games to ever really change up the formula was Zelda 2 the adventure of Link, and majoras mask Besides those games, Nintendo has basically been making the same game over and over.

Majoras mask is about as different from ocarina of time as you can get. You have 3 days to stop the moon from crushing termina and you have to keep redoing the 3 days over and over to gain more items and advance farther in the game. That is nothing like Ocarina of Time. Also, Ocarina of time's gameplay was actually very similair to A link to the past except it was in 3d. As for you last argument, Phantom Hourglass is controlled different, OK. Its still the same exact game as every other Zelda just controlled differently. I'm not saying i dont like Zelda. Ocarina of Time and Majoras Mask are 2 of my favorite games of all time but the Zelda formula has gotten extremely stale.

I think the characters and enemies generally look really good but I don't think the backgrounds/levels are up to scratch yet.

The game looks like another Zelda title, nothing special about it. I've never understood why people love Zelda so much.

Wasdie

[QUOTE="Wasdie"]

The game looks like another Zelda title, nothing special about it. I've never understood why people love Zelda so much.

HoolaHoopMan

[QUOTE="HoolaHoopMan"][QUOTE="Wasdie"]

The game looks like another Zelda title, nothing special about it. I've never understood why people love Zelda so much.

Nintendo_Ownes7

The game looks like another Zelda title, nothing special about it. I've never understood why people love Zelda so much.

I think it looks just fine. It's the best looking game so far in terms of graphics and colors, and I see no issues with the art style.

jubino

wth is in you sig?

[QUOTE="DillonShwing"]

[QUOTE="2-10-08"] Someone's obviously never played all the zelda games.2-10-08

Someone obviously needs to shut the **** up. I have played every single zelda game and the only two games to ever really change up the formula was Zelda 2 the adventure of Link, and majoras mask Besides those games, Nintendo has basically been making the same game over and over.

[QUOTE="HoolaHoopMan"][QUOTE="Wasdie"]

The game looks like another Zelda title, nothing special about it. I've never understood why people love Zelda so much.

Nintendo_Ownes7

I know nintendo has been talking about change, I just don't trust them to know what needs changing. I'm really worried were going to be forced to, once again, do the whole game in order, enter dungeons themed around fire, water, ice, sky, desert, and dark, find the same old itmes in each dungeon and use them to defeate a boss. After we collect one "thing" from each boss and travel back and forth between two worlds (time, dark world, skyworld, tiny world, under the sea...whatever) we will fight Ganon and Ganon will have four forms.

We'll get great motion controls and a look that finally actually fits zelda...but what else?

[QUOTE="Nintendo_Ownes7"]

[QUOTE="HoolaHoopMan"] Sort of my sentiment. I loved Oot and MM immensely, but the franchise just needs to rest. Nothing about SS interests me in the least, especially after that turd called TP. HoolaHoopMan

The whole demonstration at E3 was meh to me. Yeah, I know the controls aren't really that bad and it was just a lot of interference, but even when it worked something felt lacking to me. Do I really want to wave my arm around to confuse an eyeball to open a door? That looked beyond dumb. The animations looked extremely jerky. Yes I know Ninty will polish it up, but it indicated to me that this game is still a long ways off. No way this game releases in the first few months of 2011. It will be delayed. It doesn't really matter because I'm not that hyped for it anymore. When compared to all the other stuff at Nintendo's E3, Skyward Sword was probably the most disappointing.

Do I really want to wave my arm around to confuse an eyeball to open a door? That looked beyond dumb.

AvIdGaMeR444

Apparently that's based off something Japanese school children do. They move their finger in circles to confuse beetles to capture them. It doesn't actually work or anything, it's just one of those things kids do. So in Japan, that door puzzle makes total sense. Here in the states we're like, "What the hell?"