The irony of GameSpot calling BioShock a “coward”, while not allowing its own readers to speak under the very article. It'd be funny if it weren't so disturbing. If you can't see how pathological this site has become now then I can't see how you ever will.
This is the identity politics “mind virus” that sociopathic right-wing politicians are riding to victory on the back of. The moderate left underestimate how dangerous this is.
I'm left-of-center politically, but I'm far more scared of the extreme left than the extreme right, because the moderate left refuses to distance themselves from this cult.
@drod0756: I'd agree with aaronlav and say Skyward Sword was more polarising than Wind Waker. I think because a lot of people —myself included— really wanted to like Skyward Sword, and could see that there was something good under there, but just the game itself was determined not to let them. The HD Switch re-release alleviated it to some degree though.
@reznik00: I'm just going to point out that, a) “every 3D Zelda game has been my favorite” doesn't make sense logically or grammatically. b) No one believes that you like every single Zelda game exactly the same. c) There's nothing “true” about buying whatever you're told to regardless of how bad it is. d) No one dislikes Wind Waker “because it's different”. There's plenty of legitimate reasons to dislike that game.
I played Wind Waker really late in the series, several years after I played Twilight Princess. And to be honest I wasn't that impressed by it. I was emulating the HD version for Wii U, and my general impression was that while it was put together well, and solid, and colourful/charming, it wasn't particualrly deep. It didn't make me feel anything, there were no real connections with any of the characters, and the story was a very obvious and predictable remix of the same old thing. On top of that it was really easy, even for a Zelda game, and there was nothing about the combat that made you feel even remotely badass. (Although it's hard to look badass when your head is bigger than your body.) My order for the 3D (non-handheld) games from best to worst is: Majora's Mask, Ocarina of Time, Breath of the Wild, Twilight Princess, Wind Waker, Skyward Sword.
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