Gaming Wind Waker HD

[gamefan5]

I guess I'll just have to play with a turd to be 100% certain that it is indeed a turd - looking at it, hearing negative reviews about it which entirely match my predictions and "smelling its qualities" is just not enough for me to establish that it is not a weirdly-shaped piece of chocolate.

Your point? Sorry I'm not in the mood to play guessing games. Just be short to the point. Broo I have seen way more positive reviews from the game than negative. It has been a critically acclaimed game, voted numerous time as one of the best GCN games of all time and of the Zelda series. I don't really care if you hate it honestly because it just looks different then other zelda games, but I don't agree with you to the fact that it doesn't feel like a zelda game.

 

[Foxi4]

And you wonder why everybody just jumped you? Uh because you came in here saying that it's not even a real Zelda game and shit and being a retard.

I've had the metacritic conversation a zillion times already - I don't take reviews very seriously, games often get undeserved scores - both positive and negative, for a variety of reasons.

I don't like it, I don't think it follows the LoZ legacy very well and that's the one opinion that's crucial to me. You can attempt changing my mind by using arguments, but flashing a Metacritic score won't get you anywhere. It's funny how people criticize review sites saying "Ugh, IGNorant! Unfair score!" or "GameSPOTTED A RETARD" and then flash Metacritic for no reason despite the fact that it consists entirely of scores from review sites.

Also, the fact that someone has an opinion that differs from your own is not a good reason to jump that person. That's just childish.

Your point? Sorry I'm not in the mood to play guessing games. Just be short to the point. Broo I have seen way more positive reviews from the game than negative. It has been a critically acclaimed game, voted numerous time as one of the best GCN games of all time.

That's great, but haven't you ever played a "critically-acclaimed game" that just sucked in your opinion? Yeah, you probably did.

 

[gamefan5]

I've had the metacritic conversation a zillion times already - I don't take reviews very seriously, games often get undeserved scores - both positive and negative, for a variety of reasons.

I don't like it, I don't think it follows the LoZ legacy very well and that's the one opinion that's crucial to me. You can attempt changing my mind by using arguments, but flashing a Metacritic score won't get you anywhere. It's funny how people criticize review sites saying "Ugh, IGNorant! Unfair score!" or "GameSPOTTED A RETARD" and then flash Metacritic for no reason despite the fact that it consists entirely of scores form review sites.

Also, the fact that someone has an opinion that differs from your own is not a good reason to jump that person. That's just childish.


That's great, but haven't you ever played a "critically-acclaimed game" that just sucked in your opinion? Yeah, you probably did.

Yes. Legend of Zelda Ocarina of time. I wasn't finished with my post. Lemme finish a bit.
I don't really care if you hate it honestly because it just looks different then other zelda games (Hell it's your opinion and I respect it), but I just don't agree with you to the fact that it doesn't feel like a zelda game.

 

[Foxi4]

Yes. Legend of Zelda Ocarina of time.

I love you. Someone agrees, thank God.

 

[KingVamp]

I've had the metacritic conversation a zillion times already - I don't take reviews very seriously, games often get undeserved scores - both positive and negative, for a variety of reasons.

So you didn't take reviews very seriously, yet

heard bad things about it from people who are actually looking at it objectively rather than jerking off to it "because it's Zelda!">

we are meant to take these "objective" people words for it out of nowhere?

 

[Foxi4]

we are meant to take these "objective" people words out of nowhere?

You? No. I do.

My girlfriend loves everything Zelda - I don't particularily enjoy the series, at least not the 3D ones. If she says Wind Waker is meh then it practically means that it is - I take that for granted because I know she wouldn't criticize it without good reasons to do so, being a seasoned Zelda player. It's an argument for me, not for you guys.

 

[gamefan5]

I love you. Someone agrees, thank god.

Dude, people keep saying the game is the best of all time.
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I don't see that. The game feels incredibly outdated to me. The menus were unappealing The framerate.... I srsly don't get the whole... addiction to this game. (Nostalgia facter must be the reason) The story wasn't special to me. Sure the game was good. But for me, that's all that it is... a good game and nothing more.
And I am a seasoned Zelda gamer. I honestly can say that TP was my favorite. I'm a sucker for a dark and gloomy game such as that one. XD

 

[Foxi4]

Dude, people keep saying the game is the best of all time.
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I don't see that. The game feels incredibly outdated to me. The menus were unappealing The framerate.... I srsly don't get the whole... addiction to this game. (Nostalgia facter must be the reason)
And I played all the major zelda games. I honestly can say that TP was my favorite. I'm a sucker for a dark and gloomy game such as that one. XD

See, I respect your opinion even more so now. Clearly you like Wind Waker for what it is if you're willing to say that OoT, a "critically-acclaimed" Zelda that's considered the pinnacle of greatness isn't your cup of tea - it practically means that you like WW for reasons other than "it's Zelda", which is great.

On the side note, I too think OoT suffers greatly from the "early polygon games" syndrome - it does feel dated. The 3DS treatment helped a bit, but still... I think the last Zelda I really thoroughly enjoyed was A Link to the Past.

 

[Deleted_171835]

I don't see that. The game feels incredibly outdated to me. The menus were unappealing The framerate.... I srsly don't get the whole... addiction to this game. (Nostalgia facter must be the reason)

3DS remake fixes all of that. and dat gerudo valley music.

 

[gamefan5]

3DS remake fixes all of that. and dat gerudo valley music.

Dude, I have the game and the remake, played it, finished it (MasterQuest too XD). Sure it improves on a lot. (Framerate, menus and all that) But to me, it doesn't feel new at all. I feel like Nintendo has missed something with it. It was a good experience though.

 

[JulietStMoon]

I love how people who've never touched Wind Waker get this idea that almost EVERYONE hated it, when nothing could be further from the truth. Even aside from the stellar reviews it got, most people who played it loved it... It just got initial backlash over the art style, and was continuously hated by an extremely vocal minority. That's it. It didn't sell amazingly for a Zelda title, but it didn't sell terribly either. And that's really saying something, especially considering the GameCube's poor overall sales.

Foxi, the problem isn't that you dislike Wind Waker. That's perfectly fine. It's also perfectly fine that you just don't like the art style, and it's perfectly fine that you don't want to give it a chance. The problem is you're writing it off as an objectively terrible game when you've never even touched it. If you don't care for a game just because it gives you a bad impression based on the graphics, etc, then that's cool. But don't try to tell us what an objectively terrible game it is.

For the record, I agree with Gamefan about OoT. Don't get me wrong, I love OoT (my first Zelda game), but of all the 3D Zelda titles, it's my least favorite (except for arguably Skyward Sword, which is a completely different topic, and since I haven't yet finished the game, it wouldn't be fair for me to conclude that regardless)

 

[Yumi]

Looks beautiful!!

But...ive recently finished WW not too long ago. I do not want to replay it anytime soon (Don't even own a Wii U )
Out of all the Zelda games I would have LOVED a Majoras Mask and/or ***Link to the Past for WiiU.

***If that were so true...TAKE MY PESOS!

 

[Bladexdsl]

But now the question remains... Will they bring back the Tingle tuner? XD That shit was so fun. XD

already mentioned that

those saying they hate sailing maybe they'll make it easier this time like NOT having to use the fucking wand to change the wind every time (hopes)

 

[JulietStMoon]

I know this would probably never happen, but you know what would be really freaking awesome? Using the Wiimote to control the Wind Waker.

Spoiler: embarassing confession

I kinda already wave my hands around whenever Link does the wind waker animation after you play a song...

 

[Bladexdsl]

i hope you can control the grapple with it those were a fucking pain to lock on sometimes..

 

[JulietStMoon]

i hope you can control the grapple with it those were a fucking pain to lock on sometimes..

You could probably do that with the gamepad too, can't you?

 

[Bladexdsl]

the mote would be better

 

[ShadowSoldier]

the mote would be better

Ugh no. I'm sorry but the motion controls in Skyward Sword is what killed it for me. I don't like them. I like motion controls, but in Skyward Sword I thought they were just bad and shouldn't be in the game. Though I will admit, the bow and arrow in that game was surprisingly fun to use, but that's it.

 

[Foxi4]

Foxi, the problem isn't that you dislike Wind Waker. That's perfectly fine. It's also perfectly fine that you just don't like the art style, and it's perfectly fine that you don't want to give it a chance. The problem is you're writing it off as an objectively terrible game when you've never even touched it. If you don't care for a game just because it gives you a bad impression based on the graphics, etc, then that's cool. But don't try to tell us what an objectively terrible game it is.

All I said was that it's how I percieve it, if it came across that way then sorry.

To make it entirely clear, I personally don't find it appealing enough. I'll be able to objectively determine how good/bad it is once I play it myself. In a lot of ways, this is like the Xenoblade situation where my personal opinion was deemed wrong because the first few hours of gameplay were not interesting enough to continue playing for me, however here the game lacks any appeal whatsoever for me - 0 minutes was enough for me to determine that. I saw it, I read about it, I saw the mechanics and I wasn't interested, and that's that, really.

It's like with people who don't like peanuts and say they won't enjoy a Snickers bar without ever having one. They don't like peanuts, they know they won't enjoy it just like peanut lovers do. There's a lot of things I can do in my life instead of shoving peanuts down my throat if I don't like'em just to determine whether these are any different.

 

[Rockhoundhigh]

That's kinda' what the original game meant to look like too?

Now that I think about it you're pretty much right. I guess just seem a bit off because a lot of the final details are still missing from these screenshots.