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Game Informer Reviews Zelda: A Link Between Worlds - 10/10
- Thread starter GregLombardi
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balgajo
Member
Starting with three of the worst dungeons in the series plus only having two good ones later on (arbiter and yetis house) probably has something to do with it
What? No love for Goron Mines?
I think that Wind Waker has de worst dungeons in 3D series, despite the game being incredibly. The only one I really like is the Earth Temple, but mechanics were similar to Spirit Temple in Ocarina of Time(my favorite in this game too).
Hazelhurst
Member
Cool.
I'll probably go with all black. The white one hasn't made it here (US) yet right?
princemarth23
Member
EightBitNate
Member
Wow really good for Nintendo. Keep it up.
which I completely agree with, so, an even stronger confirmation of ALBW's quality for me
If non-linearity is Zelda's new thing, and Aonuma has already confirmed elements from both Wind Waker HD and A Link Between Worlds will influence Zelda Wii U's design, how long will it take for me to die from hype?
A. The Sixth Sense (already dead)
B. Now
C. In a few seconds
D. 8 yards
E. All of the above, somehow
A. The Sixth Sense (already dead)
B. Now
C. In a few seconds
D. 8 yards
E. All of the above, somehow
shadyspace
Banned
well that's a gaf first
It unfortunately is not.
Aaron Strife
Banned
If Jesus were a gamer this is what he would play
TheGreatMightyPoo
Banned
Maaan....
There pretty solid. I subscribe to it and their reviews are firm but fair. They actually had readers complain to them because they didn't give TLOU a 10/10 (it got 9.5 lol)
Barristan Selmy
Member
I don't know wtf to do on the 22nd. What do I play?
XB1, 3DS or Wii U?
Ugh, first world problems.
XB1, 3DS or Wii U?
Ugh, first world problems.
I'd argue it certainly looked less ugly than what we got with this game!
"It's in here."
timetokill
Banned
When you consider the -1 they gave the game since they're a western publication and this is a handheld game....
11/10 best game of all time!!!
11/10 best game of all time!!!
Trell posted an image that got swapped by one of those "NO HOTLINKING" things that just so happened to be a picture of goatse with a caption saying "That's what you get for hotlinking."
TheGreatMightyPoo
Banned
Link, then Mario, then kill zombies in perversely amusing ways.
Damn ... lol ... glad I missed it I guess.
Barristan Selmy
Member
Life is good/bad when this is your biggest problem.
If I pick up Zelda I won't put it down for the rest of the day, but then I won't be 100% focused because I'll be anxious to play the others and or multitasking(downloading day one patch etc).
I'm actually hoping Gamestop ships on 11/22 instead of before so that I can receive my Xbox Monday.
B_Boss
Member
As masterful as this game is.....as beautiful as it is anyone else, when first seeing it, wished it was handdrawn like LTTP was? I certainly do and did.
Would I buy it still? Its not up for discussion, it is a given that this game be owned. I've waited countless years for a sequel...even dreamed of it and its actually here...unbelievable.
Would I buy it still? Its not up for discussion, it is a given that this game be owned. I've waited countless years for a sequel...even dreamed of it and its actually here...unbelievable.
Solid SOAP
Member
I feel like the game just wouldn't work if it was hand drawn or used sprites. It's meant to be seen both from a top-down perspective and in 3D, what with the multi-tiered dungeons, the wall-crawling ability, etc.
Yuck, those shaders are horrible.
BoosterDuck
Banned
Stick it in my Veins Eiji
also, that arrow..
B_Boss
Member
I certainly was mindful of the philosophy behind the design but there are many games that have a hybrid pixel/3D look (especially with certain texturing & shading such as Windwaker, Fez, etc). In fact I had hoped that MM9 & 10 would actually have the NES sprites but in 3D (just as an example) but you're definitely right.
MaverickHunterAsh
Member
So far, the dungeons more or less seem to be around the same difficulty, though I stress that I haven't played the majority of the dungeons yet. I can say that getting to some dungeons is definitely harder than getting to others, so if the difficulty of the dungeons themselves reflects how hard it is to get to them, we may be looking at varying difficulty.
You can't just come in here and drop that kind of hype bomb when it's still 10 days out
Aw, haha sorry! But isn't this at least better than continuing to worry that it's hand-holdy or linear?
It really doesn't. It looks really nice and smooth during gameplay; there's a beautiful, clean simplicity to it. I will agree, however, that during cutscenes it's plain to see that the character models are very lacking.
TheGreatMightyPoo
Banned
I think the game's graphics look great. It's meant to be played in autostereoscopic 3D, and in that regard the characters and settings will look like shiny plastic toys moving around a diorama with tangible depth and solidity.
But of course, the main draw here is the brisk pacing, snappy movement and non-linear dungeon order I've been requesting for some time. That, along with the virtually non-existent handholding, will do a lot to restore this series' sense of adventure.
But of course, the main draw here is the brisk pacing, snappy movement and non-linear dungeon order I've been requesting for some time. That, along with the virtually non-existent handholding, will do a lot to restore this series' sense of adventure.