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[Art Vandilay]

I'm thinking really hard about buying a WiiU now... Must resist...

 

[Chao]

Game is looking amazing so far

 

[Unicorn]

Everything seems so plentiful. How could you ever die?

Dungeons and boss fights?

 

[MushroomSamba]

Looks like Ireland.

 

[mrmickfran]

The music

Holy shit the music

 

[Punchy4486]

I'm getting the feeling that this is a re-make of the original or something. Desolate landscape, emphasis on exploration and adventure, Old Man at the beginning... crumbling temples.

 

[Garlador]

Everything seems so plentiful. How could you ever die?

I imagine later enemies will deal more damage...

 

[dmr87]

 

[OrbitalBeard]

So yeah, this is my dream game.

 

[sfried]

The way they said they present the backstory...

Could this be...

The Dark Souls of Zelda we've all been asking for?

 

[RE4]

hmm looking at this I wonder where all that extra time from the delays went

 

[Astral Dog]

So this is old Hyrule after the flood waters subside?

WOW, i was thinking how could there be Koroks with old Hyrule (if this was it, or the ST version).

This answers that, interesting.

 

[Tigress]

I might buy a Wii U cheap for this when I can get a Wii U cheap (has to be cheap enough to justify for one game honestly as I'd be buying it just for this game).

My only qualm is wondering if the NX version will have any features the Wii U doesn't (or if it will just be better framerate/resolution. I can deal with that compromise).

 

[Peru]

Amazingly beautiful, light, feathery style.

No backstory dump \at the start is maybe the greatest news.

 

[Nocturnowl]

I just heard there was a jump button, 3D Zelda of the forever.

 

[KevinG]

The stream framerate is making me queasy. Blech.

 

[Rich!]

holy shit hooooooooooly shit

this is basically Zelda 1 in 3D! so hyped! The only negative point is that I have to endure another five+ years of people begging for a female link.

 

[randomengine]

I have and I agree..

Did you not see the video from over a year ago? It was cartoony then. Your expectations were wrong.

 

[Madchad]

It looks really empty so far they need to add some basic slimes / bats or something just to bring those buildings to life a bit more. As it stands its walking simulator.

 

[Griss]

I hated the trailer, but this opening is really bringing me back around.

I want to play this game. This is good. They really are using all the open-world gameplay tropes.

That trailer was shit though. Really bad. And I'm still disappointed that the combat looks simplistic and the other stuff isn't voiced.

But that gameplay demo...? Yeah. I like it.

 

[Tricky I Shadow]

No voice acting for the NPC's is a big fail. Ugh.

 

[MrSaturn99]

Stream messing up for anyone else?

 

[a916]

Seems really lackluster to be honest...

 

[Huge Succeeded]

yeah, those of you who aren' tfeeling the trailer really ought to check out the demo gameplay.

 

[Oersted]

Hmm, looks okey-ish. I expected much more to be honest.

- looks to cartoony, expected much more mature look
- looks so empty
- dull fights looks so easy
- the world is big but doesnt seem alive

Spoiler

let the defence force begin to prove that my opinion is wrong

Besides treating maturity and cartoony as opposites being a sign of immaturity of yours, you are not really alone if you bothered to read the thread.

 

[Jawbreaker]

This gameplay demo is much better than what was shown in the trailer.

 

[phanphare]

I'm thinking really hard about buying a WiiU now... Must resist...

NX man

NX

 

[Feichaw]

My jaw dropped. That's amazing! I wish I still had a Wii U just to play this game...

Well, NX then!

 

[RootCause]

I want to jump in that world. Don't make me wait too long Nintendo.

 

[bounchfx]

Looks fucking dope. Looks fun. Looks like a lot of fresh mechanics. And most importantly, looks like a game rather than some forced overly cinematic pile of try hard. Can't wait!

 

[NateDrake]

I hated the trailer, but this opening is really bringing me back around.

I want to play this game. This is good. They really are using all the open-world gameplay tropes.

That trailer was shit though. Really bad. And I'm still disappointed that the combat looks simplistic and the other stuff isn't voiced.

But that gameplay demo...? Yeah. I like it.

This is why people shouldn't judge the game based on a trailer when we knew hrs worth of gameplay was coming.

 

[Unicorn]

Close it up, time over.

 

[Bytes]

Plot theory:

Spoiler

This Link is an aged young Link from another game.

 

[capylikesgames]

I don't get the visual complaints. It's not doing anything state-of-the-art, but it looks absolutely divine. This game's visuals are going to age incredibly well, in a fashion similar to Wind Waker. I have a feeling this game will shine on the NX, can't wait for footage of that.

I'm really excited. The voice acting gave me chills, and the game looks like pure fun. It might not be as complex as others in its genre, but this only means Nintendo is concentrating the experience as best they can. Can't wait for a chance to watch gameplay sometime today.

 

[marmoka]

This game is gorgeous!!!!

 

[Verder]

Man I'm excited . Quirky fun vibes

 

[Im_So_Pringles]

Give me a mode where enemies do huge amounts of damage so the game becomes difficult and I'll love it forever.

I'll still love it forever nonetheless

 

[Pro from Dover]

I love her thighs. That's power.

 

[dangeraaron10]

I hated the trailer, but this opening is really bringing me back around.

I want to play this game. This is good. They really are using all the open-world gameplay tropes.

That trailer was shit though. Really bad. And I'm still disappointed that the combat looks simplistic and the other stuff isn't voiced.

But that gameplay demo...? Yeah. I like it.

Glad you came around to it! I'm definitely impressed by it. I will echo another poster saying that it's nice to not have a forced tutorial but they dump you into the game. I love how bulked up with gear Link is. This is basically my personal love letter for an open world RPG. Not even counting how much it reminds me of Shadow of the Colossus.

 

[Garlador]

No voice acting for the NPC's is a big fail. Ugh.

There might be hundreds of characters. I'm more curious if story-important characters will all be voiced. I never expected random NPCs to get voices. Even FF15 doesn't do that for every random quest-giver, I bet.

 

[JimJamJones]

So I'm guessing, because of the VA, that we won't be able to name our characters.

 

[CLBridges]

Looks good!

 

[cordy]

Looks like the most gamey Zelda that's for sure. Loved it.

 

[Bsigg12]

Dat NX version is gonna be gud

 

[pringles]

Hmm, looks okey-ish. I expected much more to be honest.

- looks to cartoony, expected much more mature look
- looks so empty
- dull fights looks so easy
- the world is big but doesnt seem alive

Spoiler

let the defence force begin to prove that my opinion is wrong

Unsure why you expected a different look when we already knew the artstyle? Completely disagree about it looking 'cartoony' but that's your opinion.
The rest just seems to early to tell.

 

[Joey Ravn]

Woah. I'm absolutely speechless. This is the best game shown at E3 so far, if you ask me. It blows absolutely everything away for me.

 

[Omega Kirby]

Got to see How good the NX version looks in comparison, but the game is not ugly and will hold up for years to come like windwaker

 

[Bane]

Plot theory:

Spoiler

This Link is an aged young Link from another game.

The way the world looks made me think the waters of Wind Waker have receded.

 

[BrokenFiction]

LOL - Bill had to start over.

 

[ultrazilla]

Nothing substantial has been spoiled this far imo. I have watched all of it.

The official trailer looked alot more crisp, colorful/vibrant and detailed then what I just saw with the live Wii U gameplay.

Calling it. That trailer was running on NX hardware.