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Zelda TOTK is almost here, how do you think it will do in reviews?
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Noxxera
Member
as monumental? Its will be even more monumental since its literally botw but improved
balls of snow
Member
Zelda in the name. 95.
DenchDeckard
Moderated wildly
10/10 everywhere but Jim sterling will risk it all for attention and give it a 6 out of ten.
El Pistolero
Banned
94 to 96.
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Marvel14
Banned
Skyward Sword is the poster child for Zelda score inflation. Its not a bad game but its more of an 8/10 between Fii who wont shut up, the annoying as hell ad nauseum alert messages, the optional skyisland exploration, some meh fetch quests and the Demise padding it certainly isn't near perfect. Loved the motion controls and the puzzles in the "open world" areas though and the story really pulls at your heartstrings....
Reckon TOTK will repeat or slightly exceed BOTW 's 97...
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ChoosableOne
ChoosableAll
So no one in here played or watched it yet? I want to hear their opinion about it.
EruditeHobo
Member
People will slobber all over it and ignore some of the issues with the game to proclaim it a masterpiece. No surprise for a major Nintendo release.
And while I'm sure it'll be good, it (like BOTW) will have some significant issues that many will brush under the rug when discussing the game.
And while I'm sure it'll be good, it (like BOTW) will have some significant issues that many will brush under the rug when discussing the game.
Lucifers Beard
Member
From the trailers released, it looks outstanding and should get great reviews.
Marvel14
Banned
You tease you...
SmokedMeat
Gamer™
I think over 95. Review sites are guaranteed to gush over it.
DenchDeckard
Moderated wildly
it's going to be the game of the generation but I think performance will be a little wobbly.
Mr Reasonable
Completely Unreasonable
A better question might be "What will the the lowest professional score that is added to Zelda's Metacritic review average"
Surely nobody would go as low as 88.
This will have to be a framerate disaster to for people to do that.
Surely nobody would go as low as 88.
This will have to be a framerate disaster to for people to do that.
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Majukun
Member
Can go either way, it's a game that it's both very similiar to botw (same map, same graphics, lots of borrowed mechanics), and very different with none of the past abilities coming back and apparently doubling down on the open world emergent gameplay stuff when a lot of people were hoping for a more conventional Zelda. Guess it will depend on of Nintendo 'did it' and managed to keep their design on par with the freedom given, which has always been the weak point of all those games that 'allow you to do anything and use your creativity' like nuts and bolts or scribblenauts. When you give the player the power to do anything, your design must account for anything and be running on full cylinders at all times.
Mephisto40
Member
Every Nintendo site will give it 10/10
Every non Nintendo site will give it to their in house Nintendo fanboy to review, and they will give it 9/10
User reviews will all be 10/10 because switch users haven't had anything else to play for the past 12 months and will give anything that drops the highest score possible
Every non Nintendo site will give it to their in house Nintendo fanboy to review, and they will give it 9/10
User reviews will all be 10/10 because switch users haven't had anything else to play for the past 12 months and will give anything that drops the highest score possible
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Agent_4Seven
Tears of Nintendo
Most assuredly way above what the game actually deserve. just like it was for BOTW.
Lillie
Member
i thought skyward sword was FAR better than botw
F0rneus
Tears in the rain
Lol the anti-Nintendo version of SenjutsuSage and I hate BOTW hahaha.
Mephisto40
Member
I don't dislike BOTW, it's just this is how games on switch are reviewed nine times out of ten
F0rneus
Tears in the rain
It's just that they might kinda deserve it, despite our own grievances you know?
I'm about 3-4 hours in. Preface this by saying I adored BOTW and think it was absolutely deserving of the scores it got.
So far, this feels like BOTW fully realized. Like, this is what they wanted to make with BOTW but obviously a combination of time and BOTW being a new game from the ground up prevented that.
-The world feels so much more intricately designed - large caves, much more verticality and levels (not just in the sense of large mountains).
-The new abilities are not only awesome to use on their own, but they compliment the above so well - navigating the world feels like a bunch of mini puzzles that can be solved in so many different ways. Ultrahand and fuse are game changers
-Much more variety in enemies so far
-Chemistry system still works fantastic and they've expanded on it with new items, also complimented by ultrahand/fuse
So yeah, not too far in obviously but it's giving me the same feeling that BOTW did on release day. I'm glad they spent so long expanding on that concept. To me, the people saying "it's the same game" always sounded crazy - never understood why you'd want a developer to immediately pivot from a new concept after a single release especially after it turned out so good.
Now obviously, performance is the big thing that sucks about it. Would definitely benefit from a Switch 2. But hardware related issues aside, it's fantastic.
People get so mad that Nintendo actually makes great games. Can't handle it. Same thing is starting to happen to FROM.
FoxMcChief
Gold Member
Well.
Madflavor
Member
It's Zelda. Regardless of the innovation, effort and quality from all other games released this year, if there's a 3D Zelda title it'll get all the 10/10s and clear the GOTY awards. It's kinda bullshit but that's just how it goes. I think if ToTK wins that major Goty awards, it'll prove a point that they can pretty much release the same Zelda game as last time, but just with more features, and that's all it takes.
I do love Zelda, a lot. But I hate that when it comes to honeymoon phases, no other video game in existence is as critic proof as Zelda.
I do love Zelda, a lot. But I hate that when it comes to honeymoon phases, no other video game in existence is as critic proof as Zelda.
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TheKremlinBossMan
Banned
Easily a 90+ easily.
FoxMcChief
Gold Member
Is that you Jonathon Blow?
Or it says that it's just an amazing game regardless of it being derivative? I mean can we think of the last game to win a bunch of GOTYs that wasn't derivative? I guess It Takes Two but I'll take six BOTWs over that type of innovation.
What game on the horizon this year do you think Zelda will be robbing? Cause I don't see much out there that seems to have the qualities of a GOTY and also be new. Diablo 4 certainly isn't new. FFXVI maybe? Starfield by all accounts will be a disaster. Jedi Survivor is derivative and a technical mess (though seems amazing otherwise). Hi-Fi rush is original but hardly GOTY quality. Howarts maybe? Solid game, hardly original.
The best games so far this year are RE4, Metroid Prime and Dead Space. All remakes. Not sure if that says more about the quality of those games, or the quality of games we're getting today. But that's where we are.
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TheKremlinBossMan
Banned
Been playing TotK for the last day and it improves on the first game in every way. It is more innovative than anything that I have played maybe ever. Some puzzles require you to make what you need to complete them. It is doing things on the switch that make it chug along but I had no idea could be done on a switch. It brings back things that fans have been begging for and also introduces very new things. The game is larger than the first one and by a significant amount. This is definitely my game of the year so far replacing Octopath II or Re4.
Madflavor
Member
Looking at it, it looks very fun. I'm just not really blown away by it. I also wasn't blown away by BotW either. That game game fell apart for me after 10+ hours. I still enjoyed it but it went from a 10/10 experience to an 8/10 by the end.
TheKremlinBossMan
Banned
I don't know how it will end but so far this is one of those rare sequels that is better than the original. I thought the first game was a bit too quiet but they use the music beautifully in this one. It's the little things.
Madflavor
Member
I predict at the very least I'll enjoy the game, and if proper dungeons are back there's a decent chance I'll like it more than BotW.
People saying the score will be inflated because it’s Nintendo/Zelda, how is that why different from games by From, Rockstar, Naughty Dog, Sony, etc.? Beloved developers and series all score higher than they should. It’s not unique to a Zelda or Nintendo
Like Ragnarok scored higher than it should have cause it’s god of war and Sony. Elden Ring scored much higher than it should have cause it’s from. And so on.
Like Ragnarok scored higher than it should have cause it’s god of war and Sony. Elden Ring scored much higher than it should have cause it’s from. And so on.
AMSCD
Member
This is music to my ears.
Most of these games just scored well cause they’re excellent games and superior to most of what the rest of the industry puts out. Might not be your cup of tea, but all excellent games.
BOTW and ER specifically are easily high 90s in the context of the other games coming out and the scores they get.
Raven117
Member
93-97
Unless it is just COMPLETELY different from BotW (which it isnt)...it will be a little "this is DLC." Taking it out of the 95+ range.
More than likely...the issues with weapon breaking, exploration being unrewarding will be ignored like it was in the last round of the reviews by mouth-breathers who simply can't review Zelda objectively. They probably have an anime sticker on their car.
Unless it is just COMPLETELY different from BotW (which it isnt)...it will be a little "this is DLC." Taking it out of the 95+ range.
More than likely...the issues with weapon breaking, exploration being unrewarding will be ignored like it was in the last round of the reviews by mouth-breathers who simply can't review Zelda objectively. They probably have an anime sticker on their car.
TheDreadLord
Gold Member
From what I’ve heard, it is better in every aspect so I’d say it will go for an aggregated score of 95+
TheKremlinBossMan
Banned
I want to spoil something so badly but in my opinion that one thing takes the game to at least a 90 by itself. I'd be mad if it was spoiled for me so I wont do it.
touchfuzzy
Member
Based on what I'm hearing it should meet or exceed the critic response of the original. My guess is 97 (or higher?)
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