paradox121

Nicely done men.

Totally creepy that I can assign every intern an equivalent GBer based on personality / looks.

It's like Giant Bomb Kidz. With a 'z'.

@Olu said:

My greatest giant bomb dream is to see endurance run of this game one day. A man can dream

Yes....

YES.

Please. Yes.

The thought of it....it's like the perfect game for them to Endurance Run. A really cool counterpart to P4. It would be just so....YEEEESSSS!

@ballblaster said:

@paradox121 said:

@ballblaster said:

Skyward Sword is the corn kernel poking out of a big, steamy turd. Sure, it's bright and yellow and has a bit of specularity... but only when viewed in contrast to the rest of the turd that is the Wii software base. I've had a Wii since launch and have purchased two games for it. I was hoping this game, 5 years after the fact, would somehow justify my purchase. It hasn't, and frankly, there are far too many games on the PC & 360 to really care much about it anymore. Sure, 4/5 stars hurts the fanboy, but someday you just have to stop kidding yourselves *cough*IGN*cough* and stop idolizing your childhood so much.

So...you're basing a negative opinion on a 4/5 review and probably without touching the game yourself?

Oh Giant Bomb. I love you so much but sometimes your community gets me down.

On the contrary, 4/5 is a great score. I am speaking to the fact that I won't spend $50 on this game even if that means my Wii remains an overpriced bookend. While it looks to be filled with that warm Nintendo charm, I can't help but see that most of the "charm" of yesteryear comes from the graphics and sound being of such a low technical standard, that we as humans manufacture a lot of it in our minds. Not to mention how much biased nostalgia comes along with it simply by being a Zelda game. Giving this game a 5/5, even based on a Wii-specific scale, would be a massive disservice to any developer that has busted its ass creating game assets that aren't 16-bit, or have written storys that aren't targeted for a 10 year old.

Oh Giant Bomb, I love you so much but sometimes your Nintendo Fanboys get me down.

I think I vaguely get your point but you're kinda drowning in hyperbole.

Couple of points I wanna make. First, the music in this game is fully orchestrated. So even if you think the graphics suck, claiming that the sound is of a 'low technical standard' is just objectively wrong.

Second, it's been getting fantastic reviews across the board. So by your logic does that mean that every single reviewer is a fan of the series and is 'biased with nostalgia'?

Third, I literally cannot get my head around the idea that in your mind it doesn't deserve 5/5 reviews because you believe developers wouldn't have put as much time in as others did. That's just...amazing that someone can think that way. How are the graphics, world design, sound design etc etc any less than what other games do? What about low end HD stuff of this generation that got amazing reviews? Limbo, for example. Or Super Meat Boy. Amazing games, quite simplistic graphics and gameplay. Did they not deserve their grades either?

@ballblaster said:

Skyward Sword is the corn kernel poking out of a big, steamy turd. Sure, it's bright and yellow and has a bit of specularity... but only when viewed in contrast to the rest of the turd that is the Wii software base. I've had a Wii since launch and have purchased two games for it. I was hoping this game, 5 years after the fact, would somehow justify my purchase. It hasn't, and frankly, there are far too many games on the PC & 360 to really care much about it anymore. Sure, 4/5 stars hurts the fanboy, but someday you just have to stop kidding yourselves *cough*IGN*cough* and stop idolizing your childhood so much.

So...you're basing a negative opinion on a 4/5 review and probably without touching the game yourself?

Oh Giant Bomb. I love you so much but sometimes your community gets me down.

@sf2733 said:

@paradox121: So you would say it totally makes perfect sense for the game to get, I dunno, lets say a 4/5? ; )

Haven't a clue. Haven't touched the game yet so, as with 99% of the internet, I'm in no place to judge :)

@sf2733 said:

@Contro: hahaha so your sole post is pretty much a fucking essay that you wrote. Its funny everyone gives call of duty shit for making the same game each year with minor tweaks but when zelda does it its the greatest thing ever.

I think you answered your own question (You didn't actually ask one but you get my point). By my count there have been 6 CODs since the last console Zelda.

And from what I've read that are still a tonne of reviews lambasting Zelda for sticking to a formula.

So if you're a fan of Zelda or motion controls, this game will be near-perfection.

If not, it's still a pretty damn good adventure game. Sounds great to me.

Little disappointed in the style of Patrick's review. I get his points, he just seems to stumble about his words. Which is probably fair; it's hard to articulate the difference between being a great Zelda game and being a great game game. Though the comparisons to Skyrim were a tad unnecessary.

@Slippery said:

I would've given TP 4 stars, and I fucking loved WW and OoT. TP was so overated at release, 8.8 is hardly too low a score.

Very much agreed. But sometimes that's the nature of reviews. Hindsight is an amazing thing. In many ways I wonder if a similar thing will happen with Uncharted 3.

I just wish people would move on from this 8.8 'controversy'. The reaction, but even more the reaction to the reaction, was ridiculous.

Oh geez. Literal shivers down me. Forgot how good hearing true, orchestrated music is.

Sooooo gooooood.

It says something when Uncharted 3 and Batman AC are relegated to bullet points.

Above all else this is the best way to celebrate the franchise's 25th birthday; by proving its still relevant quarter of a century on.