[Kal_El]

Originally Posted by BuddhaSkinny

That's exactly what they did with the last two Zelda games though.

Erm...nah.

[DarkestHour]

Pre-ordered my special edition, so excited. It's been 5 long, long years since TP.

[BuddhaSkinny]

Originally Posted by Kal_El

Erm...nah.

People actually liked Phantom Hourglass and Spirit Tracks?

I don't believe you! :P

Pre-ordered my special edition, so excited. It's been 5 long, long years since TP.

I can't believe it's been five years since Twilight Princess and the Wii launched. I can remember getting the system and Zelda at a midnight launch - first and last time I'll be doing that, even if it was pretty fun to stand around and talk with the other fans all night, haha.

This is the first game that I've been really excited about since Guns of the Patriots - feels like being a kid again.

[Kal_El]

Originally Posted by BuddhaSkinny

People actually liked Phantom Hourglass and Spirit Tracks?

I don't believe you! :P

Come one, they're brilliant! You can't compare them to a full fat console experience, but they are great.

I'll be honest I'm well out of the gaming loop these days and I need to get back into it. If it wasn't for Nintendo and in particular this Zelda game, I don't think I'd be gaming at all.

[geordielady]

Originally Posted by Kal_El

That's really not going to be the case. The dungeons are still going to be dungeons. They're not going to be smaller or less exciting. I really don't think they're going to drop the ball on a new Zelda, or do something that expressly pisses off their fans. The general gist I'm getting from the reviews is that they've changed some things that had perhaps hit their sell by date, such as block pushing puzzle, and implemented new ideas. I can't for the life of me put this into a bad context, as I think any Zelda fan worth his/her salt would agree the block pushing has been done to death.

No one anywhere has intimated that it's going to be an easy game either. Certainly the Edge review didn't if I remember correctly. I would just say, chill, it's Zelda, it's not going to let anyone down. In fact, I'm hoping it blows me away all over again, because I do feel the format needed a little tweaking, and it sounds like that's what they've done.

First of all I am not trying to dis the game or anything, we all know its gonna be epic but just trying to look for faults, like many are.
Have read 2 reviews now that state dungeons are a lot smaller with no backtracking which take the heart out of one of the best parts of zelda. My husbands fear with the game based on what he has read is the main quest is gonna be easier to enable more people to play it without getting frustrated. also not so much hunting for items as using the remote somehow will highlight where things are hidden removing the need toi explore as much as previous zeldas.
Initially there were reports the game was 100 hours split between main game and sidequests but it clear from reviews that the main quest is only around 25-30 hours which is only basic time compared to some games.
But my husbands main fear and it is the fear of lots of people going by online forums and that is the game has to be played standing up, no review has yet commented on this but some are saying you have to stand up to use the sword to its full potential. My husband likes to sit down and enjoy his games not stand up for 2 hours at a time and guess many others feel the same.

[Kal_El]

Personally I'm not worried one bit. Read the Edge review(it's pretty detailed), and if you don't like the sound of the game I'd say don't bother with it. For me, I think the series did need an injection of the new, as the structure was getting dated, but this sounds to me like they've managed to give us something fresh without killing off the series' roots.

What's the point "trying to look for faults"? They've been working on this game for many years. I'll be amazed if they've messed it up. I'm expecting an huge and epic Zelda game. Anything less, and well yes, they'll have got it wrong. The reviews are saying about 35 hours for the main story, and that weighs up fine against Link to the Past and Ocarina of Time etc.

[-GONZO-]

Surely sitting or standing is user preference with whatever your comfortable in doing?
It's not like the use of the Balance Board is needed either so if you don't want to stand, then don't.

[Kal_El]

Put it this way - I won't be bloody standing up to play it!

[geordielady]

Originally Posted by -GONZO-

Surely sitting or standing is user preference with whatever your comfortable in doing?
It's not like the use of the Balance Board is needed either so if you don't want to stand, then don't.

What I read was to use the sword properly you cant control it sitting down, some enemies require specific use of the remote to kill them which are not easy to perform sitting down. Obvious having the remote pointing at say the celling then have to point it downwards at the floor within a split second is pretty hard to do sitting down, in fact its near on impossible as you dont have the room, try it for yourself. Guess thats why many seem a bit worried as if you are at a disadvantage sitting down then the enjoyment of the game is ruined.

[geordielady]

Originally Posted by Kal_El

Personally I'm not worried one bit. Read the Edge review(it's pretty detailed), and if you don't like the sound of the game I'd say don't bother with it. For me, I think the series did need an injection of the new, as the structure was getting dated, but this sounds to me like they've managed to give us something fresh without killing off the series' roots.

What's the point "trying to look for faults"? They've been working on this game for many years. I'll be amazed if they've messed it up. I'm expecting an huge and epic Zelda game. Anything less, and well yes, they'll have got it wrong. The reviews are saying about 35 hours for the main story, and that weighs up fine against Link to the Past and Ocarina of Time etc.

Its not so much looking for faults but as they appear to have changed the whole way the game is played its only natural to look for problems. Moving away from a tried and tested formuala is always gonna have people worried.
The guy who designed the game said 100 hours but those who have played it say 35 hours with maybe 20 hours side quests, thats a lot shorter then 100 hours.
I can remember my husband knocking up close to hundred hours on one zelda game which recorded the time played so this is a lot shorter. But guess it depends on how good you are. Think the fact less searching is required in this game and maybe its more clear to know what to do next makes less time required to complete it.

[Kal_El]

Originally Posted by geordielady

What I read was to use to use the sword properly you cant control it sitting down, some enemies require specific use of the remote to kill them which are not easy to perform sitting down. Obvious having the remote pointing at say the celling then second later have to point it downwards is pretty hard to do sitting down, in fact its near on impossible as you dont have the room, try it for yourself.

There's no way that's true. Do you have a (ahem) link for that?

[geordielady]

Originally Posted by Kal_El

There's no way that's true. Do you have a (ahem) link for that?

Saw it on a forum somewhere but you only have to search on google to see loads of hits with people asking simular questions about it.

[-GONZO-]

Originally Posted by geordielady

Saw it on a forum somewhere but you only have to search on google to see loads of hits with people asking simular questions about it.

LoL it's a shame you don't take any notice of what's said in some forums when it relates to other things too ie Blu Rays.
I honestly cannot see that its gonna be a requirement to stand as I'm pretty sure Nintendo wouldn't want to limit its biggest game to date to just those that are able to stand and cause offence to those fans that are wheelchair bound.

[cityoflights]

Originally Posted by geordielady

What I read was to use the sword properly you cant control it sitting down, some enemies require specific use of the remote to kill them which are not easy to perform sitting down. Obvious having the remote pointing at say the celling then have to point it downwards at the floor within a split second is pretty hard to do sitting down, in fact its near on impossible as you dont have the room, try it for yourself. Guess thats why many seem a bit worried as if you are at a disadvantage sitting down then the enjoyment of the game is ruined.

Not a chance this is true to the extent you are talking about. You might have read it on forums - Infact I think I did too - but we are 3 reviews down by major publications including the incredibly respected EDGE - and not a mention of it. Not one.

If it was a major issue, they would have spoken about it.

There's no need to worry.

[geordielady]

Originally Posted by cityoflights

Not a chance this is true to the extent you are talking about. You might have read it on forums - Infact I think I did too - but we are 3 reviews down by major publications including the incredibly respected EDGE - and not a mention of it. Not one.

If it was a major issue, they would have spoken about it.

There's no need to worry.

Well we will have to wait and see on that, trying to use a sword sitting down that fits in with yuor every movement is gonna naturally be harder to use standing up. dont see many swordfights sitting down do you.

[geordielady]

Originally Posted by -GONZO-

LoL it's a shame you don't take any notice of what's said in some forums when it relates to other things too ie Blu Rays.
I honestly cannot see that its gonna be a requirement to stand as I'm pretty sure Nintendo wouldn't want to limit its biggest game to date to just those that are able to stand and cause offence to those fans that are wheelchair bound.

Your just trollig like you do in the blu ray threads now. Keep conversation on topic otherwise everyone gets pissed off.

[Kal_El]

Well the only thing I'm pissed off at is the idea that some monkey on a forum somewhere wants people to believe that you have to play the new Zelda game by leaping about the living room.

I mean FFS.

[Kal_El]

Originally Posted by geordielady

Well we will have to wait and see on that, trying to use a sword sitting down that fits in with yuor every movement is gonna naturally be harder to use standing up. dont see many swordfights sitting down do you.

Come on! How many times do you see people handling shotguns and rifles a la Resident Evil 4 when sitting down, or how about painting, punching, kicking a football? I play all my Wii games from the couch. The only time I stand up for it is to indulge in a bit of multi player sports in very specific titles ie. not Zelda games, which would be stupid.

[Yoshi Fan]

I don't know why, but I'm really not excited for Skyward Sword. There's nothing about it so far that's really wowed me. Having said that, when I have no anticipation/expectations, I'm usually really bowled over by a game, so I'm just hoping this means that when I get the game on Christmas Day, it'll be a pleasant surprise.

[-GONZO-]

Originally Posted by geordielady

Your just trollig like you do in the blu ray threads now. Keep conversation on topic otherwise everyone gets pissed off.

Not trolling at all
The only reason everyone gets pissed off is when others post rubbish with nothing to back it up other than what someone else has said that's not even played the game yet. Maybe if guesswork wasn't passed off as fact then there would be no reason for anyone to get pissed off.
None of the reviews as of yet have mentioned it at all so obviously it's not been an issue.
The handfull of motion plus games that are available can all be played just as well sitting down as much as standing up and I can't see Skyward Sword being any different either.

[geordielady]

Originally Posted by Kal_El

Come on! How many times do you see people handling shotguns and rifles a la Resident Evil 4 when sitting down, or how about painting, punching, kicking a football? I play all my Wii games from the couch. The only time I stand up for it is to indulge in a bit of multi player sports in very specific titles ie. not Zelda games, which would be stupid.

What your forgeting is the motion control side of it as its going to replicate arm movements. The fact is many enemies can only be killed by certain sword movements that may be harder to achieve sitting down.
No one is saying you cant play it sitting down but some are wondering if it will be more difficult to play sitting down.
But not long to wait now so we will all find out in just over 2 weeks.

[geordielady]

Originally Posted by -GONZO-

Not trolling at all
The only reason everyone gets pissed off is when others post rubbish with nothing to back it up other than what someone else has said that's not even played the game yet. Maybe if guesswork wasn't passed off as fact then there would be no reason for anyone to get pissed off.
None of the reviews as of yet have mentioned it at all so obviously it's not been an issue.
The handfull of motion plus games that are available can all be played just as well sitting down as much as standing up and I can't see Skyward Sword being any different either.

It is trolling as you brought in a random comment not even releated to the discussion for a reaction.

Anyway lets put the blu ray arguments to one side and concentrate on this game

[jjesso123]

Originally Posted by geordielady

It is trolling as you brought in a random comment not even releated to the discussion for a reaction.

Anyway lets put the blu ray arguments to one side and concentrate on this game

Its not trolling pointing out how little intelligence you have. and backing that up. If what you suggesting was major problem it would of been noted in the reviews, especially the likes have edge.

[geordielady]

Originally Posted by jjesso123

Its not trolling pointing out how little intelligence you have. and backing that up. If what you suggesting was major problem it would of been noted in the reviews, especially the likes have edge.

[cityoflights]

Originally Posted by geordielady

What your forgeting is the motion control side of it as its going to replicate arm movements. The fact is many enemies can only be killed by certain sword movements that may be harder to achieve sitting down.
No one is saying you cant play it sitting down but some are wondering if it will be more difficult to play sitting down.
But not long to wait now so we will all find out in just over 2 weeks.

You aren't getting it. We don't have to wait. It isn't an issue. If it was, it would have been mentioned in the reviews.

End of.

Sigh.