Is Nintendo's promotion of Metacritic a bad thing? What's the open world in Zelda for Wii U going to be like? And does Nintendo want 3rd parties on the Wii U? Shawn Long discusses this and much more in the latest episode!
Screen Rant, "The return of one controversial character could have an incredible effect on The Legend of Zelda, prompting the introduction of new features."
Honestly I really changed my mind on Fi with the remaster because they didn't make her interrupt your gameplay every 5 seconds, that drastically changed my views on her
Technically she's in ToTK but obviously can't take any other form than the sword she was made into. Also the companion feature has been done plenty of times in Zelda, I don't think it'll add anything new. If anything should be brought back it should be the Minish.
Matt from We Game Daily writes "The Legend of Zelda series has gone in a different direction. One which, try as I have, I just can’t get on board with. Here is why I think Zelda should return to its 3D roots."
Amen! A good, tight, Zelda game with a focus on dungeons and puzzles. Let people have the new style Zelda if you gotta, but let us have the OoT style games too. That's not without precedent either, the handheld 2D Zelda's in the style of A Link to the Past etc have coexisted alongside the 3D Zelda's before
As much as I like BoTW, TotK, I need my traditional Zelda games as well, I could not endlessly play the open world Zelda games, plus it's harder to keep those fresher than the traditional games.
BotW was just as fresh to the franchise as OoT was. TokT was great but the next LoZ would have to move from that formula to be fresh again. There's only so much they can do with the hardware. I think they focused too much on making the world big instead impactful. I felt the world was sort of empty and repetitive in TotK, sure there was a lot to do but no more difference a Ubisoft game..
Wind Waker had a perfect balance of open world and a cool, well hand-crafted design. Maybe try to keep the open world but put in effort to make more memorable story driven quests and locations.
A fan of The Legend of Zelda has recreated the iconic Japanese monster Godzilla in Tears of the Kingdom using the game's Zonai devices.
I like it would also be cool if some created Dragon Caesar in the game I would love to watch the two going at it.
In theory, there is nothing wrong with Metacritic. it is just all the participating reviewers use different systems when reviewing games and stuff. So they need to do something about that, to come up with some guidelines for those reviews that they allow on their site, that all reviewers should follow and stuff.
nintendo vs metacritic = nintendo loses
It is what it is. Nintendo's games typically score well, and they're proud of that fact. Especially when they're now targeting the gamer. And what does the gamer care about? Fun games.
It's not the end all be all, but it is a fair indicator that the games in question are fun. Just like movies cite reviews, there's nothing wrong with flaunting your accolades. If a game is good, and it scores well, let people know that! Hey! Our games over here? Ya, they all scored extremely well, you should check em out! And everyone knows for dang sure they didn't pay one red cent in advertising lol, which gives even more credibility to those accolades.
So "who" exactly has an issue with Metacritic:
1)"Nex Gen" fanboy purchasers who are concerned their purchase was a mistake, given the games?
2) Game producers who have been putting out crap and expecting us to purchase it?
3) Game developers who receive compensation based on results?
4) Sony and MS who may have over-hyped their nex gen experience?
Frankly I don't know and I don't care. Gamers put their hard earned cash into this industry and have no reason not to use Metacritic to gauge value. This nonsensical grumbling won't change anyone's mind.