Skyward Sword is Simultaneously the Best and Worst Zelda Game

GenGAME writes: "It’s not that the ideas were bad; it’s that the game that was created to showcase them seemed in too many ways to miss the point. The missing overworld, the not-quite-tough-enough enemies, and the inevitably pointless item upgrades system all proved that you can have a pristine gameplay core, but without compelling content to back it up, it’s nothing more than potential waiting to be realized."

[Relientk77]

Skyward Sword is an amazing game

[TheFinalEpisode]

Agreed, different from most but had one of the best stories in the franchise and the gameplay was fantastic too

[Relientk77]

Very true

[Lord_Sloth]

No...No it's not. It's short, tutorial ridden, and rehashes the same boss battle several times throughout.

Majora's Mask and Link to the Past still stand tall as the best in my eyes.

[prototypeknuckles]

skyward sword had some annoying gameplay choices, but it was the best story in the franchise yet, though wind waker is still my personal favorite.

[Relientk77]

Wind Waker is amazing, I simply love that game

[ziggurcat]

"... the not-quite-tough-enough enemies..."

correct me if i'm wrong, but none of the enemies in any zelda game have ever been tough...

[legendoflex]

A lot of people die against the OCTOROKS in the original Legend of Zelda. It's not because they're hard on their own; it's because the game knows how to set them up so that they can kill you anyway (by throwing numbers at you in increasingly narrow spaces). This kind of scaled difficulty doesn't really exist in the recent games, though.

[Infiny]

Skyward Sword has one of the best dungeons design ever.

[SleazyChimp]

I'm not trying to hate on Zelda, cuz I've enjoyed the series up to Twilight Princess. It just seems to me that Zelda has been stuck in last gen. The last two entries have had appalling graphics. I don't see how any one can sit through the murky looking skyward sword on a HDTV. Having to read all of the dialog is boring as hell. I mean seriously, its 2012 and we dont have voice acting? Come on! Then theres the "cute" factor. Every character and enemy has a childish design inherent to them. None of the enemies feel menacing and it hard to take any of the characters seriously. I look at Skyward Sword and wonder why the hell did it take them 5 yrs to make this game. Now the gameplay is a different story. I love how the Zelda games play. I would just like to see somebody take a serious approach to the next Zelda game. Give me some realistic type characters with their own voices. I want enemies that make me fear entering that cave. And for the love of God I never want to see another character like "Mr.Tingle" ever again.

[nerdkiller]

zelda really hasn't been good since wind waker the wii zelda are goofy and the temples seem so small i remember in ocarina of time when you go into a temple and the door slams behind me i thought to my self o shit in wii zelda i think this is it...?

[bigbearsack]

Bad article