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Originally posted by: Svevan
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with my opinion being that just because the E3 DEMO was unpolished didn't mean that the final game will be really bad, and from the looks of the impressions, time has proven my point.
Actually, time has proven my point: the controls needed to change or else the game was broken. Every journalist out there is now backpedaling to say "Well, the aiming at E3 did kinda suck, so I'm glad they fixed it." At E3, we had no knowledge that Nintendo had any intention of changing the controls, and the game was far from unpolished (as I said to you back then, it was the most polished E3 game other than Metroid). We are required to post our opinions, and the truth was that Zelda E3 controls were not good. Saying that an E3 Demo is "unpolished, therefore you can't give your opinion on it" is asinine. And at the time, we had Miyamoto saying publicly that he loved the controls, he didn't want Wii Remote sword swinging, and he couldn't go back to GC control. My opinion was that GC control would be far better, and it seems Nintendo agreed since they reworked both sword and aiming in the final game.
I haven't played the new version yet, so my opinion is not as important as Windy's or Pale's. They both gave positive impressions, but they both were pretty positive about Zelda at E3. It will be more interesting to see how Jonathan Metts and Aaron Kaluzka feel about it all.
My point still stands, though. I NEVER said that you shouldn't express your opinions on the demo. What I said is that you shouldn't based your opinion on the ENTIRE game because of one unpolished demo. A comment like "The sad truth about Zelda on Wii" means that you are judging the potential of the final game on an unfinished demo. That's what I said. Had you said "The E3 demo did a very poor job of showing of what Zelda can do on the Wii, but hopefully Nintendo will pay attention and fix this before launch", then I wouldn't have said anything. But since the PGC editors kept on saying Zelda Wii was doomed, adding fuel to the non believers arguments, it showed to me that you guys were far too quick to pass judgment on the game, and now time and Nintendo has proved you wrong by delivering in the least one solid gaming experience.
And my point still stands. I said back during the big argument that Nintendo wasn't dumb. They knew that they had one of the biggest games this year on their hands, so they shouldn't mess it up. They were paying attention to the reactions at both E3 and on websites. They were paying close attention. In fact, as Smash_Brother mentioned before, E3 is like a big group test. They show off the games, get the reactions from people, then work on fixing the issues that plagued their games. Again, I'm willing to bet anything that Nintendo reps were there paying attention to the people that played, then gathered their information and passed it onto the developers. I posted that people should give Nintendo TIME to polish the game and make it ready for launch. You think Nintendo spent those six months after E3 doing nothing but whistling and twirling their thumbs?
So to sum up my point, I NEVER said that you shouldn't give your opinions on a demo, what I said is that don't be quick to judge the final product because the demo was unfinished, especially when dealing with a game like Twilight Princess and that Nintendo would take the time to fine tune the controls and the content, which from the looks of the impressions, they DID.
Topic: IMPRESSIONS: The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess (Read 10386 times)
