Post by: Gumbo1919 on March 24, 2003, 02:16:04 PM
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Post by: Locke Cole on March 24, 2003, 03:56:00 PM
I'm getting it tomorrow though. I've just been hearing alot of problems with the disc loading on forums. Hope it doesn't happen to me.
Post by: grap3fruitman on March 24, 2003, 04:13:20 PM
Especially the ones that already have it.
The EB that I reserved mine at... sigh... resides in a mall that is in the middle of being demolished.
So now I don't know what I'm going to do. =\
Post by: Toolvana on March 24, 2003, 05:24:19 PM
Post by: grap3fruitman on March 24, 2003, 05:43:13 PM
The mall is being demolished as we speak. =\
Post by: StRaNgE on March 24, 2003, 06:23:46 PM
My 1st impressions are hard to put into words but I'll try.
This is the purest joy and fun playing a game I have had in years.
Like a child's innocence, it gives me a great feeling of just simple joy so far. Hope the whole game feels like this.
Post by: Toolvana on March 25, 2003, 03:44:27 AM
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Post by: Hostile Creation on March 26, 2003, 01:20:19 PM
Post by: Gibdo Master on March 26, 2003, 07:12:20 PM
The whole game is just freaking great though. This game was really under hyped in my opinion. I can't believe all the wonderful little details with the characters, the world, and the enemies. The dialog is so much better compared to the card board cutout crap that was in Ocarina. The animation is wonderful too. People don't just stand there like brain dead vegetables. They actually move around like a real person would. And people were bitching about how this game wouldn't be realistic? I really feel sorry for people that are so hung up about the wonderful graphics that they refuse to play it. Hell, I take that back. If you refuse to play this game because you are to immature to appreciate the toon shading then you don't deserve to play it.
Post by: Army_F_body on March 26, 2003, 09:31:44 PM
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You don't have a god damn fairy screaming at you and telling you step by step how to do everything.
Thank god, I couldn't stand Navi!!!
Post by: The Omen on March 26, 2003, 10:05:53 PM
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Something I don't really understand is why so many people are saying this game is too easy. To me the first dungeon was pretty damn challenging and that was just the first dungeon.
I totally agree! As I was playing through the first dungeon, I did get stuck a couple of times. I didn't die, or anything, but it's not as easy as i had been hearing. And the dungeons are huge!. This game is Zelda perfected. I can't stop smiling the whole time i'm playing. Ahhh, to be 13 again and buying the first Zelda....(Tidbit: TLOZ was the first NES game to be 39.99..I'll never forget when my mom said...WHAT!!!?)
Nostalgia just runs ramoant while I play this game....oh well, I don't want to torture anybody, so off I go.....TO PLAY THE W.W.!!!!
Post by: thecubedcanuck on March 27, 2003, 04:44:51 AM
The fluidness of motion in this game is just plain breath taking.
I played for 4 solid hours and it felt like 15 minutes.
Post by: faile' on March 27, 2003, 09:16:44 AM
Post by: ThePerm on March 27, 2003, 09:18:17 AM
One thing i really like is Tingle! Sweet mary he's a cool feature.
Post by: Hostile Creation on March 27, 2003, 12:32:12 PM
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Post by: The Omen on March 27, 2003, 06:47:05 PM
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Oh, come on you 'gamers!' I hope ya'll aren't calling dragon's roost island difficult; I hope there is another 'first dungeon' being referred to.
Didn't say it was a hard dungeon, just HARDER than expected do to all the complaining going on. Is it a hard game? Not at all. But it isn't Shrek , either. It has a moderate amount of difficulty so far.
Post by: cmoney on March 27, 2003, 09:57:46 PM
I have not been this truly happy playing a Nintendo game since I got Super Mario World on SNES.
Post by: Grey Ninja on March 27, 2003, 11:13:21 PM
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It is sad that everyone is going to check out IGN's review of this game and automatically dismiss it for Game of the Year. This game IS the game of the year. It kills Metroid Prime. It kills Splinter Cell.
People who play the game will know that. IGN's job is to draw numbers out of a hat and call them reviews. The people who listen to them... well.... I have to wonder about them.
There is no doubt in my mind that Wind Waker will be game of 2003 though.
Post by: SilverBack1138 on March 28, 2003, 12:28:42 AM
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Post by: VideoGamerX on March 28, 2003, 03:41:06 PM
The thing I like most about Wind Waker is that it feels so much like old school Zelda. I haven't felt this since I played A Link to the Past. The artwork for the game is perfect. I honestly think this is the way Zelda is supposed to look with the monsters, the sky, the water, the life of Hyrule. It fits. I didn't feel this atmosphere in Ocarina of Time and never quite wanted to accept the game.
This game is by no means easy, either. The puzzles and challenges are very much like Ocarina of Time. The thing I notice is the damage amounts. I'm kind of glad that we don't run around bleeping and nearly dead (that always got on my nerves). I think a good amount of people will have a hard time just getting through to the end of dungeons. My guess is that Miyamoto wanted a game that was challenging for all people and the way they did it was by reducing the damage. Otherwise, if the correct amount of damage was dealt with each blow, there wouldn't be anything easy about it. So this is definitely more about puzzle and problem solving. Admittedly, I've been stumped at times in getting through some rooms of the dungeons. I've spent an hour or two just running around making sure I didn't miss something. It's great.
A Link to the Past, in my book, is (or was) still considered the best of the Zelda series. Wind Waker has resurrected the feeling I haven't had in years. It's pure fun. I think the color scheme of the world makes a huge difference (compared to OoT's dingy faded Hyrule colors, which looked beautiful at times but just weren't Zelda colors like I was used to).
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Post by: Mr_Denim on March 30, 2003, 12:27:30 PM
I've heard reference to something known as 'dithering' and was wondering if this was a result of that process, and , was curious if anyone else has experienced something similar? Thanks for time and input.
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Post by: zumpiez on March 30, 2003, 10:55:48 PM
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My daughter and I have been greatly enjoying the new Zelda. I do have a complaint however. I've noticed whilst sailing, during sunset sunrise transitions, I get these whiteish vertical lines forming. It's extremely noticable, quite annoying and offputting and quite spoils the effect of the transistion. If the remainder of the game didn't run fine graphically, I'd suspect something wrong with the game itself. As the problem doesn't occur at any other time, nor do I suspect my television or the Cube itself.
I've heard reference to something known as 'dithering' and was wondering if this was a result of that process, and , was curious if anyone else has experienced something similar? Thanks for time and input.
I think that's some kind of dithering. It happens at other times too, but it's not as noticable.
Post by: yellowfellow on March 31, 2003, 09:26:30 AM
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Post by: Mr_Denim on March 31, 2003, 10:04:06 AM
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I think that's some kind of dithering. It happens at other times too, but it's not as noticable.
Ah, as I had suspected. Unfortunate that for as I mentioned, it quite spoils those moments. Can't say as I've noticed it elsewhere, but now that you've brought it up now I'll be looking for it.
On the whole, when we first booted the game up, as soon as I saw the wind blowing Links cell shaded hair any concerns about the 'look' of the game vanished as the 'wind' took them away. As we've continued the adventure, other than the 'dithering' effect alluded to, I've been impressed with the various lighting effects. I applaud Nintys choice for cell shading. As others have noted, the game has brought back earlier 'feelings' from earlier incarnations. I think the 'animations' are first rate, and I've enjoyed a lot of the dialogue text. My daughter and I have laughed out loud in places..."FWWWIIPPP! I say!" And we had to pause the game and howl when Link went up to the large pig back on Outset, and it tried to run away . The animation and sounds were a hoot! This kind of stuff is scattered througout the game and it's these little gems that lift the game to a new level of fun and enjoyment. Much like a Chuck Jones cartoon, this game operates on more than one level. I honestly don't know how Nintendo is going to top it in the next incarnation.
Game play is spot on, though I must be loosing my game chops. I've actually died a couple of times. Imagine having your enemies actually block/parry your attacks? Unlike Z: OOT the bad guys don't wait and attack you one at a time when 'targetting'. What a concept. I also like how the enemies react to your actions, their AI I guess. When I was fighting some Moblins I took out a bomb, when they 'saw' what I had, they ran away so the explosion wouldn't hurt them. I had dropped it down in front of them while standing on a ledge. After it exploded, they returned to the attack. Pretty spiff I thought.
Major thumbs up on this one Ninty! Very well done.
Post by: VideoGamerX on April 01, 2003, 05:52:20 PM
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Here are my thoughts. They basically follow two tracks. One is that when the Hylian society sort of perished in the flood, the Zoras and Gorons fell apart, too. Their societies were reliant upon relations with the Hylians and without them, they died out. I have an even better idea, though. If you remember in OoT, Gannon went after the Gorons and Zoras first, doing awful things to them. We see that in young Link's world, and in adult Link's world the Gorons are once again faced with huge troubles (locked away). The Zoras were frozen..... the Hyrule people were still in existence. So when Gannon's evil power started to rise again (before the gods flooded the world and stopped Gannon), maybe Gannon destroyed the Zoras and Gorons. The genocide and the impending doom of Hyrule sent the people into prayinig to the gods to put a stop to it, and in return the gods felt there was only one thing they could do to stop Gannon... so they flooded everything in hopes of burrying the problem.
Sounds reasonable to me...
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