Topic: First Twilight Princess Review

[ShyGuy]

Gamespot used to be respected for giving tough-but-fair reviews to all games. They seem to have lost their way somewhere.

[ThePerm]

ign has their review up

[MarioAllStar]

Quote
Originally posted by: ThePerm
ign has their review up

...and they complain about lack of voice acting. Now I have only played a couple games that had it (Splinter Cell comes to mind) and I never found it to be that great. Perhaps it adds a level of polish, but it does absolutely nothing for enhancing gameplay.

That being said, I only read IGN's closing comments (to avoid any spoilers) and I am more excited for the game than ever.

[mantidor]

wait, wait, wait.... the music is not orchestrated!? but... Aonuma and Koji Kondo said it would be, at least in some parts... midi has the advantage of being dynamic, it can change depending on the action in a very subtle way which is cool, but I'd prefer orchestrated music honestly. Well, the best would be a combination of both but is it possible?

 

[Martin Q. Blank]

Reviews are opinions, get over it.  I don't get all the complaints about Zelda barely getting a 9.  So its not going to be the #1 game on GameRankings.  Big Deal. The fact that it got an 8.8 from Gamespot doesn't make me want the game any less.  Zelda is going to rock, relax and enjoy.  

[WuTangTurtle]

your right Martin, nobody in the world is going to base the purchase of Zelda soley on Gamespot and say "an 8.8, pfft screw that", and if they do well there loss.

But u know everyone would be up in arms if Halo got a score under 9 too.  Personally if Halo games scored a 7.5-8.5 range I'd say they ranked it perfectly.  I still can't believe some people think Halo is a better game than say Half-Life or even Goldeneye...

[Kairon]

The title theme is the only thing orchestrated maybe?

Oh, and in my opinion, Halo is a 9.3.

~Carmine M. Red
Kairon@aol.com

[ReverendNoahWhateley]

I think a lot of people are being sensitive about oddball Zelda critiques because a lot of the Wii's future rides on how well Twilight Princess is received.  If a bunch of prospective buyers hear that the bestest launch Wii game isn't so great, it might scare them away from the system entirely, and then Nintendo fans like me run the risk of not seeing another Nintendo console.  Yeah, it's THAT dramatic.  

Granted, I doubt that Joe Consumer puts much stock in internet game reviews, but hyper-critical reviews that obsess on something like voice acting (Miyamoto has only stated a thousand times that he doesn't want any voice acting in a Zelda game) could potentially rob from the game's positive buzz.  Another irritant is seeing a Zelda game being ranked lower than what is essentially a polished rank-and-file FPS.  

[Dasmos]

clearly zelda GC is a perfect 10 game.

[GoldenPhoenix]

Quote
Originally posted by: Dasmos
clearly zelda GC is a perfect 10 game.

That may be true, but really I'm of the opinion that a great game should get amazing scores no matter what system is on. But I guess that is mainly because I don't see the graphics as a huge determinate in what a game should get ratings wise.