zelda: skyward sword

Poision Envy

2011-11-16 02:13:29 pm

Club 27 Goals

sounds like a NG+ or something. Start it up, see what happens, adventure ho!

kesvalk

2011-11-16 02:20:41 pm

Indie Lover

first i will try to fix my biologic clock, it's been a while since a game make me do that, just play one single game without stopping, i think the last one was Kingdom hearts 2...

all in all i think my score remains a 10, it's a zelda game that i like, i hate most of the zelda games and this one was like crack, i couldn't stop playing the damn thing, it was minish cap all over again...

ryu

2011-11-16 05:06:11 pm

let's see, i played for about 3 hours now.

Skyloft isn't very memorable so far, and it's a bit big. The Kokiri Village, Clock Town and Portmonee (or what it was called) were all far better than this.
The cutscenes are a bit much in the beginning, but the character interaction is awesome and fun. They did a good job there.
Sword fighting is fun and the controls work well enough. the game's pretty tight with where you can go up walls and where not. already found a spot where link should have been able to go through but lolinviswall. i think this sucks, because i think this is were all previous 3d zeldas shined (maybe except for tp, dunno about that anymore). it's really great to be able to hang onto evbery single cliff you can find in the game.

anyways i saved in the sealed grounds temple right at the statue in the big hall. is it correct that i'm getting the slingshot only later on? i want to get the bug-net as soon as possible and it seems i need to have the sling-shot to buy that.

i also love how much effort they put into the instruction manuel. it's more than 100 pages big!

12 languages a 8 pages. what the hell?

let's see, i played for about 3 hours now.

[hidden]Skyloft isn't very memorable so far, and it's a bit big. The Kokiri Village, Clock Town and Portmonee (or what it was called) were all far better than this.
The cutscenes are a bit much in the beginning, but the character interaction is awesome and fun. They did a good job there.
Sword fighting is fun and the controls work well enough. the game's pretty tight with where you can go up walls and where not. already found a spot where link should have been able to go through but lolinviswall. i think this sucks, because i think this is were all previous 3d zeldas shined (maybe except for tp, dunno about that anymore). it's really great to be able to hang onto evbery single cliff you can find in the game.

anyways i saved in the sealed grounds temple right at the statue in the big hall. is it correct that i'm getting the slingshot only later on? i want to get the bug-net as soon as possible and it seems i need to have the sling-shot to buy that.[/hidden]

i also love how much effort they put into the instruction manuel. it's more than 100 pages big!

12 languages a 8 pages. what the hell?

kesvalk

2011-11-16 05:49:18 pm

Indie Lover

you get the sling shot after saving the kikwi fellas...

also about skyloft, the thing is ridden with sidequests and have at least one secret area (that you unlock doing one of the sidequests. lots of items are all only obtainble by doing these sidequests, like the hilyan shield, pots and half the heart pieces. so you will have lots of things to do in it, and by the middle of the game you will prolly be more attached to it

UchihaSasuke

2011-11-17 01:20:58 am

my umbrella goes directly to Bankai

i don't know about anyone else but i feel the game is better than TP and TWW already. the only area where TP competes equally is dungeons since TP sucked outside that and TWW's flaws like too much sailing and lack of dungeons knock it down.
it can't match OoT and MM however. those games have something special that has been missing from zelda games ever since then (and it isn't sequence breaks)

i'm about to reach the 6th dungeon. the tear collecting is better than how it was in TP and flying (which is being compared to sailing in some places) feels much better since it is more dynamic and you get to your destination quickly (unlike TWW where crossing just 3 quadrants felt overlong)
the 5th dungeon (the boat) was something quite new for 3D zeldas.
also, anyone feeling flashbacks to the GB zeldas after certain puzzles and mechanics? i don't know why but this game makes me recall LA and Oracles stuff more than stuff from previous 3D Zeldas (outside the obvious similarities with TP)

i don't know about anyone else but i feel the game is better than TP and TWW already. the only area where TP competes equally is dungeons since TP sucked outside that and TWW's flaws like too much sailing and lack of dungeons knock it down.
it can't match OoT and MM however. those games have something special that has been missing from zelda games ever since then (and it isn't sequence breaks)

[hidden]i'm about to reach the 6th dungeon. the tear collecting is better than how it was in TP and flying (which is being compared to sailing in some places) feels much better since it is more dynamic and you get to your destination quickly (unlike TWW where crossing just 3 quadrants felt overlong)
the 5th dungeon (the boat) was something quite new for 3D zeldas.
also, anyone feeling flashbacks to the GB zeldas after certain puzzles and mechanics? i don't know why but this game makes me recall LA and Oracles stuff more than stuff from previous 3D Zeldas (outside the obvious similarities with TP)[/hidden]

kesvalk

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kesvalk: 2011-11-17 05:44:51 am

2011-11-17 05:36:12 am

Indie Lover

this game is a console minish cap, perhaps this is why i like it so much

heck, this is the first zelda i am thinking about playing it again, i love this game!

Quietus

2011-11-17 07:00:27 am

Super Secret Area - Dead Ahead!

* Quietus wishes the day away. Pray

ryu

2011-11-17 07:10:23 am

WHY IS THERE NO MINIMAP

WHAT'S WITH THE LIMITED INVENTORY THIS IS NOT SILENT HILL 4

forgot to rant about this shit yesterday

kesvalk

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kesvalk: 2011-11-17 07:28:42 am

2011-11-17 07:28:33 am

Indie Lover

i don't really think you need a minimap... everything is pretty straightforward...

kesvalk

2011-11-17 07:31:40 am

Indie Lover

started the hero mode, this is what is different until now:

- everything does double damage, that means that everything does at least 2 hearts damage
- your skyward strike starts already full power (as powerful as the master sword skyward strike)

ryu

2011-11-17 01:10:35 pm

so am i getting it right that there's no natural day/night cycle in this game and that there's just the sleep until night thing?

ryu

2011-11-17 02:23:00 pm

OH GOD I CAUGHT A BEE (in 3d). best moment of my life

kesvalk

2011-11-17 03:01:45 pm

Indie Lover

yeah, there is no day/night cycle like that, it's more like monster hunter...

also, on hero mode heart flowers/pickups don't appear, but bosses seems to be the same as the normal mode ones...

and i don't understand your fascination with bug catching.

ryu

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ryu: 2011-11-17 05:39:00 pm

2011-11-17 03:36:08 pm

Quote from kesvalk:

and i don't understand your fascination with bug catching.

well it's the first time you could do this since alttp. feels nostalgic.

just beat the stalfos without even having had a shield with me. that fight was awesome.

ryu

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ryu: 2011-11-18 07:29:11 am

ryu: 2011-11-18 07:29:03 am

2011-11-18 06:39:15 am

is there some trick to getting monster claws? the drop chance can't possibly this low that i'm not getting any after dozens of guay kills

tomatobob

2011-11-18 07:31:20 am

One shall stand, one shall ball.

Nintendo HATES completionists. The drop rate can absolutely be that low.

ryu

2011-11-18 08:19:50 am

i just want to upgrade my shield!

kesvalk

2011-11-18 11:13:41 am

Indie Lover

they drop from kese.

ryu

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ryu: 2011-11-18 11:23:37 am

2011-11-18 11:23:20 am

yeah just noticed by chance when i wa

going through the first cave on skyloft again and beat some of those things. btw when can i get that chest on a cliff in there?

just beat the second dungeon und i'm 16 hours in. i hope the game keeps this pacing up

kesvalk

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kesvalk: 2011-11-18 11:33:42 am

2011-11-18 11:31:30 am

Indie Lover

after you pass the corridor below the chest, you will get to a ramp, on the end of the ramp there is opening where you can jump to the cliff

BTW did you faceplanted any of your drops already?

ryu

2011-11-18 11:38:01 am

thanks, i'll make sure to check that place out when i play again tonight.

what's faceplanting?

kesvalk

2011-11-18 11:50:45 am

Indie Lover

hitting any island without using the sailcloth, link just faceplant the ground...

ryu

2011-11-18 12:00:59 pm

ah, yeah. did that already, looks funny.

Poision Envy

2011-11-18 12:02:16 pm

Club 27 Goals

After we move I'll probably set up the wii again and give this a shot if no other game is occupying my time.

About how many hours is this Zelda? just going through normally, not 100%ing or whatever.

ryu

2011-11-18 12:03:17 pm

seems to be as long as any other console zelda