Zero Punctuation: Zelda Phantom Hourglass
- Thread starter Yahtzee Croshaw
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Despite the fact that I loved Phantom Hourglass, I still enjoyed this review quite a bit. I actually enjoyed the temple that you go back to again and again because it's essentially a new dungeon each time. I think the timer was well implemented and it's one of the few things in Zelda that requires you to think before you act. At one point, I actually ran out of time in the temple, trying to go further than I needed to go, trying to manage the remaining life I had, as well as finding ways to gain more time created some tension I haven't felt in a Zelda game for a long time.
I like the review but I think the arguement of Nintendo not trying anything different is fairly stupid. Considering all the new ips the have created over the last few years I dont know how you say they arnt trying create fresh games. Animal Crossing, Pikmin, Geist, Disaster, Praject Hammer, Custom Robo, Battallion Wars, just to name a few.
No politics this week?
But we can't possibly appreciate the minutiae and subtleties of the game without properly understanding the socio-political context in which it was created.
I'm going to start a 28 page flame-fest right now demanding that the controversial political content be put back in.
Who's with me?
But we can't possibly appreciate the minutiae and subtleties of the game without properly understanding the socio-political context in which it was created.
I'm going to start a 28 page flame-fest right now demanding that the controversial political content be put back in.
Who's with me?
"... but this isn't a review: this is simply hateful bashing."
Cry mich ein river? : P
Watch the first five seconds of the bioshock review. Your answer is there.
That being said, I didn't find this too funny. I guess that's because I've avoided Zelda games since Zelda 2 : )
Cry mich ein river? : P
Watch the first five seconds of the bioshock review. Your answer is there.
That being said, I didn't find this too funny. I guess that's because I've avoided Zelda games since Zelda 2 : )
What? He gave plenty of reasons for why he didn't like the game, thus it was a review and not 'simply hateful bashing'.CK20XX said:
Well, if your looking for a Nintendo Zelda-esq game that shakes up the formula, there's the import-only from jp/eu, [a href=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freshly-Picked_Tingle%27s_Rosy_Rupeeland]Freshly-Picked Tingle's Rosy Rupeeland[/a], staring everyone's favorite Burger-King-creepiness-level faux fairy, Tingle. Apparently, unlike the US, he's huge enough in Japan to warrent his own game...
Sounds like what happened to DragonBall Z to me.
Because 1) it wasn't advertised very well, now, was it? 2) Nintendo hasn't figured out what sort of song selection is going to attract masses of folks to a music and rhythm game.
Seriously, though, I didn't know Elite Beat was out until my friends all had it. So I would say Nintendo's marketing is a lot of the reason that failed.
Firstly, aren't some of those third party? And second, a lot of those titles aren't advertised very well, such as the case with Elite Beat Agents. After all, Battalion Wars II didn't get any Preview channel. In fact, does it even have any commercials?
I decided this week I'd just keep my own opinions out of it and enjoy the latest Zero Punctuation for what it was, kind of like how I dropped all standards to enjoy Live Free or Die Hard. Unfortunately, I haven't played the game, and with a lot of his ranting I agree. Still, I think this is the best review he's done in a long time, and hopefully he'll keep it up.
Nintendo was involved in all of those games, and in some form and own them. The point is Nintendo is the one of the most creative of the top name publishers and developers.
In any case keep up the good work with the reviews.
In any case keep up the good work with the reviews.
Surprising lack of angry comments, considering what a Sacred Cow the Zelda series is on the internet. It's like actually having a negative opinion about a title in the series is like admitting you had an awful childhood with a sex-offending uncle, although in truth there's at least one game or another in the franchise we all like to ***** about behind everyone else's back.
That said, I'll probably borrow my friend's copy of Phantom Hourglass at some point (He likes spoon-feeding everyone else Zelda to show us how awesome the series is just to sound betrayed when the rest of us don't think it's the hottest shit in town afterwards) and I'll probably finish it, although like every Zelda game since LttP, I probably will stop bothering with item hunting basically around the time I actually get the items that let me do most of the hunting and just want the game to be done already. Especially since that goddamn ocean and boat nonsense is back.
That said, I'll probably borrow my friend's copy of Phantom Hourglass at some point (He likes spoon-feeding everyone else Zelda to show us how awesome the series is just to sound betrayed when the rest of us don't think it's the hottest shit in town afterwards) and I'll probably finish it, although like every Zelda game since LttP, I probably will stop bothering with item hunting basically around the time I actually get the items that let me do most of the hunting and just want the game to be done already. Especially since that goddamn ocean and boat nonsense is back.