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Author: Suskie
Posted: May 31, 2010 (01:58 AM) Actions: Register for a free user account to post on the forums... |
Developed by people who understand what made those classics tick, 3D Dot Games Heroes is both an homage to its predecessors and a journey down the road not taken when Miyamoto and crew explored three-dimensional territory with The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time. That title did many things well and earned itself a gold star in the gaming annals, but it made some changes that moved its franchise away from some of its core values and started it down what I would call "the wrong road."
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Author: LowerStreetBlues
Posted: May 31, 2010 (08:36 AM) Actions: Register for a free user account to post on the forums... |
What's bad is how vague but sure to rile OoT fans it is: "some changes" to "core values" started it down the "wrong road?" Something concrete might actually identify an audience, but only people with a grudge will nod along with that sort of unidentifiable griping.
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Author: honestgamer
Posted: May 31, 2010 (10:04 AM) Actions: Register for a free user account to post on the forums... |
The griping isn't unidentifiable, LowerStreetBlues, because it's identified within the review (a few paragraphs down). Hyrule Field was, is and always will be a massive stain on Ocarina of Time, which is otherwise virtually spotless (with the possible exception of Navi, at whom 3D Dot Game Heroes also makes a well-placed jab). In a single swipe, Ocarina of Time hacked away nearly half of what made Zelda great: an overworld that actually was a pleasure to explore. Only the combination of a host of new elements helped the series to recover from that blow, but it definitely marked the obvious start of a shift for the worse (one that explains a lot of the vague complaints that people voice about newer Zelda titles without really saying specifically what they're complaining about). I could have gone into that in even more depth than I did in the body of the review, but I was already over my desired word count as it was.
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Author: Suskie
Posted: May 31, 2010 (10:34 AM) Actions: Register for a free user account to post on the forums... |
DEAD.
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Author: LowerStreetBlues
Posted: May 31, 2010 (01:37 PM) Actions: Register for a free user account to post on the forums... |
Dude, I read your review before I commented. No need to explain it to me.
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Author: honestgamer
Posted: May 31, 2010 (03:23 PM) Actions: Register for a free user account to post on the forums... |
Just in case you hadn't realized as much (though I think you have), I didn't decide on a whim to include the Ocarina of Time comparisions, and I didn't include them to incite anger or to chase people away from the review. I included the reference because the most important thing for me with the review was to communicate that:
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Author: Suskie
Posted: May 31, 2010 (10:59 PM) Actions: Register for a free user account to post on the forums... |
If it's any consolation, Jason, I was only kidding.
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Author: zippdementia
Posted: June 01, 2010 (01:56 PM) Actions: Register for a free user account to post on the forums... |
ROTW is happening! I'm doing it today. I'm just putting the finishing touches on the term paper and then I'm doing it.
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