Current Events > Is Twilight Princess bad?

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It was my first Zelda game and completely turned me off the series.

I couldn't get by the first few of hours as it was just so god damn slow. The wii controls gave me little enjoyment as well.

Was the game a bit of an outlier or can I expect more of the same sans the motion controls from other games in the series?
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TP has a really slow start, but it's worth it
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well, you played the Wii version.

Gamecube version played better.

Other than that it wasn't a great game but it was good.
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Okay game, terrible Zelda game.
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I liked it. It sounds like you didn't even make it to the real beginning of the game
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It was my first 3D Zelda. Loved it as a kid. After beating it eventually, it's not that great. The Vessel of Light sections suck, being a wolf in general sucks, the game is way too easy, tries a bit too hard to be edgy (although I never found it to be as much as a turn off as others say), slowest start to a game ever, and the final boss Ganondorf is way too easy.

It's a decent game but definitely not my favorite.
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Solid game, but as you said the opening is disgustingly slow. It just takes so fucking long to actually get going.
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For the life of me I can't understand why it didn't allow a traditional control scheme.
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It was my first Zelda game too'n I couldn't stand it. There're better games in the series but none'a those grabbed me either. Series just ain't for me

From what I remember (played it on the Wii way back when it came out) it felt too linear to me. But it's been so long maybe I remember wrong
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Tossup between TP and MM for my favorite 3D Zelda

TP is probably the most fully realized game in the series IMO
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TP was fine.

skyward sword on the other hand. yikes.
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TY for some confirmation. I think I'll give botw a shot once it gets a nice price drop.
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It was alright. The only problem I have with it is being way too generous with how much damage enemies deal. Way too easy.

Old NoiseTank posted...

TP was fine.

skyward sword on the other hand. yikes.

never understood the hate for skyward sword. is it the forced motion controls?
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It was also the first one I played, but what turned me off was the motion controls during the part where you fly the Twilit Kargaroc. That was unbearable. I returned to the game again years later and loved it. I found that even though the flying part was still awful, I could do it. And the controls outside of that were fine.
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It's disappointing, though not on the level of BotW.
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monkmith posted...

never understood the hate for skyward sword. is it the forced motion controls?

The story is meh, the game is painfully linear, and the controls never make you get beyond the feeling that you're playing a glorified tech demo for Wii Motion Plus
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monkmith posted...

Old NoiseTank posted...

TP was fine.

skyward sword on the other hand. yikes.

never understood the hate for skyward sword. is it the forced motion controls?

Its the extreme level of hand holding, the boring gameplay, the recycling of boss fights, the uninspired areas that you backtrack to 50 million times and the ugly artstyle
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monkmith posted...

Old NoiseTank posted...

TP was fine.

skyward sword on the other hand. yikes.

never understood the hate for skyward sword. is it the forced motion controls?

Pacing especially at the start of the game, the sky is bland and empty, exploration is mediocre/game is very linear, suffers from being padded out especially in the last third of the game, Fi.

And this is coming from someone that overall liked SS.
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monkmith posted...

Old NoiseTank posted...

TP was fine.

skyward sword on the other hand. yikes.

never understood the hate for skyward sword. is it the forced motion controls?

I didn't think the motion controls were bad, they actually handled well for the most part, problem is the combat gets annoying because they tried to make it almost puzzle based with defenses and they put too much emphasis on the sword with it too.

The way the world is handled is bad, there's a lot of unfun backtracking and it puts a damper on some of the great things about the game (Groose)

I did really enjoy TP though.
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DippinSauce posted...

TY for some confirmation. I think I'll give botw a shot once it gets a nice price drop.

Lol you'll be waiting forever. Nah but seriously, it's been 45 randomly. Only black Friday price I've seen is 50.
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I've always hated Twilight Princess but after playing Skyward Sword and Breath of the Wild I have a new appreciation for it
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Makeveli_lives posted...

Lol you'll be waiting forever. Nah but seriously, it's been 45 randomly. Only black Friday price I've seen is 50.

I'm getting a switch for smash alone tbh. I figure by the time I get bored of it botw will be much cheaper.
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DippinSauce posted...

Makeveli_lives posted...

Lol you'll be waiting forever. Nah but seriously, it's been 45 randomly. Only black Friday price I've seen is 50.

I'm getting a switch for smash alone tbh. I figure by the time I get bored of it botw will be much cheaper.

I dunno, I doubt it will go down much in price officially. But used it will be relatively cheap
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monkmith posted...

Old NoiseTank posted...

TP was fine.

skyward sword on the other hand. yikes.

never understood the hate for skyward sword. is it the forced motion controls?

a lot of reasons:
-awful hand holding in the beginning
-its the boring art style and characters
-forgettable soundtrack
-lackluster story
-motion controls and having to recalibrate the wiimote so much
-extremely linear
-the reuse of the lands you visit
-literally fighting the already lame The Imprisoned 3 times. a boss fight where you do the same damn thing every time (attack its toes!)
-Ghirahim/Demise overall being a boring antagonist. final battle not entertaining at all
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