Current Events > Me replaying 1st half of Skyward Sword: 'This game is good. Why did I hate it?'

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Me getting to the 2nd half of Skyward Sword HD where it's nothing but backtracking:

"Oh, now I remember >_>"

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Oh, you.

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I'm literally back in the 1st dungeon again looking for some key in a random hole somewhere. What the fuck.

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Everyone always hates on Skyward Sword but I enjoyed that game. But the backtracking and repeat bosses were easily the worst and uninspired parts of the game. Fix those and the constant Fi and itd be a pretty great game

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TC spittin' hard facts

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NeonOctopus posted...

I'm literally back in the 1st dungeon again looking for some key in a random hole somewhere. What the fuck.

I only got to the Sand place when ot originally came out. Is it possible I had 50 or 80 there? Cause that's how I remember it. I thought it was 80. But that seems excessive now.


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Xerun posted...

Everyone always hates on Skyward Sword but I enjoyed that game. But the backtracking and repeat bosses were easily the worst and uninspired parts of the game. Fix those and the constant Fi and itd be a pretty great game

HD does make Fi talk a lot less. Most of her conversations are optional now

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Lost_All_Senses posted...

I only got to the Sand place when ot originally came out. Is it possible I had 50 or 80 there? Cause that's how I remember it. I thought it was 80. But that seems excessive now.

50 or 80 what? Percent? You're probably like 30-40% through the game around there >_>

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NeonOctopus posted...

50 or 80 what? Percent? You're probably like 30-40% through the game around there >_>

Oops, my bad. I meant hours. How many hours you got? I think I messed around a lot.

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I'm like 15 hours in and I got to the water dragon in Faron Woods

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It's been ages since I played SS but I recall the fucking Tadnotes and having to fight off The Imprisoned at least a half-dozen times to be the worst parts of the game.

Backtracking isn't really a deal-breaker for me. Adventure games are all about exploration and finding new stuff in old locales.

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NeonOctopus posted...

HD does make Fi talk a lot less. Most of her conversations are optional now

Ill have to check it out in a lets play or something. I dont think Ill be able to get a switch for a long time.

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I may get the game if it goes on sale again to finally beat it since there's proper controller options this time.
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The second visits aren't too bad imo, especially since at least two of the areas bring you to completely new locations in them and the best dungeons are at this point. That said, the new areas probably should have been better distinguished from the older areas.

The third visits are where it becomes just blatant superfluous padding that should have been dropped.

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I'm still holding out on a TWWHD re-release tbh.

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Neon you noticed how much the google home page game is like those cartoon network browser games lol?

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Xerun posted...

Everyone always hates on Skyward Sword but I enjoyed that game. But the backtracking and repeat bosses were easily the worst and uninspired parts of the game. Fix those and the constant Fi and itd be a pretty great game

Fi is fixed. They would never fix the back tracking lol

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It did the opposite for me. I disliked the first third, then the game started to grow in quality.
Backtracking is not something that bothered me at all. It was not that prevalent, and i even think it is a great part of the pacing in any adventure game.
That item you need to to collect in first dungeon is a very short passage, and it was teased the first time you visited the dungeon. Returning in this temple was anticipated. It is not something to fix. The game is enough linear like that.

The silent realms were the best part

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toadfan64 posted...

I may get the game if it goes on sale again to finally beat it since there's proper controller options this time.

Using a controller to play this game sucks tbh. Nintendo needs to patch in an option to invert the attacks via the right stick or something, it's completely unintuitive as is.

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bump

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i liked SS for its plot, world building, and motion combat; and in general i thought fi was no worse then navi or the bitch fairy from MM. but its impossible to ignore the disconnected world and the constantly reused levels.

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Skyward sword HD ftw

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*Me replaying 1st half of Skyward Sword*

"'This game is good. Why did I wait so long to replay it?"

*Me getting to the 2nd half, which is basically the 1st half, except now it's one big escort mission and you're being chased by an invincible enemy*

"Oh, now I remember" >_>

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Seriously tho for a good 5-7 hours I was literally thinking "This is great! Were we all wrong about the game being bad?"

Then it immediately went to "No, we were right...." lol

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I feel like revisiting areas in the game wouldn't be as much of an issue, if the volcano and forest areas were as interesting as the desert. I feel like the desert did a good job of justifying a return there and expanding upon the already interesting time shift puzzles, with the Sand Ship (one of the best dungeons).

jstewart01 posted...

I feel like revisiting areas in the game wouldn't be as much of an issue, if the volcano and forest areas were as interesting as the desert. I feel like the desert did a good job of justifying a return there and expanding upon the already time shift puzzles, with the Sand Ship (one of the best dungeons).

Yeah, I can agree there. Eldin didn't really offer anything particularly new and Faron had a lake + some swimming and that's it. I was kinda amazed at the Sand Sea area and how they were able to do it.

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Actually when it comes to backtracking, I don't think it can get worse than Temple of the Ocean King in PH

Even with shortcuts and new abilities it's a chore

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Nothing like going up Eldin Volcano AGAIN. Wooooooo

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The only fun part of SS was the desert.

TheDurinator posted...

The only fun part of SS was the desert.

What about the final boss?

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And now I'm climbing up Eldin Volcano a 3rd time but with no weapons and equipment
Woooo

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And this is after I had to go swim for fucking tadpoles for 20 minutes in Faron Woods.

At least the desert is a new area everytime you go through it >_>

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Yep. After the third dungeon it becomes very annoying. I remember everything that I felt last time and it's happening again.

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