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KillerGremlin · 11-28-2007, 01:38 PM

...too...much...sailing...

lol, but whatever floats your boat (no pun intended)

I enjoyed Wind Waker, but it didn't absorb me or entice me like Ocarina did. In fact I felt that Majora's Mask was the best possible sequel to Ocarina of Time because instead of remaking Ocarina they went with a completely different story and world and style of gameplay. I thought that Wind Waker was a great game, it had great artwork, great game mechanics, and it was polished. At the same time I thought it was kind of easy and that there was too much collecting. And it did have a lot of parallels to Ocarina. I maintain that Wind Waker was a great game, but if I rated it I would give it a score somewhere between a 7 and an 8.

I had to sit through film hell in my English class, and I read Rick Altman's Film/Genre. He goes into a lot of depth about how critic review works and how there is a constantly changing element because no review is able to avoid time.

Hypothetically, someone 10 years from now might find Wind Waker more refined and thus a better game than Ocarina if they didn't play Ocarina first or if they never read any game reviews. Unfortunately for me I did get to play Ocarina when it came out, and it basically redefined my gaming life at that point. Just like Half-Life did for me on the computer with the FPS genre.

I guess I'm just being a bastard. Fixing the rating system would require some sort of major overhaul that would most likely be a big problem. The internet does provide some honest feedback and a good outlet to vent. I think people just need to take all 11/10 or 9.4/10 reviews with a grain of salt.

I'm just bored, and when I am bored I complain.

11-28-2007, 01:38 PM	#15
KillerGremlin No Pants KillerGremlin is offline Location: Friggin In The Riggin Now Playing: my ding-a-ling Posts: 4,566	Re: Hilarious Zelda Review ...too...much...sailing... lol, but whatever floats your boat (no pun intended) I enjoyed Wind Waker, but it didn't absorb me or entice me like Ocarina did. In fact I felt that Majora's Mask was the best possible sequel to Ocarina of Time because instead of remaking Ocarina they went with a completely different story and world and style of gameplay. I thought that Wind Waker was a great game, it had great artwork, great game mechanics, and it was polished. At the same time I thought it was kind of easy and that there was too much collecting. And it did have a lot of parallels to Ocarina. I maintain that Wind Waker was a great game, but if I rated it I would give it a score somewhere between a 7 and an 8. I had to sit through film hell in my English class, and I read Rick Altman's Film/Genre. He goes into a lot of depth about how critic review works and how there is a constantly changing element because no review is able to avoid time. Hypothetically, someone 10 years from now might find Wind Waker more refined and thus a better game than Ocarina if they didn't play Ocarina first or if they never read any game reviews. Unfortunately for me I did get to play Ocarina when it came out, and it basically redefined my gaming life at that point. Just like Half-Life did for me on the computer with the FPS genre. I guess I'm just being a bastard. Fixing the rating system would require some sort of major overhaul that would most likely be a big problem. The internet does provide some honest feedback and a good outlet to vent. I think people just need to take all 11/10 or 9.4/10 reviews with a grain of salt. I'm just bored, and when I am bored I complain.