#i'd respect it if defenders actually took the stance 'i think the gameplay is great actually and everyone's wrong about this' | Explore Tumblr Posts and Blogs

queernobi · 9 months

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There's always this thing among fans of longstanding video game franchises like the Legend of Zelda where people have to insist that the older title people didn't like was actually quite good, and it's been really funny to see people try to do this with Skyward Sword despite it aging like milk.

Any video you see trying to do a serious retrospective has to be like, "Yeah, the controls were bad, and the bosses were a bit repetitive, and most of the dungeons weren't that interesting, and the story was poorly paced, but it's really a good game!" like please. Please stop trying to force this.

#loz #skyward sword #legend of zelda #zelda #i actually don't even really dislike the game #i've barely played it because i kinda got bored with it right away #but i actually do respect what it was trying to go for #even though the OoT style of gameplay had gotten old like 5 years before its release #and the whole 'zelda timeline' shit the devs were forced to work with held it down quite a lot #it's just really funny how so many people defending the game end up just conceding that a lot of aspects of it were unforgivably bad #there's an alternate reality where skyward sword didn't have to abide by timeline bullshit or janky controls #where it could've just been a fun wii-era zelda game with an interesting and unique premise #i'd respect it if defenders actually took the stance 'i think the gameplay is great actually and everyone's wrong about this'#but i've only seen one or two videos taking that position #most others insist that all the glaring issues most people had with the game are actually just minor hindrances #and it's like nah man that's just the whole game

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