Got my copy on Friday from Amazon-- interestingly the local stores I checked (Walmarts mostly) did not have it. I am four hours in.
The game is beautiful, the music is top notch and the script is very well done. This is a game done by someone who (like me) thinks that the Wind Waker is one of the greatest games ever made. And it is a tribute, not a rip-off. The graphics are fantastic, and the atmosphere is great. The NPCs are well done and Zelda-like. It seems like it was easily worth $40.
Now for the downside-- the controls are not great. Not at all. There is no consistency and no forgiveness to them. I just bought a move in the dojo-- the four swipe reflector technique. I listened to the dojo teacher, I read the scroll. I made the move as instructed-- it did not register. Eventually it does register, with the SAME movements. I'd say it registers about 3 times in 10, with identical movements.
Same goes for fighting. Although I have gotten better at it, the horizontal brush slash is incredibly inconsistent. About half the time a horizontal slice coats the enemy in black ink, and does not register as a slash. For no reason that I can tell. I lost to the first drumming enemy about 10 times because of this.
Although I think this is a AAA title, it is not a AAA Nintendo quality title, due to the control issues and the non-disguised loading times.
If anyone has tips for control, let me know. I am old, and far from a 1337 gamer. It is entirely possible that my inherent lameness at games is handicapping me. Thanks and I'd like to hear what this forum thinks of the game.
The game is beautiful, the music is top notch and the script is very well done. This is a game done by someone who (like me) thinks that the Wind Waker is one of the greatest games ever made. And it is a tribute, not a rip-off. The graphics are fantastic, and the atmosphere is great. The NPCs are well done and Zelda-like. It seems like it was easily worth $40.
Now for the downside-- the controls are not great. Not at all. There is no consistency and no forgiveness to them. I just bought a move in the dojo-- the four swipe reflector technique. I listened to the dojo teacher, I read the scroll. I made the move as instructed-- it did not register. Eventually it does register, with the SAME movements. I'd say it registers about 3 times in 10, with identical movements.
Same goes for fighting. Although I have gotten better at it, the horizontal brush slash is incredibly inconsistent. About half the time a horizontal slice coats the enemy in black ink, and does not register as a slash. For no reason that I can tell. I lost to the first drumming enemy about 10 times because of this.
Although I think this is a AAA title, it is not a AAA Nintendo quality title, due to the control issues and the non-disguised loading times.
If anyone has tips for control, let me know. I am old, and far from a 1337 gamer. It is entirely possible that my inherent lameness at games is handicapping me. Thanks and I'd like to hear what this forum thinks of the game.