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Yep. I been playin' some SKYWARD SWORD.

I'll admit, the franchise is showin' those "gray hairs" in some respects. The first half hour or so had me constantly muttering "Yeah I get it" at the screen, since I had to, again, learn how to throw cats and move crates. But, of course, this is Zelda and we gotta' make concessions for the kiddies. Still, the brain-draining slog of the opening act was made up for by near-perfect emotional resonance between Link (see: the player) and Zelda herself, who, believe it or not, is RELEVANT TO THE GAME. WHAT A CONCEPT.

What I like, perhaps most, is that Link isn't the center of everything. It's all about Zelda. She's on her own journey, and Link is scrambling to catch up with her. Nice way to mix things up! The motion controls are pretty intriguing too - one definitely gets the full experience when standing and swinging the Wiimote, and when you defeat a boss, you feel, wait for it...LIKE A BAWS :D

Anywho, I'm pretty well along at my...4th dungeon? Hm. Anyway, still juggling this, ARKHAM CITY and PSYCHONAUTS.

ARKHAM CITY is a pretty interesting experience. I never played through ARKHAM ASYLUM, but I've seen most of it, and AC seems to take for granted that you've played the previous game, because this user interface takes some SERIOUS getting used to. The layout of the levels are also confusing as hell, it becomes a chore to actually be able to tell when you're supposed to go, thanks to all that dark-black-gray-black-EVERYTHING. Combat's a might repetitive, but I definitely find myself saying "I'M BATMAN" every time I do something cool. Because it's Batman. Good voice acting and overall presentation, though the writing's a little sloppy. Bruce sure does like saying "You won't get away with this" and "what do you want?"

Perhaps the game's biggest letdown, aside from the terrible marketing and WB actively punishing their customers for not buying "new," is that side missions will become permanently impossible to complete after certain story events, thus rendering them moot and an exercise in frustration.

Backing up a bit, I want PSYCHONAUTS' babies. A cult classic that I never got around to playing until just now. Really fun and unique and original. Could have used some fine-tuning for the controls, but overall a grand ol' time!
  • Listening to: A Couple of Cold Ones
  • Eating: LEFTOVERS. SO MANY.
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:iconwordmongerer:
~wordmongerer Dec 6, 2011  Professional Digital Artist
I'm really enjoying Skyward Sword at the moment, it *may* even end up becoming my favourite but we'll see how the story pans out!
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:iconjohnwarrior90:
My sister bought the game to. Though the cat that you throw looks like a raccoon. I don't know, I'm just saying.
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:iconrandomizer9:
Funny, I have to stand up when playing Skyward Sword also, just got to the first dungeon and I'm having fun so far. Picked up Arkham Asylum on the cheap at Ye Olde Best Buy, figured I'd play it before Arkham City. Never got around to Psychonauts, though I have a promotional deck of Psychonauts playing cards lying around somewheres.
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~CrazyGamerDragon64 Nov 29, 2011  Hobbyist General Artist
Yeah, I'm hating how games nowadays MUST be new in order to get all the good features, I preordered Arkham City and Assassins's Creed Revelations but have not yet picked them up because of not having the money to get them so I hope they do give me the bonus stuff that comes with the games. I keep hearing mixed reviews for Skyward Sword, would you recommend the game?
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:iconmagic-alverman:
Ah, Psychonauts... good times, good times :D
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Mood: Joy ~Stoormtroopa Nov 29, 2011  Hobbyist Traditional Artist
I hear you on the leftovers!
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~Rickraptor77 Nov 28, 2011  Student Digital Artist
Have fun in Hyrule Matt, real men are in Skyrim... :P
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~virago-stonewall Nov 28, 2011  Hobbyist Photographer
Skyward Sword makes me happy in a way that not many videogames can. I'm a swordsman m'self, and it's ludicrously satisfying to be able to *finally* use a videogame sword like a real sword.
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!mcreadyman Nov 28, 2011  Student General Artist
i cant get enough of the village music. soooooooo gooood
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~CrimzonLogic Nov 28, 2011  Student General Artist
I went into skyward sword expecting the first 45 minutes to be "setting the story" and giving control instructions. Actually, with the different control scheme with motion plus and everything, I guess I really needed those little tutorials. So that was a plus for me. So far, I'm having a lot of fun with it. I was dreading going to the fiery lava area, because I hated them in past Zeldas. But somehow I love this place, especially the music. I love the Mogma, too.
I see no gray hairs. Link seems to be in his prime if you ask me. :)
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