initial impressions - WITH NO SPOILERS!
The control system is wonderful. It suits my lazy ass. I can just recline
back with my hands at each side of me and enjoy the game.
There is nothing too exagerated. Swing weapons - easy, a little shake
here a little shake there. The onscreen cursor/target system
works wonderfully well too and im sat about 3 feet from my tv.
The gameplay is VERY MUCH OOC. Everything about it in fact screams
OOC to me, but improved. The story is gripping and interesting.
It just wants you to play more and more, and doesn't feel a chore.
The puzzles are typical Zelda, some a real brain benders and
then when you finally sus it you wonder why it took so long!
However.....at the risk of being slightly controversial.....the graphics.
This looks like a Gamecube Game - no matter how you look at it.
I am playing on a Samsung 26" HD LCD and at the moment I don't
have the composite cable (roll on next Friday please!) so I am on
the AV inputs. The graphics are slightly muddy and are not that hi res.
It is not as sharp as Wii Sports. I can't put my finger on it but you can
tell this is a GC Port. The textures are pretty flat and again slightly
blurred. The characters themselves are out of this world, Link and Epona
move ever so smoothly and the general artistic flair in the game is
nothing short of spectacular. Typical Nintendo in fact.
Again at the risk of being controversial, I much prefer this graphical
style to Wind Waker. So it works for me. And if I'm being perfectly
honest, after 10 mins you are so immersed in the game the graphics
have become irrelevant. Also I am looking forward to getting the
comp cable as I appreciate it makes a massive difference to the look
of the game.
In short though, this Zelda does come over as a real masterpiece!
I really am blown away by it from what I have seen so far,
and I challenge any person who classes themselves as a games player
not to be sucked in by it.
Oh and while im here - GeeZa you are a top person - Thankyou
