GameSpot Legend of Zelda Skyward Sword Review

GameSpot writes: "The good elements do outweigh the bad in Skyward Sword, creating another engrossing experience in this venerable franchise. Strong visual design meshes the cartoony world of Wind Waker with the more realistic approach offered by Twilight Princess, and the riveting orchestral soundtrack brings back many classic tracks while offering a few tasty new ones. However, the formula is beginning to show its age. There just aren't enough new ideas to separate Skyward Sword from its predecessors, and the few additions come with mixed results. Even with many bright spots, Skyward Sword still feels like a nostalgic retread. Those yearning for something new will be disappointed, but anyone thirsty for another exciting adventure will find plenty to enjoy here."

[Mohdunknown]

Do you guys remember the shit storm that happened in 06 when GS gave Twilight Princess a 8.8??

Yeah prepare for another shit storm

[-Alpha]

LOL! But a lot of the Nintendo fans are gone from the Twilight days, so that commotion just isn't there. This is a real shocker score, considering how much praise its been getting.

McShea must want to die or something-- remember, PS3 fans already hate him for the inFamous 2 review. People were in a riot over that.

At least PS3 and Wii fans can unite in hatred?

http://www.gamespot.com/for...

[StanLee]

Yeah, they're going to burn Gamespot down.

[Winter47th]

I guess he played this game expecting to get an Advanced UAV after 8 kills. Wrong disk, bruh.

[Danteh]

HOLY SHIT

WTF is wrong with gamespot?? seriously, I trusted them before for reviews but after both Edge and IGN gave Zelda: SW a 10 I really, really, really doubt this review is correct

[blaaah]

GameSpot has no credibility left now. They are just fanboys looking for hits and they want every game to be like elder scrolls or fallout.... they should just close down before they embarrass themselves even moar.

Tom mcshea should be stabbed to death for this blasphemy not to mention chucked into a pit with molten lava.. I mean HOW COULD HE! Skyward Sword is getting perfect scores all across the globe but this one little man has the balls to take money from da competitorz!!?

Where r u lulzsec?!??? Hack their website and bring em boys dowwn!!!!

[Motorola]

^ They have no credibility according to who? You?

[Drake117]

Looks like People are finally judging Zelda on the same scale as every other game.

[-Alpha]

^Drake

What are you talking about? It's just one reviewer, the rest have been praising this game to high heavens

[Drake117]

ok then looks like SOME people are finally judging Zelda on the same scale as every other game.

[kramun]

'LOL! But a lot of the Nintendo fans are gone from the Twilight days'

Just wondering, how do you know this?

[Sillyace92]

@Drake

Yeah it seems that nintendo games get a free pass from review sites, but I've never played any games for the Wii so maybe they're right.

[Jobesy]

1000° article of insane rants in comment section incoming.

[GribbleGrunger]

80 million waggling controllers as we speak

[miyamoto]

then generation is really screwed up...

Two of the biggest things that matters now in video games are:

1.) Sales Figures
and
2.) Reviews

Whatever happened to the games themselves?
Much more the fun in playing them?

Or do games matter anymore?

I know games don't matter to corporate heads as much as net income does but if games don't matter to gamers anymore...what is becoming of this industry.

Now I remember why Nintendo-Sega-Sony kept the figures to themselves during the 8-bit, 16-bit, 32-bit, and 128-bit Japanese Era of gaming.

They knew this crap would happen!

Sad thing is these bloggers are making money out of this crap and we are feeding them.
This site's and western companies don't give spit about the truth, facts and responsible journalism they just want money.

End of rant.

[stragomccloud]

I like how you actually marked the end of the rant. Kudos and bubbles for you!

[Loadedklip]

If a game is great and you love it but it doesn't sell and/or got bad reviews ... you don't get a sequel to the game you love and instead that company decides to make another generic FPS that sells at lot more even though it sucks. Do you see why sales and possibly reviews matter?

Example ... I loved Viewtiful Joe 1 and 2 ... where is part 3???? Oh wait ... it didn't sell well so Capcom abandoned the series or could careless about the series.

In this case though ... it doesn't matter what gamespot gave Zelda ... Zelda still has a 93/94 on gamerankings/metacritic and will sell 5 million.

[Eamon]

Looks like Gamespot are upset they weren't sent a cheque with the review copy.

[ssb3173]

LOOL, but its amazing how many reviewers are corrupted with the bribery system nowadays

[Shnazzyone]

Scumbag Gamespot,

Rates Skyward sword 7.5 for being a rehashed and using too much from prior games.

Rates MW3 an 8.5.

[PSX99]

Not the same review guy.

[Anon1974]

These issues they speak about was what I was afraid of. I hate the Wii-Mote. In the two years I owned a Wii, I felt guilty as hell, because I've always been a huge Nintendo fan but I just couldn't stand the inaccuracy and the frustration I continually experienced using the Wii-mote. I'll never forget my wife's reaction to using it playing Zelda: TP. "I'm not going to have to point this stupid thing at the screen the entire time I'm playing, am I?"

Sadly, that was the case. Trouble moving the character, losing the pointer at the edges of the screen and fighting to relocate it - it was just a mess, and now I'm sitting out another Zelda game because Nintendo couldn't bother making the Wii-mote waggle controls optional.

Not that it seemed to hurt their sales any, but this is one longtime fan that is, reluctantly, sidelined from enjoying future titles until they get back to a real controller. Just my two cents.

[SilentNegotiator]

Who cares, really? Zelda games are ridiculously similar, and if one reviewer actually calls them out for it, then good for him. Meanwhile, the other thousands of journalists that need to keep big publishers happy to continue making money on ad revenue will have no such thing to mention, and a 9+ like the other 95% of their reviews.

And if all you want is another carbon copy Zelda adventure, then go ahead and go get your pitchforks and torches.

[coolbeans]

Todd Mcshea has some new enemies.

[Tewi-Inaba]

and suddenly gamespot traffic went to the room

[dotwithshoes]

What better way to get traffic to your site than to go the exact opposite of the rest of the crowd, even if by doing so you lose what ever integrity you had left.

[NewMonday]

it worked, I clicked, sorry but couldn't help it

[nikola987]

Meh, who even cares about gamespot...

[Hudahudahuda]

^Mad

[GupX19A]

Gamepot: all games should be like fallout or elders scroll

[Hudahudahuda]

^Also mad

[Theyellowflash30]

No thats actually True. It seems like McShea is just hating on Zelda cause HE personally doesn't like the game or doesn't feel it does things new enough. That doesn't mean its fact. There are many additions that Zelda fans can get excited about. Dashing, New Game Plus, Wii Motion Plus support, sections without your sword, ect. I know Im not going to let his review ruin my experience on Sunday. He doesn't really like these type of games. Like the guy said above he is more of a Fallout and Elders Scrolls guy which McShea has even said himself those are his favorite games. I think he wants Zelda to turn into Elder Scrolls and when it didn't he was disappointed. I for one like Zelda the way it is and there is enough new things to keep me happy with Skyward Sword. So Here is to Zelda being Zelda!

[Tachyon_Nova]

@ above - "It seems like McShea is just hating on Zelda cause HE personally doesn't like the game..."

Did you seriously just say that? If he doesnt like the game, would that not be a perfectly good reason to mark a game down?

[CoD511]

@Tachyon_Nova    
Not really. Reviews are meant to be as objective as possible.

[Disccordia]

The review is surely supposed to be this guys opinion

[masa2009]

Gamespot is stricter than most websites but generally doesn't give scores that are really against the grain.
It's quite a slap in the face coming from what is probably the most respected among the largest gaming websites.

The over reliance on fetch quests and item collecting seems to be a concern for many reviewers even those who like it.
I guess McShea decided he wasn't gonna give the franchise a pass for those problems solely based on its pedigree.

[Rage_S90]

Yeah people need to learn to read reviews first before going apesh*t. This was well written and he seemed to have valid complaint that you can clearly see in the video.

[smashcrashbash]

Wow.I didn't think any reviewer had the guts left to lower a Nintendo game's score because of the same repetition and tedium and the same strengths and weakness that plague every game that drove me away from them in the first place.Whether you are blighted for life, given death threats, attacked from all sides by fanboys or accused of bad reviewing, I have to bow to you for this review Gamespot.

[blaaah]

Wow. Just wow.

[despair]

it was actually a decent read and he did justify his score, as with everyone who says gameplay is everything, the gameplay is what suffers most according to this reviewer.

I have no idea if its good or bad as I haven't played the game but all I've seen so far from reviews and vids leads me to believe its just more of the same and I'm tired of the Zelda games formula, it was great when I was young and nostalgic a few years back but its like mario for me, its getting old and formulaic and nostalgia no longer has any hold on me.

[meganick]

Wow, I expected somewhere between an 8.5 and 9.5 with the slight possibility of a 10, but certainly not a 7.5. This reviewer seemed to have more troubles with the controls than most other reviewers. I'm hoping I don't have control issues when I play it.

[Tewi-Inaba]

criticizing a zelda game for being too much like a zelda game....that's brilliant...

in the mean time, gamespot can enjoy games such as
thatfirstpersonshooter: the battle from last game wasnt actually done 4, anotherwesternrpgWITHROMANCEOP TIONS: gay romances included 6 and how can we forget such new classics such as semiinovativemmothatwillbecome freetoplayafterawhile:totally not a copy of WoW, no seriously, original idea here, please do not steal 9

honestly nintendo ge with the program ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[Tachyon_Nova]

Happens to COD every year...

[LightofDarkness]

"anotherwesternrpgWITHROM ANCEOP TIONS: gay romances included 6"

I sense hate in this one...

[Tewi-Inaba]

just so happens I'm not a fan of the current bioware

not because of the gay thing, but the whole 'romance is 40% of our games now, isn't that great?' sh*t that they're trying to integrate into rpgs

[Optical_Matrix]

dat traffic baiting

[majiebeast]

Think somebody didnt get the nostalgia goggles that normally come with review copies of nintendo games.

[-Alpha]

That's a very lame excuse to blanket the high scores for Nintendo games. Sounds like jealousy to me.

Zelda's been getting 10/10's everywhere else, but of course you comment on the one low review score as if it's gospel

[Drake117]

Majis right on the money. If you actually read the review his score is easily justified. Most other sites that reviewed this game mention the same flaws(pretty big flaws)yet give Zelda a perfect score.

[-Alpha]

Nowhere did I say his score isn't justified, but this guy really doesn't like the 360 or Wii judging from his past comments, so it's no surprise that he pops out for a low score and acts as if this score is somehow more valid than the high scores.

He makes a generalization and excuse that the reason Nintendo games get high scores is because people have nostalgia as if it's impossible for their games to get great scores for actually being great games.

Not everybody values criticisms the same way, that's why you see GiantBomb giving a perfect score to Uncharted 3 while Eurogamer giving an 8/10 while complaining about similar criticisms. No game is perfect but that doesn't mean that they cannot receive 10/10 scores

[Brasi82]

His incompetence to grasp the gameplay/controls shows in his review. Every review I have read besides this one has said that the controls are spot on and are extremely reliable. It just shows that a game is only as good as its player. He must be one of those guys who don't aim in FPS games and instead says "Spraying randomly works just as well." Bad review in general from someone whom honestly doesn't seem like a 'gamer'.

[littlezizu]

Gamespot = Xbox 360 Fanboy website...U cant expect them to give good score for WII or PS3 exclusive... Seriously many other site are much better in their review like Gaintbomb, IGN... So dont worry abt this...

[meganick]

They give Wii games good scores all the time. In fact, they gave Super Mario Galaxy 2 a very rare 10.

[Deathdeliverer]

Damn the score! I've never missed a Zelda and im not going to start now. Collectors edition golden wii-mote can go with all my other gold versions of the series. It could get a -9.5 and my pre-order wouldn't budge. Thats how you know a series as long running as this one has never let ya down.

[Venoxn4g]

what is it, Spotgame? PMS?

[Hufandpuf]

Not a bad score. I'm sure the reviewer has his reasons. He's saying it too much like the old, but if you like that, then the game is a must buy.

[Mykky]

For one of the most iconic franchises of all time it is a bad score. This is the first Zelda score I have ever seen below 8/10.
I also mean that saying Zelda SS is too much like the old is a bit weird because this is what most want.
At least I want that feeling I get when playing Zelda games "fresh but still familiar".

I also wonder why they don't say this with COD as it releases every year and is the same as the others only that there is new places.

[Loadedklip]

Well it is still 93 0r 94 on gamerankings and metacritic so clearly most reviewers completely disagree with this gamespot review.

[burgerman]

This is terrible writing.

"Predictability crops up in the quest structure as well."

The quest structure is also predictable.

Fixed.

[Rynx]

^ FAIL!

There was nothing wrong with that sentence, all you did was dumb it down. lol

[burgerman]

K.I.S.S.

Ask any English professor and they'll tell you simplicity is best. "Crops up" isn't used well in this sentence. It just sounds and looks so awkward.

I used this sentence as an example because it's the last one I read before giving up on the article.

[Titanz]

Do away with ratings, and just have a, "Rent, Buy, Avoid" system, in place.

[JonnyBigBoss]

Im glad I sold my Wii. This was the last true game of the platform, and it simply isnt enough.

[Mykky]

It has a 94/100 score on metacritic with 3 10/10 reviews wich has not been counted yet.
Basing Zelda on the only bad review is a bit stupid.

[Loadedklip]

It has 21 reviews on gamerankings with an average of 93 ... I think you should try it out for yourself or look at the other reviews because they say things that completely contradict the gamespots review. Especially on the controls aspect.

[ssb3173]

I think you may be forgetting about xenoblade, the last story and pandora's tower, you cant say that they aren't greatgames for the console. And basing your view on one review is just stupid

[ozstar]

FACTS about Tom Mc Shea

1 - Hasn't reviewed a Wii game in six months
2 - Gave a Kinect Game a higher score due to "expertly implemented controls"
3 - Gave Lost in Shadow the exact same score

[silkrevolver]

AAAAAAAAND it was exactly enough to drag the metacritic score down a point.
Good job Gamespot: YOU RUINED MY LIFE.
/sarcasm.

But seriously, I haven’t been on Gamespot for years... I’m not about to start caring now.

[Ezio2048]

for the first time in history, IGN gave a perfect 10 to two deserving games (UC3 & TLOZ-SS) and GameSpot rather than giving a decent score, sucked!!

nonetheless, GameSpot never stops to piss me off!!!

[nightmarex121]

Damn didn't suspect that at all

[TiberusX87]

Kevin VanOrd from GameSpot is one of the best game journalists in the business along with Jeff Gerstmann. I feel he should handle the majority of the Action/RPG genre game reviews for GameSpot. I would be more interested to read his opinion.

Scores be damned. Assassins Creed: Revelations is no different to Brotherhood & II in terms of playability and quality. It's just getting low scored because it is now more of the same. - Same deal.

Zelda is always more of the same. I wouldn't even worry with review scored if you are a fan. You know what you're getting when you buy it.

[hadriker]

"Scores be damned. Assassins Creed: Revelations is no different to Brotherhood & II in terms of playability and quality. It's just getting low scored because it is now more of the same. - Same deal. "

Yet COD continues to get a pass on this.

[Loadedklip]

Jeff Gerstmann who reviewed the Wii Sports Bowling section while sitting down on a sofa? That guy ... is one of the best reviewers? o_0

[Chad Sexington]

First of all, I've got to ask why people get so worked up when someone expresses a different opinion to them? The reviewer has played the game and given his honest opinion of it, which can be summed up as: it's very much more of the same (we were all expecting that, right?), which will be fine for some people, but for him and others (myself included) it's about time we saw some innovation in the series.

Whatever your opinion of the game (which you probably haven't even played yet), surely you have to respect someone who's willing to go against the typical Nintendo arse-licking and actually say what he thinks? It's high time people began to call out Nintendo on its endless rehashes of games, each with the same formula as the last, dating back over 20 years.

Also, I remember a lot of late previews (Edge included, who gave the game 10/10, which means nothing considering how freely they seem to dole that score out nowadays) mentioned how flakey and forced the Motion Plus controls were, especially the flying. However, by the time the game is reviewed, these issues were completely gone?

So, either Nintendo completely overhauled the control system (it didn't) or most reviewers did what they always do and let it slide because it's a Nintendo game. Well done to the Gamespot guy for actually picking up on this.

Ultimately though, why get so worked up when someone expresses an INFORMED opinion that differs from your completely UNINFORMED opinion? Keep wearing you Nintendo-tinted spectacles and the bad man's horrible words won't hurt you.

[ozstar]

You didn't read the review.

[Kingdom Come]

I did, he makes completely valid points. I for one believe the game to look severely dated and believe Nintendo made a mistake by showing the Zelda WiiU Tech Demo at E3 as it's made it only more noticeable. People look at the tech demo and think it looks stunning, and then a nearly last gen game is pitted before us and it looks shameful.

[ozstar]

@Kingdom Come, Truth comes out.

Where the hell does he critisize graphical resolution or detail as a negative in the review?

In that respect, he's certainly not as deluded as others are about graphics.

[kesvalk]

they must be desperate for hits after everyone stopped caring for them...

they gave the same score for star wars: force unleashed 2 for wii and FIFA 11, nuff said...

[Kingdom Come]

Erm, since when did people stop caring for them? I consider them to be the best reviewers around tied with Giantbomb.

[ssb3173]

Probebly, but i dont know why they are giving wii games such bad reviews when zelda is clearly worth more

[Kos-Mos]

A small write for a small man in a small gaming website. Move along gods. We don`t need to waste time pissing on americans since they manage that on their own.

[LightofDarkness]

Gamespot isn't small. And why the anti-America jab at the end? That was extremely unnecessary.

[Kos-Mos]

Small in context.

[Kingdom Come]

Small? Gamespot are one of the biggest gaming sites around!

[Ezio2048]

So finally, this year Uncharted 3 has the best combination of review scores from the three most popular websites-IGN(10)(all categories 10), GAMESPOT(9), & GAMETRAILERS(9.5) with Ign and GT giving their max score of the year....

[Bastion17]

I fail to see how that contributes to the current topic.

[MWH]

lol, that was unexpected! but what do you know, every now and then honesty prevails, or so it seems.

[Loadedklip]

So the vast majority of reviewers are liars if they don't agree with Gamespot's 7.5? You played the game?

[MWH]

this is why the hesitant "or so it seems" is for my dear.

i'm a Zelda avid player since the day it saw light, i know the games offerings inside out so i believe i'm entitled like others to have an opinion even if i didn't play this particular game, yet.

to say a 7 might be a bit hursh but there's exaggeration in a 10 as well imho for a game that changes little to none in comparison to some of its predecessors. somewhere between 8 and 9 would be a more convenient realistic score, again, imho.

take it easy, enjoy it.

[cullinan]

This is not a review,it's an insult.
It is clear that some gamespot reviewers expect a paycheck before any review.
The proof is that the reviewer slammed Zelda:SS for it's repetitive gameplay and controls and gave the score accordingly.
Let's remember some games that got great scores for being repetitive: COD series, Pokemon and Halo.
So all those games get great scores but Zelda:SS gets a 7.5???
McShea, go play COD, and leave Zelda alone.

[hadriker]

Different writers have differing opinions. Your argument might hold water if McShea wrote the review on MW3, but he didn't

[Acquiescence]

I've been on the fence a long time about getting Skyward Sword, but this review has helped me make up my mind. Too many of the criticisms inherent in this piece ring true, and remind me of my experiences with Twilight Princess, a game I felt obliged to pick up along with the Wii at launch day, but did not enjoy come the end credits.

Besides the control issues, this critic makes note that there are too many fetch quests and repeated backtracking through previously explored dungeons. I'm thankful that, alledgedly, SS doesn't get bogged down in routine like Twilight Princess did (travel to dungeon, obtain new item, use new item to solve dungeon puzzles, fight boss), but that is still cause for concern. And you have to fight the same two bosses three times?! Talk about nightmaric flashbacks of Okami and it's three-headed dragon boss.

The really worrying thing is that it's not just GameSpot criticising the control mechanics. If there are flaws in the motion controls still, then how can Nintendo possibly justify that I spend more money on the compulsory MotionPlus add-on? £50 is a whole lotta money to be spending on video games these days.

[TruthbeTold]

I think the last time I actually gave a shit wha Gamespot thought was around 2007 or so.

[supagcn]

Is Gamespot even relevant anymore, that is a just a troll review, fuck u gamespot your website sounds like a tampon advert.

[Pikajew]

They told Nintendo that they would give it a good score if they pay them and Nintendo didn't want to pay for a good score. So they gave it a bad score

[rattletop]

Gamespot>IGN

[Yodagamer]

tbh both suck, i only read them for the news at this point

[CLOUD1983]

Good review finally some1 who have the b@lls to say what he truly think about the game and mention both good & bad points not only 1 side like most of others did, and let's be honest for a game like Zelda with 25 games of history u expect something better like better graphics like voice overs like better controls & story.. and for those who say the graphics is good for the Wii go watch what Mr Sagakuchi did with "The Last Story" it's a game for Wii u know and the graphics r amazing! Zelda looks worst than a PS2 game FFX a 11 years old game have much better graphics than this and no voice over for a such large & famous franchise in 2011? I am sure they can do much better than this..

[SonyNGP]

If you're talking about graphics, they already did that with the Wii U tech demo.

[krazykombatant]

Ninty games don't require voice acting, look at the sims, and many other JRPGs... "zelda looks worst than a ps2 game" lol your probably with those idiots that say that COD looks better than BF3. GTFO.. I bet you also want Ninty to go 3rd party so you can enjoy it on your glorious ps3 or 360. They did a great job considering the limits of the wii. In the end it doesn't matter both MS and Sony would kill and do anything to have a franchise as the legend of zelda.

[Mykky]

I love Zelda and it does not need voice acting indeed. That does not mean that if done right voice acting could be great if done right. Link should of course never get a voice but the other characters in the game could and I think it would help making the game even better. It is risky though..

[rexbolt]

reviews are opinions guys and most ppl think the game is great just like how ppl think fall out is good and i think its utterly crap with its bad grafics slow gameplay laggyness crappy combat slow downs glitches bugs and all the wonderful gifts fallout has for the players to try there best to over look as for elders scroll im sure that game is great dident see 10000000000000 bugs like a pri beta game in that game

[floetry101]

Here's the cycle for you guys.

Website gives game a 7.5,

Still a legitimately decent score,

Fanboys up in arms about said score,

Aruge that it drags the metacritic score down as if it physically hurts them,

Tell the critic that he is wrong for having an OPINION,

Proceed to tell critic that it deserved "at least 8.5 or higher",

They haven't actually played the game yet or it happens to be THEIR OWN OPINION,

Dismiss the website as an instant joke and impossible to trust for future reviews,

Eventually play the game and realise 6 months down the line that the critic was probably right,

Rinse and repeat.

Am I wrong?

Gamespot probably has the most consistent and detailed critical team of any website. They've always been honest and direct without the giddy fanboyism that surrounds IGN. Hell, they gave Dark Souls Game of the Year. A little known PS3 exclusive at the time. The haters need to seriously look at themselves.

[floetry101]

All the disagrees without replies vindicate my argument completely. No one here can actually refute my comment. Well done N4G, you've truly proved yourself.

[pcz]

why take a 7.5 score seriously when every other review in the known universe is 9 or above?

My guess is gamestop are just being controversial for the sake of getting attention to the reviewer or hits to their site.. or both!

Even if the perfect game came out, a truly class game that changed the world, there would always be one a-hole who would say its rubbish.

[TheEatingVodka]

Guys.. Give it a rest..
All the sites that reviewed this game gave it 9 and above.
So Gamespot gave it 7.5 and you already start hating? Why do you even hate? Who the fuck cares about a single site that gave a bad review to this game??
Just get the game, enjoy it, finish it and shut up whiny kids

[mamotte]

First of all, everyone have his own opinion, but..-

Funny thing is, he makes his "bad" points, on points that every other review has taken as "good points". Namely, the control, the fact that you return to the places by different ways, finding new things, and new enemies, the bad guy is really a bad guy and you have to fight with him more than one time, the camera is usually good in other reviews... I mean, maybe he made valid points, problem is, he's the only one making those bad points.

[Thepcz]

According to Gamespot, who awarded Sonic 8.0

What a joke.

Even the title screen of skyward sword has move inventiveness than the enire sonic generation game. its widely accepted that game sucks. mediocre at best.

Gamespot arent doing themselves any favours.

According to Gamespot these games are also higher rated than skyward sword:

Dance Central 2

Sesame Street: Once upon a Monster (!? wtf!??)

Just Dance 3

NBA Jam

NHL 12

The Adventures of Shuggy

.. Those are just a few. Everyone is entitled to their opinion, but sometimes opinions are just straight up wrong.

[Bastion17]

Hey hey. Dont bring Generations into this.
Generations was a legitimately good game.

[TheOtherTheoG]

Bizzarely low, I have to say, bearing in mind the game has a MC average of 94...

Ah well, the folks over at System Wars will have fun with this, and that's all that really matters :D

[Joegrine20]

Remember when GameSpot gave Twilight Princess an 8.8? And everyone went off their nut? Well yeah, it's happened again. I think the traditional mob saying goes a little something like this: "Man ya torch 'n' pitchforks!" Okay, okay. Everyone just calm down and take a few deep breaths, for a moment, here. I know that, in the last few days, we raised the prospect that just because Skyward Sword had been receiving scores like 8.5, and 8, that this doesn't actually affect the quality of our own experience with the game (as hardcore Zelda fans), nor do these somewhat-chilling reviews diminish the fact that several other major publications, such as IGN, had awarded the game with a wonderful perfect score... opinions are opinions. Can't argue with 'em. If you do, you end up looking like a stupid man wailing his arms all around the internet chatroom.

With that said, however, it does strike as a little bit astonishing that Skyward could be deemed as outstandingly and brilliantly perfect by some journalists, and yet, only three-quarters "good" by some others. It's a rather chasmic divide that's emerged, but hey, like I says, you can't argue. Read it for, shall we say, a bit of perspective.

[GraveLord]

They have a right to their opinion. I haven't played this game nor will I play it so I'll never know how good it really is.

[abczby]

And a review that actually compares Zelda to other games than Zelda. I despise when Nintendo first party titles are only compared to other Nintendo first party titles, making it much easier for them to get higher scores.

[Death_Grin48]

I don't care how "honest" his review is. If the guy is incompetent enough to not even know how to play the game, then why should anyone take his word for granted?

[Shackdaddy836]

Really loving the comments saying this is the only credible review out of the 34 reviews.

Haters gonna hate.

[RurouniKaze]

I agree with the review simply because the Zelda series has lost its orgininality and depend on the same concept over and over. Great games are the ones that get 2 bullseyes without luck.

[josephayal]

Good article thanks GS

[Miacosa]

Refreshing to see real reviews rather than nostalgic based reviews based on the past games mythology.

[DNAbro]

It seems like his main complaint was the controls, which everyone else said where near perfect. Something tells me he was doing it wrong.

[mamotte]

First of all, remember that we're on N4G. Logic changes depending on the plattform.

If 99% say white, and 1% say black, on a Nintendo game, that black is pure true, and 99% is wrong. Because is obvious.

If 99% say white, and 1% say black, on a PS game, that black is an idiot or worse. Because is obvious.

I mean, suddenly all good scores of zelda are wrong. But we have to believe the system when it comes to a PS exclusive. As obvious as it sounds, logic wins!