How Can Anyone Be Disappointed By Both Skyrim and Skyward Sword?

Kotaku - Some folks loved the latest Legend of Zelda game but weren't fond of The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim. Others turned up their noses at Skyward Sword but embraced Bethesda's latest wholeheartedly. Somehow commenter Sloopydrew found himself disappointed with both games. In today's Speak Up on Kotaku we try to determine what sort of alien he is.

[Pikajew]

Because they dont like fantasy games.

[Canary]

Or they're tired of the cliches and archetypes both games embrace wholeheartedly.

Or they had unrealistically high expectations.

Or they have an instinctive dislike for anything that's popular.

Really, there are quite a few possibilities.

[ShinMaster]

Nothing against either game, but the statements mentioned above are quite true.

[Saladfax]

Maybe for people who have played 10 or more Zelda games and are getting tired of the same old shit.

Of course, referring to discerning people, not those unable to remove their rose-tinted nostalgia glasses.

As for Skyrim, well... maybe people want their atmosphere more consistent without little pokes to remind them of what they're doing. Glitches, buckets over heads for stealing, arrows to the knee from every guard and peasant don't really improve immersion.

[StraightPath]

because they are idiots. Zelda and Skyrim GOTY. Zelda Skyward Sword pretty much eclipsed everything that sony and ms had to offer in the exclusive department...what a coincidence nintendo does it again.

[ShinMaster]

Didn't get anywhere near the same amount and strength of media coverage and attention as some of the biggest current gen(PS3,360) games. That's hardly eclipsing.
Quality-wise? For a Wii game yeah.

[gillri]

indeed, played them both, loved them both,

shame about the all the quest bugs in Skyrim though, and the slow start in Zelda

If it wasnt for the Skyrim bugs that wold have been my GOTY. As it is Portal 2 and Skyward Sword were mine in the end

[dedicatedtogamers]

I was disappointed in both. Dark Souls surpassed both. Sue me.

[FEARprototype]

i like the 3 of them in their own way.
why do people like to be hated?

[FinaLXiii]

i was disapointed with dark souls lol

[BraveToaster]

I wasn't disappointed by Skyrim because I expected it to be Oblivion 1.2. I was right.

[DeleteThisxx]

You clearly never played Oblivion OR Skyrim.

[Megaman_nerd]

Sadly I have played both and I think the same. =/

[RedDead]

YOU clearly never played Oblivion OR Skyrim.

[DeleteThisxx]

Funny, I have achieved 100% in both Oblivion and Skyrim. Yet I'm the one who hasn't played either of them. Please, elaborate on Oblivion 1.2. The perk/leveling system is entirely different, a completely revamped magic system, NPC's feel alive in their surroundings, new story, enhanced gameplay, randomly generated quests, dragons, shouts, an all around brand new experience.

Sure, the basic formula is still the same but there's no way you can say with a straight face that this is "oblivion 1.2" Unless you're a blatant troll who didn't progress passed the first quest.

[NukaCola]

I think Skyrim is not much like Oblivion. Oblivion was very recycled and repetative. It was good, but not as good as Skyrim which took a more modern Bethesda approach as they use a lot of tools they learned from Fallout.

[arnyftw]

Play Oblivion again, maybe then you will seen the difference, when I played Skyrim I also thought that it was about the same as Oblivion till I played Oblivion again. Then you see the leap.

[BraveToaster]

You're right, I exaggerated a bit. It's more like Oblivion 2.0. What Oblivion was supposed to be.

[Captain Qwark 9]

they played dark souls first......

[Bobby Kotex]

I think not wanting to play a cartoony game with an adolescent avatar is a legit reason. I had a couple Nintendo systems as a kid, and just kinda grew out of it. I don't understand why people won't accept this.

[Lyr1c]

Because that's incredibly shadow. It's no different than refusing to date a girl because of her hair color.

[iamgoatman]

Just don't say you prefer a more "realistic" depiction of say a military individual, because that would be incredibly ironic coming from someone with a Kotick piss take name and avatar.

But I don't see how anyone can make such a statement when most characters in "serious" games are about as cartoonish as the characters in the Zelda games, it's just they shoot people as well.

[Pozzle]

Cartoony graphics style =/= childish game though. Your tastes might have changed, but you don't "grow out of" the fantasy adventure genre. It isn't a genre aimed solely at kids.

[Yui_Suzumiya]

I loved Catherine more than anything .. That is all ..

[baboom223]

Because dark souls came out this year?

[pcz]

because skyword sword is essencially the same 3d zelda game that nintendo have been releasing since 1997?

who knows