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Motion Controls Are The Least of Skyward Sword’s Problems

Don’t think, just shake your stick. Skyward Sword thinks you are a moron. Alright, I’ll say it: the-long awaited Nintendo Direct was disappointing.

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CrimsonWing691174d ago

Hmmmm I disagree. I liked most everything about Skyward Sword except for the motion controls... god fighting that purple dude was a nightmare for me using waggle controls

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Zeldafan641174d ago

I like the motion controls. They work better than people think.

Neonridr1174d ago

agreed, being able to just enjoy the game using either analog swipes or simple button presses is so much easier than flailing my arm around trying to get the game to register properly.

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Duke191174d ago

Replacing full motion gesture controls with moving a thumbstick directionally for weapon swings may even be worse in practice.

I bought Skyward Sword after listening to the hype, and honestly was underwhelmed compared to prior Zelda games. Was a little suprised when they announced this re-release.

Neonridr1174d ago

I doubt it. Having to swing your entire arm in a general direction or just flicking an analog stick a certain way are not even close to the same thing.

Duke191174d ago

There is a reason most games havent done directional weapon swings with a thumbstick tho. Im not saying it wont work, but it just seems like it could be super clunky in practice as the right stick is usually dedicated to handling the camera

Neonridr1174d ago

@Duke19 - oh for sure, time will tell, but it sounds like it's an improvement.

OMNlPOTENT1174d ago

The game had some of the best dungeons in zelda history.

shammgod1174d ago

Looking forward to the rerelease

Shiken1174d ago

Not enough to keep it out of my top 5.

Excellent characters
Excellent lore
Excellent Dungeons

It is a very underappreciated game TBH.

Zeldafan641173d ago

You forgot excellent soundtrack

Shiken1173d ago

Omg yes, ballad of the goddess is my ring ton!

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Microsoft's Absurd Antics Have Me Scared For Dishonored And Arkane Lyon's Future

With Arkane Austin no more and Lyon living for who knows how long, the superb Dishonored is in serious danger; Microsoft cannot be trusted.

Relientk779h ago

I love the Dishonored series so much and really want Dishonored 3. Microsoft better not screw this up.

JEECE6h ago

I mean, I think the fans will probably kill Arkane Lyon by cooking up reasons to hate whatever they do next without playing it. I've never seen a game so artificially disliked as Deathloop.

thesoftware7306h ago

Lol, why don't we just say, we are worried about all studios owned by MS now. They will keep closing studios until they have none left ...🙄

Skuletor3h ago

Just merge them all into a single studio, have it churn out a single Call of Duty every year and call it a day, lol.

Barlos3h ago

Don't be scared, you'll be fine.

Skuletor3h ago

It's exputer, fine is one word I would not associate with them.

Profchaos2h ago

I think it's becoming clear based on matt bootys comments there's no future for any IP that can't sell above 10 million within the launch window. But is also a small game that gives them prestige

/S it's beyond a joke right now

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Xbox No Longer Has Its Head In The Game

Microsoft & Xbox have shut down Arkane Austin and Tango Gameworks to lay off more workers, insinuating that they're not in the game anymore.

XiNatsuDragnel2d ago

They're headless for a long time because closing tango isn't exactly a good move

PapaBop1d 20h ago

Ever since that cringe Kinect reveal they've never been the same. They used to make some amazing games and do great deals with third parties Early on in the 360 era they had games like Chromehounds and Shadowrun, both well ahead of their time. Now instead of nurturing their studios, they'd rather gaslight gamers and throw billions on pre existing studios. Not sure how Spencer is still in a job, I wouldn't trust him to organise a piss-up in a brewery.

Father__Merrin1d 20h ago

We've said all along Spencer needs to go. I wish xbox went back to xbox only with new gears fable forza halo releases lots of third party releases

Those early rainbow 6 Vegas days and phantasy star universe are gone forever

S2Killinit1d 17h ago

MS has its head in the game but the game they are playing is something different from what console gamers expect from a platform. MS’s end game has always been to use the xbox as a trojan horse.

XiNatsuDragnel1d 15h ago

Lol that's funny well this plan they have isn't working homie

1Victor2d ago

“Acquisitions always come with cuts”

343 trillion points shield activated
343 trillion percent damage negate activated
All damage reduced to 1 for 343 trillion turns.
MICROSOFT DEFENSE FORCE IS A GO

Tacoboto2d ago

Especially for Microsoft, when Booty pretty much said they didn't know how to handle that many studios.

Why even make the acquisition then.

-Foxtrot2d ago

Didn’t they make the swipe for Bethesda when Sony wanted like 6 months exclusiveness for Starfield

It’s like…chill, you got Rise of the Tomb Raider for a year.

romulus232d ago

Do they always come with senseless cuts becasue that's exactly what cutting Tango was, senseless.

H92d ago

Everyone's acting now that game companies care about games and Xbox is committing the Ultimate betrayal, they are all like this and you have just been quiet about it for far too long

Nuclearmoon2d ago

I wonder if Microsoft do pull out of the console market that it might open the door for valve to relaunch the Steambox. Competition is good for the industry but Microsoft don't even seem to be trying anymore.

UltimateOwnage2d ago

Steam / Valve are one of the few truly pro-consumer bright spots in gaming right now. Thankfully.

Jingsing21h ago

From all the money Valve make from Steam they reinvest almost 0 into creating new AAA titles for the PC platform, Absolutely no giving nothing back in that regard. Wake up.

jwillj2k42d ago (Edited 2d ago )

“Your game has won some pretty significant awards and is a show piece for where we want to go in the future.”

1 hour later.

“We’re gonna have to let you go. You can’t cover our 100 billion dollar acquisition. Oh and take your awards too 👍🏾”

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Sega's Profits Are Up, But It's Mostly Down To Pachislots

Sega has released its financial statement for the 2023-24 fiscal year, and profits may be up, but it's mostly not down to video games.

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