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[Nicholas Steel]

So may as well ask this: for those who have beaten the game, how long did it take you?

[Anthus]

Post contains spoilers.

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Got to Eldin Volcano. I'm loving it so far, but there is one pattern I've noticed which will greatly annoy me if every area does this. The
woods, and this area both seem to have a mandatory fetch quest which requires the dowsing thing. It is just kind of awkward for pacing. It's like, here's this awesomely designed area, but wait, now you have to go look for some random item(s). It breaks up the flow, IMO. It is just a drag.

Other than that, the controls are pulled off nicely. The ability to center the screen is very helpful, and eliminates a plethora of problems that were found in TP. The Motion Plus also makes playing the game more comfortable, cause you don't have to aim at the screen. This was a huge plus for me, and a fairly large source of anxiety about the game during pre-release cause I hated Wii TP for the fact that you almost always had to aim the cursor at the screen, which was awkward at times, not to mention it'd get lost. Now, you can use items that require aiming without pointing at your screen. It makes a world of difference for those long play sessions.

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The first temple/ boss were also pretty fun. Ghiriham didn't give me much trouble at all. I found it simple enough to not target him at all in his first form, and watch his fingers, and get close, and slash accordingly. His second form was also pretty fun. I am not sure how many dungeons this game has, and I am intentionally choosing to avoid finding out. I found it a bit surprising that you don't get a collectible item after the first temple. I thought it'd give me something to fill in one of those slots around the sword on the sub-screen.

[LinktheMaster]

I won't go into details to avoid spoilers, but just... wow at the third dungeon. I just finished it. I honestly think it may be one of my favorite Zelda dungeons now.

Skyward Sword is amazing, and after that dungeon, I now get the feeling like it may become my favorite Zelda game. I'm now officially addicted to it. Haha.

[Jared]

I can agree, LtM. That dungeon was crazy. They were so creative!! I loved the boss, too. Kind of easy, though.

[LinktheMaster]

They really were creative. Nintendo is really outdid themselves for the dungeon design in the game. I'm really impressed. The dungeons (so far) have been much smaller than those in most other 3D Zelda games, but are designed so that they feel just as long.

As far as the third boss, it wasn't too easy, but it wasn't too hard. It could have stood to be a bit more difficult. So far in SS, the bosses still aren't too difficult, but they're definitely a step up from the WW and TP bosses in terms of difficulty.

[Jared]

...I died 6 times on Ghirahim D:

[LinktheMaster]

Wow. I didn't die, though I did come close. But that was mostly because I was dumb about the strategy. I thought at first you had to knock him back with your shield. That... didn't work well.

So far, I died once against a Skulltulla (I knocked one onto the ground and couldn't figure out a good way to knock it over), once to a Lizardfos, once to that "Indiana Jones" scene, and once to the second boss (that one I was just being dumb).

[Ventus]

With all the talk of death, I've only died 2 times so far once on "Ghirahim", and the second time was me being stupid, by blowing myself up with the bomb plants. in the eldin area.

and another thing made it to dungeon #4 Not doing it yet, till I get some more side stuff done.

You know?, I'm going to say this is my most favorite Zelda game . it is, just plain amazing!.

[Shane]

*avoiding the spoilers*

Man, one more day and I maybe able to play it myself.

[Christian]

WOW at the creativity of Lanayru Desert, it has taken me almost 3 hours just to get to the temple of time.

[Cukeman]

Vertical Whirling Blade FTW! (wave both the remote and the nunchuk down)
*also welcomes vertical slash (up) and diagonal slash*

I also found it's easier to do the horizontal whirling blade by waving the
remote and nunchuk in opposite directions rather than in the same direction.

Totally loving the EXCELLENT controls in this game, some of them take a little
bit to learn the timing, once you get it down it's a breeze. Until then, you might
not realize why you are making a mistake.

[Nicholas Steel]

Thanks everyone for restraining yourselves from being too spoilerish, one day to go!

Edited by franpa, 23 November 2011 - 02:59 AM.

[The Satellite]

So... I did two dungeons in one day to sorta get caught up after missing out yesterday (I'll try to take it slower from here on out so I can enjoy it more), and so far... damn, this game is engaging and fun. With pretty clever dungeons too, but really, Zelda has always been good at dungeons. Anyways, thoughts on my progress so far (if you've beaten the first three dungeons and are up to the fourth, you're good reading this):

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I spluttered and spazzed when I saw the name "Temple of Time," and my thought immediately was "I WANT IN THERE RIGHT NOW, DAMMIT." I mean yeah, Eldin was pretty good, as was the Earth Temple, though I wonder if it'll come into play later, since this game's all about the Master Sword and in WW, the Earth Temple was the home of one of the two Sages that prayed to keep the Master Sword's evil banishing power in place. Almost doubt it, since they're themed entirely differently, but there wasn't anything that grabbed me (other than how epic Ghirahim is proving as a villain) in this portion.

CUZ TEMPLE OF TIME.

Lanayru was interesting, I was hoping to see it turn from a desert and restored into a lake, and maybe even the location of Hyrule Castle (since Lanayru was where it was located in TP). But Temple of Time?! I mean, it confuses me since it was in the Faron province in TP, but originally was right next to the castle. So geography shifts again. Anyways, I was eager to get there, though I was starting to get pretty confused with the robot people; wonder what their story is, and why their advanced technology never shows up again.

So after a very neat gimmick involving time stones and generators and reaching the third dungeon and beating it and the somewhat-easy-for-a-boss boss, I'm finally in the Temple of Time. ... which consists of a stone bridge over a chasm, a platform with a giant gear thing, and some wall. So much for the epic Temple of Time. *crosses fingers for a return to the location and more story later on in the game*

Still, Ghirahim was awesome again, and quickly starting to become my favorite villain, despite Ganondorf. And it just continues to keep getting suspenseful and gripping and foreboding, something few Zelda games seem to have done (or at least done as well). And I totally knew that girl was Impa; I knew from the trailer she was a Sheikah, but after seeing her in the second dungeon, I totally knew it was Impa. She just... acted like an Impa: Strong, unwavering, badass, and sharp... er, verbally. Well... the only Impa we knew that could have been like that was in OoT; the others were just sweet old ladies. But the OoT Impa was sharp in other ways as well... <.<

Anyways, the harp... sucks. But I suppose they did a good job so far in this game of eliminating the need for a musical instrument that does what the Ocarina of Time and Wind Waker did, so no big issue, but I had hoped they had left rhythm-based instrument playing dead with Spirit Tracks. OH WELL.

But I love how the game sent you back to other areas to backtrack for more information and vital elements to continue the story, and a boss that wasn't even in a dungeon... that was epic. I'm glad they actually make use of all the other areas in the game besides key towns, and actually send you back to go do something in them that's important to moving on. Some Zelda games did this to small extents, but SS completely blows them all out of the water already. I'm impressed.

So yeah, tl;dr/spoiler-free version: Epic stuff happens, not-so-epic stuff happens, this game does some things better than the rest of the series so far... And the villain might be better than Ganondorf in my opinion (yes I know a lot of people like Vaati or other people over Ganon).

Oh and something not covered in the spoiler block: I really like flying. It's not the best transportation method but at least they made it damn fun.

[Xenix]

As far as deaths go, i've only died twice, both were because of a challenge I put on myself. What i do to make it a bit more challenging is I purposely get hit until about 3 hearts and then I see how long I can survive like that. I beat lord ghirahim and the second boss this way (and i didn't die on either one). I don't know if that's unusual or not...but it makes it more fun for me! I do get annoyed at hearing Fi say "Master, your hearts have decreased dramatically...."

Edited by Sepulcher, 23 November 2011 - 07:31 AM.

[Shane]

Yay! Hour left 'til Skyward Sword day for me!