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Saturday, Nov 18, 2006

Well the first Wii reviews are up and so far it has been interesting. Excitetruck, Truama Centre and Monkey Ball all scored roughly what i thought but then Red Steel scored a mid 5 which to be honest i never expected but i was never interested in it anyway so its not that important for me. Now LoZ:TP a game i have waited four years for scores an 8.8. Now im not saying the game is a perfect 10 like some people but an 8.8! The worst part is the reasons he gave.

First of all he criticised  the music, the LoZ being famous for having some of the best game music ever, so what if it does have a full blown orchestra. This was followed by criticism for the lack of voice acting, something which has never been included in a LoZ game and i prefer not to be. Finally the review was critical of the lack of evolution brought to the series so the inclusion of horse back combat, the whole new control scheme, the new wolf character and the first implementation of a parellal world since LoZ:ALTTP is not enough? So all of the above is responsible for the what is possibly the best LoZ game in years recieving only an 8.8? Especially when average reviews are around a 9.5. I don't habe any problem with the reviewer i just believe Gamespot management made a BIG mistake placing the review of the Wii's flagship launch title in the hands of well known Wii hater.As much as i would like to see the review amended or possibly re written by another memeber of the gamespot team, this is inpractical and time consuming and do not expect such an outcome.

All i can say is that this ia a dark day for Gamespot reviews and it might not ever recover from the loss of respect this review has casued.

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Posted by bettsy1987, 9:37am
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Oh God, not another blog like this. Get over it people, it's only one person's view of the damn game!! Sheesh...
Posted Nov 18, 2006 10:06 am PT
I know its just one opinion and normally i wouldn't care but when i've been waiting for a game for as long as this it kinda got to me. Anyways its all about what i think not Gamespot.
Posted Nov 18, 2006 10:23 am PT
Right on Denis, at the end of the day the review on gamespot are a tool to use as a guide not the be all and end all. Its just an opinion like any other and all this Gertsmann hate is out of control. People really must ask themselves why they need Zelda to score in the 9's as some sort of justification. 8.8 is literally a Great score and from what I have read he had some valid criticisms.
Posted Nov 18, 2006 4:21 pm PT
@above person. Sure it's a great score, but this effin Zelda we're talking about. One of the best game series. It deserves superb. It's just so weird to see a game like this end up getting under a 9. A game that was hyped like hell the day the first trailer was released. Many people said GOTY. Also his score is strange compared to all the others. Also the fact that he hated the Wii controls unlike everybody else. Then there's the fact that it seems he hasn't been interested in the Wii or Zelda.
Posted Nov 18, 2006 6:58 pm PT
im not saying all his criticisms were invalid and i certainly don't condone all the hate hes been getting because he does a great job i just feel that there were other people better suited to reviewing the game and the Gamespot maybe chose the wrong one either way i know ill still but the game and think i will love it.
Posted Nov 19, 2006 10:41 am PT
@supermetoidfan: and of course the key point you have there is One of the best series. But a game should be judged on its own performance not on the merits of its predecessors. And I dont want to come off as a anti-Zelda guy. Zelda was the only reason I bought a N64 because I hated that system and Ocarina of Time was the only game I bought for it and is my runner up fav game of all time and Wind Waker was the onyl reason I bought a gamecube also though I ended up liking the gamecube just fine with or without zelda. and if twilight princess were only going to be on the wii again zelda would be the only reason again for me to buy the nintendo console. games dont deserve superb just because the games that came before them were and at the end of the day if the gamecube versions score roughly equates to that of the wii i will be stoked but I will buy it none-the-less because I enjoy zelda games no matter whether other people happened to or not.
Posted Nov 19, 2006 3:18 pm PT
@comb_over. Yes I understand that. I was merely stating why everyone was so riled up....Or was I?
Posted Nov 20, 2006 7:18 am PT
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