Thread 11826103

What was your reaction the day Twilight Princess was revealed at E3 2004?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VE2Dc1sx71U

>Wind Waker reveal is hated
>game is actually good
>Twilight Princess reveal was loved
>game was actually bad
Why?

>>11826112
Most people's initial judgements are fundamentally superficial

I was busy playing masterpiece after masterpiece on the PS2 so I wasn't paying attention. Played it later on the Wii and it was cool I guess.

>>11826112
It should be obvious why each one got the reaction it got.

>>11826103 (OP)
I don't know, I didn't follow game news online at the time so I wouldn't have known until next month's EGM came out

>>11826112
wind waker wasn't good though

>>11826124
Nobody gives a FUCK about the PeeShit 2.

>>11826169
An elf out of place in a human world would actually make for a compelling story. Easily more interesting than any LoZ has ever been.

>>11826186
I think I respect it more for it's ambitions. On paper it's a worse game than TP, but I appreciate what WW tried to do more than TP as a whole.

>>11826334
yeah that's fair.

I was pissed that like half the trailer shit didn't end up in the game. No wandering in the lost woods like illustrated, I got farmer link for an hour tutorial instead. Still a good game after that but I didn't want to play it again.

>>11826103 (OP)
Ocarina of Time 2.. My dreams.. they are coming true

Why you don't like Twilight Princess?

>>11826112
>>game is actually good
Except for the Triforce Hunt

>>11826669
>5 hr tutorial
>bug hunting
>wolf sections
>Terrible pacing
>Ganondorf was behind it all!
>Just as easy as Wind Waker
>Dull ugly version of OoT
>Terrible Anime story
>Useless items
>Dungeons are glorified set pieces
>Overworld is somehow worse than the N64 games.

>>11827583
>Except for the Triforce Hunt
You're right. It's great.

>>11826103 (OP)
OMG IS THAT ZELDA? I HECKIN LOVE ZELDA

>>11826103 (OP)
I legit thought it was going to have a ton of immersive sim things in it. They showed off the dark forest with the lantern, an arrow bounce off the shield even when it was on Link's back not drawn, ect

>>11828256
all the good stuff got cut

>>11828256
>immersive sim things in zelda
Those came 10 later

>>11826103 (OP)
I didn't like the three 3D Zeldas at the time so I was ranting that the games should bring back the difficulty of the NES games instead of being so boring and easy like they were at the time.

>>11826112
both of them were bad.

>>11826103 (OP)
I got the trailer on DVD inside an issue of NP and watched it all the time. The wait for the game was excruciating.

Not awful for a single playthrough, but have no desire to go back. Arbiter's Grounds is legit in top ten for series dungeons.

>>11831767
In my opinion all TP dungeons go to top ten.

What were your favorites in the series?

>>11831773
Zelda 2's Great Palace, Tower of Hera and Swamp Palace in LttP, Eagle's Tower in LA, Dodongo's Cavern and Water Temple in OoT, Tower of the Gods in WW, Lakebed, Arbiter's, and City in the Sky for TP.

Only other Zelda I played was Link Between Worlds, but I genuinely don't remember anything standing out, aside from the boss of the Desert Palace that required the Sand Rod to make platforms. Never got around to Ages/Oracle, or Minish, or any console release after the Gamecube.

>>11826112
Twilight Princess was good

My only exposure to the fact that this game existed was Midna fanart.
I feel like you had to be invested in the Nintendo scene at the time, which was at a low ebb, to really have taken note.

>>11831796
I had fun with Skyward Sword's dungeons and gameplay, but I also believe series veterans or old folks won't be impressed, so I'm not going to recommend you go out of your way to try it.

>>11831931
I dunno,to me nintendo fanboyism felt like it peaked in the 00's so it was everywhere
maybe I'm projecting

>>11831938
In the form of massive SNES/N64 nostalgia, yes, it was. In terms on new releases? DS is really what brought Nintendo back to the forefront.
As I said, I'm sure this was huge news to those into Nintendo at the time, but as someone who wasn't, Gamecube might as well have not existed.

>>11826112
People wanted graphics that looked cool, not gay cartoon shit

>>11826669
Because all of its world-crafting was designed by 2 degenerate femcels that are so blatantly into gay ryona that it isn't even remotely funny to me anymore. . .

>>11827583
>Except for the Triforce Hunt
HD version significantly shortens the triforce hunt, and adds a turbo sail so you dont have to use the wind waker every time to change wind direction

>>11826103 (OP)
I've been playing games for 40 years and I've never watched a single E3.

>>11834757
Why not just give you a press-to-win button at that point