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The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword (2011)

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I'll say this, the HD game is definitely better than the OG; and Groose is the 2nd best girl in the entire series after Midna. But Skyward Sword still chronically lacks in something that just makes it so very boring. Ironically looking back what really kills this game is three major things:

The Repetition: Girahim, Imprisoned, Same 3 areas in the same order. It's a lot of repetition, which it wouldn't feel like if they fixed the next issue.

The Separation: Having Skyloft being an active loading zone makes you feel like the world itself isn't cohesive since you cant go from Eldin, to Faron, to Lanayru by walking on the ground. By lacking that sort of feeling of connection you make it hard for areas to feel new and fresh cause you'll always thing of them as "X" area and not "the place I discovered in X area"

The Emptiness: Zelda Games are kind of infamous for having puzzles that are unlocked by the items you get or by giving you different options in fights and skyward sword either offers very little of that or it's all Goddess Cube puzzles. The lack of weapon versatility of anything other than the bombs, slingshot, and bow and arrow was disappointing.

Overall its a shame since the art style, music, and story are otherwise fantastic. But it's def a game I'd still recommend to buy on sale/ preowned.

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