Sheikah_Witch
I just really like botw
Sometimes, people have talked about the 'Zelda cycle' - the way public opinions on Zelda games tends to swift and fluctuate with every release. In the light of the newest game in the franschise, all of a sudden, a previously revered game might deemed to be overrated in the public eye, while another game might get hailed as an underrated masterpiece. Some games are met with acclaim upon release, only to receive a backlash later. which causes earlier installments to be seen in a new light.
Public opinions and general consensus doesn't matter much to most people, but how is it for you, personally? Have your opinions on various Zelda titles swayed and changed as time has passed? Which games has been like that for you, and what in them have you seen in a new light, as time has gone by?
Personally, this has happened for me a lot. Majora's Mask made a big impact for the 10 year old me, and for the longest time it was my favorite. But as I have grown older, I've started to find more and more that gameplay and mechanics is what truly resonates within me, and that has made me appreciate Majora's Mask less and less due to it having dungeons I don't consider to be all that great.
Ocarina of Time was originally not a game I thought too highly of, but it seemed to age like fine wine to me, and after seeing a great story analysis video of it, I saw it in a completely new light. My opinion on The Wind Waker changed dramatically when I played WWHD, not because of the graphical overhaul, but because it made me see things in the game I had previously not seen.
I'm not sure if my opinion on BotW will ever change, and if it does, it would be very interesting to me. But I have definitely soured on SS over time, since I was in a huge honeymoon phase the first month, and I started to see cracks and flaws in it already a year or two later.
Public opinions and general consensus doesn't matter much to most people, but how is it for you, personally? Have your opinions on various Zelda titles swayed and changed as time has passed? Which games has been like that for you, and what in them have you seen in a new light, as time has gone by?
Personally, this has happened for me a lot. Majora's Mask made a big impact for the 10 year old me, and for the longest time it was my favorite. But as I have grown older, I've started to find more and more that gameplay and mechanics is what truly resonates within me, and that has made me appreciate Majora's Mask less and less due to it having dungeons I don't consider to be all that great.
Ocarina of Time was originally not a game I thought too highly of, but it seemed to age like fine wine to me, and after seeing a great story analysis video of it, I saw it in a completely new light. My opinion on The Wind Waker changed dramatically when I played WWHD, not because of the graphical overhaul, but because it made me see things in the game I had previously not seen.
I'm not sure if my opinion on BotW will ever change, and if it does, it would be very interesting to me. But I have definitely soured on SS over time, since I was in a huge honeymoon phase the first month, and I started to see cracks and flaws in it already a year or two later.