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[damselfish]

The more I play Skyward Sword, the more I wish I were playing Twilight Princess.

This tumblr doesn't help. Daaaaamn, but Twilight Princess had some gorgeous concept art.

Yeah. A month in and I'm still in my first trip to Lanayru. I don't think it's ever taken me a month to play a Zelda game except the handheld ones I never, ever finish (damn you, Ocean King's Temple and... wherever I am in Spirit Tracks!) I have no idea if it's just antipathy toward the game itself, or the Wii controls. I find myself making a lot of stupid mistakes and generally having trouble with the controls-- the inability to switch the Z and B buttons is killing me, because they've been swapped from the positions they would normally be in under your fingers. I'm told it's probably because I'm left-handed, but the game is supposed to be ambidextrous friendly. My inability to hit B in a timely manner is probably the main cause, since swordfighting is the only thing I'm good at.

Comments

[crysiana]

I think it's less ambidextrous friendly than other wii games, really. It's designed for right-handed people, ultimately. OTOH, people seem to either love or hate the controls, so I don't think you're the only one who doesn't like them.

[arasigyrn]

I like Skyward Sword a lot actually - it's not as epic or serious as Twilight Princess was but it's still a fun and engaging story. A lot of the mechanical changes make the game more fun and immersive.

I don't like a lot of the controls though; bug-hunting is hellish for example. Using the 'B' tools is awkward because 'B' used to be the trigger in Twilight Princess and accidentally putting the bomb away is not a smart thing to do when there's enemies closing (I have failed at so many ambushes and gotten my point-eared butt kicked for just such mistakes.)

I'm really not a fan of the targeted swordstrikes since the Wii Motion Plus is prone to misinterpreting what I do and again, it tends to be disasterous. Beamos are particularly sadistic.

[damselfish]

The B controls are what get me. "Oh I need to get another tool!" That's 15 seconds during which I'm getting beaten up while I try to turn the wiimote. And skyward strikes take a good 30 - 90 seconds of twisting and turning. But otherwise I am really good at hitting things and wacking them with my shield - the real problem I have is depth perception. Wooops, turned out you were 10 steps away from that thing, not in sword range at all! (Wha? How does that work?)

Fortunately my copy of TP is the Gamecube version, so I can use my perfect wavebird with it. Such a perfect controller. :3

[arasigyrn]

Personal favourite - blew myself off a wall in Lanaryu and straight into quicksand when I pulled a bomb instead of the Beetle. Housemate still laughs at me. ^^;

Honestly, storywise, the thing that grates most is Vi. I keep accidentally calling her when trying to centre the remote and she keeps interrupting me at the worst time to point out the BLAZINGLY obvious. I KNOW we have to chase Zelda! I don't need to be reminded and stop telling me that I should 'be careful to choose my battles' - that monster is standing in front of the door I have to go through!

Honestly, part of why I prevaricated on TP was the Wii controls are utterly unforgiving. One mistake (like turning when someone comes into the room) can ruin you.

[damselfish]

Oh man, yes. I've gotten good at not calling Fi. It takes her forever to say anything that it drives me up the wall. She annoys me way more than Navi ever did, possibly because I had more patience when I was a kid playing OOT. I hate when my low life is beeping and she chimes in to say "hey, you're dying!" I NOTICED. THE GAME IS BEEPING AT ME.

I have a bad habit of putting my bombs away instead of throwing them, and then getting killed by whatever I was bombing (that boss fight suuuuucked).

Giiirl, I never see you in chat anymore! Let's talk.