This is definitely the most "Zelda" Zelda game. It follows the formula almost perfectly and adds very little to it, which can be a good thing for some and a bad thing for others. For me it's kinda in the middle.
The game looks really good and even if I wasn't a big fan of the art style at first, with time i started to really like it. The music is good, as always but there weren't as many memorable tracks as i'd hoped. The dungeons and world you can explore are a lot of fun but there's a bit too much backtracking for my taste. I'm not the biggest fan of the controls (both motion and not), but most of the times they work properly (i really hate the bird though). Exploring the sky islands is a bit underwhelming, but the main island really felt like home when coming back from exploring a dungeon. I don't really like how the items were managed, and some of them only feel useful inside their respective dungeon. The boss fights are a gamble: sometimes they're really cool and sometimes are really basic and you just have to use the item you've just found in the dungeon (i liked the final boss, but Demise fucking sucks ass). The subquests are fine and the minigames are funny but they are not very rewarding, since most of the times the olny thing you can gain are rupees, which once you've bought the best shield and upgraded a couple items become almost completely useless.
The story was flashed out to me as the best story in any Zelda but it was just a standard zelda story to me: you're the chosen one and have to save the princess and defeat a big man with orange hair (and what's new is just that you're the first one to do so). What's special here for me are the characters, that bring the plot to life. Each one is lovable in their own way (expecially Groose); i was actually surprised by how much character they gave to Zelda, and Ghiraim is one of the best villains in the series in my opinion.
Despite all its shortcomings I really loved my time playing this game. I never felt bored, except when doing the bonus stuff towards the end, and i was kinda sad when the game ended, hoping there would have been a bit more. It's not the perfect game, it's not the perfect zelda but i really liked it and it will always have a little place in my heart.
The game looks really good and even if I wasn't a big fan of the art style at first, with time i started to really like it. The music is good, as always but there weren't as many memorable tracks as i'd hoped. The dungeons and world you can explore are a lot of fun but there's a bit too much backtracking for my taste. I'm not the biggest fan of the controls (both motion and not), but most of the times they work properly (i really hate the bird though). Exploring the sky islands is a bit underwhelming, but the main island really felt like home when coming back from exploring a dungeon. I don't really like how the items were managed, and some of them only feel useful inside their respective dungeon. The boss fights are a gamble: sometimes they're really cool and sometimes are really basic and you just have to use the item you've just found in the dungeon (i liked the final boss, but Demise fucking sucks ass). The subquests are fine and the minigames are funny but they are not very rewarding, since most of the times the olny thing you can gain are rupees, which once you've bought the best shield and upgraded a couple items become almost completely useless.
The story was flashed out to me as the best story in any Zelda but it was just a standard zelda story to me: you're the chosen one and have to save the princess and defeat a big man with orange hair (and what's new is just that you're the first one to do so). What's special here for me are the characters, that bring the plot to life. Each one is lovable in their own way (expecially Groose); i was actually surprised by how much character they gave to Zelda, and Ghiraim is one of the best villains in the series in my opinion.
Despite all its shortcomings I really loved my time playing this game. I never felt bored, except when doing the bonus stuff towards the end, and i was kinda sad when the game ended, hoping there would have been a bit more. It's not the perfect game, it's not the perfect zelda but i really liked it and it will always have a little place in my heart.