22nd February 2003, 11:23 PM
"So-called" innovation? If WW looked more like the SW2001 demo then it would be a completely different game, no doubt about it. They didn't simply replace all of the models and environments with cartoons. It's not just a new coat of paint. The cartoony graphics have a large impact on gameplay.
I got the latest EGM in the mail today, and the game got two 10's and one 9.5. They've been as critical of the new look as you guys, but now that they've played the games they too admit that they wouldn't want it any other way.
The style didn't change from the SNES to GB games.
It's much more likely that he doesn't quite understand exactly what Western audiences want. Most of us want hyper-realism, and lots of violence. Screw that cartoon shit! That's for babies!
I got the latest EGM in the mail today, and the game got two 10's and one 9.5. They've been as critical of the new look as you guys, but now that they've played the games they too admit that they wouldn't want it any other way.
Quote:Umm... well, sort of... but its not just the fact that the graphics were changed. The graphics changed dramatically from the SNES to the GB to the N64 and I liked those changes... I just don't like the look of this one... not just because its different... sure thats part of it, but I know they could have changed the style while still making it look like a Zelda game should... they didn't...
Oh, and DJ, yeah that answer was kind of strange...
The style didn't change from the SNES to GB games.
Quote:Okay... so he does care about public opinion. But not public opinion in the western world... or, at least, he has no clue what public opinion here is. Because if he did understand western public opinion, he would have expected exactly the reaction that WW got...
It's much more likely that he doesn't quite understand exactly what Western audiences want. Most of us want hyper-realism, and lots of violence. Screw that cartoon shit! That's for babies!