I agree with some of the points of the thing but not the overall theme of "I want to have to bomb every wall again" is a little, uh.
He also gives the impression that he hasn't actually
played Twilight Princess, and is assuming that it must be almost-but-not-quite like Skyward Sword. Which is not true; TP has a great combatty engine and plenty of bullshit little crannies to explore if that's what you're into, it's just weighed down by atrocious scenario/level design and the fact that most of those crannies house absolutely fucking useless rupees.
But yeah if you're just coming off of SS and almost half-cockedly blurbed about your impressions of it without taking the time to view things from another angle (*cough*) then it's fair to complain that the Zelda series, by which we just mean the latest game, has no world to explore. SS basically does not have an overworld. It has a big empty hub and three big outdoor dungeons. And yeah, that's a problem, because the last two conversations I've had with friends asking if they should pick up the game is this:
Brentai-kun Brentai-kun should I buy Skyward Sword?
Why do you want Skyward Sword, little Bridget?
Because it's a Zelda game and I love Zelda games!
And why do you love Zelda games, little Bridget?
Because I love exploring the world and finding things!
Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha.
What?
No. No you should not buy Skyward Sword.
Oh. :(
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Brentai-kun would you like to caress my
YES.
And then we spend the next two hours cleaning up and talking about how maybe, if we could just take TP's focus on frequent but quickly resolved battles, somehow translate LttP's purposefully designed yet breathing overworld to 3D, come up with something to find in secret areas that are less fucking pointless than rupees, and maybe declare at least a temporary ban on all minigames and fetch quests, then yeah maybe we could whip up something that will make this guy happy AND still be fun to play without a strategy guide.
For some reason the Comic Shop Guy emoticon translates to Brian Griffin now. I started to change my post but on reflection decided that it's just fine the way it is.