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IMPORTANT: Vote Skyward Sword over Skyrim!

Which do you like better?

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I don't even know why we're comparing a Western sandbox RPG to a Japanese action-adventure game. Skyrim anyways; I never could get into Zelda.
 
Zelda all the way down. I think Skyrim is great, but The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword is just... FABULOUS...
 
I played both, and I can easily say that Zelda is more enjoyable. Skyrim started fun, but it just doesn't have the same feeling as "Zelda's in trouble! I need to save her!"
 
I like both games, but I gotta point out this in my own experience: Which one has eaten up more than 150 hours of my last month? I've been a Zelda fan for 20 years, but the only games that ever ate up this much time for me were the Pokemon games prior to 3rd gen, Tales of Symphonia, and World of Warcraft. I now can add Skyrim to that list. Zelda games, at most, eat 40 hours or so on my first playthrough, and usually about 10-15 every playthrough thereafter.

I gotta go for Skyrim.
 
This is, without a doubt, an incredibly easy decision. I like Zelda. It's great. But Skyrim? It's... Better. In every way, I see the game as superior. It's a living, breathing world. It's art.

It has my vote.
 
It's not fair to have two games from two different genres go head-to-head. If anything, it should be Batman Arkam City that Skyward Sword should be facing since they're both adventure games. It's no wonder the Game Overthinker hates G4TV.
 
Ghetsis-Dennis said:
It's not fair to have two games from two different genres go head-to-head. If anything, it should be Batman Arkam City that Skyward Sword should be facing since they're both adventure games. It's no wonder the Game Overthinker hates G4TV.
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Batman Arkam City already went against Skyward Sword and lost. This contest is for game of the year, so some games might be a little hard to compare.

I own most of the games, but I do have to say I am enjoying Skyward Sword more than I am enjoying Skyrim.
 
Looks like Skyward Sword won this battle but lost to Skyrim at the Video Game Awards, thus making Nintendo's future uncertain.
 
Eredar Warlock said:
Didn't they say the exact same thing the last time the generations started to change?
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I wasn't lurking through other forums/message boards that much back then when the Wii was announced. I was in an old forum that didn't mention it being the company's downfall.
 
I can't be 100% fair as I've been unable to play Skyward Sword for very long but going by my experience with LoZ games and those I know who've played SS I can safely say that Skyrim has much more replay value and technical and visual promise for me. I know which one I'll play once or twice in about fifty hours, put away and then forget about other than for nostalgia and it's not Skyrim.

I'm not surprised with how this went and I don't think I really need to explain why either way. :/
 
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Ghetsis-Dennis said:
I wasn't lurking through other forums/message boards that much back then when the Wii was announced. I was in an old forum that didn't mention it being the company's downfall.
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They were saying the same thing about the Wii after the rather lackluster GCN.
 
Eredar Warlock said:
They were saying the same thing about the Wii after the rather lackluster GCN.
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Ironically, it's the console everyone likes as much as the N64 because of Melee, SMS, Metroid Prime, WW, RE4, etc.

I read in TV Tropes that there are those who believe Nintendo will make good games if they were dead last again, which is labeled as fringed logic.
 
I'm glad Skyward Sword beat Skyrim.

Why you may ask? Just look at my avatar.

Revelations has a shot to beat Skyward Sword in the final. It didn't have a shot to beat Skyrim (it would have gotten rocked). Especially since some of the butthurt fans of the other games (Arkham, Skyrim, Uncharted) are trying to get a vote campaign running for Revelations just so Skyward Sword doesn't win.

Now I don't have anything against Skyward Sword (and in fact I'm REALLY looking forward to finishing it after I finish finals), but... Assassins' Creed.
 
Ghetsis-Dennis said:
Ironically, it's the console everyone likes as much as the N64 because of Melee, SMS, Metroid Prime, WW, RE4, etc.

I read in TV Tropes that there are those who believe Nintendo will make good games if they were dead last again, which is labeled as fringed logic.
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I really couldn't care less about TV Tropes.

Second, the big franchise of the system was indeed Metroid Prime. Wind Waker only found popularity in the States. In Japan, it was complete bomb. Sunshine was a pretty forgettable title.

Ultimately, Nintendo has followed a formula for the last three generations: They dominate the scene at the outset and for a couple of years after, then they hover around for a while until the next generation, where they revolutionize gaming with their next system and start the process again. I suppose what they're hoping to do now is jump ahead and stay ahead. Nintendo's difficulty has stemmed from an inability to attract third party developers who are going multi-platform largely because of the Wii's limited capacity for graphics. They managed to rope in Activision, but Bethesda? BioWare? VALVe?
 
Eredar Warlock said:
I really couldn't care less about TV Tropes.
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For shame.

Second, the big franchise of the system was indeed Metroid Prime. Wind Waker only found popularity in the States. In Japan, it was complete bomb. Sunshine was a pretty forgettable title.
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Yet we still get characters from SMS to appear in other Mario titles and Brawl. Either it means a large portion of the audience liked it, or it's just shoving it down on people's throat like the mazes for the horror remakes at Universal Studios.

Ultimately, Nintendo has followed a formula for the last three generations: They dominate the scene at the outset and for a couple of years after, then they hover around for a while until the next generation, where they revolutionize gaming with their next system and start the process again. I suppose what they're hoping to do now is jump ahead and stay ahead. Nintendo's difficulty has stemmed from an inability to attract third party developers who are going multi-platform largely because of the Wii's limited capacity for graphics. They managed to rope in Activision, but Bethesda? BioWare? VALVe?
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But isn't Activision the devil of video games due to the sheer hate on the titles they publish (CoD as the popular example)? At least they got Capcom to release Super Street Fighter 4 for the 3DS.
 
Ghetsis-Dennis said:
But isn't Activision the devil of video games due to the sheer hate on the titles they publish (CoD as the popular example)? At least they got Capcom to release Super Street Fighter 4 for the 3DS.
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More like EA is the anti-Christ of the industry. Unfortunately, some of my favorite games were published under EA, namely Mass Effect 2, Dragon Age: Origins, and Dead Space.
 
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