I loved the key puzzles too. It took me until the last one to realize you can let go of it and reposition your hand. Before that I was just contorting my wrist into all kinds of impossible shapes to get that key in.
Lol I remember I got the small quiver goddess chest after already having two fully upgraded quivers and the goddess bow and thinking to myself “thanks I guess?” Lol. Why they decided to put those items so late after their usefulness has fully waned is kind of not the greatest?
@@AnitaNapkin96 well you can always just get one, and then your second is free, that’s usually what I did. But for the slingshot satchel, you get it like right after the first dungeon or second I think, and I don’t think you’d need a second one
4:01 the different text prompts actually make Impa respond with different messages if you or anyone else was not aware. I noticed this since i chose the left option, but watching a streamer they chose the top one and it obviously made impa respond differently and i was honestly surprised lol
@A B i dont think you realize that a lot of games give choosing options yet both or all text options give the same outcome/response. only some games give special text
It's fascinating playing this for the first time *after* completing Breath of the Wild because it becomes clear that Skyward Sword inspired every major thing people love about Breath of the Wild. So many things this game introduced in small amounts were simply expanded or evolved in Breath of the Wild like the stamina meter, timed potions, collecting creatures to modify potions, durability mechanics, gliding around, etc. Some of those might be in older titles but this one has all of that stuff in one game and it feels like BotW was just an effort to directly expand on all of those things.
Except Breath of the Wild entire design direction was to be as different as Skyward as possible. No handholding, far more emphasis on exploration, definitely less emphasis on sprawling dungeons, much less railroading and many other things. By Skyward Sword (and you can argue Twilight Princess) the 3D formula was stale and had been ran into the ground. BoTW is the antithesis of Skyward Sword. Taking a couple of mechanics from Skyward Sword doesn't mean BoTW was trying to expand on the direction Skyward Sword was going for, it was going in a completely different direction. It just took a couple of mechanics from Skyward Sword because the devs thought it would improve the direction they were going for with BoTW.
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@Avinash Anand I mean I find OOT, MM, WW, TP, and SS to be continuous improvements of the ideal Zelda gameplay and formula. And while ALTTP and, by extention, ALBW, is a great game in its own right, it doesn't hold a candle to the modern home console line up. So as far as I am concerned, at this point it looks like the franchise hit its peak in 2011.
@Avinash Anand Everything about it is different except both have a guy holding a sword and Gannon is there. BotW has God awful dungeon design. It's item variety is non-existent. It gives you no real sense of progression. It's story is tucked away in frustrating side quests. And it's world has more empty and useless space than any other Zelda game. It completely abandons the mold that every game since even ALTTP has been refining.
Breath of the Wild made my appreciation of this game skyrocket. I shit on Skyward Sword when it came out. what a fool I was, didn't know how good I had it. Source: i've beaten almost every Zelda minus Phantom Hourglass, Spirit Tracks, Link Between Worlds, and Triforce Heroes.
They were thinking: "Hey, let's hit rock bottom with this one, so we can justify a 7 year hiatus and make a good Zelda game again 2 consoles in the future"
Lordy, I always forget what a legitimately bad game Skyward Sword is. Maybe porting it to the Switch and being able to play it with a controller instead of WiiMote waggle would help it a little but, but the game still just has so many terrible design choices.
@A B The point isn't that it can be modded to be better. The point is that the mods are free, whereas the HD release costs the same amount as the base game while including nothing that free mods don't already provide. In fact I'll bet real money that all Nintendo did was download the mods, added them to base by default, and called it a day. There's no good reason why the HD version should cost $60 at release.
"Oh look, the new 3d Zelda is here after years of hype! This is guaranteed to be an amazing game and not a bizarre convolution of failed experiments and weird pacing"
@@sasook It wasn't. It's not bad, but it's the culmination of everything wrong with the 3D Zelda games. Far too much handholding, far too much dialogue and cutscenes, more focus on gimmicks, and just filler that needlessly extends gameplay time with arbitrary fetch quests.
@@okagron I mean, did we play the same game? The only thing I can agree with is the handholding. The rest I just can’t relate to at all. I thought it was the greatest Zelda we had had since MM.
Well the majority of BotW's playerbase consists of people new to the series. I'm sure they love it, but it really corrodes what made Zelda good before, and I doubt long time fans have anything to look forward to.
Nah. It sucked in SS because it was mostly pointless. Its phenomenal in Botw. It adds just a bit of easy casual rpg elements. Its not overbearing, and doesnt take anything away from the core game.
@@TheAlibabatree To me it just feels like a nuisance in botw. I prefer the pure action of something like OOT where I don't need to do rpg things like loot and stats
It looks fine, good lord, casuals really need to get out with their caring too much about "muh texture quality" and all that bullshit. It has no impact on gameplay, therefore, it's fine. Sheesh.
@@peeron6829 it just feels so damn restrictive, like I have absolutely no issue with linear storytelling in videogames, I adore all the other Zelda games, but Skyward Sword is *SO* fucking linear to the point where it feels less like a game and more like an interactive film.
@MrWereverForever the side quests were some of the least enticing I've ever played in the series, just because there's more stuff in the game doesn't automatically make it better. Listen, I wanted to like this game, there are aspects of it that I think are pure genius. The inspiration behind some of the dungeons really gets the noggin jogging, the cutscense are actually really entertaining, and the art style, oof, it is gorgeous at times. But the actual gameplay, the actual process of playing this game, it fills me with nothing but utter boredom. I think TP and WW are infinitely better games, the one advantage I could give SS over them, maybe, is personality, but every Zelda has an abundance of that so idk.
I mean, even if it has its own flaws like evey other zelda game, it has some really strong points. The music and dungeons are great, story is engaging and zelda and link actually have personalities unlike all the other 3d zelda games except WW. Stop pretending there isn't anything to like simply cause you don't like something about it.
@@msyr7703 It definitely has some great things about it. The problem with SS are some of the inexcusably bad design choices, and mountains of filler and padding. It really is the only game in the franchise that has deep flaws permeating its core. I think thats why people hate it so much. Personally, I’d give it a 7.5/10. Despite its huge issues, its still mostly fun, and has some great elements.
@@TheAlibabatree I definitely agree that it's one of the most flawed zelda games. Essentially, it all boils down to the game being too repetitive, and having one zone too little. I don't think I've met anyone who likes fighting the Imprisoned or enjoys sky keep, even if SS is their favorite. Personally though, I'd also argue that TP and BOTW have some huge flaws that negatively impact the entire games. BOTW is a 10/10 game, until you've played 20 hours and done a divine beast. At that point there aren't any surprises; you've basically seen all enemies, collectibles/items, dungeons and bosses, which is pretty disappointing for a zelda game. The dlc also did the bare minimum. TP has to have the worst overworld. It's bland, empty and huge. The collectibles and side quests suck, especially the poes. The horse (and to some extent wolf) controls like shit, and the entire game feels pretty stiff and lifeless in its controls and animations. It also has my least favorite story of all zelda games, until arbiters grounds.
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I loved the key puzzles too. It took me until the last one to realize you can let go of it and reposition your hand. Before that I was just contorting my wrist into all kinds of impossible shapes to get that key in.
why can't every boss be as good as Koloktos Sadge
Best boss is 2nd giraheim fight it's so easy
Finally ZFGroose uploaded again
Zelda freak, Groose
Zelda Fan Groose
It's in reverse: ZFG -> GFZ -> Groose Fan Zelda
Zelda F*cked Groose
@@TH-camGaveMyHandleAway zelda fcked ganondorf
looks like city boy ain't use to these slow refills on the stamina, city boy is just too use to those botw stamina refills.
What was ZFG on when he played Skyward Sword?
You don't have to buy any bags from the east asian salesman. You get them in goddess cubes chests, although very late in the game.
Lol I remember I got the small quiver goddess chest after already having two fully upgraded quivers and the goddess bow and thinking to myself “thanks I guess?” Lol. Why they decided to put those items so late after their usefulness has fully waned is kind of not the greatest?
@@AnitaNapkin96 well you can always just get one, and then your second is free, that’s usually what I did. But for the slingshot satchel, you get it like right after the first dungeon or second I think, and I don’t think you’d need a second one
I don't remember much of this game since I first played it, but 1:09 gave me a flashback of rage and laughter 😅😂
4:01 the different text prompts actually make Impa respond with different messages if you or anyone else was not aware. I noticed this since i chose the left option, but watching a streamer they chose the top one and it obviously made impa respond differently and i was honestly surprised lol
I always took the "Was I late?" option, and she says "No. You were right on time."
@@halt1931 on my Switch playthrough i chose "Protect Zelda!" And she responds with something like "Yes I will you wont have to worry...thank you"
@@halt1931 i guess you could also just look up all the options lol
@A B i dont think you realize that a lot of games give choosing options yet both or all text options give the same outcome/response. only some games give special text
I love your channel, Keep up the great work 💕
It's fascinating playing this for the first time *after* completing Breath of the Wild because it becomes clear that Skyward Sword inspired every major thing people love about Breath of the Wild. So many things this game introduced in small amounts were simply expanded or evolved in Breath of the Wild like the stamina meter, timed potions, collecting creatures to modify potions, durability mechanics, gliding around, etc. Some of those might be in older titles but this one has all of that stuff in one game and it feels like BotW was just an effort to directly expand on all of those things.
Yeah breath of the wild was basically an attempt to make skyward sword but better
fuck the durability tho, holy shit i cant stand it in BotW
Except Breath of the Wild entire design direction was to be as different as Skyward as possible. No handholding, far more emphasis on exploration, definitely less emphasis on sprawling dungeons, much less railroading and many other things. By Skyward Sword (and you can argue Twilight Princess) the 3D formula was stale and had been ran into the ground. BoTW is the antithesis of Skyward Sword.
Taking a couple of mechanics from Skyward Sword doesn't mean BoTW was trying to expand on the direction Skyward Sword was going for, it was going in a completely different direction. It just took a couple of mechanics from Skyward Sword because the devs thought it would improve the direction they were going for with BoTW.
So hyped for the Gahz'rilla from Zul'Farrak's new upload!!
They were on that "make the best Zelda dungeons in one game" strain for sure
Not even close
@@thisisfyne name another with majority 8-10/10 dungeons
@@Brain-washed2 SS's dungeons are 4/10 at best. There's nothing new or compelling about any of them.
@@thisisfyne I don't think there's a way you have played the game and are saying this, honestly
@@Brain-washed2 Well, you're just wrong again.
Love you ZFG
Trick for the Fun Fun Free Fall. Home when you enter the last ring. treat the dial as a clock and count clockwise 3 spaces from where the Jackpot is. Aim there and you'll win big
12:50 "Go outside and look out the window"
I’m with you on the key puzzles, Dry, Zfg is just bad lmao
Lmao we got a badass over here
THE GROOSE IS LOOOSE
To give Link abuse
9:50 Optimal cutting strat
they were smokin that creative pack
We live in a society where the fucking DOOM Eternal port is a million times better than a triple A first party title port sold at 60 dollars.
is it?
Say what you will about Skyward Sword, but its boss battles are some of the best in the entire series
True … but it also has you fight the worst zelda boss 3 times :(
Eh they're cinematic but in terms of gameplay there are quite a few better bosses.
haha no
boss fights so good they make you repeat them thrice
@@scottrusty5804 And Koloktos
based key puzzle loving dry
I liked SSHD more than OOT
I also love the boss keys
whats the link.for zfg discord
No, it's Zelda.
I was wondering that myself lol
I haven't seen people struggle with the boss key, that shit was funny
They were probably on a chair sitting down working on the game lol 😆
Arent smaller scorpions more likely to be dangerous? Babies cant control venom output and smaller scorps have more potent venom
Nnooooo it's all about the size of the clamps/dart actually!
I love Skyward Sword, even with its somewhat clunky controls. The last true Zelda game we'll probably ever see :(
@Avinash Anand I don't really count the 2D games, so yes, yes it is. I love A Link Between Worlds, but its a much different beast than the 3D Zeldas.
@Avinash Anand I mean I find OOT, MM, WW, TP, and SS to be continuous improvements of the ideal Zelda gameplay and formula. And while ALTTP and, by extention, ALBW, is a great game in its own right, it doesn't hold a candle to the modern home console line up. So as far as I am concerned, at this point it looks like the franchise hit its peak in 2011.
@Avinash Anand great video game, lousy Zelda game.
@Avinash Anand Everything about it is different except both have a guy holding a sword and Gannon is there. BotW has God awful dungeon design. It's item variety is non-existent. It gives you no real sense of progression. It's story is tucked away in frustrating side quests. And it's world has more empty and useless space than any other Zelda game. It completely abandons the mold that every game since even ALTTP has been refining.
@Avinash Anand The surface level gameplay for BotW is great, but the story is practically nonexistent and the dungeons and bosses are terrible.
Breath of the Wild made my appreciation of this game skyrocket. I shit on Skyward Sword when it came out. what a fool I was, didn't know how good I had it.
Source: i've beaten almost every Zelda minus Phantom Hourglass, Spirit Tracks, Link Between Worlds, and Triforce Heroes.
Skyward sword is so bizarre
They were thinking: "Hey, let's hit rock bottom with this one, so we can justify a 7 year hiatus and make a good Zelda game again 2 consoles in the future"
Praise Rem_
Liked and will watch.
The key puzzles are cool. I agree Dry
They are amazing. Put in that ancient feeling.
ZFG is indeed bad Dry =)
People shiting on skywards sword motion control is so annoying like lol its really not that bad and even better in the remake.
Is original dorito cool ranch or nacho cheese?
Nacho cheese
tortilla
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@@JaMaMaa1 tortilla is indeed tortilla flavored
Definitely cool ranch
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Lordy, I always forget what a legitimately bad game Skyward Sword is. Maybe porting it to the Switch and being able to play it with a controller instead of WiiMote waggle would help it a little but, but the game still just has so many terrible design choices.
How could i not watch zfg play the last good 3d zelda game
show Metroid Prime 4
Gymnast is the goat of SS.
Time cristal crack
12:29 12:49
Squidward Sword
God this game sucks. What the fuck is the stamina system for one. Hero of time, cant even sprint for 1 min.
"Better visuals, 60 FPS, quality of life improvements"
Ah so all those things that fans already modded in for free, gotcha.
@A B The point isn't that it can be modded to be better. The point is that the mods are free, whereas the HD release costs the same amount as the base game while including nothing that free mods don't already provide.
In fact I'll bet real money that all Nintendo did was download the mods, added them to base by default, and called it a day. There's no good reason why the HD version should cost $60 at release.
What were the players thinking when they played it.
"Oh look, the new 3d Zelda is here after years of hype! This is guaranteed to be an amazing game and not a bizarre convolution of failed experiments and weird pacing"
@@mrfrog1794 It was an amazing game tho
@@sasook It wasn't. It's not bad, but it's the culmination of everything wrong with the 3D Zelda games. Far too much handholding, far too much dialogue and cutscenes, more focus on gimmicks, and just filler that needlessly extends gameplay time with arbitrary fetch quests.
@@okagron I mean, did we play the same game? The only thing I can agree with is the handholding. The rest I just can’t relate to at all. I thought it was the greatest Zelda we had had since MM.
skyward sword is better than ocarina of time lol
Stamina and collecting materials for upgrading stuff kinda sucks tbh. Bad additions to Zelda.
It’s interesting that you say that. Most people love the inclusion of it and loved it in botw. If I may ask, what don’t you like about it?
@@Memo-yh4nc it's tedium to me
Well the majority of BotW's playerbase consists of people new to the series. I'm sure they love it, but it really corrodes what made Zelda good before, and I doubt long time fans have anything to look forward to.
Nah. It sucked in SS because it was mostly pointless. Its phenomenal in Botw. It adds just a bit of easy casual rpg elements. Its not overbearing, and doesnt take anything away from the core game.
@@TheAlibabatree To me it just feels like a nuisance in botw. I prefer the pure action of something like OOT where I don't need to do rpg things like loot and stats
This is the switch version? So it really does just look that bad?
Wdym it looks great
The video is uploaded at 720p 30 fps. The actual game is 1080p 60 fps, so no, the Switch version doesn’t look like this.
It looks fine, good lord, casuals really need to get out with their caring too much about "muh texture quality" and all that bullshit. It has no impact on gameplay, therefore, it's fine. Sheesh.
@@logan_wolf talking about character models. 🙄
@@aeliusdawn haha okay.
Ancient Cistern is the only good thing about this game
sandship
@@vikramsathish1245 Shit you right. Ancient Cistern and the Sandship are the only good things about this game.
Sky Keep
Lanayru Mining Facility
@@sasook i forgot mining facility but i hadn’t actually gotten to sky keep when i wrote my comment sooo
@@vikramsathish1245 I just finished defeating the Sandship and I would like to formally rescind my last comment. I'm sorry my friend.
I utterly despise this game, but God damn it looks pretty as hell at times
That's a little harsh
Why do you hate it? I never played it but alot of people seem to dislike it why is that
@@peeron6829 it just feels so damn restrictive, like I have absolutely no issue with linear storytelling in videogames, I adore all the other Zelda games, but Skyward Sword is *SO* fucking linear to the point where it feels less like a game and more like an interactive film.
@@oldoldmeme ah i see okay :) tysm for the fast answer
@MrWereverForever the side quests were some of the least enticing I've ever played in the series, just because there's more stuff in the game doesn't automatically make it better.
Listen, I wanted to like this game, there are aspects of it that I think are pure genius. The inspiration behind some of the dungeons really gets the noggin jogging, the cutscense are actually really entertaining, and the art style, oof, it is gorgeous at times. But the actual gameplay, the actual process of playing this game, it fills me with nothing but utter boredom. I think TP and WW are infinitely better games, the one advantage I could give SS over them, maybe, is personality, but every Zelda has an abundance of that so idk.
Wow this game is bad...
I will never understand why this game has unironic defenders. It's an incredibly weak excuse for a Zelda game.
It’s not tho. BOTW was… this game literally follows every classic zelda trope.
@@swissmycheese Following tropes doesn't make it a better game; you need to understand how and why those tropes are good.
I mean, even if it has its own flaws like evey other zelda game, it has some really strong points. The music and dungeons are great, story is engaging and zelda and link actually have personalities unlike all the other 3d zelda games except WW. Stop pretending there isn't anything to like simply cause you don't like something about it.
@@msyr7703 It definitely has some great things about it. The problem with SS are some of the inexcusably bad design choices, and mountains of filler and padding. It really is the only game in the franchise that has deep flaws permeating its core. I think thats why people hate it so much.
Personally, I’d give it a 7.5/10. Despite its huge issues, its still mostly fun, and has some great elements.
@@TheAlibabatree I definitely agree that it's one of the most flawed zelda games. Essentially, it all boils down to the game being too repetitive, and having one zone too little. I don't think I've met anyone who likes fighting the Imprisoned or enjoys sky keep, even if SS is their favorite.
Personally though, I'd also argue that TP and BOTW have some huge flaws that negatively impact the entire games. BOTW is a 10/10 game, until you've played 20 hours and done a divine beast. At that point there aren't any surprises; you've basically seen all enemies, collectibles/items, dungeons and bosses, which is pretty disappointing for a zelda game. The dlc also did the bare minimum.
TP has to have the worst overworld. It's bland, empty and huge. The collectibles and side quests suck, especially the poes. The horse (and to some extent wolf) controls like shit, and the entire game feels pretty stiff and lifeless in its controls and animations. It also has my least favorite story of all zelda games, until arbiters grounds.