Dissident priests?

Yep, just like Hollywood Movies, if it has an R rating, it will not do as well at the box office. Same with games. Although one would think that Age Ratings would not have that much of an impact on game sales, being that most folks who do buy games are old enough for Mature rated games.

As I heard, a lot of COD fans finally saw the light after MW3. They probably wouldve gone to BF3 but then EA had to screw that up with Origin.

Just to be clear, we ARE talking about Skyward Sword and Skyrim, right?

Yknow, the game where your wiimote controls the movement of the sword directly, and the other game where you click a button nonstop?

Secret of mana was a good game, and I agree with you, Zelda on the snes was friggen epic.

Meh, voting for AC over Zelda. Dislike both games but I'd rather see AC win over SS anyday. Game is just way too cartoonish. Maybe I'd vote for it if i was 15 years younger and even that would probably be stretching it.

I personally don't mind if they change things - change keeps it fresh, and should help move the game toward further greatness. The problems arise when they change things for the sake of change rather than for the sake of improvement, when they don't change (or even notice) things that badly need improvement, and/or when they confuse "fix what was broken before" with "scrap what was broken before and start over".

The ideal is that they would take a few steps forward on each new title, getting better and better at what is the core of the game. What we have instead is some sort of demented dance step: one step forward, two steps back, shuffle sideways, do a backflip, etc.

almost want to say yes, but only if that formula is superior to other formulas. In that regard, it's not. You don't get points for repeating the same game over and over. You get points for repeating the same great game over and over.

Not only that, but I've only ever played CoD multiplayer, and I think that's true of most people. Because of that, it's hard to do anything rather unique or memorable. Once you have a control scheme that works, and your concept is "shoot the other team," well, I mean, what exactly are you going to change?

Zelda has the benefit of being single-player, which allows them to create as interesting a story as they want, every time. So while it's the same concept over and over, it's a new place, time, environment, and story. That's superior to CoD in every way.

This has more to do with the Console than which the game itself. Being a Classical Sword-and-Shield Game in a Wii is a given to having to directly control your sword.

As far as technical development Skyward Sword was probably the least ambitious game in the competition. Severely dated engine and premise.

An enormous sandbox game like Skyrim has millions upon millions of potential scripting, AI and load issues just because of what it's attempting. Skyward Sword is a great game and all but it attempted nothing from a technical standpoint.

Eh? You hate the game because of its artsyle? Team Fortress 2 is very cartoonish, and it's a game where people explode into gore-y giblits and cuss at each other. And don't get me started on Conker's Bad Fur Day.

Anyway, cartoony artsyle doesn't mean a game is for little kids, or not fun.

nintendo fans

I remember a character battle thing on gamefaqs by the last round the only people left where nintendo charicters.

Exactly :foodndrink:

That was actually an army of dedicated trolls from That-Website-That-Shall-Not-Be-Named. because the forum censors it.

I attempted to cure cancer today but failed. Should I win something anyway?

Vote Ac Rev Guys! We need it to Win! LoVE Ac....

Someone said Zelda is not rated M.

Thats a good point but you also have to remember that Skyrim was on 3 systems to Zeldas 1.

So that more than makes up for it.....

Thats also why I don't understand how a single platform game has more boddies voting for it than a game that has PC, 360, and PS3.....eventhough the PS3 fans are frustrated with it.

With an arrow to the knee?

Thing is Skyrim didn't fail. Worldwide acclaim; millions of fans playing the game with virtually no problems. I'd say curing cancer for 90% of the world is still better than not attempting a cure at all.

Firstly, if by "beat" you mean "beat on a single website awarding Game of the Year", you should know that Game of the Year is meaningless. It isn't official or regulated in any way, and it's given out by tons of websites and other sources. Not only that, but a game doesn't even have to win a single GOTY to make a GOTY Edition.

Secondly, you could at least be gracious in defeat. Both Skyrim and Skyward Sword are excellent games, and you could at least admit that instead of calling its fanbase "braindead fools". Also, Skyrim isn't exactly as innovative as you seem to believe. Yes, there's plenty of new and improved things and it is much better than Oblivion, but it's still quite similar to past Elder Scrolls games.

Over AC:R ??? Have you played that game yet? It's bloody amazing.

those 90% do not go online, there is a maginitude of problems in Skyrim no matter who you are. Nintendo overall has always been decent when it comes to somewhat polished games cannot say the same with any Bethesda game

Ever since Ocarina of time, Zelda has been regarded by many as one of the best franchises of all time. Zelda games are consistently good, and released at a high standard. TES games have more freedom, but are consistently less polished and with less interesting stories. I haven't played Skyward Sword, but I'm sure this has contributed to it winning.

I'm guessing you climb on ledges and backstab political figures?

I don't see selling millions of copies as any indication of the quality of the game, but rather the quality of the expectations people had for the game. You don't think Skyrim failed. I did. I voted for SS. SS won.