How did Zelda beat Skyrim?

Post » Wed Dec 14, 2011 9:33 am

I don't know if Zelda deserved to win having not played it, but I know Skyrim did not deserve to win having played it. Skyrim is too much of a work in progress still, beautiful world (hardly innovative) but mediocre gameplay and so dumbed down its almost insulting. As for insulting Nintendo fans and calling them [censored], I see no difference between them and many on this forum. People are people regardless of what game you support.
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Austin England
 
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Post » Wed Dec 14, 2011 8:05 pm

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.

Well Thats YOUR Opinion I Think The Reason we lost was because Many Memebers of this fourm Arent Tes Fans..........We Informed them of what was happening and look what happened....
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Post » Wed Dec 14, 2011 9:24 pm

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

I'm not even sure what you're saying.

First, Nintendo is releasing the exact same unambitious games it was in the 90's. Not much room for error when you use the same simplistic formula over and over. Bethesda creates extremely complicated sandbox worlds that by design will ALWAYS have more problems than the simple platformers and baseline RPG's Nintendo releases.

Second, what would going online change for the 90% of people who can play Skyrim beautifully?
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Post » Wed Dec 14, 2011 2:19 pm

Haha, Zelda has been the same old poop that it has been for over 20 years. It's not even fun anymore. Skyrim is new, innovative, has a whole new engine with more gameplay, exploration, and customizable features and it still loses? Zelda fans are braindead fools.

Hate to break your bubble but...

Skyrim is Morrowind with better graphics. Absolutely nothing innovative here...
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Post » Wed Dec 14, 2011 10:52 am

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.


TF2 is far superior to zelda

i made 250 dollars of an unusual in tf2 :)
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Post » Wed Dec 14, 2011 8:55 am

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.

What you and I think doesn't matter. Skyrim is critically acclaimed with millions of satisfied customers. That's not a failure on ANY objective scale.
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Post » Wed Dec 14, 2011 10:54 am

They were doing the same thing on the Nintendo forums, and Skyward Sword had Nintendo fans who don't even play Zelda games flooding the vote-box as well because it was the only Nintendo title in the running.

Both sides cheated but SS definitely did the worst of it.


Lol, based on... because Skyrim lost? Like I said, people shouldn't be sore losers.
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Post » Wed Dec 14, 2011 1:36 pm

Well Thats YOUR Opinion I Think The Reason we lost was because Many Memebers of this fourm Arent Tes Fans..........We Informed them of what was happening and look what happened....

I think a lot of ppl that play Skyrim are old enough not to care if it gets a GotY vote from the VGAs.

Thats just my hypothesissisis'.
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Post » Wed Dec 14, 2011 12:10 pm

Lol, based on... because Skyrim lost? Like I said, people shouldn't be sore losers.

True...We all know who Xplay Is Gonna Give the Award too :)
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Post » Wed Dec 14, 2011 10:04 pm

Lol, based on... because Skyrim lost? Like I said, people shouldn't be sore losers.

No based on the comments in the competition and on the Nintendo forums. I'm not digging through anything to find them though so believe whatever you want.
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Post » Wed Dec 14, 2011 7:55 pm

Oh God, I knew these would start to pop up before long.

These polls are essentially popularity contests, most popular game gets a completely superficial status and people freak out over it.
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Post » Wed Dec 14, 2011 10:29 am

I'm pretty sure that if Skyrim was released 1st January 2011 it would be taking all of the GOTY awards. The problem is that Bethesda games are always buggy messes, and then gradually the worst bugs are fixed until you are left with awesome and a few minor bugs.
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Post » Wed Dec 14, 2011 11:50 am

I'm not even sure what you're saying.

First, Nintendo is releasing the exact same unambitious games it was in the 90's. Not much room for error when you use the same simplistic formula over and over. Bethesda creates extremely complicated sandbox worlds that by design will ALWAYS have more problems than the simple platformers and baseline RPG's Nintendo releases.

Second, what would going online change for the 90% of people who can play Skyrim beautifully?


1. Zelda isn't exactly the same it isn't COD its different each time different visuals, different characters, different weapons, different sizes and most of different story. If you think they are exactly the the same then each TES from arena to Skyrim falls into the exact same category as zelda.

2. 90% of people do not come online to post their issues I guess you believe if you don't see hear or know about it doesn't exist? Skyrim is the buggiest game on the market right now above more buggier then Minecraft most of those bugs are minor some of those however are not and make playable due to the recent patch it even worse. So ya no Skyrim beautifully if they are they are lying and blatant blinded [censored] trying defend BGS for some reason because they sold them rushed and inferior product.

@furry ME3 would be taking all of em.. either way GOTY means absolutly nothing at all these days.
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Post » Wed Dec 14, 2011 2:20 pm

What you and I think doesn't matter. Skyrim is critically acclaimed with millions of satisfied customers. That's not a failure on ANY objective scale.

There's nothing objective about it. The quality of a video game is 100% subjective, based on the experience and preferences of the player. What you and I think are the only things that matter. People aren't voting for goty based on technical measurements of the game data, and never, ever will. They vote based on "yay more fun."

That's all there is to it. Skyrim is a flop, in a lot of ways, in my opinion. My opinion is just as valid as the opinion of anyone else that voted in that contest, and that contest is what this thread is all about. If more people agreed with you than agreed with me, then maybe Skyrim would have won that contest and we wouldn't even be having this conversation.
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Post » Wed Dec 14, 2011 11:28 pm

Oh God, I knew these would start to pop up before long.

These polls are essentially popularity contests, most popular game gets a completely superficial status and people freak out over it.

This.

Also, with that vote system, the contest is even more [censored].
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Post » Wed Dec 14, 2011 6:29 pm

Nostalgia, more mature people playing Skyrim, etc.

I'm sure a lot of people, including myself, didn't vote, even though they think Skyrim is better. For a number of reasons: A) We didn't want to make an account, B) We haven't played SS, C) We know the poll doesn't mean jack [censored].

Nostalgia has a MASSIVE effect on most LoZ games. A LoZ game could svck like a bucket of ticks, and bring in millions because OoT was considered one of the greatest games ever. It's been like that for years, and it always will be like that.

Edit: Also, since LoZ is targeted at a younger audience, it will receive more votes from said audience. Much more, considering they're more likely to make multiple accounts to have multiple votes.
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Post » Wed Dec 14, 2011 1:10 pm

TF2 is far superior to zelda

i made 250 dollars of an unusual in tf2 :)



I'm sorry, but I'm just going to have to go off topic for a moment.

I can't resist telling you (or, since you probably won't read this message, stating my opinion) that people like you are the reason TF2 is going downhill. I'm not saying that it isn't still an extremely fun game, but it has definitely seen better days.
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Post » Wed Dec 14, 2011 7:59 pm

Those people on G4 were voting for Zelda, not Skyward Sword. A lot of fanbois fail to realize its about game vs game, not franchises.

No, they were voting for Skyward Sword. The people voting for Skyrim were voting for TES. They fail to understand that it was a competition about game vs game, not franchises. See how that works?

Hate to break your bubble but...

Skyrim is Morrowind with better graphics. Absolutely nothing innovative here...

Skyrim is less than Morrowind, apart from graphics.
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Post » Wed Dec 14, 2011 1:54 pm

1. Zelda isn't exactly the same it isn't COD its different each time different visuals, different characters, different weapons, different sizes and most of different story. If you think they are exactly the the same then each TES from arena to Skyrim falls into the exact same category as zelda.

The TES games started out complicated, while Zelda started out as a baseline Nintendo RPG, and considering the amount of time the series has been in development it hasn't changed much at all. These 2 series aren't even in the same galaxy technically, but that can be said of most Wii games when compared to things developed for PC and the other generation consoles.
2. 90% of people do not come online to post their issues I guess you believe if you don't see hear or know about it doesn't exist? Skyrim is the buggiest game on the market right now above more buggier then Minecraft most of those bugs are minor some of those however are not and make playable due to the recent patch it even worse. So ya no Skyrim beautifully if they are they are lying and blatant blinded [censored] trying defend BGS for some reason because they sold them rushed and inferior product.

The only big issue brought up is the PS3 bug. Everything else has been minor and expected for a game like this. People are just dramatic on the forums, but the wordwide acclaim this game has received speaks for itself.
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Post » Wed Dec 14, 2011 5:17 pm

Zelda is on one platform, whereas Skyrim is on many. I think many just voted because they think back to OoT or something. Not many can claim to have been raised by Daggerfall or anything.
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Post » Wed Dec 14, 2011 11:44 pm

Skyrim would have beaten Zelda, but then it took an arrow in the knee.


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Post » Wed Dec 14, 2011 5:24 pm

I'm sure Skyward Sword is a fantastic game. I don't have a wii, but Nintendo tends to do rather well with the franchise. Don't be such a really devoted fan. It's cool to disagree, but you don't need to be insulting over it.


This. Although I think Skyrim "deserves" it bit more, it was a perfectly reasonable alternative.

GOD BLESS THE GAMING COMMUNITY THANK GOD THAT IT WASNT COD:MONEY WASTED 3
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Post » Wed Dec 14, 2011 9:50 am

Zelda is on one platform, whereas Skyrim is on many. I think many just voted because they think back to OoT or something. Not many can claim to have been raised by Daggerfall or anything.

This must also be taken into account.
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Post » Wed Dec 14, 2011 9:10 am

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


Well, Skyrim is trying to cure cancer, differentl from Morrowind, that successfully cured Flu.
Zelda is curing chickenpox in new and innovative ways with every release, but still, it's just curing chickenpox again and again.

Apart from the very subjective matter I like Skyrim more because I have more content within the price that I paid for the game. And semi-infinite novelty factor with modding. But those are my motives, your motives to like or dislike Skyrim are going to be different anyway.
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Post » Wed Dec 14, 2011 5:24 pm

There's nothing objective about it. The quality of a video game is 100% subjective, based on the experience and preferences of the player. What you and I think are the only things that matter. People aren't voting for goty based on technical measurements of the game data, and never, ever will. They vote based on "yay more fun."

That's all there is to it. Skyrim is a flop, in a lot of ways, in my opinion. My opinion is just as valid as the opinion of anyone else that voted in that contest, and that contest is what this thread is all about. If more people agreed with you than agreed with me, then maybe Skyrim would have won that contest and we wouldn't even be having this conversation.

First, online polls are shams that don't accurately represent anything. The vote was close and if I had felt like it I could've created over a thousand accounts on G4 over the weekend and had them all vote for skyrim. It takes 2 minutes to make a new account.

As for your opinion, it only matters to you. If you can't look past your own biased perception and offer something based on objective information no one has any reason to ever take you seriously.
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