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NIWA Community => The Legend of Zelda => Nintendo Gaming => The Legend of Zelda Archived Discussion => Topic started by: TTEchidna on February 21, 2010, 03:33:44 AM
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What're your thoughts on it? Incredibly stupid, yes, and horrible compared to the games made by Nintendo... but I can't help but wish they had a few references to the terribleness of the unholy Triforce...
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words cant describe how bad these games are :-[
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(http://api.ning.com/files/FUG8UoFyxM0I1aMvJFbAtocs5T-xeDPQQQq5qD0QAms_/MahBoi.jpg)
'Nuff said
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(http://api.ning.com/files/FUG8UoFyxM0I1aMvJFbAtocs5T-xeDPQQQq5qD0QAms_/MahBoi.jpg)
'Nuff said
lmfao wtf
I've never actually played or seen these games (I tend to ignore Youtube memes) so I reserve all judgement until further notice. Not that I have any plans to ever play them or anything.
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lmfao wtf
Dunno why but this response made me laugh harder than the actual image.
And come on guys, Wand of Gamelon was incredible. There was a magic carpet. Link pulled off some f***ing Aladdin s*** right there.
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Those games were some funny (not to mention horrible) attempts at a game.
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I have the AVGN reviews on my iPod.
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Like most people, I only know the cutscenes of these games, and I think they are hilarious (yet uncanny and scary) in their very own way. We should thank the creators, for they have brought us Youtube Poops and other non-sensical but funny things.
Can't say anything about the gameplay of those games, though, although the concepts of the final battles in the first two games sound kinda stupid.
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the only thing that scared me was Squadilah!
or however it's spelled.
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I don't know what they were smoking when they designed Ganon, but he looked pretty ridiculous in those games.
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It's not much of a downgrade from a giant blue pig if you think about it.
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I liked the giant blue pig, man.
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I liked the giant blue pig, man.
Well then, consider it an upgrade.
If they were smoking something (you know it's true), it obviously affected how they viewed motion, look at the horrible animation.
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If they were smoking something (you know it's true), it obviously affected how they viewed motion, look at the horrible animation.
Russian Animation is rather alien to begin it with and the Zeldas were the first time the animators had to use computer. Animation Magic's later works are a smidge better.
The actual games looks pretty terrible (and not just because of the animation) but the music is actually pretty good and the hand-painted backgrounds are beautiful. For what it's worth, Hardcore Gaming 101 defend the series here. (http://hg101.kontek.net/zeldacdi/zeldacdi.htm)
Animation Magic later did Mutant Rampage:Body Slam (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j5HjsMkNxF8) (also on the CD-I) and I.M Meen (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ekkk8sVajqE) (DOS). I.M Meen is a terrible Doom Clone with half-assed attempts at making it educational but Mutant Rampage actually looks kind of decent. They were also working on a Warcraft game (Lord of the Thrones or something) but that was cancelled.
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The music and background art were some of the virtues of the games, but the cutscenes were still a joke.
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Makes me want to "bomb" them and not the "didongos".Or "grab my stuff" and leave. I rather "DIE!" than watch it again. Not even do I want it over for "dinner".
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Makes me want to "bomb" them and not the "didongos".Or "grab my stuff" and leave. I rather "DIE!" than watch it again. Not even do I want it over for "dinner".
I agree, Mah boi.
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These games are so terrible that they're practically unplayable. Not kidding. The controls are HORRID. I've played them.
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Without this,youtube poops would SUCK mai boi.
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This is why I hate Philips.
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I serioisly dont get how they thougut that was a passable game though. Kimda sad, really
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I've only ever played Wand of Gamelon, but I don't think it's as bad as everybody would have you think.
That said, it does have its bad points:
The controls were badly designed. No, scratch that, the Cd-I controller was badly designed. For those of you who've never seen one, imagine a Wii Nunchuk. Now flatten it out, and take away its ability to sense motion, its control stick, and it's rumble feature. Place a d-pad where the control stick went. In the center of the d-pad, put a small, round, easy-to accidentally press button. On either side of the d-pad, put two long buttons lengthwise. Below the d-pad there is the start button, select button, etc. The thing is uncomfortable to hold, and I deny that it is even possible to press the button on its thumb side while still using the d-pad without having multiple thumbs. Fortunately, there is also an alternate controller that is, for all intents and purposes, exactly the same as the Genesis controller.
The cutscenes, while not necessarily "bad", were definitely animated strangely.
The voice acting was possibly one of the worst aspects of the game. I have seriously wondered if they pulled random people off the street to do it. That said, it has voice acting, which is more than any cannon Zelda game can say, unless you count one-word phrases like "Hey!", "Listen!", and "Oooh!".
It's very minor, but it is impossible to jump above the level of the screen. While not a huge factor for most of the time, it did make for some very bad times in certain dungeons.
The boss fights were simply horribly designed. Not only were the items you needed to defeat the bosses in completely separate areas from the bosses themselves, but the game gave almost no hints whatsoever as to which item was required to beat each boss. The player, essentially, has to guess which item to use. And if you do manage to pick the right item, you throw it at the boss, and(if you didn't miss[if you did miss, you are ****ed]) are reward with an animation showing the boss in question dying, and one or more new areas being unlocked.
All in all, though, I can't really say it's a horrible game. It's certainly not as bad as some games made by much more successful companies. I don't want to embarrass them, so let's just say that the game's protagonist is a man who's just super, really.
Over all, I give Wand of Gamelon 4/10, ten being the highest. And that's not so bad, when you consider I gave that the game about the super man(I cannot possibly be any less subtle. If you still can't tell what I'm talking about, go look up the top ten worst video games. I'm sure it's there. If that didn't work, go grow an inductive reasoning gland.) 1/10.