Topic: Anyone think Link (And Legend of Zelda) is overrated?

[crisis]

But I do agree that the games are sort of lessening in their impact.  Link's Awakening and ATtP are among my most favoritest games evar but beyond OoT, I've been like "oh...a new Zelda game. How quaint."

You just hit the nail on the head. My thoughts exactly.

I'm in the mood for some Zelda cereal

[Abnormal Freak]

Still, I just think it's overrated... I don't even know where the fandom comes from, I mean, the games pretty much suck, they're all repetitive and annoying, the main character has no personality and is the tired, cliched old "Warrior who saves the princess" guy.

What do people see in these games and characters!?

Tried and true storytelling.

[mgfcortez]

zelda is a great game not everybody thinks the same you say zelda trash but i love it and hope for more games like it!
what i think is trash is FPS and turnbase games i love to kill  the ppl who make them such worthless piece's of dog shit!
but there ppl who likes them so who am i to piss on FF9 or FF278.lol
ppl will keep running back to games like black wile i wipe my ass with such sucky games.
and praise my zelda and other great hack and slash games.
shit i love conan when ppl said it sucked but they play these other games that i think are trash and worthless.
so in true what you think or what i think don't matter.
what matters is that ppl enjoy what they like some zelda some FPS turnbase or sport games i hate all 3 but other love them.
so they'll keep making more.

so your alone saying zelda is trash when 95% of ppl think its gold.
i'm brobly not in the 5% that hate sport games turnbase and FPS as well.
so imo we're both wrong and don't know shit because alot of other ppl get into these games and enjoy them and thats what shows how worth wile they are;)
 

[Mr Sven]

In Reply To #2

http://youtube.com/watch?v=7SoY71jLpEE (nsfw, language)
Zelda cd-i?

I was really hoping someone would note that as sarcasm.

[CVfan13]

I used to love zelda, but castlevania took its place in my life. I have have some form of every zelda game so far except links awakening.

[shelverton.]

Anyone in their right mind can see why Zelda is such a popular franchise. It oozes with quality, and even if you don't like the particular style or characters you can surely see that most of the games in the series are extremely well done. I mean, I don't care for Metal Gear Solid but I still recognize quality when I see it. That doesn't mean I will automatically be a fan of the games. But I don't go around saying "OMG MGS SUX". Cause it doesn't.

So, this topic fails.

[AlexCalvo]

In Reply To #10
Yeah, cause saving is the most fun part of ANY GAME.

In Reply To #18
That was absolutely unreadable.


In Reply To #21
I agree with you 100%.  I really don't like Zelda games, but I don't think they are bad games.  Just not my taste.

[Bloodreign]

Geez three posts to get a point across, try keeping it to one if possible JoW(now whittled down to one post instead).

[crisis]

Yeah, cause saving is the most fun part of ANY GAME.

I never said it was fun, I just stressed how Zelda basically set the standard.

[AlexCalvo]

In Reply To #23
I just hit reply to the posts I wanted to reply to.  My bad that I'm used to the old board that puts them together automatically... :

[Rugal]

I don't think so. Zelda has always been more laid back. I have to start TP all over again because my Wii's memory got wiped 

[Oralox]

In Reply To #2
Make a couple of good games and wait for them to look overrated. Then make about one or two bad games for a taste balance in the franchise.

[Munchy]

I don't really seek out Zelda, though I do make a tradition out of beating LttP once a year.

I found The Minish Cap to be very predictable and repetitive... and that's about my knowledge of newer Zeldas. So, yeah, I guess it could be a little overrated.

[DoctaMario]

I was into the NES Zelda games, but I guess my tastes changed over time. My brother is into TP and the SNES & N64 games, but I can't imagine going thru them. I'm not much of an RPG guy anymore. Still, I can see why people like them, they do come across as pretty well done even if I don't dig them.

[crisis]

I still think ALttP is the best out of all of 'em!