Zelda is a game about exploring ancient ruins; solving puzzles and defeating monsters to delve deeper. Finding hidden treasures and using them as items only makes sense; that's why A Link Between Worlds was one of the worst 2D Zeldas, because it wrecked the progression.
So you want Zelda to be more linear? You want to end up with a bunch of useless items like in TP? I don't think the renting system is the best system ever, but it helped break the trend of strict linearity.
Twilight Princess items all had uses to discover secrets out in the world. That's more than I can say for Skyward Sword's slightly bigger bug net, shield that is stronger than the one that never broke to begin with, or machine gun slingshot that's still useless after you get the bow so who cares.
People need to get over using linearity as a buzzword. Even a totally linear Zelda isn't like The Last of Us because you can revisit other areas of the world, find secrets, and activities other than the main quest.
What everyone needs to realize and accept is that a game based around puzzles is going to have large, linear segments. Namely the dungeons. That and the linear gameplay is good if it is good gameplay to begin with, linearity be damned.
Don't even start with 'but Nintendo can make nonlinear dungeons, they can make nonlinear puzzles, and nonlinear items nonlinearly crafted in a nonlinear way' because every divergent point, every alternate path is just as much more work. So they're not going to make nonlinear everything just because people always whine about it because that isn't the game Zelda is.
Who knows if a nonlinear open world will make Zelda feel adventurous like... the mythical game everyone keeps in their minds to convince themselves that every game should be open world, or aimless and slow, like Skyrim without the richly conceived world and lore.
And if Zelda U ends up with a nothing plot it's 100% the fault of nonlinearity and the open world.
I agree with Haru17. Linear gameplay can create a journey for a player. Open world can lead to aimless wandering about. I am so excited about the new game.
I never drive faster than I can see. Besides, it's all in the reflexes.
I honestly doubt it's going to be the "open world" everyone is expecting. If I had to guess, it's going to be Wind Waker on land, without loading times.
Linearity can be a good thing. I'd like to see some progression of difficulty.
On your first point, that's precisely what my definition of open-world was five years ago, and I still think that a huge landscape without loading times alone is cool even if it doesn't have everything every other open-world game has. It would be nice to see plenty of towns and cities, which I think there will be, if they're going so far as to put farmers in the fields.
On your second point, that's where I thought ALBW was lacking. I don't think non-linearity has to mean a flat difficulty curve. The original Legend of Zelda had levels 5-7 being much harder than levels 1-3, and that game worked just fine. The player was told which level he was on, so he knew that if he stumbled on level 7 early in the game, he was up against a real challenge. Part of the problem of ALBW is that it was non-linear, but you didn't really feel like it mattered what order you did them in.
I know it's possible, but knowing Nintendo I doubt they're going to make the hardest dungeon / level available from the beginning. Some options would be fine though, like in Wind Waker: The Earth and the Wind Temple, honestly there was little difference in difficulty and it wouldn't have affected the story either if the order was optional. I wouldn't have a problem if there was a choice between the those two. But I think that some linearity in dungeon order is almost necessary if the game is going to have more than just a simple story. Again, I think it'll end up as a Wind Waker on land, but I'd be completely happy if it did.
People need to get over using linearity as a buzzword. Even a totally linear Zelda isn't like The Last of Us because you can revisit other areas of the world, find secrets, and activities other than the main quest.
A million times this.
I've been playing Majora's Mask 3D, which is completely linear as far as dungeons go, but I never once felt like I was forced to go a way or another, due to the sheer amount of compelling sidequests.
I've been saying if any title could slip to 16 this would be it. I'm not too bother by it but what now will be the big end of the year title? Will they hold XCX back till then or do they have another unannounced title up their sleeves?!
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If I was only ever able to have Monster Hunter and EO games in the future, I would be a happy man.
At least I don't have to wait and use my $40 Gamestop gift card for this year on Zelda Wii U. I'll just use it for something else then, like a PS3, so I can play games like Jak & Daxter and Ratchet & Clank.
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It's also happy news because this tells me that the team would like to take their time with it rather than just push out a half-good job. They could release it now and it would still probably sell millions of copies like previous Zelda games have done, but no, they expect no less than their very best on Zelda Wii U.
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I'm just confused on how anyone could think they wouldn't show a trailer at E3 in the first place. It's basically been confirmed since last year that Zelda was gonna be their big game for this year. I mean, it's also possible that Beyond Good and Evil 2 and the Last Guardian will both show up at E3 this year and come out in the same week this year, but...I don't think I would count on that. Same way I don't count on being struck by lightning.
Well crap...um...
I guess I should get ready for Beyond Good and Evil 2 in that case!
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