Or the sole reviewer enjoyed the game and thought that 10 was an appropriate score?

Haven't the majority of Ign's 10s gone to Nintendo games?

GameSpot gave it a 7.5 XD

Review: http://wii.nintendolife.com/reviews/2011/11/legend_of_zelda_s...

Boom!

fuuuuuuuu

If someone who is their 20s or 30s can't grasp Pointer controls then they need to be checked for a disability . Its simple motor functions.

Finally went through OoT3D, now I'm ready to play Skyward Sword.

People still read Gamespot? Why?

read the GiantBomb review, really was the worst of the site as it was contradicting itself every other sentence at times. Sad.

Jeff Gerstmann hates motion controls. I expected a much lower score from them.

For all those upset that some reviewer gave Zelda a low score (may contain swearing - it's a Jim Sterling video):

http://www.destructoid.com/the-jimquisition-hate-out-of-ten-2...

When I initially heard about Gamespot's review score, naturally I was a bit miffed (despite having not played it yet), but what purpose does it serve to get worked up about a review. If you're worried someone might pass it up because of a negative review, you can be thankful that in this case, Zelda Skyward Sword is otherwise universally praised.

By the way, the point of the video if you aren't able to watch it is that Jim Sterling (of Distructiod) rants about how butthurt people got when a game was given an 8 out of 10, where they thought it deserved much more.

PS - still waiting for my copy. Like I said, it had been despatched already, but It's probabbly a standard delivery, and will be here tomorrow.

Pardon me, but this is an opinion! Just because most people like it doesn't mean everyone does. I can defend this reviewer by relating this to my own experiences. I've played games many people loved and got high reviews, and I personally either didn't care for them or hated them. Reviews reflect the reviewer's opinion and thus they can dislike the game you love whether you like it or not.

B.S. Reviews are supposed to reflect what everyone wants them to reflect so that they can gloat about it and appease their ill-concealed inner-fanboy.

haha ! Well On my side, I've finished the third temple, and it is reaaaaally great ! I LOVE it ! I can see a few problems here and there that kinda affect the flow of the game, but it's a Zelda, and if you've played them, you know what I mean : wandering aimlessly in a room searching for the thingy to activate to go to the next ^^ And since the game isn't officially out yet, it really is my wits vs the game for once, and not even with a guide (because you know, when it's available, it's too tempting to have a peek ! Here, I'm having the full Zelda experience ! (I just hope there isn't any water temple ^^')

My game has been shipped. Hoping for it to come tomorrow! But I guess Friday is okay too...

@Red-acteur: If you don't mind me asking, there's one thing I want to know about the game before it comes out here. What's it like outside the dungeons? (What I mean is, does a lot of the adventure take place on the overworld, and is there a lot of navigation and traveling?)

I'm just annoyed at the low scores because I want it to be proven in every way that other 3D Zeldas are better than OOT. Because they are.

and regardless, no one should take Gamespot seriously. They're only behind Kotaku in terms of sucking. In fact, Gamespot's opinion does not even exist.

yeah, I have a feeling those 80s on Metacritic are gonna annoy people, they are the lowest scores after all, but hey it has a better Metacritic score than MW3, which is all that matters (yes it does matter sadly, ask certain developers)

Without trying to spoil too much, I'm gonna say that there definitely is an overworld. The thing is, the story is sooo compelling to me (well, I'm motivated by the will to see what comes next really) that I didn't really take the time to explore. There are a few islands scattered here and there on the map, but I didn't really wanted to go there. But once you go below the clouds, it's closed environments with no connexion whatsoever (which isn't a bad thing because they are huuuuge... on your first visit, because it really is easy to get lost ^^''). But I've got to ssay, I ran into a nice trick that blew me away gameply-wise, that considerably change the game in a good way, but I won't talk about it

Oh and the puzzles are quite fun, BUT ! If you've played all them Zeldas, you're going to find them between easy and mildly challenging (in the sense it really follows the same logic of the previous games) : in one case, there was one, I just looked a bit and in 5 seconds tops I figured out how it worked. If you aren't used to those puzzles, you're gonna get a bit stumped ^^ (I'm so glad the guides aren't up yet, so I'm not tempted ! I'm living the true experience !)

Unless you have a review copy of the game and have already played through it to the end, then I have to agree with you. You don't have a f*****ing clue what they are thinking.

his spaz attack at the end of that video made my LIFE, I couldn't stop laughing for 20 minutes

good sir, I could NOT have put it better, brilliant

I think we can all agree no Zelda game has ever been bad. (The CDi game doesn't count of course.)
Nintendo must be doing something right if the series has kept going for 25 years.
Don't base your opinion of this game on what someone else thinks.
It's your own opinion that matters.

Ironic how when I opened that link there was a Skyward Sword ad sitting right next to the video.