Controversial Graphics? (The Legend of Zelda - The Wind Waker (GC))

Member Name: robertjb

Product:	The Legend of Zelda - The Wind Waker (GC)
Date:	03/07/09 (5 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: Great graphics, good fun, plenty of things to do

Disadvantages: Can be a bit too easy at times, graphics might not please everyone

Whenever the first footage of Wind Waker was released it caused a massive divide in the gaming community. Many loved the new cel-shaded graphics and found them beautiful and full of character while others despised them for being too cartoony. I fell into the camp of loving the new graphics, they add a certain level of detail that wouldn't be possible to have if Nintendo had tried to make the game more realistic. The game also looks far more attractive as the worlds featured in the game are very colourful and pleasing on the eye.

The game itself is like that of a standard Zelda game with one major difference. The implementation of giving Link a boat to sail around the main map. Although pretty fun at the start it soon became quite cumbersome and I longed to be riding a horse across green fields rather than the slow monotonous sailing.

Despite this the gameplay as ever in Zelda games is top-notch, a good mix of exploring, puzzle solving and fighting all combined together. The game itself I found to be one of the easiest in the Zelda series and didn't really have any trouble completing it so this might be a better game for newcomers to introduce themselves into Link's world as the learning curve isn't too high.

Overall though I would thoroughly recommend the game especially for any Zelda fans and those who want to get themselves started in this excellent series of video games.

Summary: A great game to play and any Gamecube and Wii owners should pick this up!