re: The Legend of Zelda™: Skyward Sword HD

Skyward Sword will always be the game that made me realize reviews could be badly mistaken, because it was getting scores of 100 and GOAT type praise for a really brief period.

There were cool aspects to this game. Ghirahim was a cool character. The time crystals were a cool mechanic. The dungeons were mostly fine, and the Ancient Cistern was one of the better Zelda dungeons I can remember.

However, the linear and repetitive nature of the main plot (retreading over the same areas over and over again) was just killer, especially when you realize if they had just turned the sky into a Wind Waker type exploration experience with more fun islands, it would have resolved a lot.

I like to think the criticisms of Skyward Sword and how constrained and repetetive the exploration felt is what gave us BOTW, so for that I'm grateful.