Skyloft remains a highlight, I'm a big supporter of the NPC designs, the sense of home it carries and the basic but appreciated sidequests. Thanks to the changes in this version, my personal SS demons were pretty much exorcised, the bevy of small tweaks that fix issues that should never have been in the original game in the first place finally give the game that extra ease of play, where I can enjoy it fully without getting irked by being told what an amber relic is every time I turn the game back on. ![]() I think my opinion on the overworld areas mostly went up funnily enough, while the dungeons dipped down from my last playthrough, I'm still carrying a number of the same opinions as I did back in the day it seems (like my scandalous liking of Eldin over Lanaryu). The hubbub about returning to the same three maps as an example of its repeated content overlooks how well the game actually makes use of these areas in new ways so that in never feels like tedious repetition (I'll give you Imprisoned 3, I'll fight for silent realms though, if anything they should've been tougher!) Going back through SS highlighted something that a lot of the other games in that category certainly didn't have in my eyes, and that's while SS maybe has a bit too much going on in its main quest, it's made up of a ton of actually unique content, perhaps not all of it is great for sure, but really it's not really any worse than other acclaimed Zelda games in that regard. Years of internet discourse had of course had me stop and ponder if I did like Skyward Sword as much as the other 3D Zelda titles, the well documented flaws were one thing to keep in mind, but there was also the pacing discussion where there are plenty of other critically acclaimed games I've dinged on my personal scale for some excessive bloat, so surely SS wasn't exempt. My thrilling conclusion is that this game, is good, actually it's great, yeah I'm MAN enough to say it. I think coming back to the game to put a bow on it, after binging Great Ace Attorney for over a week, has helped me put my thoughts on Skyward Sword into perspective. ![]() Speaking of side content, I've just wrapped up my run with this remaster having collected all the gratitude crystals, that's all the completionist criteria I persoanlly need to meet (I think I got all the goddess cubes, couldn't seem to find anymore with the dowsing, but I forget if Fi randomly tells you when there's none left or not), missing 5 heart pieces I think, all behind perfecting the mini games I believe.
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