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well... someone was bound to post it.
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Given that they had hours and hours of great source material to draw from, I knew it was going to be a large undertaking to make a movie that would appease fans of the anime and/or manga. Overall, it was pretty bad, but I feel like they did a decent job condensing things down to fit the time constraints of a movie.

I kinda liked what they did with L (although I do think they made him a little overly emotional towards the end). Light was kinda terrible. The actor seemed very uh... amateurish? And wtf was that music selection for the ferris wheel scene? Woof.

I mean, I wouldn't watch it again but... it could have been worse. That's my glowing review.
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"In summary, Confucianism flourished with the support of the samurai in the Edo period, and Confucian concepts, such as loyalty and humanism, permeated samurai society and gradually spread to the general public, resulting in the continuing existence of strong Confucian beliefs in modern Japan."
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streamofthesky posted...

Monistic_Turtle posted...

And even though the narrative was sparse, it actually felt... real? I don't know, but the characters seemed genuine and I actually cared about Zelda's struggles. Some of the VA's were hit or miss, but overall, it didn't feel like some high fantasy drivel and it wasn't convoluted.

The story in this game is terrible, one of the worst of the Zelda series, which is quite a feat.
The guy in the video covered it pretty well, but what is "real" about the narrative? As he said, supposedly the world's on the brink of destruction, but all the towns are idyllic and peaceful and a whole 100 years after Ganon pretty much won, only NOW are the divine beasts becoming a problem for some reason. And Zelda's locked in battle w/ Ganon for 100 years w/o losing somehow while Link got pwned pretty quick and unexplainably doesn't age that whole time. None of it makes sense or feels "real," everything about the plot contradicts itself despite not even having much material to conflict with itself on in the first place.
And no Zelda plot has ever been complex enough to risk being "convoluted."

That said, BotW has one of the worst stories of a Zelda game and Skyward Sword has one of the best. And...that pretty much sums up how important the story is to a Zelda game. :p

I loved the story in Skyward Sword as well, but BotW did a great job at making the characters feel human and conveyed their plights in an authentic way (this is mostly concerning Zelda though, as Link is more or less just an avatar). When I said "real" I was referring to the characters reactions to the situations they were in. I wasn't really focusing on the in's and out's of the grander story beats.
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I've played a lot of games, and BotW makes my top 5.

Even though the open world is sprawling and frankly a little intimidating when you first get a nice bird's eye view of it, they somehow managed to make most of the areas feel unique and immediately distinguishable from one another. I usually prize a more narrative focused game, but the feeling of foraging out in the wilderness and getting by on weapons that sometimes aren't that reliable was invigorating (yes, I actually enjoyed the weapons durability component since it meshed well with the whole "survival" aspect of BotW).

And even though the narrative was sparse, it actually felt... real? I don't know, but the characters seemed genuine and I actually cared about Zelda's struggles. Some of the VA's were hit or miss, but overall, it didn't feel like some high fantasy drivel and it wasn't convoluted.

The difficulty was perfect and yes, the final fight was a little lackluster in terms of difficulty, but at least it was showy and bombastic. But in my opinion, the faults with BotW are so minuscule when compared to the game as a whole that I think it will remain in my top 5 for a while.
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Yeah, I'm hoping that's the case. This was one of the battles I was unsure of, but I ultimately went with 2006. I have a perfect entry as of today... but I might lose a point here. :(
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The Fall
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We All Go the Same - Radical Face
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