▲ 284 ▼ Hogwarts Legacy has officially cleared Zelda as 2023's best-selling game worldwide (www.videogameschronicle.com) submitted 2 years ago by simple@lemm.ee to c/games@lemmy.world 290 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] winety@lemmy.zip 5 points 2 years ago (1 child) The story of HL is also one of its weaknesses. It's a generic chosen one story with unmemorable characters. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] jacksilver@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago (1 child) I'm really confused by all of the story comments in this thread. It's fair to criticise HL's story, but at least there is a story and characters. What story does TOTK even have? What characters have more than a line or two? While Zelda has never been big on complex narratives, at least previous entries (before BOTW and TOTK) could develop a story since they could have a linear progression. A couple of flashback scenes really doesn't tell a great or compelling narrative and really disconnects the gameplay from the events going on. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] winety@lemmy.zip 2 points 2 years ago Disclaimer: I haven’t played TOTK. I only played a bit of BOTW. It’s all about expectations. I never thought of Zelda as a game with a story, so BOTW not having one doesn’t bother me. Harry Potter, on the other hand, I’ve always associated with memorable characters and a bonkers world. HL translates this bonkers world into a game quite well, but its story doesn’t (in my opinion) fit that world nor does it have memorable characters. (Some of the characters look and feel like Lidl versions of the characters from the original books.) permalink fedilink source parent
[–] jacksilver@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago (1 child) I'm really confused by all of the story comments in this thread. It's fair to criticise HL's story, but at least there is a story and characters. What story does TOTK even have? What characters have more than a line or two? While Zelda has never been big on complex narratives, at least previous entries (before BOTW and TOTK) could develop a story since they could have a linear progression. A couple of flashback scenes really doesn't tell a great or compelling narrative and really disconnects the gameplay from the events going on. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] winety@lemmy.zip 2 points 2 years ago Disclaimer: I haven’t played TOTK. I only played a bit of BOTW. It’s all about expectations. I never thought of Zelda as a game with a story, so BOTW not having one doesn’t bother me. Harry Potter, on the other hand, I’ve always associated with memorable characters and a bonkers world. HL translates this bonkers world into a game quite well, but its story doesn’t (in my opinion) fit that world nor does it have memorable characters. (Some of the characters look and feel like Lidl versions of the characters from the original books.) permalink fedilink source parent
[–] winety@lemmy.zip 2 points 2 years ago Disclaimer: I haven’t played TOTK. I only played a bit of BOTW. It’s all about expectations. I never thought of Zelda as a game with a story, so BOTW not having one doesn’t bother me. Harry Potter, on the other hand, I’ve always associated with memorable characters and a bonkers world. HL translates this bonkers world into a game quite well, but its story doesn’t (in my opinion) fit that world nor does it have memorable characters. (Some of the characters look and feel like Lidl versions of the characters from the original books.) permalink fedilink source parent