Here's what Gabe said:
"I took the Wii home over the weekend and was able to put quite a bit of time into Zelda. There was what I would describe as a bru ha ha over at Joystiq when one of their bloggers claimed
the game was a flop. He cited its terrible graphics as reason enough to dismiss it entirely. The response in the thread afterwards was heated with lots of people claiming that the graphics werent as bad as he claimed and that the game actually looked really good. Having played it all weekend Im here to tell you thats not the correct response.
See the problem is that hes partially right. The game doesn't look very good. I dont just mean it doesnt look like Gears of War either, I mean it doesnt even look good for a GC game and lets be honest here thats what were talking about. Ive seen beautiful games on the Cube. Crystal Chronicles, Wind Waker and Resident Evil 4 were all incredible looking games. Twilight Princess cant really compare to any of them. So hes right about that, what hes wrong about is everything else.
Even though the game doesnt look all that great, its still Zelda and its ****ing awesome. Our crew plays Gears of War every night and I had a hard time putting down my remote and nun chuck to join them. 1up has a minute by minute write up of the first ten hours of the game which seems ridiculous to me. I dont know why youd want to ruin such a great experience and its really not necessary. Maybe thats that new games journalism Ive heard so much about. Heres everything you need to know about Twilight Princess:
-Playing Zelda with the Wii controller is super fun. -The game play is a blast. -The story is great. -Youll never even think about the graphics while youre playing it.
I recommend avoiding any of the extensive write ups about the game. Im serious, Twilight Princess is too good to ruin it that way. Just wait a few more days and experience it for yourself."
-Gabe out
