The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess Critic Reviews
Games First!
If someone were to get on your case for comparing Twilight Princess to the legendary Ocarina of Time, feel free to slap them silly. It is perfectly fair to compare the two, in large part because the game does most of the work for you. In a scenario that...read the complete The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess review at Games First!
So, the question becomes this: When is a game so good that its other achievements outshine even noticeable technical flaws to the point that they are nearly insignificant? The answer is simple: When it reaches Twilight Princess’ level. I don’t...read the complete The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess review at Gamerz-Edge
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If you add in the incredibly well designed control scheme, as well as Link's new ability to turn into a wolf, you've created an adventure that easily stands head and shoulders above that seen in "Ocarina"... Twilight Princess is easily one of the most...read the complete The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess review at Deeko
The Onion
If you thought you had Link all figured out, it's time to think again. Sure, The Legend Of Zelda: Twilight Princess is packed with series staples—a robust main adventure, plenty of side quests, a long line of memorable dungeons—but this is a much...read the complete The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess review at The Onion
Cubed3
From the very start of the game things look good. The sweeping camera shots on the opening sequence to the game as Link rides majestically across the gaming world atop Epona is not just reminiscent of Ocarina of Time, it surpasses it. If the N64 classic...read the complete The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess review at Cubed3
GameSpy
An excellent addition (and homage to "Ocarina") to the franchise, and you'll have an enormous amount of fun playing it from start to finish. Get over the fact that the Wii's hardware is simply not as powerful as the other next-gen machines and get into...read the complete The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess review at GameSpy
The game wants to be the biggest and the best Zelda to date, and to do so it borrows the trappings of the classic modern Zelda title, and runs with them. Its history is worn on its sleeve, unashamedly: we return to Hyrule, and all the Gorons and Zoras we...read the complete The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess review at N-Europe
Truly fantastic. It's not a reinvention of the genre like Ocarina was -- but it's much better, because it takes all its predecessors' raw ideas, perfects them, and creates an experience that's at once new and familiar. It's rare to find a launch game...read the complete The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess review at 1UP
In the history of launch titles, there has never been a single one that comes remotely close to the quality and excellence of The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess. Considering this franchise is home to several regulars on “Best Games of All Time”...read the complete The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess review at Lawrence
Link, our favorite non-Scottish skirt-wearing male, is bringing in the Wii with the biggest, most engaging Zelda title to date. The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess is simply an accumulation and honing of every element that has made the Zelda franchise...read the complete The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess review at Game Helper
Twilight Princess gives you just about everything you were hoping for in a new Zelda game while supplying things you didn't even know you wanted in the first place. The tone is decidedly darker, the overly melodramatic moments are subdued, and it...read the complete The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess review at GameTrailers
Wii Advanced
Twilight Princess is not as revolutionary as "Ocarina of Time." It doesn't reinvent a 2D classic as a 3D one. It doesn't revolutionize the adventure genre. Instead, it takes everything about the Zelda universe and improves upon it. It is bigger, and it...read the complete The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess review at Wii Advanced
The gameplay featured in Twilight is very similar to its predecessors Wind Waker and even more so like Ocarina of Time which shares many story elements, weapons and enemies. Just like in those games, you start out with only a meager amount of health and...read the complete The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess review at VGPub
USA Today
Visually, Zelda is enchanting. Graphics don't offer next-gen horsepower, but landscapes and dungeons still look stunning. The sound package is equally fantastic, especially with the Wii remote. Hearing the clangs of swords from the remote or arrows...read the complete The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess review at USA Today
PALGN AU
As we all know, Twilight Princess began life as a GameCube game, so there's been some understandable scepticism regarding how well it would control with the Wii’s motion sensor containing controller. Thankfully, within mere minutes, all the worries and...read the complete The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess review at PALGN AU
The greatest Zelda game ever created and one of the best launch titles in the history of launch titles – second only, perhaps, to the at-the-time ground-breaking "Super Mario 64." It is also one of the finest games I have ever played....read the complete The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess review at IGN
Playing a new Zelda game is like the actual experience of a day that you've been looking forward to for a very long time - such as your grandmother's 80th surprise birthday bash. For months previous you've been eyeing up everything in exact detail, from...read the complete The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess review at Ferrago
When Legend of Zelda: Wind Waker was announced, there were some who were a little upset about the cartoonish feel of the game. Especially after playing entirely as young Link in Majora’s Mask, they were wanting a game that took the power of a new...read the complete The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess review at Gamer Within
AtomicGamer
However, the jump to the version on the Wii was seen as a somewhat significant jump for the series. Originally a Gamecube game, Twilight Princess also ended up coming out as a Wii launch title. Featuring the ability to aim your projectile weapons with...read the complete The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess review at AtomicGamer
Twilight Princess really is a more mature Ocarina of Time. It follows the same style but improves on the N64 graphics to create, quite possibly, the most realistic Zelda we'll ever see. But as such, the game is noticeably dominated by dark greens and...read the complete The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess review at Nintendo Spin
Boomtown
‘I’m not Link’, said Shigeru Miyamoto as he pounced on stage – shield and sword in hand - at Nintendo’s E3 2004 press conference. It was perhaps the most unexpected yet pleasing event to come out of an already hugely successful E3 for the...read the complete The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess review at Boomtown
3D Avenue
Ever since the beginning of time, a Nintendo console has had a Zelda made for it. Zelda is one of Nintendo's biggest franchises and probably only behind Final Fantasy in terms of popular RPG titles. With the Wii coming out, Nintendo had a chance to...read the complete The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess review at 3D Avenue
Familiar elements from previous Zelda games have made the transition to Twilight Princess, albeit with new twists afforded by the motion-sensor controls. As players explore puzzle-filled dungeons, they will shake, point, pull back, and tilt their...read the complete The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess review at AllGame
When game consoles transitioned from offering primarily 2D games to polygonal 3D games about 10 years ago, all of the tricks and gameplay ideas that developers had been relying on for years flew right out the window. During this time, Nintendo quickly...read the complete The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess review at GameSpot
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