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Mon Nov 30
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The truly out-of-place and technologically-ridiculous-for-its-setting is the giant trans-dimensional spaceship that the Draenei arrived in. Space-goat people? Riiiiiight.
(And yes, I know it's all powered by magic or whatever...still more confusing and out of place than steam vehicles.)
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Kidding aside, a Zeppelin or regular riding helium balloon would seem a more logical step in technology before a train, but so far in reading about it a train seems fine. Just as long as a special skin flute doesn't need to be played in order to change it's direction then we're good.
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Tentacle rape and giant robots? Mayhaps not. But bestiality? Well, that's a big hit with Zelda fans. :P
01:36 PM
I guess he could mean the excitement of visiting new places (like personal exploration) rather than being an actual fore-runner who discovers a new area, but all told, trains seem like one of the least obvious choices for a vehicle that's venturing into the unknown. Your examples of blimps would make a lot more sense.
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Twilight Princess already had some of the elements, particularly in some of the effects
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I was just going to post a similar comment. I think fans of the series are crying out for a steampunk style Zelda game. I don't think it would be too out of place, and some dungeons in previous games have had a very similar feel to them which felt like they could be almost steampunk
I think a clocktower would be a good setting for Link. A church and also maybe an underground network of tunnels beneath a bustling city
I also think muskets would work in Hyrule - I am sure we've already seen pirates with muskets, but anything like a Colt.45 or modern-day Glock wouldn't really work. Could you really imagine Link with an MP5 or RCP90? Me neither.
The Zelda games are more about swords, slingshots, and boomerangs. Whatever happened to the Fire Rod and Ice Rod? Something which hasn't really carried over well to the modern Zelda games
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Handheld gaming isn't necessarily a private experience, but it ain't gonna be kicking the TV's ass for social gatherings.
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Sorry - must have woken up in my torture people with Cher mode today. :-(
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to coincide with the release of Disney's feature film
No thank you.
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Then they can see why the 2008 cel shaded reboot was such a travisty.
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It's hard enough trying to make a great game and even harder when you want it to appeal to casual and hardcore players. Add in the whole problem of having to tie-it into ta movie and it becomes next to impossible.
The biggest problem I have with movie-tie in games, is that they purposely leave things unexplained so that the player is more inclined to see the movie. The game is their to drive interest in the movie and not necessarily be a good game. In that regard, the game is far from a complete experience (on its own) and is just movie marketing in disguise.