Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past (SNES)

[digitalpress]

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[Lady Jaye]

Not a bad review, but the paragraphs are a bit long, and, sometimes, the writing's quality drops:

"but what the hell, the Zelda series always represents!"
"Nintendo hadn’t yet gayed it up..."

Oookay.

7.5

[Lady Jaye]

Not a bad review, but the paragraphs are a bit long, and, sometimes, the writing's quality drops:

"but what the hell, the Zelda series always represents!"
"Nintendo hadn’t yet gayed it up..."

Oookay.

7.5

[Flack]

I'll go 6.

Sometimes it's hard to tell what your review is going to look like before it's published, but those paragraphs are too long. I also don't think you should say things like, "I won't bore you with the now familiar story." You're a reviewer, that's your job. Your audience is people who have not played the game.

[Flack]

I'll go 6.

Sometimes it's hard to tell what your review is going to look like before it's published, but those paragraphs are too long. I also don't think you should say things like, "I won't bore you with the now familiar story." You're a reviewer, that's your job. Your audience is people who have not played the game.

[hamburgler]

10 of 10

Need I say more. It's simply the best game next to Super metroid and the other games that were the best on the system. If you don't have this game at all, You should deffinitly consider buying it.

[hamburgler]

10 of 10

Need I say more. It's simply the best game next to Super metroid and the other games that were the best on the system. If you don't have this game at all, You should deffinitly consider buying it.

[digitalpress]

10 of 10

Need I say more. It's simply the best game next to Super metroid and the other games that were the best on the system. If you don't have this game at all, You should deffinitly consider buying it.

Just a reminder.

You're rating the REVIEW. Not the game.

[digitalpress]

10 of 10

Need I say more. It's simply the best game next to Super metroid and the other games that were the best on the system. If you don't have this game at all, You should deffinitly consider buying it.

Just a reminder.

You're rating the REVIEW. Not the game.

[hamburgler]

I did it by accidently too Alf and Aquaman too. Sorry Joe. :embarrassed:

[hamburgler]

I did it by accidently too Alf and Aquaman too. Sorry Joe. :embarrassed:

[hamburgler]

10 of 10

The review was head on about how the game was.

[hamburgler]

10 of 10

The review was head on about how the game was.

[BHvrd]

Pros: Passionate writing, good wording.


Cons: Run on sentences. No pictures.

7

[BHvrd]

Pros: Passionate writing, good wording.


Cons: Run on sentences. No pictures.

7

[Trellisaze]

7/10 (Good)

Could have been great, but it'll have to suffice merely being good.

The language is certainly aimed at an older audience, which ranges from the clever ("the sweet, siren-like call of Zelda") to the ludicrous ("the fetters of the 8-bit world", "Nintendo hadn't yet gayed it up"). I'm glad the tone never got too pompous.

I was a bit wary of reading this at first, since some of the paragraphs looked uncomfortably long. I'm glad to say that for whatever reason, they flowed better than I expected.

[Trellisaze]

7/10 (Good)

Could have been great, but it'll have to suffice merely being good.

The language is certainly aimed at an older audience, which ranges from the clever ("the sweet, siren-like call of Zelda") to the ludicrous ("the fetters of the 8-bit world", "Nintendo hadn't yet gayed it up"). I'm glad the tone never got too pompous.

I was a bit wary of reading this at first, since some of the paragraphs looked uncomfortably long. I'm glad to say that for whatever reason, they flowed better than I expected.

[sisko]

I'll go 5.

Good review but I don't much care for the "Nintendo hadn't yet gayed it up."

There are much better ways to say that, and the shortsightedness that the sentence set forth rather turned me off from reading the rest of the review.

[sisko]

I'll go 5.

Good review but I don't much care for the "Nintendo hadn't yet gayed it up."

There are much better ways to say that, and the shortsightedness that the sentence set forth rather turned me off from reading the rest of the review.

[maxlords]

Not bad writing, but for a game like this, I expect MORE. I don't get it. There's no payoff really, no detailed info about the items system, and frankly, I begin to wonder if games really have music at all. No one seems to think they do......

[maxlords]

Not bad writing, but for a game like this, I expect MORE. I don't get it. There's no payoff really, no detailed info about the items system, and frankly, I begin to wonder if games really have music at all. No one seems to think they do......

[maxlords]

Whoop. I've been reading so many, I missed the music section. I do honestly think the music in LttP deserves a little more though. and I give it a 7/10. Sheesh. It's late!

[maxlords]

Whoop. I've been reading so many, I missed the music section. I do honestly think the music in LttP deserves a little more though. and I give it a 7/10. Sheesh. It's late!

[Dr. Morbis]

I'll give it a 6. It covers most of the bases, but it just seems too informal. The language is a little unproffesional and the review too personal.

[Dr. Morbis]

I'll give it a 6. It covers most of the bases, but it just seems too informal. The language is a little unproffesional and the review too personal.

[Epicenter]

It's pretty disorganized, and shows a little TOO much enthusiasm, and could use a wee bit more detail. I'd really like some images, too.

Score: 6/10

[Jorpho]

Much like the Link's Awakening review, a reader who has never seen Zelda before will have no idea what this game is acutally like! (And considering that ALTTP differs significantly in some ways from other Zelda games, other readers may still be left scratching their heads.) If nothing else, the story can hardly be "now-familiar".

5/10

[Drexel923]

The reviewing did a good job at describing the different aspects of the game, but at times seemed a bit excessive. Also a good bit of the review would only make sense to someone who has already played the game or other zelda games. Some things aren't familiar to everyone.

6/10

[Ascending Wordsmith]

Good job on hitting on the game aspects. Some of the wording I'd have dropped ("gayed it up"), but some of the wording I really liked ("It’s the standard “rescue princess/free countryside/stop evil ruler’s inter-dimensional gateway” plot") LOL Also the review could stand a bit more information in some areas. Plus a few screen shots wouldn't hurt.

6/10

[Captain Wrong]

Reviewer assumes reader has played a Zelda game before. That's a no-no in my book. He doesn't tell you anything about what's going on other than walking around and talking to people.

Was the use of the phrase "Nintendo hasn't gayed it up" really necessary? Very juvenile and I'm taking one point for that alone. No number scores, not much explination of the quality of the game, and not very cohesive.

Score: 3

[digitalpress]

I'll give this one a 6/10.

Actually it reads quite well, though I can see where in a few places the very casual, loose tone might throw off readers (they might not think you're taking the review seriously, and therefore won't take you seriously). Could use a little more detail about the game's play itself, I think the writer may be assuming we know the game as well as he does. Good review that needs a wee bit of tweaking.