My 4 y/o has been watching me play this before bed every night. It's not hard to get choked up on occasion as the game really hits some poignant notes on the meaning of family and adventure as a child. In a way it inspires me to want to make the same memories for my child...and how heartbreaking it will be to grow old and possibly lose my memories and loved ones. It also made me realize that we are beings of reflection...always remembering and idealizing the past. We live to make memories and in the end - all we want is more time, more memories. Never will you hear someone on their death-bed regret not having that high-paying job, that fast car, or that big house. All they want is one more day with loved ones, to fish off that old dock, to tumble through the fall leaves, hold their daddies hand, or to crunch into new fallen snow. To have something like Alzheimer's rob these treasures from us is cruel and terrifying. This game will give you a bittersweet sense of these feelings visually and aurally.
@grbolivar: Ever since GameCube they've ALL only ever been Mario/Zelda/Metroid playing machines. Once the 3 flagship games are played that's pretty much it.
Wife, kids, job, blah blah blah. Ya, I have them, too (Most of us do that played at Beta now). That being said I *will* play this as it looks stellar. 2 things are keeping me at bay: $50 for an expansion seems ridiculous (and no promotions worthwhile from Blizzard). I know it doesn't take long for price to drop, though. Also, Mafia III will be out in a little over a week and I am waiting to see how that fares.
What's with these half-baked answers to beloved games? Who is asking for *this* over a true SP experience? Is it you guys? I sure as heck didn't. Let's hope the new Zelda will be a return to form for Nintendo.
I respect the article and I can totally see how others might enjoy that. But for me, it's just a game. It's a release from the toils of everyday life and I just want to smile and grab loot with my friends. I don't need sheer-terror or the risk of losing, "Everything". But it's nice to have the options to play however I want. But I also don't appreciate being told that if I'm not doing it your way that I'm, "Doing it wrong" either.
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