It’s getting fantastic reviews
Whether you live and die by what critics think or not, it’s hard to ignore the kind of success Wind Waker HD is having on the review circuit. The original game has an aggregate score of 94.43% on GameRankings. The new game? An impressive 91.02%
Keep in mind – Wind Waker is now a ten-year-old game. And ten years later, with some fresh paint and streamlined gameplay, critics are collectively saying that it is only three or so percentage points less fantastic that it was all those years ago. This may sound like backhanded praise, but it’s actually far from it – the gaming landscape evolves dramatically in ten years. There are dozens of games the same age whose gameplay, combat, and general presentation have became laughable in half that span, yet Wind Waker’s design has proven to be about as close to timeless as a game can get. If you hadn’t played the original and decided to pick this up, unaware of what it was, you could easily mistake it for a brand new Zelda. It’s that solid.
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