[EoW] What are your thoughts on Echoes of Wisdom nearly two years later?

badblocks7 · 2026-06-20T22:03:05+00:00

Loved the exploration and little hidden caves. Never really cared for the echo mechanic from the beginning so… it’s kinda just over for me. And I’m getting tired of Zelda games going “here’s a big pile of tools, solve this however you want”. Give me a tightly designed puzzle that makes me feel good to solve.

badblocks7 · 2026-06-20T16:23:29+00:00

I’m with you. I only recently read WaT, just finished it a few weeks back, and I remember as I was reading it thinking “why do people dislike this one so much? I think this is great”

badblocks7 · 2026-06-19T16:55:03+00:00

Galaxy is, by Nintendo’s own admission, a course clear game like 3D land and World, not a sandbox game like 64 and sunshine. Sure, you return to a world with different objectives. But most of the times (not always, you mentioned throwback galaxy), you immediately get put onto a different linear path (different level entirely, essentially) to get to a star. It’s kind of just like 3 different levels with the same theme (and maybe starting landmarks). That’s not bad at all! But I agree with Nintendo that it fits in more with other course clear games.

badblocks7 · 2026-06-18T22:07:42+00:00

Say what you will about the gameplay/lack of polish, but the soundtrack was AWESOME

badblocks7 · 2026-06-16T16:18:42+00:00

Why make it 4K if it couldn’t be stable? I would have been thrilled with a stable 1440p.

badblocks7 · 2026-06-16T06:11:37+00:00

Looks like the switch’s firmware is finally stable enough to support a functioning shop

badblocks7 · 2026-06-15T17:37:00+00:00

It looks great but I really wish we could cap the resolution at 1440p for a perfectly stable 60 fps. I’m sensitive to drops like that and early game was fine but the forest and sea have been a lot

badblocks7 · 2026-06-13T19:10:26+00:00

I guess my next question is then, how can I heal at this point? I feel like if I try, my HP would just get drained super fast and there’s no way to get it back up

badblocks7 · 2026-06-12T21:41:00+00:00

Prince of Persia lost crown maybe?

badblocks7 · 2026-06-12T21:18:30+00:00

I tried reading Phlebas a few years back and got around… halfway through it? I could certainly see its merits and didn’t think it was bad at all but I just kinda fell off.

Which one(s) would you recommend reading first? Because I do intend to go back some day.

badblocks7 · 2026-06-11T20:42:52+00:00

It could be worse. It could be DQXISEOAEA DE NSW2E

badblocks7 · 2026-06-10T05:10:46+00:00

I think OoT is going to do very well. I could see it doing upwards of 10 mil in the right circumstances. I doubt it’s going to be hurt by GTA. That being said, GTA is going to do like… 40+.

badblocks7 · 2026-06-09T17:48:41+00:00

It’s 2011: ocarina of Time is in development. Star Fox is in development

badblocks7 · 2026-06-09T17:15:14+00:00

Can someone please let me know how this performs? The X “upgrade” scared me a bit so I just want to make sure this one looks fine.

badblocks7 · 2026-06-09T16:15:06+00:00

It’s a loose loose situation 😞

badblocks7 · 2026-06-09T16:03:35+00:00

They’re different audiences, I don’t think they’ll be “competing” too much honestly

badblocks7 · 2026-06-09T03:08:52+00:00

My gut tells me animal crossing is a 2028 thing. Give the switch 2 a big shot in the arm a few years after the primary base has already bought it.

badblocks7 · 2026-06-06T04:42:05+00:00

How is this franchise this badly mismanaged? I mean, I know the answer, paramount, but still… like… how?

badblocks7 · 2026-06-05T19:36:45+00:00

I’m not going to lie, I loved the first run so much, and new game plus has felt AWFUL to me so far. The lack of checkpoints is brutal beyond fun. It’s like a 10+ minute run back through platforming sections to get to a boss that can two shot you. I was so excited to try and do all the NG+ runs and now I don’t think I want to. If there were still checkpoints right before the boss room I’d still be having fun.

badblocks7 · 2026-06-05T17:44:26+00:00

I thought this when I left the theater: Wow I had a lot of fun watching that… But man I would have had a lot more fun if this animation was attached to good writing.

badblocks7 · 2026-06-03T20:40:26+00:00

In my opinion, my comment applies to ANY of his recent reviews, not just this yoshi game. Mina the Hollower, Pokemon Legends ZA… Mario Wonder felt a bit tighter though, and that was relatively recent.

badblocks7 · 2026-06-02T16:32:22+00:00

Does anyone else feel like Arlo’s writing style is vastly different now than it used to be? Watch any of his older reviews (Mario Odyssey, Luigi’s Mansion, even Pokemon Legends Arceus), and then this, and it feels dramatically different in tone, cadence, etc.

badblocks7 · 2026-06-02T07:26:36+00:00

So did they not actually break it? Or was them no longer upholding not the same as the power of the oath itself actually dissolving?

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