Why Does Zelda Twilight Princess Get So Much Hate?

The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess is one of my favorite Zelda games. However, the game receives an abundant amount of hate nowadays. I'll admit, it has issues, but The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess offers the best temples, puzzles, and sword-play in the entire Zelda series. Today, I rant about Twilight Princess, let's chat in the comments!

[Nintendoenthusiast]

Twilight Princess is one of my favorite Zelda games of all time, just under OoT and WW. Do you love the game as much as me?

[AAA-vfqr]

And to think Miyamoto said this game was lacking. Truly one of the best games I've ever played.

[Usagizaka]

Swinging my sword into its sheath after defeating an enemy was my favourite thing to do. The swordplay was really great.

[superflyingpig]

Personally, this is one of my favorite games of all time. It was the first zelda game I ever played when I was a kid on gcn and I got hooked on the series ever since. This is the best one imo but to each their own

[K-One]

I agree. I really want a return to the gritty setting of Twilight Princess.

[averyhonestnintendofanboy]

Botw was my first Zelda but twilight princess looks bad ass I’d love to play it if it came to switch

[patovaquero]

This is not only my favorite Zelda, but my favorite video game in general. It’s my comfort game.

[hioman]

2:48 "nothing is random"
The side character's personalities and actions: am I a joke to you

[VulturePilot]

It’s honestly a strength of the series that each game can differentiate itself from the rest. This applies to graphical style, quest structure or lack thereof, world design and gameplay differences. I think all the 3D Zelda games are generally above average games. The rest just comes down to personal preference.

For example, I love the sailing and the great sea in Wind Waker and don’t mind the easier dungeons because I like other aspects of the game so much.

However, I can’t stand Skyward Sword’s linear world and repetitive nature along with the filler design of the quests and Fi’s interruptions. SS’s strengths lie elsewhere for me.

Twilight Princess can be pretty divisive. It has a slow start (though not as slow as SS) but excellent dungeons. The world is segmented and empty, but the characters are memorable and the quests are epic in scope.

I think it’s silly to get hung up on WHICH GAME IS OVER/UNDERRATED. People are going to have their preferences no matter what and some are just going to blindly hate or praise for even the smallest reasons.

[jankmedia]

I went into Twilight Princess completely blind. Hadn't been gaming much, didn't care too much for Wind Waker (also went blind into that). I was able to get a Wii and TP on launch day, accidentally too. Drove to a Best Buy after getting breakfast at BK. I knew it was launch day for the Wii and wanted to see if people had camped out or anything like that. As I'm driving through the Best Buy parking lot, the guy in the front yells, "Dude, come on, there's 7 Wii's left!!" Everyone in line started cheering and I was like, "Alright, this will be fun..." Got in line and talked with 2 brothers who had been saving gift cards for like 2 years. They probably had 30 gift cards, lol. Really fun experience. Back to TP, went in blind, absolutely loved it. Easily my favorite Zelda game. Currently playing Hero Mode on the HD version. Such a great game, brings back good memories. I don't understand the hate either, I feel like people never played the whole game or are misremembering it.

[ImMaidenless]

2:35

I will agree with that statement. If you can make it past the beginning your in for a non- stop adventure. I certainly didn’t mind it. Granted it took me awhile my first time playing. After playing it over and over again however, it doesn’t take long at all. I wanna say this is my Favorite Zelda game of all time, but man Ocarina of Time hit me hard back on the N64. Hope we get a Zelda game with Temples again in the Future.

[b_ryc]

I honestly just think it's cool how each Zelda game has its own flavor and experience.

[landonhagan]

Twilight Princess was easily the most hated game until SS came out. Even after that it's a firm second. The reasons why are mostly feeble at best, usually boiling down to: "It's ugly" (I disagree), "It's a ripoff of Ocarina" (It's not), "It's world is empty, with nothing to do" (mostly inaccurate), or "The beginning is slow" (It's there to set the mood, Wind Waker takes forever too, but no one cares).

The only legitimate criticism of TP I've ever heard is that the items suck and even that's only half-true. The spinner and the dominion rod are glorified keys that had the potential to be so much more fun, but never realized it. That said, the ball-and-chain is amazing and Twilight Princess introduced the best versions of two other items: The double-clawshot, a bow with bomb-arrows and a sniper scope. These have only been surpassed by SS, and even then only by introducing the precision of motion controls.

If the criticism extended beyond this, then I'd be more receptive but the hate for this game has become almost belligerent at this point. So much so that people refuse to recognize the things it does so well.

[ericamburroughs]

I agree that we need to bring back temples with distinct themes.

[cardio]

I honestly believe tp and mm are ranked together at #1



Also fun fact: tp was supposed to be ww 2

[PiggeuStilled]

On my opininion tp is the perfect zelda!

[yellowgamers]

This is currently one of my favorite Zelda games. I mean yeah I didnt like it back then because of it's looks, and how scary it wis, but i learn to like it later on.

[Doctor_Mobius]

Pros:
- I love the darker themes.
- Midna is a great character, and the best companion in the whole franchise.
- Link experiences a deeper connection with other side characters than ever presented.
- The dungeons in the second half of the game are great.
- Combat was diverse.
- Zant was a pretty cool new villain for the most part.

Cons:
- The world, for it's moderate size, had very linear paths, felt empty, and gave little reward for exploration.
- I don't like how they tossed Zelda aside.
- Playing as a wolf was boring, felt out of place, and was over-all annoying.
- Combat felt stiff.
- It had a slow beginning.
- I wish they brought back the Ocarina.

These are all my opinions, of course.

[Danny-xmpe]

I was one of those people that was disappointed when Wind Waker was revealed as I wanted something darker and more realistic like Ocarina of Time. So, when Twilight Princess was revealed a few years later, I was super excited... until I played it.

I only played about two hours of it before quiting it because I was so bored. Maybe there is a great game after that, but I have a rule that if I'm not having fun with a game within 1 hour, I move on since I don't want to waste hours of my life playing a game that feels like a chore. I gave Twilight Princess twice that amount of time since it was supposed to be the Zelda that I wanted, but Nintendo failed to get me invested in the game.

That, in my opinion, is the main reason why Twilight Princess, doesn't receive as much fanfare as some of the other Zelda games, because Nintendo made the beginning of the game boring whereas Ocarina of Time and even Wind Waker had fun openings that got you invested in the game pretty quickly. Skyward Sword had the same problem of a boring beginning as well which is why it also is not one of the Zelda games that gets a lot of fanfare. Providing a fun experience at the beginning is very important.

[abstractdaddy]

I could literally talk for like an hour about why I hate this game, but I'll sum it up succinctly like this:
1. It is unbelievably easy. Getting through the dungeons and the combat in general are NO challenge.
2. This feeds off of point 1, but I want to make a separate point about it. Most of the game is so BORING.

I seriously don't understand why people like this game so much. Feel free to ask me any specific questions if you want to understand why people hate this game.