Is The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword Hard? Difficulty Rating 4.1/10

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Is The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword Hard? Difficulty Rating 4.1/10 | HDII

The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword

Full Release (2011)

DIFFICULTY

4.1/10

Not Too Difficult

(13 ratings)

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Difficulty Summary

Players rate The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword as broadly accessible — easy enough to enjoy casually, with some sections that ask for more focus.

Why Players Find It Difficult

Players describe the challenge in this game as coming mainly from a few specific areas:

Tight movement and timing requirements throughout
Small execution mistakes can quickly cause failure
Success depends on consistency across long sequences
Players are punished for poor decisions more than poor reflexes

Who Will Find It Difficult

The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword is suitable for a wide range of players. Newcomers may hit a few friction points, but should be able to progress with some persistence. Players who rated games like Assassin's Creed, Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception, and Psychonauts 2 at a similar challenge level may find The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword broadly comparable in difficulty.

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13 ratings

avg: 4.1

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Based on 13 ratings on Normal/Default difficulty, the average score is 4.1/10. Most players rated this game around 4.

Developer(s)

Nintendo EAD Software Development Group No.3

Publisher(s)

Nintendo

Genre(s)

Platform, Puzzle, Role-playing (RPG), Adventure

Platform(s)

Wii U, Wii

Keywords

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About The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword

The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword is the first Zelda game created specifically with the Wii in mind. The game makes use of the Wii MotionPlus peripheral for sword fighting, with a revised Wii Remote pointing system used for targeting. Skyward Sword is structured very similar to previous Zelda games, as you travel through an overworld in search of temples to visit and once in you solve a series of puzzles before fighting a boss at the end and receive the next bit of plot. The biggest change is that the overworld is more focused on puzzles with only a handful of action.

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