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The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker HD

2013 · Action-adventure, Puzzle · Wii U · Nintendo

The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker HD is ranked no. 433 among the best video games of all time by GameForever voters, with an ELO score of 1,717 and 58% of duels won.

World rank

no. 433

ELO score

1,717

Wins

58%

Duels played

176

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About The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker HD

The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker HD is a remaster of The Wind Waker with an alternate recreation of the original's art style, several gameplay adjustments, a new lighting engine and higher resolution textures.

ELO progression

Score moved from 1,500 to 1,717 ELO points over the last 123 days.

Head-to-head

Direct record on the most played match-ups.

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The games The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker HD sits between in the world ranking.

  1. 430 Persona 3 Portable 1,719
  2. 431 Tomb Raider 1,718
  3. 432 Halo: Combat Evolved 1,718
  4. 433 The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker HD 1,717
  5. 434 Titanfall 1,717
  6. 435 X-COM: UFO Defense 1,717
  7. 436 A Plague Tale: Requiem 1,716

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  1. ArcadeWarden2

    Played it right after a bad move across the country, still remember the calm it gave me...

  2. NovaOwl

    okay so hear me out, i keep seeing this thing get thrown into duels against stuff like Ghost of Tsushima and Uncharted 2 and it just feels like a weird mismatch every time, different genres, different eras, different everything, and the elo system doesn't seem to care about any of that, it just wants a winner, so we end up comparing sailing simulators against cinematic action games and nobody wins that comparison in any meaningful way.

    TurboMaster16

    Sure, comparing it to Goat Simulator makes total sense, truly the pinnacle of balanced matchmaking.

  3. Hortense_24

    I don't care what anyone says about the pacing, this remaster nails exactly what made the original special and improves on the parts people always complained about. People act like the sailing was some unforgivable sin when honestly it gave the world room to breathe.

  4. ArcadeOwl

    Honestly putting this up against Goat Simulator in the same bracket says more about the ranking system than either game.

    IronHunter82

    The map screen alone gave me MORE joy than half that goat physics engine ever did.

    PixelKnight

    Putting it next to Goat Simulator is wild but I remember laughing about that exact matchup with my roommate over pizza one night.

  5. SammieDragon

    I'll always take this over Oblivion, the world just feels alive in a way that one never managed for me.

    Rudolph_2

    Would you actually put Oblivion below this, or is it just the world design you're comparing?

    GhostKnight

    Replying to Rudolph_2

    Is it really the world that never grabbed you in Oblivion, or is that just the easy thing to say now?

    Antonette_77

    Alive how, exactly, compared to a world that at least reacts to what you do in it?

    NovaPlayer15

    Maybe, not fully sure though

    GhostKnight2

    Alive is doing a lot of work in that sentence, Oblivion's world just moves differently, it doesn't mean this one wins by default.

    ComboRider80

    same here, that world just breathes differently

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