Although I wanted to use the name Top Pickz, I’m also covering Anti-Pickz. To kick off the “worst-of” list, I wanted to bring up a game that had lots of hype, lots of praise, but left me totally cold on many levels. Of course I’m talking about that Zelda anniversary flop, Skyward Sword.

At least Zelda got an anniversary celebration. But the game they made for it pays lip service to the series while changing many things for the worse. Well, to be fair, it did feel Zelda-y. There were just lots of implementation details that frankly sucked the fun out of it. From the incessant tutorialising to the cliche characters, to the endlessly frustrating core motion controls, the more I played it the better I felt about Twilight Princess.

The game was competently made, but it was such a chore to play. There were things to like, but given what I’d heard when it came out about it being the best Zelda yet, I had to label it as the biggest disconnect compared to my play experience. When its characters and places are transplanted into Hyrule Warriors, a play experience I do enjoy: they’re great, I like them. So my problem is with the game itself.