▁the ▁game ' s ▁linear ▁structure , ▁with ▁opinions ▁r anging ▁from ▁ind ifferent ▁to ▁negative . ▁ ▁Op in ions ▁on ▁the ▁game ' s ▁visual ▁style ▁varied . ▁Wal ton ▁called ▁the ▁game ' s ▁visual s ▁" some ▁of ▁the ▁best ▁ever ▁seen ▁on ▁the ▁W ii ", ▁which ▁was ▁echo ed ▁to ▁a ▁degree ▁by ▁Mac Donald . ▁Castle ▁was ▁generally ▁positive ▁about ▁the ▁game ' s ▁a est het ics , ▁cit ing ▁the ▁water ▁effects ▁as ▁particularly ▁good . ▁Edge ▁was ▁fairly ▁mixed , ▁saying ▁that ▁well - done ▁environmental ▁effects ▁or ▁the ▁world - building ▁through ▁character ▁ban ter ▁were ▁spo iled ▁by ▁low - quality ▁text ures ▁and ▁st ilt ed ▁character ▁anim ations . ▁J uba ▁pra ised ▁the ▁character ▁models , ▁but ▁found ▁environments ▁to ▁be ▁" ug ly ▁and ▁mud dy ▁in ▁comparison "; ▁Full er , ▁while ▁not ▁act ively ▁critic izing ▁them , ▁said ▁that ▁players ▁used ▁to ▁high - definition ▁cons oles ▁would ▁be ▁disappoint ed . ▁Game Tra ilers ▁found ▁the ▁amount ▁of ▁detail ▁put ▁into ▁environments ▁" remark able " ▁for ▁the ▁W ii ▁hardware ▁despite ▁a ▁lack ▁of ▁scale , ▁while ▁Park in ▁found ▁the ▁visual s ▁generally ▁un im press ive ▁despite ▁a ▁few ▁stand - out ▁moments . ▁N intendo ▁Power ▁said ▁that ▁the ▁graphics ▁gave ▁the ▁game ' s ▁setting ▁an ▁" authentic " ▁appearance ▁despite ▁some ▁low - resol ution ▁text ures , ▁while ▁Euro g amer ▁pra ised ▁them ▁for ▁their