Games The Zelda Thread!

[Zasz]

I've lost some games, but I think that the timeline is good.

 

[Hardy]

I have to admit that I played Majora's mask before Ocarina of Time, and that was a HUUUGE mistake. I get bored easily with Ocarina of Time, Majora's mask was so perfect for me (so many side-quests and characters, I can't play without my masks either :/ ). When I play OoT, I always get bored when I become adult Link and then I start playing Majora's Mask again lol. I really hope that someday nintendo will do a Zelda game so dark and with so many side-quests (mask will be appreciated too) as MM.

 

[kkck]

Well, masks, are definitely a lot of fun but I don't know if I would like another game centered on them. I think that having a game with just a few masks with powers would be ideal and perhaps a must in future games. I can't even explain how much I have missed the bunny hood in every game since MM. I just ended up using it for everything lol. MM was definitely awesome, using 4 different races each with different abilities made all the difference in the game. I loved using the goron transformation to go around, back when I was a kid I think I even spent some time just rolling around killing stuff.

What I do feel every zelda game has been missing since the 64 era are different swords. In OoT and MM you had the biggoron's sword and great fairy sword. Closest thing to those since then was WW where you could pick up weapons but it is still not quite the same as the picked up weapons did not have the same functionality. I think they should make a game which focuses a tad more on using entirely different weapons and having an option to change from the sword. Kinda like having an usable spear and a longsword which could be used with the same more elaborate controls as the normal sword. Side quests have definitely not been the same since the MM. Man, I have played TP, SS and WW recently and not one of them has a quest as good as that one. Only quest I remember that could come close in terms of fun was the biggoron sword one...

Ocarina of time was still epic though, I don't see how you got bored of it. I mean, it had some of the best and hardest dungeons. Even now the water temple is still hell lol.

I have to admit though, I love just how beautifully fluid fighting is in wind waker. It does not have the cool realistic graphics but all in all the game and overall gameplay is just excellent.

 

[Hardy]

Probably because I enjoy a lot more the investigation/side-quests pre-dungeon that the dungeon itself, that's why I like M M so much, it wasn't so centered in the dungeons.

 

[Crude]

I finished OoT for the 3DS (yep finally got one!) the other day and...



Especially the Water Temple. I remember it being pretty hard in the N64, but not once did I need to visit a Sheikah Stone for help in completing it. I confess that I did go to the stone for help twice though: one time to find the one Goron I was missing in the Fire Temple, and one time to find a key in the Shadow Temple (which required me to set a bomb on top of some random bones). I'm not sure if the remake changed anything in the dungeons, but then again Skyward Sword wasn't that hard so maybe I really am getting better. All in all OoT for the 3DS was an awesome remake and I really do hope they do one for MM as well. And also one for WW would be very welcome!

Playing OoT again also made me realize how awesome the puzzles in SS were, in that there was a lot of variety when it came to all the different dungeons. Not that the previous puzzles were any bad, just that SS's were pretty clever and unique.

 

[kkck]

Since when do sheika stones give that sort of help? I think the water temple must have been significantly changed lol.

 

[Crude]

Well in the 3DS remake you've got two big Sheikah Stones, one in Link's house and one in the Temple of Time, which serve the same purpose as the Sheikah Stone in Skyward Sword did. Basically they contain videos which give you some help with what it is you have to do. And as for the Water Temple, maybe it felt easier seeing as the hud is a lot better and allows you to change boots in an instant. It still took me a while though...

 

[kkck]

I think the water temple was mad easier for the DS version. I mean, the thing is legendarily complicated. If we trust the wiki it was even given less difficulty for the master quest.

I am done with my run of the wind waker and I must say the game is way too easy. Enemies barely do any damage. The game is incredible but it is perhaps the easiest of all zelda games for consoles so far.

---------- Post added November 01, 2012 at 11:57 AM ---------- Previous post was October 29, 2012 at 12:05 PM ----------

So... I am thinking of going through another zelda game soon. Not sure which one to do. My options are ocarina of time, ocarina of time master quest, majora's mask, twilight princess. I would rather not do twilight princess or skyward sword as I have played them rather recently. Not sure if I should do OoT or the master quest, once is supposedly harder but OoT has the original water temple.... Majora's mask is perhaps the shortest one though....

 

[xi0]

I would play them in order if I were you

 

[Hardy]

I would play them in order if I were you

Why?

I mean, I ruined my whole Zelda experience because I played Majora's first (and I loved it, but it's the different one, so I don't like the others that much); but that just 1 case. It doesn't really matter which one you play first or last...

 

[xi0]

Why?

I mean, I ruined my whole Zelda experience because I played Majora's first (and I loved it, but it's the different one, so I don't like the others that much); but that just 1 case. It doesn't really matter which one you play first or last...

You sort of just proved my point

 

[Hardy]

You sort of just proved my point

As I said, that just happened because Majora's is the most different one and I loved it too much -.- .

 

[xi0]

As I said, that just happened because Majora's is the most different one and I loved it too much -.- .

Different as in how? The gameplay mechanic is the same. In terms of story and how you play it's a bit different but it's still very much a Zelda game.

 

[Hardy]

Different as in how? The gameplay mechanic is the same. In terms of story and how you play it's a bit different but it's still very much a Zelda game.

I said it before Gary -.-

I like the investigation/side quests parts more than the dungeons (a lot of Zelda games just focus on them), I really liked the transformations that gave you 4 differents styles of gameplay, I LOVED THE FREAKING MASKS and the fact that each one had an even/quest behind it, I loved how dark/sad/terrifying/epic (all this emotions at the same time) the game was, etc...

There are a lot of things that make Majora the different one. I don't think any other Zelda game is like that. Yeah, it has the same engine as Ocarina, but it's a completely different game.

 

[xi0]

I said it before Gary -.-

I like the investigation/side quests parts more than the dungeons (a lot of Zelda games just focus on them), I really liked the transformations that gave you 4 differents styles of gameplay, I LOVED THE FREAKING MASKS and the fact that each one had an even/quest behind it, I loved how dark/sad/terrifying/epic (all this emotions at the same time) the game was, etc...

There are a lot of things that make Majora the different one. I don't think any other Zelda game is like that. Yeah, it has the same engine as Ocarina, but it's a completely different game.

I agree with all those things man. I mentioned that how the game is played is quite different. I wasn't saying it was different at all, but I still think the best way to play is chronologically

 

[Hardy]

I agree with all those things man. I mentioned that how the game is played is quite different. I wasn't saying it was different at all, but I still think the best way to play is chronologically

Chronologically for us, or chronologically in Zelda's world?

 

[xi0]

Chronologically for us, or chronologically in Zelda's world?

For us. I know there are timelines in which these games take place, but most of us don't pay attention to such things

 

[Hardy]

For us. I know there are timelines in which these games take place, but most of us don't pay attention to such things

Nah, It actually doesn't really matter, as most games aren't related which each other ^^.

So... people should begin with the one in the NES (although I don't really know if it's the first one ) ?

 

[TheBoss]

No Oracles love in here? You guys are no fun xP
Or maybe I'm biased because GBA was my first game console =\

 

[kkck]

I played oracle of seasons, oracle of ages and link to the past.... I don't have the means to currently play them though.

Anyways, I think I am going to go for OoT next. Thinking about it it is the only zelda where I have never completed a 100% run. Those skulltulas thingys are just that much of a pain.... I might go for one of those crazy 3 heart runs though, it might keep the game more interesting.... OoT is also the one I have played the least. Definitely majora's mask after that though.