Poll: The Legend of Zelda....Why do you love or hate it?
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OoT is still one of my all time favourite games. Back in its day i twas amazing; great graphics, wonderful innovation ( I mean really the use of music as a core game mechanic- that is freaking awesome), some memorable bosses and all round great gameplay.
I still make the time to play it again once a year on the old 64 and its a massive nostalgia trip. That game is one of the ones which defined my childhood and love of video games. I am not ashamed to admit i have all the ocarina songs on my ipod.
I feel i should admit though that i only feel this way about Ocarina of Time, i don't really care about (nor have i actually played)any of the others mainly due to the systems they are one and the fact that as it had been said the 'zelda formula' can wear thin. That said what it does well it does very well indeed.
I still make the time to play it again once a year on the old 64 and its a massive nostalgia trip. That game is one of the ones which defined my childhood and love of video games. I am not ashamed to admit i have all the ocarina songs on my ipod.
I feel i should admit though that i only feel this way about Ocarina of Time, i don't really care about (nor have i actually played)any of the others mainly due to the systems they are one and the fact that as it had been said the 'zelda formula' can wear thin. That said what it does well it does very well indeed.
Cut that trolling out. Not cool.VikingSteve said:
Ontopic, largely meh here. I played about 6 hours of OoT and 1 minute of MM, neither held my interest but they're pretty good I guess. Opinions opinions.
I love Ocarina of Time and really like Link to the Past and Majora's Mask, but that's it. I find those are the best out of the series and the rest aren't as good in quality, couldn't even be bothered finishing Twilight Princess or Wind Waker.
I believe the design alone in Ocarina alone makes it a great game. Everything is so well spread out for exploration and atmosphere. Especially the temples! They are all one big challenging puzzle filled with many unique obstacles, and they test you in everything. Also, the sound track is probably the best I've ever heard in a game, I just had to throw in my iPod.
Same for Majora's Mask and Link to the Past but not so much, I recommend them to everyone though.
Because of those great games I can play over and over I reckon the series is pretty good over all.
I believe the design alone in Ocarina alone makes it a great game. Everything is so well spread out for exploration and atmosphere. Especially the temples! They are all one big challenging puzzle filled with many unique obstacles, and they test you in everything. Also, the sound track is probably the best I've ever heard in a game, I just had to throw in my iPod.
Same for Majora's Mask and Link to the Past but not so much, I recommend them to everyone though.
Because of those great games I can play over and over I reckon the series is pretty good over all.
I loved the combat in WW. The sorta-QTE combat was really fun, and if you knew what you were doing, you could destroy anything. TP learned from this and you suddenly had a whole arsenal of skills at your disposal!Sudenak said:
I kind of enjoyed the searching, it never got TOO monotonous, but it was irritating to have to spend 10 minutes sailing across the entire bloody map >.>
OP: I love Zelda because the story is engaging, the characters are well defined, the items are fun to use, the enemies fun to beat, the bosses challenging (frustrating at times... like EVERY BOSS IN EVERY WATER TEMPLE), and the puzzles are challenging enough to make you think, but not stump you and make you look online for a "how do I get past this room?". If it does happen, then you are simply not paying attention to your surroundings, and what you can do to them. (Kinda like Portal is)
Y'know, that's a really good question, one I can't really answer so easily. They just feel so satisfying to play, and every time I end one it just feels...right. Despite the games not changing much, I keep liking them.
Lolwut? The OoT water temple boss was one of the easiest I ever fought.Torrasque said:
Sure if you spam your longshot and don't get knocked in. You get knocked in: LOL THERE GOES HALF YOUR HEALTHS.Cowabungaa said:
Every boss in Zelda is not necessarily hard, they just punish you for errors.
And water temple bosses tend to punish you very harshly for any minute error >.>
I put "Like it."
I was a hardcore Zelda fanboy for years upon years growing up. I've presently played every Zelda game Nintendo has made from start to finish. As I've grown into adulthood the series just doesn't hold the same appeal for me. Don't get me wrong, I still borrow/rent/wait-until-it's-really-cheap-and-buy each Zelda game as it comes out in order to play it, and I still look forward to new releases, but the series doesn't hold my adoration like it used to.
It seems to be me that with each new Zelda release, the "Zelda formula" gets thinner and thinner. Of course it could be that I've just played too much of it. Regardless, (EDIT: most of) my favorite Zelda games are the ones that don't have Ganon as the villain (Minish Cap, Majora's Mask, Link's Awakening) because killing that guy has just gotten really old.
I was a hardcore Zelda fanboy for years upon years growing up. I've presently played every Zelda game Nintendo has made from start to finish. As I've grown into adulthood the series just doesn't hold the same appeal for me. Don't get me wrong, I still borrow/rent/wait-until-it's-really-cheap-and-buy each Zelda game as it comes out in order to play it, and I still look forward to new releases, but the series doesn't hold my adoration like it used to.
It seems to be me that with each new Zelda release, the "Zelda formula" gets thinner and thinner. Of course it could be that I've just played too much of it. Regardless, (EDIT: most of) my favorite Zelda games are the ones that don't have Ganon as the villain (Minish Cap, Majora's Mask, Link's Awakening) because killing that guy has just gotten really old.
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I haven't played a Zelda game since Ocarina. I haven't beat a Zelda game since A Link to the Past. More honesty though: I have loved what I played. A Link to the Past is in my top 25 best games of all time and even though I have never beat it, Ocarina is... well, turns out it isn't even in my top 20 best N64 games but I did enjoy it. I'm not a fan but I'll absolutely admit that those two games, as well as the original 8-bit Zelda, are gems of gaming history.
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I haven't played a Zelda game since Ocarina. I haven't beat a Zelda game since A Link to the Past. More honesty though: I have loved what I played. A Link to the Past is in my top 25 best games of all time and even though I have never beat it, Ocarina is... well, turns out it isn't even in my top 20 best N64 games but I did enjoy it. I'm not a fan but I'll absolutely admit that those two games, as well as the original 8-bit Zelda, are gems of gaming history.
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Seriously though, I voted love. I think I'm now on my eighth playthrough of Twilight Princess alone, I've stopped counting for the others.
Zelda games have an odd sort of appeal. It's almost a high fantasy, but with a lot of very far-eastern themes bled into it. The world that Nintendo have created is masterfully done, far better than most other fantasy games you find these days (I'm looking at you Witcher), but the fact that they back it up with clever puzzles, properly challenging combat and a huge epic world full of secrets and little eccentricities just makes it all the more brilliant. The protagonist doesn't ruin every scene by talking, the villain is Machiavellian and actually quite cleverly done, the princess is not just a meek, expressionless lump of male fantasy and all of this is communicated using Nintendo's traditionally good quality gameplay and design. The major drawbacks are that the games tend to be a little formulaic (but that's Nintendo for you) and the chronology is quite hard to follow to the uninitiated.
Seriously though, I voted love. I think I'm now on my eighth playthrough of Twilight Princess alone, I've stopped counting for the others.
Zelda games have an odd sort of appeal. It's almost a high fantasy, but with a lot of very far-eastern themes bled into it. The world that Nintendo have created is masterfully done, far better than most other fantasy games you find these days (I'm looking at you Witcher), but the fact that they back it up with clever puzzles, properly challenging combat and a huge epic world full of secrets and little eccentricities just makes it all the more brilliant. The protagonist doesn't ruin every scene by talking, the villain is Machiavellian and actually quite cleverly done, the princess is not just a meek, expressionless lump of male fantasy and all of this is communicated using Nintendo's traditionally good quality gameplay and design. The major drawbacks are that the games tend to be a little formulaic (but that's Nintendo for you) and the chronology is quite hard to follow to the uninitiated.
Ocarina of Time was my first big gaming experience.
And at the time it was (and many people still think it is)"the best game ever". So I fell in love.
I don't think Nintendo ever inovated any on my beloved Zelda serries, but I still like the games.I like to save the princess. I like to defeat the big monsters with the fancy weapons. I love the music. And I like me the nostalgia and the memories of sneaking into the castle and meeting Zelda for the first time. So, I voted "I like". That will never change
btw, is this fallout from Spoonys thing?
And at the time it was (and many people still think it is)"the best game ever". So I fell in love.
I don't think Nintendo ever inovated any on my beloved Zelda serries, but I still like the games.I like to save the princess. I like to defeat the big monsters with the fancy weapons. I love the music. And I like me the nostalgia and the memories of sneaking into the castle and meeting Zelda for the first time. So, I voted "I like". That will never change
btw, is this fallout from Spoonys thing?
It's not so much the folk-tale influence or anything else like that which gets on my nerves: I understand if villains continuously return to plague the hero (Hell, Batman and the Joker are probably the best example of this i can think of from the top of my head: If the villain loses, retreats and swears vengeance..ok it can get a tad annoying, but i can live with it for it's basically what makes the show/game/etc). But..what gets annoying is when in games the 'big bad' is constantly killed and ressurected time and again, or brought back through contrived reason constantly to basically be the bad guy again. If i remember, Ganons been killed off more then once. This is something that bugs me is when villains don't stay dead after multiple 'deaths': An example of this is Palpatine in the Expanded universe of Star wars. He's basically brought back to life after what is, in my opinion, a fitting end to the character. Not only that, but by doing so it essentially makes all the previous effort in the first place to stop him useless and renders the sacrifice and redemption of darth vader ultimately pointless (As i said before, whats the point in fighting amd killing a villain if he's just going to bring himself back into existence somehow). Even the New doctor who series Daleks are an offender of this. Don't get me wrong, love the daleks, but it almost got to the point that them showing up for the 'finale' was almost routine and the doctor stopping them assured that it got rather predictable and boring. I'm actually glad they havn't showed up so far since the last series, gives us a chance to see some other stories and scenario'sJaime_Wolf said:
New villains can definitely be interesting, and they help keep things fresh. Not saying you need to do away with Ganon entirely but...would it be to hard to keep him out of it for maybe one or two games in light of a new threat, then maybe bring him back in a manner thats entirely unexpected slightly later on?
As for the final comments, you're basically saying i can't find some parts of the fanbase to be annoying? I just simply don't see what makes Link this big 'almighty demi-god' level character. Not saying he isn't skilled or anything, but..i just don't see what makes him 'unbeatable' is all. It's how i view all the people who think Naruto's unbeatable and how Edward Cullen is 'the bestest vampire evars!' That sort of stuff wears on the nerves of even the most thick-skinned of people over time, like Na'vi in orcarina of time! *ba-dum-tish*
To close, i just don't like it and i just don't see the appeal of the series or anything that really grabs me with it. I've given ocarina of time a go and i just didn't like it. That simple. As i said before, if you like the series that's fine and i certainly don't look down upon you for finding it enjoyable. But..it's just not my thing, and i don't think
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I love zelda, it's amazing, my favorite is Wind Waker then Twilight Princess then Majoras Mask then Ocarina of time then Spirit tracks then Phantom Hourglass
What I love so much about the series... I don't know it's just very fun to play
I love zelda, it's amazing, my favorite is Wind Waker then Twilight Princess then Majoras Mask then Ocarina of time then Spirit tracks then Phantom Hourglass
What I love so much about the series... I don't know it's just very fun to play
Always loved Legend of Zelda series, favourites are Link to the Past (which I still regularly play) and Wind Waker (both hold up really well, unlike Ocarina)
I don't love it or hate it, and while "Meh" isn't always an appropriate middle ground option, I find that it does fit in this instance. I've been playing the series since the first game and haven't missed very many along the way, but I'm just over it at this point. It's not so much that the plot is the same every game, it's the fact that the gameplay is. Even with the jump to 3D with OoT, nothing really changed in how the game works at it's core.
There's really been almost no evolution in the past 20+ years and it bugs me that both Nintendo and the series keep getting what I feel to be free passes when they keep releasing the same game every couple of years. And people complain about Madden being the same every year, or Halo/CoD being the same every outing (even though they've both been around much less time than Zelda).
There's really been almost no evolution in the past 20+ years and it bugs me that both Nintendo and the series keep getting what I feel to be free passes when they keep releasing the same game every couple of years. And people complain about Madden being the same every year, or Halo/CoD being the same every outing (even though they've both been around much less time than Zelda).