Zelda: Twilight Princess
Well this game has been out for quite a while but the excuse I can use is "After Extensive research I deem it appropriate to now review the game", not that is actually true but here goes.
This by far is one of the darkest Zelda games, by dark I mean kids are kidnapped, there is a dark world wanting to take over our normal world, the usual twisted evil one man plot. The game starts off as you "link" or whatever name you select. You round up goats each night for a friend and you have a sort of girl friend along with some other friends. One night the town that you live in is attacked and all the children are stolen, you chase after the people who stole the children all brave however you are thrown into a different world that has sort of merged with the normal one. This is at the point where it got very interesting for me, making me all happy and peaceful for the current setting then throwing it all into dark.
This dark world that has merged with ours is called the "Twilight", a shadow of our normal world which is were people who committed terrible crimes were sent.
I have to say that this is probably the only other Zelda game to date that matches up with Ocarina of Time (Which was a N64 release in 97'), since then there has been a series of handheld games that have been cell shaded, not saying they are bad but I prefer the more realistic approach in Zelda.
Back to Twilight Princess, The story progresses further as you find out that one man is responsible for sending the world into the twilight, a man by the name of "Zant" who usurped the throne of his world with his newly gained powers.
As usual you have a sidekick along with you, but this time instead of a fairy it's an imp with quite an attitude, Midna who is one of the people who live in the Twilight world that has decided to help you.
The story definitely is one of the best in the Zelda series, well actually I find it a lot better then most of the today's games, there is a lot more to the story but I can't say otherwise the game will be spoiled so play it to find out I guess.
The graphics of the game is a little problematic, not that I notice really but the game was ported as a Gamecube release to the Wii so you do not get a full experience from the Wii, there are bland textures and missing polygons, but adequate gameplay and storyline make up the difference, which most of todays games tend to unbalance them in graphical favour, however the controllers works out nicely, being able to point your crossbow to shoot, wipe your Wii-mote to use your sword, it's simple easy and actually quite pleasing.
The soundtrack, which again was created by Koji Kondo was quite nice, most of it was just MIDI however, but still the tune came out quite nice for the majority of the pieces, every piece sounded appropriate to the moment, however Orchestrated would of fitted better, hopefully the next instalment is fully Orchestrated.
The game does have one small downside, which is difficulty, now Ocarina of Time and A Link to the Past all were pretty challenging in their parts however, Twilight Princess isn't, it seems to be quite finish-able in 15-20 hours instead of Ocarina of Times 30 hours. A lot of the bosses seem very epic and strong and powerful at first but once you get to the time of fighting them they seem quite simple, I can practically see the X that is the mark on the weak spot that I am supposed to hit with whatever new weapon I collected in the temple.
However these weaknesses can barely set the game down, it definitely has the most replay value out of any game, I have finished it 3 times and still enjoy it, I will never play halo 3 single player again so you can see the comparative difference between 15-20 hours gameplay and 4 on halo)
The game is definitely 3rd on my favourites list and back in 06' when it was released, it earned game of the year for me, topping a score of 9.5, if you have a Wii or Gamecube... GET IT!
Well this game has been out for quite a while but the excuse I can use is "After Extensive research I deem it appropriate to now review the game", not that is actually true but here goes.
This by far is one of the darkest Zelda games, by dark I mean kids are kidnapped, there is a dark world wanting to take over our normal world, the usual twisted evil one man plot. The game starts off as you "link" or whatever name you select. You round up goats each night for a friend and you have a sort of girl friend along with some other friends. One night the town that you live in is attacked and all the children are stolen, you chase after the people who stole the children all brave however you are thrown into a different world that has sort of merged with the normal one. This is at the point where it got very interesting for me, making me all happy and peaceful for the current setting then throwing it all into dark.
This dark world that has merged with ours is called the "Twilight", a shadow of our normal world which is were people who committed terrible crimes were sent.
I have to say that this is probably the only other Zelda game to date that matches up with Ocarina of Time (Which was a N64 release in 97'), since then there has been a series of handheld games that have been cell shaded, not saying they are bad but I prefer the more realistic approach in Zelda.
Back to Twilight Princess, The story progresses further as you find out that one man is responsible for sending the world into the twilight, a man by the name of "Zant" who usurped the throne of his world with his newly gained powers.
As usual you have a sidekick along with you, but this time instead of a fairy it's an imp with quite an attitude, Midna who is one of the people who live in the Twilight world that has decided to help you.
The story definitely is one of the best in the Zelda series, well actually I find it a lot better then most of the today's games, there is a lot more to the story but I can't say otherwise the game will be spoiled so play it to find out I guess.
The graphics of the game is a little problematic, not that I notice really but the game was ported as a Gamecube release to the Wii so you do not get a full experience from the Wii, there are bland textures and missing polygons, but adequate gameplay and storyline make up the difference, which most of todays games tend to unbalance them in graphical favour, however the controllers works out nicely, being able to point your crossbow to shoot, wipe your Wii-mote to use your sword, it's simple easy and actually quite pleasing.
The soundtrack, which again was created by Koji Kondo was quite nice, most of it was just MIDI however, but still the tune came out quite nice for the majority of the pieces, every piece sounded appropriate to the moment, however Orchestrated would of fitted better, hopefully the next instalment is fully Orchestrated.
The game does have one small downside, which is difficulty, now Ocarina of Time and A Link to the Past all were pretty challenging in their parts however, Twilight Princess isn't, it seems to be quite finish-able in 15-20 hours instead of Ocarina of Times 30 hours. A lot of the bosses seem very epic and strong and powerful at first but once you get to the time of fighting them they seem quite simple, I can practically see the X that is the mark on the weak spot that I am supposed to hit with whatever new weapon I collected in the temple.
However these weaknesses can barely set the game down, it definitely has the most replay value out of any game, I have finished it 3 times and still enjoy it, I will never play halo 3 single player again so you can see the comparative difference between 15-20 hours gameplay and 4 on halo)
The game is definitely 3rd on my favourites list and back in 06' when it was released, it earned game of the year for me, topping a score of 9.5, if you have a Wii or Gamecube... GET IT!
). why? simply because as well as the main quest, there was a lot to do afterwards or around the main quest. Both games also made you empathize with the characters (especially MM) both games are a lot darker beneath the surface than people will give them credit for, though MM makes no real attempt to hide its darker colours something i did enjoy in twilight princess.