So, maybe it’s time for some reviewing!
I’ve always been a huge fan of the video game series “The Legend of Zelda”, starting with LoZ: Wind Waker…
I was about seven or eight (maybe nine) when I first played Wind Waker on my friend’s big brother’s Game Cube. I didn’t actually get that far, and I still haven’t completed the game, but it was still really fun and so I was sucked in. I guess that’s the mark of a good game.
The Legend of Zelda: Wind Waker is amazing. I’ll go out and say that. The cel-shaded graphics are cute when needed, but also gravely serious when needed. The music is great, enough to get my pumped every time a villain popped out at me or a shark came out of the Great Sea. I sometimes even turned the sound off just so that I could concentrate on finding that key that I needed, so I wouldn’t loose my head and give up for the day. Most of the characters in the game are believable, but some just seem like people you need to talk to in order to get farther in the game. Actually, by the end of the game I was starting to feel like, “I have to do THAT now? Ugh. Fine.” … Which is exactly the reason why I haven’t actually completed the game.
All in all, I’d give Wind Waker a 7/10.
The next Legend of Zelda game that I found was Twilight Princess, at the same person’s house. (It’s all his fault! JK, JK!)
Did I say Wind Waker was amazing? Okay, if Wind Waker is amazing, then Twilight Princess is EPICLY AWESOME. At first, I just played around and didn’t really think much of it- I just liked the fact that it had a horse in it. Then, I saw it at Blockbuster for rent, so I decided to rent it. Best decision I’ve ever made in choosing a game.
The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess is the most realistic-looking game in the series so far. (Another one is in the making, who knows if it’ll be better!) The music is more orchestrated- I could definately pick out brass, strings, and woodwinds while playing, and it wasn’t too much. I don’t think I ever turned the sound off, except for at the last part of the game that I won’t say. I liked the controls for the Wii, too, even after playing it halfway through on the Game Cube. Shaking the remote actually feels pretty good after you get used to it (it takes about five seconds), and it lets out any energy or excitement you might get after finally getting to the boss of a temple or something. I could go on and on about this game- I’m obsessed. But I guess I’ll edit this later if I think people will be able to stand it. Haha!
Twilight Princess definately gets a 9/10 to a perfect score of 10/10. I really enjoyed this game!
Now, onto The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass, the first LoZ game for the DS.
Phantom Hourglass is basically a sequel to Wind Waker. Everything looks the same, if not a little bit worse because of the different platforms, but at least the story is a little bit different. (Besides the usual save-the-damsel-in-destress part, of course.) I would say the gameplay for Phantom Hourglass is a little bit boring, just tapping around the screen to move Link (the hero of all of these games) and to use different items. And even though scribbling notes on your map is fun, they don’t really give you enough room to write much, let alone legibly. I ended up just drawing arrows, numbers, and bombs where needed. Another thing that I didn’t really like was that you have to keep going back to the “Ocean Temple” to get farther in the game. The Ocean Temple has dozens of levels, but on the first try you only go down one, the second you go down some more, and by the third time you’re getting pretty tired of doing the same levels over and over again, then adding a new challenge that you really don’t want to do anymore.
Phantom Hourglass gets a… 7.5/10. Not great, but not bad.
