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So, what you playing at the mo? Retro Edition
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I just finished A Link to the Past for the first time this past week.
I'm gonna get in trouble for this, but it's easily the most overhyped Zelda IMO. Maybe at the time of release it was incredible, but lots of people list it in their top 5 Zelda's to this day and I just think they've got those slightly pink glasses on
The combat is awful, and hard. It's not hard in a well designed challenging way, its hard because its over-simplistic and hitboxes seem to be all over the place. Dungeons will dump you right back at the start, no portal jumping like in A Link between Worlds. Same goes for most bossfights, which is ludicrous. Save states were my friend here. I wouldn't have finished the game without them.
I also don't accept that it's that way simply because its an old game; Mario has been fun, well designed and challenging since day 1. It also really highlights a number of really bad design decisions in the series overall; why oh why do they have that hideously annoying beeping in Zelda's if your health is low? I know its low, I can see how low it is! The beeping is incredibly distracting, especially if you have to go a long way to find a heart. And hearts only seem to spawn for me when I have a full meter :P Also; there really should be hidden rooms in Dungeons where there's somebody selling potions; too many times I roll up to a boss' front door only to realize all my bottles are empty.
I really liked A Link Between Worlds, though. Still suffers a bit from the design of the original but Nintendo have obviously learned a lot in the interim.
From what I've played, IMO, it goes Wind Waker>Majora's Mask>Ocarina of Time>Skyward Sword>A Link Between Worlds>Minish Cap>>>Twilight Princess>>>Phantom Hourglass>>>A Link to the Past.0 -
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I just finished A Link to the Past for the first time this past week.
I'm gonna get in trouble for this, but it's easily the most overhyped Zelda IMO. Maybe at the time of release it was incredible, but lots of people list it in their top 5 Zelda's to this day and I just think they've got those slightly pink glasses on
You are, quite clearly, insane :pac:The combat is awful, and hard. It's not hard in a well designed challenging way, its hard because its over-simplistic and hitboxes seem to be all over the place. Dungeons will dump you right back at the start, no portal jumping like in A Link between Worlds. Same goes for most bossfights, which is ludicrous. Save states were my friend here. I wouldn't have finished the game without them.
Hard does not equal bad. I suggest maybe upping your skill instead rather than taking it out on the game.
A Link Between Worlds was absolutely fantastic and I loved it, but it's far too easy.I also don't accept that it's that way simply because its an old game; Mario
has been fun, well designed and challenging since day 1.
As too, is ALTTP. The only complaint you really have so far is that it's 'too hard' - something which rests with the player, not the game. If I could finish it when I was 8 years old it's clearly not too hard.It also really highlights a number of really bad design decisions in the series overall; why oh why do they have that hideously annoying beeping in Zelda's if your health is low? I know its low, I can see how low it is! The beeping is incredibly distracting, especially if you have to go a long way to find a heart.
So you're saying it highlights a number of bad decisions in all Zelda games, but mention one sound niggle. One that's in all Zelda games.too many times I roll up to a boss' front door only to realize all my bottles are empty.
Let me hark back to my previous comments about the issue being your skills and not the game :pac: You should be able to plan ahead and have all of your health ready to go. It's not the game's fault.I really liked A Link Between Worlds, though. Still suffers a bit from the design of the original but Nintendo have obviously learned a lot in the interim.
So did I, but as I said, it's far too easy. The main thing I took from that aspect that Nintendo 'learned' is that apparently people aren't as good at games as they used to be.
So in summary, hard does not equal bad, it just means you need to up your game.0 -
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I know how awful it is. :L I remember it from my childhood being awful. I love it though.
I remember it being one of the handful of games I had to play on my Japanese Dreamcast, which I bought at launch.
Pen Pen Tricelon, Virtua Fighter 3 and Incoming all got played to death at the time, still have them.
MSR though, for me the most awesome racing game, only supplanted by the recent Drive Club from much of the same development team, on the PS4.0 -
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I have loads of them spare, some even still in original packaging. If you need another one let me know.
I have some third party controllers that you can just take off my hands because they're rubbish awesome Madcatz yolks altogether.
I read that as you have loads of friends, some still in their original packaging!
I need more coffee
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