The Legend of Zelda topic

[Master]

So after all my umming and erring about moving to Windwaker...I ended up finding my Switch cart for Skyward Sword HD and finished that instead. I started from scratch, partially cause I was practically blind cause I'd forgotten everything having not played it for about 2 and a half years, but also cause I seem to have lost my old save anyways.

On the whole, I think it was much more enjoyable and I beat it without that blocking sense this time. Last time I played SSHD I'd had only finished BoTW, this time I've beaten that and ToTK and OoT so I was a little more experienced both with what came after, but also the original fundamentals. I don't know if that was what helped but I certainly didn't fizzle out like last time. I reckon I fizzled out during the spirit hunts segment in the middle of the game, but this time I got by them in a breeze, I think I only failed one of them and that was just the one time, otherwise they went by without a problem.

All in all, I liked Skyward Sword HD, I don't know if I'd class it as a new favourite, as I'll admit I think I took better to ToTK (I went out of my way to get all 120 shrines and I liked the gadget building mechanics), but it's definitely a solid game on the whole. Issues I did have were the translation of the old motion controls to the right stick. On the whole it was reasonable, but I did fumble a fair amount and it could be a little overwhelming at times having to precisely flick the stick to match the expected angles of attack. Not game-ruining by any stretch, but a bit of disagreeing with the controls every now and then.

I think the biggest issue I had with the game is flying in the Sky. It was interesting at first, but it got quite dull. I didn't enjoy having to go through it every time I had to go between areas, it made me yearn for some fast-travel because it felt tedious to go through every time I had to backtrack or go to the thunderstorm area. I don't inherently mind backtracking, hell I'm a Metroid fan that's half the experience there. But backtracking isn't fun if there's no engaging level design or area to backtrack through, and that I think is my biggest issue with the sky...it's not fun. I think that's also the reason why I started feeling a bit fatigued when you get to the Song hunt, as this would be the third time you cycle through the areas, and the back and forth was getting tiring. I pushed through and in fairness I did like the twists that came with the song hunt, so I don't have any issue there, it's just the in-between that I think was a slog.

But all in all yeah, good game.

[Greengoop]

I’d say the Sky in Skyward Sword is nowhere as amazing a the great say, like, it works as a hub but it’s just a bunch of islands and doesn’t really have much personality or points of interest. Still a great game, despite being rather linear

[The Jonster]

Think your quote might have been a bit borked, it was Jonster who said that:

Ocarina of Time: Zora’s Domain (Young Link)
Majora’s Mask: Snowfall
Twilight Princess: Lakebed Temple

Oh sorry, didn't realise he was responding to me. Let's see.....

Zora's Domain is an understandable point to quit, was that before you got any of the spirit stones? If you're at the third spirit stone, you were about to enter the worst dungeon of the game anyways.

I had the Kokiri Emerald and the Goron Ruby. My reason for going there was to get the Zoras' Sapphire.
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oh wait, worst dungeon? Ok I don't know the name of this dungeon and I can guess it's not called the Water Temple.

Snowfall is a cool area, the goron mask is my favorite mask as well.

Actually my memory might be a bit spotty. It was either Snowfall/Great Bay. All I know for certain is that I never reached the eastern canyon.

Lakebed temple is my third favorite temple behind snowpeak ruins (#2) and arbiter's grounds (#1).

I believe at the time I stopped here it was because I ran out of time and had to return the game to the store (it was a rental but I had fun just somehoe never got back to it)

And there's also a Zelda topic which I plan to eventually join!

Was it this one? Feel free to have a chat here sometime then!