12-29-2006, 01:58 PM
So, i got this game x-mas morning, and was anxious to begin. Within a few minutes i dove into yet another world of Zelda, i knew this game would be great...i was right. First off, i was extremely pleased with graphics, WAY better than Wind Waker (WW was alright, just not to my taste) and obviously related to Ocarina of Time in style. The lighting effects are truely gorgeous, i spent as much time as possible in ordon so i could take it all in right away. i still enjoy sitting on the small cliff in kakariko gorge and just watching the sunset.....while enemies constantly run me down....
Now for the characters, Link and Ilia both had some obviously well done character development on them, facial expressions were realistic enough to be believed.
MIDNA
Midna was probably the most developed and, in my opinion, the best character in the game. She had the best facial expressions out of anyone, i loved the devious little smile she had, along will the fact that she was a very mysterious character until the end of the game. You could really tell how any event effected her. They should have added voice overs to all the characters, except link of course, he has to remain mute. But i would have been more into the story (though it still pulled me in harder than a reekfish attatched to prince zoras earing on the end of a fishing line) if they gave everyone voice overs.
GANONDORF
As for ganondorf, i dont see why people on other boards say he had almost no place in the story and was only thrown in for effect and the fact that its zelda. He was the one who gave Zant his powers, he was the God that zant spoke of. That gives him total reasoning to be in the game, Zant met him in the twilight realm which is where those gods sent him to after he killed one of them, and for other clearly obvious reasons. But i am stumped as to how he got out of the light realm that the sages bansihed him to in Ocarina of Time, that is though if these games are even connected in any way....and i believe they are.
ZANT
As for Zant, nintendo did a pretty nice job of showing how evil he was, they could have done more, but what they did was good. Something else i dont understand, is at the end of the game, after you've stabbed Ganondorf in the chest, you see Zant standing there, and he suddenly snaps his own neck which for some reason snaps Ganondorfs neck as well. The reason i dont understand that is because i thought Zant was Ganondorfs puppet, and not the other way around. the way i would have seen it is that Ganondorf would have to snap his own neck to kill Zant. I wouldnt mind someone clearing this up for me, though its one of my favorite scenes in the game, it puzzles me.
PRINCESS ZELDA
i heard it everywhere before i played the game, and it was true she didnt have much of a part in this game. but i was fine with that because this game seemed more centered around midna than zelda (hence the title, twilight princess), though zelda had a somewhat enjoyable part in which she gives all her power to midna to defeat zant. but that is all she was there for. it was just a little add on to the story, and it helped a bit.
tNow as for the dungeons and relative over-world of the game, along with weapons of course. The first three dungeons; Forest temple, Goron Mines, Lakebed temple. These were all great dungeons, some greater than others though.
FOREST TEMPLE
The forest temple was alright, i was pleased with its size as i was hoping nintendo would step it up from the short temples in Wind Waker. It wasnt as fun as other temples in this game, but the boss fight was enjoyable, easy, but enjoyable.
GORON MINES
I loved the goron mines mostly for the way it utilized the iron boots, before all i thought they could be used for is to weigh link down when you need to be weighed down, though in this dungeon you used themto walk on walls and the cieling, i thought that was pretty sweet. The boss fight in this one was great as well.
LAKE-BED TEMPLE
Lakebed is my 2nd favorite temple, it was a well built dungeon, pretty good size, and some great puzzles that had me confused for a little while. I loved the weapon you recieve in this templ, the clawshot, then again im a huge fan of weapons like these, i also loved the boss fight for this temple. At first i thought they just brought morpha (from water temple in OoT) back, and that pissed me off until i realized that was totaly not what they did, so i was pleased.
ARBITERS GROUNDS
The Arbiters Grounds was a fun dungeon, but rather annoying, the weapon you recieve was the strangest i have seen ever, it was well used in the boss fight, which was kinda annoying but kinda fun.
ICE MANSION
Ice mansion, i'll sum it up: i hated it....there, i will say no more except that i really enjoy the ball and chain.
TEMPLE OF TIME
Now for my favorite Temple EVER, the Temple of Time. I liked how they actualy have a dungeon inside of the temple and not just the master sword, in my mind the master sword should remain in a sacred grove and only be found in one or put back into one. I really like how you entered the temple also, and i dont know how to explain it. The design of the temple was awsome, i've never enjoyed just looking around the first room of a temple before doing anything more than this one. The boss fight at the end was a bit repeated from OoT, though the way you fought it was much more enjoyable.
SKY TEMPLE
The Sky Temple was sort of annoying, until you get the second clawshot, then it was easy. I absolutely loved the boss fight with the dragon on top of the temple, though not the best in this game.
TWILIGHT CASTLE
Twilight Castle was short but sweet, the confrontation and fight with zant was very well done. midna totally freakin' kicked his rear after the fight, and only a fraction of her power was used for tht? sweet...it got me curious as to what more she could do. I got that answer when i went to hyrule castle, that spider-like beast she becomes was wonderful.
HYRULE CASTLE
Hyrule castle tripped me up a bit as i got kinda lost as to what to do. The Final Battle was freakin epic, i loved and hated having to fight princess zelda while she was controlled by ganondorf. Then the fight with Ganon was a lot of fun. The horseback fight wasnt that great, but it had its place and was alright. and the very last fight was my favorite battle of the whole game, i actualy didnt try to hurt him for like five minutes, i just sat there and clashed blades with him, just for fun. But when i got serious, i totaly kicked his a**, i loved the ending with the sword through Ganondorfs chest and the triforce of power left his hand, that could only mean more events are going to take place after this game, because someone has to have that part of the triforce......
WORLD OF TP
The over-world of this game was everything i hoped, largely amazing. At first i thought everything woul be directly connected on one large path, but remains a very large area, i was pleased to see that there were many places to see and things to uncover (most i havent found, yet). over all i loved the open world of this game
so yea truely the best Zelda ever, and now my favorite game.....oh who am i kidding it was my favorite before i even got it!
Now for the characters, Link and Ilia both had some obviously well done character development on them, facial expressions were realistic enough to be believed.
MIDNA
Midna was probably the most developed and, in my opinion, the best character in the game. She had the best facial expressions out of anyone, i loved the devious little smile she had, along will the fact that she was a very mysterious character until the end of the game. You could really tell how any event effected her. They should have added voice overs to all the characters, except link of course, he has to remain mute. But i would have been more into the story (though it still pulled me in harder than a reekfish attatched to prince zoras earing on the end of a fishing line) if they gave everyone voice overs.
GANONDORF
As for ganondorf, i dont see why people on other boards say he had almost no place in the story and was only thrown in for effect and the fact that its zelda. He was the one who gave Zant his powers, he was the God that zant spoke of. That gives him total reasoning to be in the game, Zant met him in the twilight realm which is where those gods sent him to after he killed one of them, and for other clearly obvious reasons. But i am stumped as to how he got out of the light realm that the sages bansihed him to in Ocarina of Time, that is though if these games are even connected in any way....and i believe they are.
ZANT
As for Zant, nintendo did a pretty nice job of showing how evil he was, they could have done more, but what they did was good. Something else i dont understand, is at the end of the game, after you've stabbed Ganondorf in the chest, you see Zant standing there, and he suddenly snaps his own neck which for some reason snaps Ganondorfs neck as well. The reason i dont understand that is because i thought Zant was Ganondorfs puppet, and not the other way around. the way i would have seen it is that Ganondorf would have to snap his own neck to kill Zant. I wouldnt mind someone clearing this up for me, though its one of my favorite scenes in the game, it puzzles me.
PRINCESS ZELDA
i heard it everywhere before i played the game, and it was true she didnt have much of a part in this game. but i was fine with that because this game seemed more centered around midna than zelda (hence the title, twilight princess), though zelda had a somewhat enjoyable part in which she gives all her power to midna to defeat zant. but that is all she was there for. it was just a little add on to the story, and it helped a bit.
tNow as for the dungeons and relative over-world of the game, along with weapons of course. The first three dungeons; Forest temple, Goron Mines, Lakebed temple. These were all great dungeons, some greater than others though.
FOREST TEMPLE
The forest temple was alright, i was pleased with its size as i was hoping nintendo would step it up from the short temples in Wind Waker. It wasnt as fun as other temples in this game, but the boss fight was enjoyable, easy, but enjoyable.
GORON MINES
I loved the goron mines mostly for the way it utilized the iron boots, before all i thought they could be used for is to weigh link down when you need to be weighed down, though in this dungeon you used themto walk on walls and the cieling, i thought that was pretty sweet. The boss fight in this one was great as well.
LAKE-BED TEMPLE
Lakebed is my 2nd favorite temple, it was a well built dungeon, pretty good size, and some great puzzles that had me confused for a little while. I loved the weapon you recieve in this templ, the clawshot, then again im a huge fan of weapons like these, i also loved the boss fight for this temple. At first i thought they just brought morpha (from water temple in OoT) back, and that pissed me off until i realized that was totaly not what they did, so i was pleased.
ARBITERS GROUNDS
The Arbiters Grounds was a fun dungeon, but rather annoying, the weapon you recieve was the strangest i have seen ever, it was well used in the boss fight, which was kinda annoying but kinda fun.
ICE MANSION
Ice mansion, i'll sum it up: i hated it....there, i will say no more except that i really enjoy the ball and chain.
TEMPLE OF TIME
Now for my favorite Temple EVER, the Temple of Time. I liked how they actualy have a dungeon inside of the temple and not just the master sword, in my mind the master sword should remain in a sacred grove and only be found in one or put back into one. I really like how you entered the temple also, and i dont know how to explain it. The design of the temple was awsome, i've never enjoyed just looking around the first room of a temple before doing anything more than this one. The boss fight at the end was a bit repeated from OoT, though the way you fought it was much more enjoyable.
SKY TEMPLE
The Sky Temple was sort of annoying, until you get the second clawshot, then it was easy. I absolutely loved the boss fight with the dragon on top of the temple, though not the best in this game.
TWILIGHT CASTLE
Twilight Castle was short but sweet, the confrontation and fight with zant was very well done. midna totally freakin' kicked his rear after the fight, and only a fraction of her power was used for tht? sweet...it got me curious as to what more she could do. I got that answer when i went to hyrule castle, that spider-like beast she becomes was wonderful.
HYRULE CASTLE
Hyrule castle tripped me up a bit as i got kinda lost as to what to do. The Final Battle was freakin epic, i loved and hated having to fight princess zelda while she was controlled by ganondorf. Then the fight with Ganon was a lot of fun. The horseback fight wasnt that great, but it had its place and was alright. and the very last fight was my favorite battle of the whole game, i actualy didnt try to hurt him for like five minutes, i just sat there and clashed blades with him, just for fun. But when i got serious, i totaly kicked his a**, i loved the ending with the sword through Ganondorfs chest and the triforce of power left his hand, that could only mean more events are going to take place after this game, because someone has to have that part of the triforce......
WORLD OF TP
The over-world of this game was everything i hoped, largely amazing. At first i thought everything woul be directly connected on one large path, but remains a very large area, i was pleased to see that there were many places to see and things to uncover (most i havent found, yet). over all i loved the open world of this game
so yea truely the best Zelda ever, and now my favorite game.....oh who am i kidding it was my favorite before i even got it!