been putting it off since like 2001. After about 6 power outages, 1 game freeze, and having to replay each dungeon 2-3 times due to said things, i finally beat it. Clocked in at around 13hr 40min. Did several side quests, etc. So..
Pros:
- The side quests were fun and add a lot of playtime
- Nice atmosphere, better than OoTs. Characters felt more alive.
- Nice mask variety. Cool powers, and nice designs.
- Different forms added welcome variety to the game. I get bored of using same form too long.
- bunny hood and song of soaring. Tedious traveling is boring and not fun.
Cons:
- Eligy of emptiness. Played too often, and takes too long to finish.. Do I really have to see the small cutscene each time a statue is formed? doesn't help that you usually have to use it 3 times in a row.
- Too much menu use. Since you only get 3 quick buttons, this was extremely annoying.. Especially in dungeons where you need different forms, and different weapons.. Constantly going through the menus was driving me crazy at times. oh noes i got bunny hood on, gotta take that off and go in menu again............
- 72 hour time limit. Yes, even with the inverted song of time, this limit was extremely annoying, especially during dungeons. Starting over regardless if you got the "item" to make it easier isn't fun.
- Tedious and repetitive. I found it annoying that I had to do many of the same tasks over and over.. Like collecting all my items again, recollecting quests, having to beat some dungeons like snow one again just to remove the snow from the goron village again, etc. Some of these are downright stupid like the last.
- useless songs. A lot are one time use, and seem lame for even being included.
- Characters have no recollection of OoT events. Due to only beating it once, and having took so long to beat, I forgot some of the plot details at the beginning. I'm not sure if it was explained, but it seems stupid that no one knows who link is.
- Stone tower and water dungeon were pretty horrible. Whoever decided you need to replay the eligy song 3 times every time you want to make it back to the stone tower should be ran over by a church van. These were just annoying dungeons overall. Water moreso(just like oot).,
- not as good as oot, i expected it to be as good after all the hype, and it winning game of the decade
I'm sure there are more flaws. I expected more due to the games hype on the site. OoT remains one of my favorite games(replayed it last year), and I consider it to be clearly superior. What's with OoT looking like it has better graphics as well? Anyways, it was fun and I still plan to collect all the masks.
8/10 overall
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