Czwartek 15 Mar 2007, 21:25
Unless I'm in denial that is…
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Had two days off this week, and only one goal.
Locked myself in our games room for both days. Finally emerged today, hairy-faced, haggard eyes, and extremely stinky… but I've finally seen the ending of "The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess" for the Nintendo Wii.
This didn't all happen over the last couple days mind you. It's the product of just under 4 months of on and off playing. Grand total, I think the Wii logged me at just over 43 hours of game time… so I suppose that's an average of 10 hours per month. Not too shabby.
Of course, I could have put countless more hours into the game. There's tonnes of things I didn't find, quests I didn't finish, and one day I may go back through it all. In all honesty however, when you love games as much as I do, the time you spend on one game tends to translate into time you're not spending playing all the other games you've been salivating over for months. And since I've recently acquired a whole number of playable downloads for the Dreamcast I bought last year off my buddy James… the list of games I've written for myself to get through is getting pretty hefty.
In any case, back to Zelda. I've played some epic adventure RPG's in my life, (the most glaring exception of which is "Zelda: Ocarina of Time") and I can easily say that Twilight Princess ranks among the most satisfying. Nothing I say in terms of a review will add on the multitude that have already published, but I will say that it contains within it, all the components of what a classic game should be. Progressive character depth and development, extremely intuitive, enjoyable and addictive gameplay, breath-taking level design and settings (all with a fraction of the horsepower contained within both Microsoft and Sony's consoles) and grand horny honour music. (Horny as in… lots of brass horns… not sexy)
Most important, and contrary to the game featured in my previous post, Zelda is designed to play in a hardcore fashion, or at your leisure. I enjoyed every epic sword battle, and every mind-bending puzzle… but I never experienced the withdrawal so often talked about by World of Warcraft players. When I finally finished the game, (and not without a little help from a third-party game guide) I felt extremely satisfied that I had definitely got my money's worth. I also finished in total agreement with every game reviewer that awarded Nintendo with a 2006 game-of-the-year honour for this this gem. In fact, it's convinced me to download Nintendo's recent Virtual Console addition, Ocarina of time, the only Zelda game considered better than Twilight Princess, and considered by many to be the finest game of all time.
Give it a go… you'll thank me for it.http://www.gameland.ru/post/29955/legend_of_%20zelda_tp_09.jpg
