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Game Review: ゼルダの伝説：神々のトライフォース 2
2018-Jul-06, Friday 16:32
I almost bought a 3DS because of this game.
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melishus_b's house, for example. But A Link Between Worlds came out in 2013, after I had tuned back into the general gaming consciousness, and everything about it looked great. A game made in the same style as A Link to the Past, set in the same world as A Link to the Past? My favorite Zelda game? And then all the reviews game out and praised it as the greatest Zelda game in years, free of the handholding that had slowly tightened its grip over the series as the years went on. Nonlinearity, with the ability to tackle dungeons and explore in whatever order you want due to the item system? Another system of two worlds like A Link to the Past's Light and Dark World, with intricate connections that need to be navigated to beat the game? All of that sounded like a dream.
Oh, and also Link turns into a painting? Well...I guess it's no stranger than Twilight Princess...
I did not end up buying a 3DS because I had no money, but I never stopped wanting to play A Link Between Worlds. And now I can tell you that it lives up to all that hype I felt five years ago.
The Japanese title makes the connection between it and A Link to the Past even more explicit. A Link to the Past is 神々のトライフォース, "Triforce of the Gods," and A Link Between Worlds is 神々のトライフォース ２.
This is consistently referred to in the game as 落書き (rakugaki, "graffiti"), which is kind of demeaning if you ask me.
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I stopped paying attention to gaming news for a long time--basically from late 2005 to 2011-- because 99.9% of my gaming time was taken up with playing World of Warcraft. I don't think I even knew Skyward Sword existed untl I played it at
melishus_b's house, for example. But A Link Between Worlds came out in 2013, after I had tuned back into the general gaming consciousness, and everything about it looked great. A game made in the same style as A Link to the Past, set in the same world as A Link to the Past? My favorite Zelda game? And then all the reviews game out and praised it as the greatest Zelda game in years, free of the handholding that had slowly tightened its grip over the series as the years went on. Nonlinearity, with the ability to tackle dungeons and explore in whatever order you want due to the item system? Another system of two worlds like A Link to the Past's Light and Dark World, with intricate connections that need to be navigated to beat the game? All of that sounded like a dream.Oh, and also Link turns into a painting? Well...I guess it's no stranger than Twilight Princess...
I did not end up buying a 3DS because I had no money, but I never stopped wanting to play A Link Between Worlds. And now I can tell you that it lives up to all that hype I felt five years ago.
The Japanese title makes the connection between it and A Link to the Past even more explicit. A Link to the Past is 神々のトライフォース, "Triforce of the Gods," and A Link Between Worlds is 神々のトライフォース ２.
This is consistently referred to in the game as 落書き (rakugaki, "graffiti"), which is kind of demeaning if you ask me.
( Read more... )
