2014-01-12, 05:07 PM
I'd say Link Between Worlds is the best Zelda ever made to date in terms of overall qualities.
I was extremely skeptical of it before release because I didn't have faith the "painting thing" was a good idea, but it turned out to work out very well and it's pretty seamless. Instantly my 2nd favorite Zelda, only after Majora due to the creativity and originality that Majora and only Majora has done in the franchise in terms of its overall theme and story, including the side-plots of "lesser" characters.
Definitely recommend ALBW to anybody with a 2/3DS. It's not the disappointment I thought it was going to be.
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I would say that the dungeons are longer than ALTTP's. I remember ALTTP being EXTREMELY easy and simple, and a lot of dungeons only took around 10minute~15minutes. The puzzles were also much simpler. I would say however that the bosses in ALBW were bittersweet; they LOOK badass but die very quickly. To be fair so did ALTTP bosses, but I would have hoped since the dungeons were better designed this time that the bosses would be as well. I had fought one of the bosses that's huge and menacing as hell, and it turns out it only deals as much damage to you as a normal mob, about half a heart. Instantly any feeling of "having to avoid its gigantic attacks" went out the window.
Also, Fire Rod is OP as FUCK. Buy and upgrade this item before ANYTHING else if you want to lay waste to everything, especially when doing the Treacherous Tower.
I was extremely skeptical of it before release because I didn't have faith the "painting thing" was a good idea, but it turned out to work out very well and it's pretty seamless. Instantly my 2nd favorite Zelda, only after Majora due to the creativity and originality that Majora and only Majora has done in the franchise in terms of its overall theme and story, including the side-plots of "lesser" characters.
Definitely recommend ALBW to anybody with a 2/3DS. It's not the disappointment I thought it was going to be.
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I would say that the dungeons are longer than ALTTP's. I remember ALTTP being EXTREMELY easy and simple, and a lot of dungeons only took around 10minute~15minutes. The puzzles were also much simpler. I would say however that the bosses in ALBW were bittersweet; they LOOK badass but die very quickly. To be fair so did ALTTP bosses, but I would have hoped since the dungeons were better designed this time that the bosses would be as well. I had fought one of the bosses that's huge and menacing as hell, and it turns out it only deals as much damage to you as a normal mob, about half a heart. Instantly any feeling of "having to avoid its gigantic attacks" went out the window.
Also, Fire Rod is OP as FUCK. Buy and upgrade this item before ANYTHING else if you want to lay waste to everything, especially when doing the Treacherous Tower.