Opeth Wrote:I quite enjoyed Zant's mental breakdown. I actually took more damage from him than I did from Ganondorf's three forms combined.
Let's look at the other times we saw Zant:
He walks into the throne room. He doesn't need to say anything. The slow pace, the dark music, the cries of his twilight beasts...you know you're boned. I'm Zant, f'aggots. All your Hyrule is belong to me.
Link just beats the Water Temple. Feeling pretty dang good about himself. Hell yeah, saved another light spirit. WAIT, STOP. Zant's in the house. Light spirit? I eat those for breakfast. Begone. Midna? Fool. You are too weak to stop me. Rapes. Link? Honestly? Have fun being stuck as a wolf. And just like that, you know Zant is powerful and not to be messed with.
Zant was a pathetic coward before he met Ganondorf. We saw him crawling on his knees, too weak to gain the power he desires. But then he meets the man who can grant his wishes. After that, we have awesome Zant.
Now tell me why on earth he had to revert to his pathetic f'aggot side right before his most important battle? Mental breakdown? I don't buy it. He had his mental breakdown before he met Ganondorf. Why was he having another? ESPECIALLY NOW OF ALL TIMES? He couldn't have maintained his collected, powerful attitude for an epic battle? He breaks down BEFORE the battle? Ugh. That is why I was disappointed.
And that's not even mentioning the battle itself. I actually really enjoy the whole concept of revisiting previous boss battles. However, they were all disappointing and should not have been wasted on such an important battle. Have battles like that leading up to Zant (like how it was done in WW) and then give him a truly epic final battle. Instead we get a few lame revisits and Zant spinning around like a lunatic. Absolutely terrible battle. I took more damage during his LOL SPINNING phase than during Ganondorf, too, but that doesn't make it a good battle. It didn't feel epic, and it didn't do justice to how powerful Zant had previously been seen as.
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Didn't see Herbert's question when I started posting.
Herbert Jablonski Wrote:On a side note, what do you think of the other minor villains such as Veran, General Onox, and Vaati?
I really liked Onox and Veran. I would have no objections to them getting their own 3D game. The 2D LoZs are very fun, but they never register in the grand scale of things for me as much. The story never feels as developed/important/whatever. I think they'd have potential to be awesome. I preferred Veran over Onox.
Vaati? Eh... I never liked him. Actually I don't even like the whole Four Sword story as a whole.