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I've been muttering for a while about how I really wanted a game console of some kind, so my mother decided that she'd get me one for Christmas. Of course, she told me this about a week ago. She let me go online and find a deal on ebay. Money's a big issue right now (I even tried to talk her out of buying me one, but she threatened me and told me I was getting one whether I helped her or not), so I ended up getting a fantastic deal on a bundled package of a game cube, 2 controlers, a memory card and 4 games. It came with Melee, Double Dash, Mario Sunshine and Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess (the subject of this rant, but I'll get to that).
I wasn't expecting it until next week, my plan was to spend this weekend getting the last odds and ends of my room sorted out... then my mother walked into the room carrying a box and my brain went -SQUICK-. I'm sure many (if not all) of you can relate to this: Everything's planned, you're all productive and whatnot... then you suddenly get a new toy and everything goes out the window.
I spent the longest time playing Zelda... and I'm still not sure why... All I have to say is WTF?! I'm not so much concerned about the person who pitched the idea for this game... as I am for the person who thought it was a good idea!!
"Let's see, the game starts out in a little village. The mayor's daughter keeps stealing Zelda's horse and a gang of little kids get WAY too over excited about a slingshot (and say things like 'oh, do that attack where you hold down L and hit B! I love that one!'). You learn to ride the horse by herding goats and you learn to fight by going through an evil forest to save a boy and a monkey from a cage. You're all set to go to Hyrule, when the girl steals your horse again! Right when you get it back these orcs riding a giant boar burst through the gate, you get knocked out, they blow a horn and the sky goes all pixilated and ominous. Next thing you know, you wake up chained to a floor and you've been TURNED INTO A WOLF. Oh, and there's this little weird demon thing that rides on your back and gives you hints. Also, no voice acting whatsoever. The most any characters say are monosylabic grunts like 'heeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeey,' 'hyeah!' and 'uh.'"
And yet I still want to play it, just to see where it goes... I was fine in the very beginning when it was just cheezy, but the whole wolf thing kind of threw me for a loop. Granted, I haven't played or seen any of the more recent Zelda games, but still. I'm going to go play some more, I think. Last night I got stuck on a roof top fighting demonic birds... made harder by the fact that they can fly... and I'm a wolf... meh.
I wasn't expecting it until next week, my plan was to spend this weekend getting the last odds and ends of my room sorted out... then my mother walked into the room carrying a box and my brain went -SQUICK-. I'm sure many (if not all) of you can relate to this: Everything's planned, you're all productive and whatnot... then you suddenly get a new toy and everything goes out the window.
I spent the longest time playing Zelda... and I'm still not sure why... All I have to say is WTF?! I'm not so much concerned about the person who pitched the idea for this game... as I am for the person who thought it was a good idea!!
"Let's see, the game starts out in a little village. The mayor's daughter keeps stealing Zelda's horse and a gang of little kids get WAY too over excited about a slingshot (and say things like 'oh, do that attack where you hold down L and hit B! I love that one!'). You learn to ride the horse by herding goats and you learn to fight by going through an evil forest to save a boy and a monkey from a cage. You're all set to go to Hyrule, when the girl steals your horse again! Right when you get it back these orcs riding a giant boar burst through the gate, you get knocked out, they blow a horn and the sky goes all pixilated and ominous. Next thing you know, you wake up chained to a floor and you've been TURNED INTO A WOLF. Oh, and there's this little weird demon thing that rides on your back and gives you hints. Also, no voice acting whatsoever. The most any characters say are monosylabic grunts like 'heeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeey,' 'hyeah!' and 'uh.'"
And yet I still want to play it, just to see where it goes... I was fine in the very beginning when it was just cheezy, but the whole wolf thing kind of threw me for a loop. Granted, I haven't played or seen any of the more recent Zelda games, but still. I'm going to go play some more, I think. Last night I got stuck on a roof top fighting demonic birds... made harder by the fact that they can fly... and I'm a wolf... meh.