my place at the edge of time
My birthday was last Saturday, and it was nice. I had some cake for breakfast and was given The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword right off the bat by my mother and sister. I love them and how they knew how happy the new Zelda game would make me. Then my godmother came over that night and gave me the Harry Potter 8-film bluray. And my father bought me a black 8BG iPhone 4, which is the best thing that I have ever made him done.
I just really like to get things. (You can totally buy my love.) Materialism is only a bad thing when it becomes an overriding force in your decision making. I mean, I am entitled, but my degree of entitlement does not keep me from making good decisions and being a good person.
Back to Skyward Sword though, I really like it. The game manages to be pretty innovative without feeling gimmicky. Okay, that is false, sometimes the game does feel a little gimmicky, but it is not often enough to sour all of my positive emotions.
Positive emotions mostly in respect to Zelda. She is so fleshed out in this game. Her face is exceedingly expressive, she shows a wide arrange of emotions, and her motives and intentions are made known to the player. I feel like her presence and role in this game is just really huge as opposed to her role in Twilight Princess (which was very much minimal). I think her role is actually even larger than the one she played in Wind Waker, whose plot was pushed forward in pivotal moments by the Tetra/Zelda composite figure.
I mean, she is the all powerful goddess Hylia - the person responsible for the imprisonment of Demise, the creation of Skyloft, and setting into action the entire plot of the game - but also Link's sole reason for diving into the plot of the game. At any point in a play-through of the game, Link's ultimate goal is solely to rescue Zelda.
Yet the thing is, Zelda doesn't even need rescuing. After the very first dungeon, it is made perfectly clear that Zelda is not in Ghirahim's hands anymore. Yet Link still pursues her, not out of a desire to save her, but out of a desire simply to see her and to know that she is okay. For me, to see their relationship dynamic placed in front of everything else in the game like that is beautiful and creates a profound emotional connection to the game that I haven't really felt for Zelda before.
I just really like this game guys, and I have only just scratched the surface of both the game's content and my feelings.
I just really like to get things. (You can totally buy my love.) Materialism is only a bad thing when it becomes an overriding force in your decision making. I mean, I am entitled, but my degree of entitlement does not keep me from making good decisions and being a good person.
Back to Skyward Sword though, I really like it. The game manages to be pretty innovative without feeling gimmicky. Okay, that is false, sometimes the game does feel a little gimmicky, but it is not often enough to sour all of my positive emotions.
Positive emotions mostly in respect to Zelda. She is so fleshed out in this game. Her face is exceedingly expressive, she shows a wide arrange of emotions, and her motives and intentions are made known to the player. I feel like her presence and role in this game is just really huge as opposed to her role in Twilight Princess (which was very much minimal). I think her role is actually even larger than the one she played in Wind Waker, whose plot was pushed forward in pivotal moments by the Tetra/Zelda composite figure.
I mean, she is the all powerful goddess Hylia - the person responsible for the imprisonment of Demise, the creation of Skyloft, and setting into action the entire plot of the game - but also Link's sole reason for diving into the plot of the game. At any point in a play-through of the game, Link's ultimate goal is solely to rescue Zelda.
Yet the thing is, Zelda doesn't even need rescuing. After the very first dungeon, it is made perfectly clear that Zelda is not in Ghirahim's hands anymore. Yet Link still pursues her, not out of a desire to save her, but out of a desire simply to see her and to know that she is okay. For me, to see their relationship dynamic placed in front of everything else in the game like that is beautiful and creates a profound emotional connection to the game that I haven't really felt for Zelda before.
I just really like this game guys, and I have only just scratched the surface of both the game's content and my feelings.