A good starter game would be Link to the Past for the classic games while Ocarina of Time is a great 3D Zelda game to start off with. Both games are great.
A good starter game would be Link to the Past for the classic games while Ocarina of Time is a great 3D Zelda game to start off with. Both games are great.
Any 90's Zelda game aside from CDi is a good solid first impression.
Backloggery. Now playing: 3D Dot Game Heroes, Donkey Kong, EarthBound Beginnings, Giana Sisters: Twisted Dreams, and Pac-Man Championship Edition DX+.
As of this very moment, thanks to 3DSVC, I now own 13 of the 16 main Zelda games. The only games I don't own are the Four Swords Trilogy, Four Swords GBA (I do own the DSi anniversary edition though), Four Swords Adventures, and The Minish Cap.
Backloggery. Now playing: 3D Dot Game Heroes, Donkey Kong, EarthBound Beginnings, Giana Sisters: Twisted Dreams, and Pac-Man Championship Edition DX+.
Alright, I need some opinions here. I recently beat Oracle of Seasons, the last Zelda game I had never beaten! Now I am reading Hyrule Historia (I had been putting it off to avoid spoilers) and when I am done, I am going to start my lifelong mission of 100%ing every Zelda game in chronological order (and by that I mean that it will probably take me my whole life, not that it has been my mission for my whole life). Looking through Historia, though, and seeing all the Wind Waker things that influenced people and other design decisions in Skyward Sword, I noticed that I remember practically nothing about Wind Waker. Nothing was familiar to me. So I'm wondering, should I put off my mission, concentrate on Xenoblade (which I'm currently playing) for the next couple months, play Wind Waker HD when it comes out on Normal, and then start my mission and play Wind Waker on Hero Mode when I get to it? Or should I just go ahead and start my mission now, knowing it will be a very, very, very long time before I ever get to Wind Waker HD (since it's one of the last games in the timeline)?
I'm currently working my way through Skyward Sword and haven't played Twilight Princess yet, so this may change after that.
Favorite: The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past. This game took everything that was great about the original and cranked it up to 11. The best part is, it still holds up - I went back and played the game again a few months ago, and it was fantastic. I was particularly blown away by the graphics - they were fantastic back during the SNES era, and they're still beautiful today. To me, how well it holds up is what gives it the edge over Ocarina of Time (which is a very, very close second.).
Least: Zelda II: The Adventure of Link. While I don't mind side-scrolling per se, in a Legend of Zelda title it just didn't do it for me. The difficulty curve looked like a sine wave. Too many of the annoying variety of RPG elements. Link's Awakening was a close runner up.
Favourite: Ocarina of Time 3D
A game that completely revolutionised nearly everything about gaming in 1998. Hyrule was the closest thing to a 3D open-world that existed back then. The sheer amount of gameplay ideas that were pioneered by this game was remarkable (child/adult link, day and night, Z-targeting, automatic jump, learning/playing music, horse riding, fishing etc etc). The balance between story and gameplay was perfect, something that nearly every other Zelda game (except Windwaker) has struggled with.) and the pacing was top-notch.
To top it all off, this is perhaps the best remake I've ever played. They adjusted just enough to make it play a bit better and make it easier on the eyes without it feeling like a different game.
Least Favourite: Spirit Tracks
It felt completely uninspired and just stunk of "we need another Zelda game, quick!". Gameplay-wise it did almost nothing new after Phantom Hourglass (the only thing I liked was the whip). The world felt incredibly generic and completely fragmented for a Zelda world. The train got boring after about an hour and the flute mechanic didn't work properly, even on a brand new 3DS. One of the music sections at the end of a temple took me 30 minutes to succeed at.
Favourite: Skyward Sword.
The most refined. The best combat system in any game I've ever played. Flying felt fantastic. It has the best boss fights in any Zelda game. All items genuinely get used throughout the entire game. It's charming. It's dense. Link is more agile than ever before! It's not super difficult, but at least it's not the pushover that Wind Waker and Twilight Princess were. I just wish there was a little bit more to do in the sky!
Least favourite: Phantom Hourglass.
Apart from introducing very little new (touch controls are okay), the Temple of the Ocean King is probably the worst thing in any Zelda.
I haven't played the Oracles or Majora's Mask yet. Hoping for a 3DS remake on the latter.
Favourite - Wind Waker
It dared to be different. I loved the gameplay. I loved the sailing. I thought it was a nice looking game and the original version still holds up today. I liked that Link's original intentions were to save his sister and how it snowballs into a grand adventure as well.
Least Favourite - Twilight Princess
It was fan service, in my opinion. And it was boring. I still don't care about those stupid kids!
favorite - Majora's Mask
I don't even know where to start on this one. People credited WW for being the most different, but this was different before WW was even an idea. what problems OoT had, this game refined them to perfection. The story is the best in the entire series, and the storytelling has never been better. The side quests are actually worth doing in this game, whereas in most other zelda games, side quests are just fetch quests. The game is also the only one in the series to address mature topics and make you legitimately care for the people in the game.
least favorite - Skyward Sword
I'm sorry, this one is just garbage. Controls don't work, story and storytelling are bad, there's nothing to explore or discover in the world, etc etc. I could go on, but you get the point. I don't like talking about this game anyways.
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Favourite - Skyward Sword.....yeah, I said it (sorry OoT). I loved everything about this game (except the Silent Realms ) I loved the 'Zelda getting "plucked from her perch"' storyline, Ghirahim is by far my favourite character and the bosses were some of the best. And as for the controls, they were excellent and added a much needed 'feel' to the series.
Least - Spirit Tracks - I'll just state right away, that I haven't played/completed anything before OoT. So it was either TP, SS, OoT or one of those 50/50 top-down DS games. And I found Phantom Hourglass to be addictive at times.
Favourite - Skyward Sword.....yeah, I said it (sorry OoT). I loved everything about this game (except the Silent Realms ) I loved the 'Zelda getting "plucked from her perch"' storyline, Ghirahim is by far my favourite character and the bosses were some of the best. And as for the controls, they were excellent and added a much needed 'feel' to the series.
Least - Spirit Tracks - I'll just state right away, that I haven't played/completed anything before OoT. So it was either TP, SS, OoT or one of those 50/50 top-down DS games. And I found Phantom Hourglass to be addictive at times.
honestly, the Silent Realms were my favorite part of SS, even though I hated the rest of the game. As for spirit Tracks, it's a really good one imo. The first one I played, and it got me into the series. I don't understand the hate for it. PH had the ocean temple, and that thing was a draaag. But ST was good, I don't see the problems in it.
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