All I can say is… Wow. Just wow. I mean it, folks. A game hasn’t made me feel like this since Zelda’s “Ocarina Of Time”, and that game is a legend in the gaming community.
I will write up a more comprehensive review soon. I just beat the game today and the ending is still buzzing in my brain. Ever since the legendary “Ocarina Of Time”, fans were salivating at the prospect of Nintendo’s GameCube, when it was new and comparatively powerful, getting a Zelda game that was darker and more cinematic. Fans wanted an adult Link going toe-to-toe with a badass-looking Ganondorf. They even got a taste of this treatment at a gaming expo. A year or so later, the fans instead got Zelda’s “Wind Waker”.
“Wind Waker”, while still being an excellent game, was just short of the initial fan expectations. Instead of a realistic adult Link in a realistic world, we got a cel-shaded child Link in a cartoony world. Fans were accepting, but still a little cranky about the choice. Then, when “Twilight Princess” was being developed, Nintendo saw the chance to give the fans what they’ve been begging for.
I’ll definitely give a more complete review very soon. Right now, I have to get ready for bed and dream the dreams of Hyrulean warriors.
Cheers!
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