And OoT still holds up. Gameplay still feels pretty modern even if you play it today unlike most games on the N64 and PSX. Even the single analog stick controls with z-targeting hasn’t really aged much. Also OoT and Majora’s are still my favorite Zelda games, the non-Switch mainline games after the N64 era just feel derivative with gimmicks slapped on top to make it feel new even tough it still the same quests for the same items you gather in the same type of settings with the same kind of dungeons. Wish they just followed Majora’s Mask and completly mixed the gameplay up for every sequel, instead of rehashing LttP and OoT in a different theme. While BotW and TotK are a breath of fresh air and they are great games, they lack that Zelda magic and feel more like sandboxes where you can fuck around rather than an epic adventure in and they lack proper dungeons.
Half baked, maybe
Which is how I describe most Nintendo sandbox games in their entirety…
I liked them, but it felt like going to the same place over and over again once you were in there. (Which is why I’ve never finished Phantom Hourglass).
I absolutely loved the world around them though, and the lore of the characters.
I haven’t played Tears of the Kingdom.
I’m currently playing Wind Waker again.
There are some differences between BotW and TotK, but they are fairly similar. I’m still playing TotK, but I’m enjoying it. The biggest difference between the two was a great addition, imo.
I’m also replaying OoT. My son is excited to see the game that goes with the music he loves.
Me, but when I gave the stripper money in Duke Nukem 3D.
Meanwhile 8year old me with a ps1 seeing this for the first time and thinking I can never be happy again
Obligatory XKCD: https://xkcd.com/299/
Yes, but only after I collected the Knights of the Round materia just to watch the minute and an half animation of them beating sephiroth’s ass.
I got the master sword in TotK around release and wasn’t spoiled on the context of it. It was really cool.
I’m not entirely sure what scene I would’ve said had me similar when I could still more surely remember those first years. Possibly a game I’ve forgotten since. Maybe one of the Bionicle Mata Nui Games or some other big online game. Or Imperium Galactica 2.
But a moment that will always stick with me is from the first Homeworld game: when you return from your first hyperspace voyage. That entire game was epic, including the intro sequence, but it’s that sequence that I think can stand forever as a masterpiece.
