This game is nothing short of gorgeous. I honestly wish every Zelda game could look like this, even though I'm likely in the vast minority. Before this second playthrough I would've told you this was my second favorite 3D Zelda game and... that hasn't changed. The Triforce quest was definitely more frustrating this time around. During my first play through I still had that sense of discovery and wonder, and somewhat enjoyed sailing around the ocean on a big treasure hunt. This feeling did not happen during this playthrough; it was just tedious. The only other complaint I have is having to play a Wind Waker song to switch between controlling Makar/Medli in their respective dungeons. It's extremely tedious and could've easily been assigned to a button, or an item you could assign to xyz.

And for the record, Tingle can go fuck himself charging 398 ruppees per translation. That greedy fucking tranny is an asshole.

Aside from that though, I love everything about this game. It easily has the best music in any Zelda game. The title theme music is on of my favorite video game songs ever. The dungeons are fun and the bosses are among the best in the series. Especially Puppet Ganon and Ganondorf himself. Nothing in a Zelda game will ever be as bad ass as shoving your sword up to the hilt into Ganondorf's forehead. Fucking glorious.

-James

Haven't updated in a while, but we finished Wind Waker!

I'm going to try to get these lazy bums to write up their feelings on the past three games considering Freddy and I are really the only ones to have done anything on the blog recently. We are still trucking forward, though!

Our next project is to basically play Minish Cap and Four Swords Adventures simultaneously. Minish Cap when there aren't four of us available and Four Swords when we're all here.

I'll throw up a Wind Waker review in a minute.

-James

Oracles of Ages and Seasons

7.5/10


Links awakening is superior.


deal with it.


-Freddy

Oracles

Nobody signed up for fucking Gleeoks!

(Also this is a some balls)

This was what I spouted in pure anger when I remembered the boss for the 7th dungeon was a fucking Gleeok. I'm sure anyone reading remembers my seething hatred for these multiheaded dragons in the original Legend of Zelda, and it's still a fucking menace.

This is the first time I've finished a linked Oracle game, and I have to say Ganon and Twinrova are really, really underwhelming bosses compared to Onyx and Veran. Or at least they're far too easy compared to the games end bosses.

As for Seasons itself it's a far more entertaining game than Ages. It's more combat oriented and less annoying puzzle oriented. There's also no fucking mermaid tale, so that's a plus. A really well done game all things considered. Changing seasons is far less tedious than changing time, and the effects on the map are cooler as well. The Subrosians are also pretty awesome.

-James

Oracle of Ages

Zelda Oracle of Ages.

Not much to say about this game, it was actually very enjoyable,..

However the ending of the game made me feel very upset due to the Final bosses difficulty.

James and I actually had to do the sidequest to obtain the Level 2 sword just be a formidable opponent against her on her Final 3rd Phase.


-Freddy

Worst Zelda Game?

I never thought I'd consider a game to be worse than Zelda 2, but playing through Ages has been the least fun I've had this entire Zeldathon experience. There's just something about this game's dungeons that isn't fun. The boss battles are okay (except for the last boss), but the puzzles in the dungeons are just so tedious. The changing time element is also farm more tedious than I remember Seasons' being.

The mermaid suit is also a total deal breaker. Who ever thought it would be a good idea to have to tap the D-Pad over and over to move can go straight to fucking hell.

The pinnacle of this shitfest is the final boss, though. Veran is mercilessly hard. A three form boss with no fucking down time in between the forms, and in the second phase she moves in a totally random way. Fuck that.

Overall it's still a Zelda game, so it's not inherently terrible. The basic mechanics of the game are still fun, but it's by far the worst official Zelda game I've ever played.

-James