The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past Comments by Tom Bramwell
Two Zelda games for the price of one.
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i want it, but not sure if i can be arsed to fork out for a GBAsp :(. I did have a GBA and was thoroughly dissapointed with it, allthough it mightve been cos the screen was s h a t. Still, metriod fusion and this game, are swaying my judgement. Hmm, if the SP screen is anything near as good as the gamegears, then im very tempted.
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*wonders what the hell he is missing in this game, which he thinks is a bit crap*
edit - the review says: "It's like a gateway drug for the genre - largely thanks ... to a gentle learning curve" This would be the 'gentle learning curve' that had me, someone who's been playing games for over twenty years (albeit not very well), throw the game away in frustration after only twenty minutes?
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I'm prepared to admit I'm not the best gamer there is on this fine planet of ours, but I'm also not the worst. No, really. I'm not.
So I really wonder what I'm missing here! I mean, I *love* RPGs, and I can even put up with an 'action' element (albeit reluctantly). But this game *starts* by throwing a mini-boss at you who only needs three or four hits to kill you and force you to traipse through the whole dungeon again to have another pop at him. How is this fun? |
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Some charging knight?
Mmm... it's been a long time since I played LTTP, but I definitely remember beating a charging knight in some game sometime. Is this the one where you move out of the way when he charges, then he hits the wall and is stunned for a second so you can quickly chop him in the back? Then repeat until dead? Edit: forgot how to speak English for a second.
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Hmm yeah it was some kind of knight. It's where you pick up the boomerang (which doesn't seem to have any effect on him). Can't remember him charging though. Mind you, I haven't touched the game since Christmas, I got so irritated with it. Will probably pick it up one day when I've finished Tactics Ogre (mind you Golden Sun 2 will be out by then, so...).
Question: is the Zelda Advance cart going to be necessary for extracting full GC link capabilities with Zelda: TWW? Or will Zelda Cube be like Animal Crossing and require only a cart-less GBA to link to? If the latter, I may just try and swap Zelda Advance for something more to my tastes (and abilities :p). |
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Wretched Chin
27/03/03 @ 12:36
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I'm pretty sure Link made the "Ya!" noise all the time in the SNES version aswell?
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Yeah that's what everyone keeps telling me, I just don't buy it. I think everyone's wearing some very pink rose-coloured specs. Sorry! :)
(I'm just as guilty of it for the 8-bit generation, I'll freely admit - but the 16-bit era passed me by, I was too busy writing poetry and being an up-my-own-arse sixth-former) |
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The article says:
But surely if much of the game is built for four players, you can't play it properly with less than four? Not so. The game actually scales itself up or down depending on the number, and only gives you appropriate dungeons, puzzles and items. It doesn't say whether it will scale down as far as only one player, although on the other hand it doesn't say that it doesn't |
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Right, I checked, Four Swords is not single player - it'll show you the intro movie, but won't let you start the game proper unless you have an active link to another GBA.
Oh and goaded by my shame I had another go at LttP and got past the bit that was bothering me (first go with only one heart left, typical). Was killed again shortly thereafter though. I should get used to being killed a lot in this game, right? |
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otto: casting my mind waaaay back to the first time I played Zelda LttP on the SNES I think I can remember finding the going a little hard at first.. it's just a matter of getting used to the way things work, the difficulty curve soon eases off a bit, so no, you shouldn't expect to die a lot.
It is IMO one of the best games of all time. Really. Stick with it. |
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I think the "link to the past" is refering to the tri-force, either that or its set before the previous NES titles as Shigeru once said that each zelda game features a different 'link' from different era's
neway, the japanese version was called "Zelda: Triforce of the Gods" when translated, so no doubt we have the lovely localisation people to blame for it
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Thanks jiro, I'll stick with it. I'm in the first proper dungeon now, East Palace? I just hate the way you can't save, if you can't complete the dungeon in one sitting (unlikely) you have to start from the beginning again. Gah!
Re Golden Sun, I'm a bit miffed because if you save *after* the final battle, there's no way of going back and picking up any Djinn that you might have missed. Which is annoying. |
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iansephton
24/07/03 @ 12:47
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Can someone tell me how to get into the Sage 6 Level and how to find the special bomb shop please. I'm stuck!!!!!!!!!!!
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