SNES Kid Revisionist History
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the bane of so many existences
2D Zelda is better, but that's only because 2D everything is better
Why didn't I realize you could customize the cropping on your avatar? I uploaded several increasingly zoomed in versions of Ema until I got one that looked good at post size because I didn't know lol.
Anyway, wanna hear some SNES kid perspective on history? Here, have some.
1. There have been two generations of consoles since the SNES: crappy 3D (PS1/SS/N64), and good-looking 3D (GC/PS2/SD and onward).
1'. Metroid Prime is a recent game.
2. Gaming is either primarily 2D/2.5D, or about an even mix of 2D/2.5D and full 3D. Okay, fine, 2D/2.5D/2.75D. (FYI 2.5D means 2D interface with 3D graphics, and 2.75D means limited 3D perspective, such as fixed camera relative to character.)
3. FPS games are games that "those people" play. Open world survival? What's that?
4. The JRPG, the platformer, and the Zelda-like (i.e. top-down action) are the most important genres.
Anyway, the Metroidvania is the supreme game genre.
crawl out of this skin
high explosive
reach and pull that pin
lovely environments to explore, it felt like being on a real adventure
and i didn't get stuck all the time, which i did in the 2D games for some reason
Aside from that I dunno what 3D Zeldas are good.
(Hyrule Warriors, while imo enjoyable, does not count)
also Skyward Sword looks gorgeous, yes
Zelda 1 - pretty good
Zelda 2 - sucks
Link to the Past - awesome
Link's Awakening - awesome
Oracle of Ages/Seasons - okay or pretty good
Minish Cap - probably decent
Link Between Worlds - probably awesome
Ocarina of Time - awesome
Majora's Mask - probably okay
Wind Waker - ehh, probably okay
Twilight Princess - pretty good
Spirit Tracks - no one talks about this for some reason
Skyward Sword - apparently pretty awesome?
Hyrule Warriors - apparently pretty decent
Faces of Evil - horrible
Wand of Gamelon - horrible
Zelda's Adventure - somewhat less horrible
These may or may not be inaccurate.
Grossly misleading, as this suggests that the Oracle games (which are not *bad* but are heavy on the backtracking and probably among the weaker games in the series) are better than Majora's Mask (a strong contender for best Zelda, period)
i would contend that Zelda II doesn't "suck", but it does have some pretty bad design; mostly it's just hard, though, much harder than the other games in the series
i tend not to think about that one or Spirit Tracks very much though
IMHO the original is very good and has aged beautifully, AoL is better than it's given credit for and immensely more playable than most other early attempts at genre blending, ALttP plays well but feels very thin and its big moments lose almost all of their emotional impact the second time through, LA is a good game elevated to greatness by its twist and its heart-wrenching ending, the Oracle games were good by dint of ambition but suffered massively from a lack of polish, MC is loads of fun and has a basic gameplay loop that I wish was emulated/refined in later entries, the two DS games were perfectly fine action-adventures that are really tough to rank in the series, and ALBW refined everything about ALttP while suffering just as much from its problems and also gaining a problem in the form of an ill-advised last minute twist that almost completely undermines any feeling of heroicism that had been established beforehand.
Will elaborate on any individual game if any of yall want me to.
Twilight Princess may be my favourite Zelda, although i by no means dislike the Wind Waker
I am interested in trying it, but I don't have any of their consoles lying around so it might be a while unless I resort to other means.
ALTTP is one of the best games ever, regardless of what kex sez.