Le Thread de le late night.

[jonny72]

I'll probably just play LttP and Awakening to be honest.

LttP is the best video game ever. Fact.

[flammableBen]

LttP is the best video game ever. Fact.

It's definitely up there. Certainly the best zelda game, although I have a soft spot for Link's Awakening just for what it packs into a gameboy game.

It's aged a lot better than Ocarina of Time too. Early 3d games in general seem fairly clunky now (with exceptions - mario64 I love you). Not that Ocarina is bad. I haven't played the new 3ds version though, so don't know if that improves it.

[jonny72]

Main thing with LttP for me is the gameplay. Not too easy and not too difficult. You get told just enough so you can figure out what to do next without it being obvious. Just as you think you're making progress to the end the dark world opens up and you realise you're still closer to the beginning. Graphics still hold up and the music is still one of the best soundtracks ever.

I never liked the jump to 3D, especially the more realistic graphics - always thought Zelda should be more cartoon style. Hence why I was one of the few that loved Wind Waker, only one of the 3D games I've spent more than an hour playing.

[flammableBen]

Main thing with LttP for me is the gameplay. Not too easy and not too difficult. You get told just enough so you can figure out what to do next without it being obvious. Just as you think you're making progress to the end the dark world opens up and you realise you're still closer to the beginning. Graphics still hold up and the music is still one of the best soundtracks ever.

I never liked the jump to 3D, especially the more realistic graphics - always thought Zelda should be more cartoon style. Hence why I was one of the few that loved Wind Waker, only one of the 3D games I've spent more than an hour playing.

The thing the zelda games do best is that whole bit where you get a new ability (picking up rocks / charging through bricks / hookshot), and then you can go back to all those places that you couldn't get to before and find cool stuff like chests full of rubees and pieces of heart; and to be honest, just generally explore.

Link to the past does that by far the best, plus all the going backwards and forwards between the two worlds giving you even more bits to discover, and the nice pixel graphics still looks amazing today. It's one hell of a game.

I feel like replaying it now. It's going on the list.

[SuggWillSugg MBE]

Football Manager died on me, Really hope auto save was turned on...

Gotta be up at 9.

Love Life.

[DV]

holy fuck dude. That's too much playing.

Think I read the other day that you are going to do a zelda marathon in readiness for skyward sword? Which ones are you going to do?

I'm thinking Original, Awakening, LttP, Ocarina, maybe Majora, maybe Twiglet Princess. I sort of fancy doing the two GBC Oracle games, but I've never played them properly. Not got a copy of the Gamecube one so that's out. Never liked Zelda 2 whenever I've tried it.

I'll probably just play LttP and Awakening to be honest.

Not really too much playing - I had new PC at the time and compared to the recent version CM01/02 was so basic and so quick. You could do a season in about an hour or two I reckon.

I want to do a Zelda marathon but cant right now - come November the 28th Christmas Pressure kicks in at work, so I will probably be working 12 hour days, 7 days a week - which doesnt leave much time for Zelda playing.

Honestly, I'd love to do them all - in chronological order (as in the order the games are supposed to be rather than the order they were released) but I as I only have N64 and a Wii that could be difficult - although I expect I cant get the NES, SNES and Gamecube games on Wii virtual console

I've only got Ocarina of Time and Twilight Princess at the moment - I think I played 11 hours into Twilight Princess and that was it.