The Legend of Zelda Twilight Princess
The Legend Of Zelda: Twilight Princess brings you back tot he land of Hyrule, as you uncover the mystery behind its plunge into darkness. Link, a young man raised as a wrangler in a rural village, is ordered by the mayor to attend the Hyrule Summit. He sets off, oblivious to the dark fate that has descended upon the kingdom. When he enters the Twilight Realm that has covered Hyrule, he transforms into a wolf and is captured. A mysterious figure helps him break free, and with the aid of her magic, they set off to free the land from the shadows. Link must explore the vast land of Hyrule and As he does, he’ll have to enlist the aid of friendly folk, solve puzzles and battle his way through dangerous dungeons. In the Twilight Realm, he’ll have to use his wolf abilities and Midna’s magic to bring light to the land. Revisit classic and new characters – Link, Zelda, Midna and many others
User Ratings and Reviews
5 Stars Amazing
Many people say Ocarina of Time is the best Zelda ever, but I disagree. Twilight Princess is not only a great game, but it’s the greatest Zelda game ever. Yes, Ocarina of Time was more fresh when it first came out as it was the first 3D Zelda, and it was indeed a great game. Although, today, I’d have to say that I’d play Twilight Princess over Ocarina. Twilight Princess has the fun Wii controls, better graphics, more variety, and the wolf gameplay is real fun too. Ocarina was more innovative, but Twilight is, hands down the better game.
4 Stars LOVE the game, HATE the ending.
Absolutely loved this game!! I don’t know why people complain about the wiimote and nunchuck, because I think they are quite compatible as controllers. The graffics are terrific as is the storyline, and if you’re not using cheats, the game is just difficult enough to keep you interested, but not so difficult that it drives you nuts and you give up, and chuck the wiimote at your poor HDTV. I really love the little villages; they are so quaint and charming (you’ve guessed it; I’m a chick)! The only thing that I disliked about the game was the end: You can’t go back and free-play after the grand finale. (I was hoping to return to the cute little villages and make Link & Zelda “create” little sword-and-shield-yielding babies! 
Ha!) Unfortunately, this kind of ending is typical of Zelda games. Why oh WHY???
4 Stars It is good and fun.
I was looking forward to getting this game because I was a fan since I played this game with superfamicom long time ago…This game is upgraded a lot. Just one thing I don’t like very much is 3-D vision sometimes make me confused. It might be bad for some people.
3 Stars Who Did This???
The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess has a lot going for it, and lives up to many of the expectations. BUT…too many downright crummy elements get in the way.
Positives: Stunning graphics, clean and natural control, a great variety of locals and setting-styles, several very cool weapons and tools, and some of the biggest bosses in any Legend of Zelda title(size matters). You can slash while you run. You can slash while you RIDE EPONA. The Twilight world is cool, unique from the Dark World in Link to the Past. The new Link gives himself a new character, setting this game on its own feet, independent of previous ones. Unfortunately…
Negatives: . . . the old Link had better games to play. The Control lacks the sensitivity and accuracy of previous titles. The new tools are incorporated poorly, generally just useful in the dungeon where they’re found. Wolf-Link has NO COOL ABILITIES OR ITEMS. He’s not fun at all. Bosses only LOOK tough, and enemies are often annoyingly hard to kill.
Most especially, this game lacks the bulls-eye brevity of so many previous titles. The world is big, empty and lonely. Characters are weak and uninteresting, generally without any semblance of personality. The story is told amazingly poorly, cheapening Midna’s interesting character, and the main bad guys never feel really bad at all. The cinematics, though nice, aren’t worth the bloated loading time. There are about 2 minigames(not enough, plus being the worst minigames in the series).
This game is well-worth its 3 stars, but it really feels like folks at Nintendo just got sloppy after putting in some great ideas. This game is one of the weakest titles in the series, and for that alone it loses a star. Under any other title, it would have merited four/five. Not under the Zelda mantle, though.
Overall: It’s worth buying and playing, and you’ll probably like it enough to play it twice. There are a few truly Zelda-worthy moments and concepts. It’s just that the rest of the game bangs off in a new – bad – direction.
4 Stars A surprisingly fun, but misclassified, game
This game is listed as a role-playing game, but it really doesn’t have the characteristics of a role-playing game. I would classify it as an action/adventure instead; most sites that discuss this game agree with this classification. There is no character development, aside from being able to collect “heart containers” to raise your maximum health. Defeating enemies does not yield experience or otherwise improve your character, other than receiving heart containers from boss battles. You don’t get to choose from a wide selection of weapons, armor, etc. either. You occasionally receive a weapon upgrade, but this is entirely dictated by the game. Nonetheless, you do get a variety of utility items you can use to help you along. Money does not play a huge part, and you are limited in the amount you can hold at a time; however, you will rarely find yourself unable to buy what you want.
All this is not to say that the game is not enjoyable. I found it very much so. However, if you are used to Final Fantasy or other such “traditional” RPGs and that is all you are interested in, you may be disappointed. While combat is an important part of the game, it is far from being a straightforward hack-and-slash game. You are required to alternately assume the form of human and wolf, with each form having its own abilities and limitations. Unfortunately, the gameplay during wolf form is quite limited and repetitive. You are tasked with finding “tears” to fill a vessel, which must be liberated by fighting bug-like creatures. Every foray into wolf form involves this same puzzle, with the locations of the tears being marked on the map for you. It would have been nice if there had been some variety to the wolf play, although the wolf form’s inability for the most part to use items limits what could have been done. The puzzles encountered in human form involve more in-depth challenges to overcome, requiring manipulating objects, pressing switches, and finding hidden objects and areas. And, oh yes, there are boss battles; while they generally require a certain amount of quick reflexes, mostly they are about discovering the combination of items/maneuvers needed to win. For this reason, I strongly recommend playing through the first time without resorting to walkthroughs, at least not for the boss battles, because once you know the tactics you need, most battles are not terribly difficult.
The control scheme can be a tad complex, if you want to use the full range of moves and special attacks. The game makes great use of the Wii system to make the controls easy to master. I can’t imagine being able to do it so easily with a traditional controller, so kudos to Nintendo for giving game developers something with so much potential to build on. They don’t go quite all the way with this; for example you aren’t rewarded for the strength of your swing in combat, but I think it is a matter of personal taste whether that would make the game better or not, and they have simply chosen not to go that route. The buttons within menus can be rather confusing; part of the time the A button selects and the B button “backs up” or exits, and part of the time it is the other way around, depending on what you are doing. It usually won’t cause a big problem but occasionally I found it somewhat irritating.
The game starts out being very linear without a lot of side quests, although there is always fishing if you want a diversion. I thought for awhile I was going to be done within 20 hours. At a certain point, however, the game broadens out greatly and you encounter many secrets and side quests you can investigate. I played around for over 100 hours before finally completing the game (you can complete it much faster if you wish, but I was trying to find as many secrets as possible). One very nice point of this game: If you are a fan of Final Fantasy and read the FAQs for one of those games, you will usually find one dedicated to “missable items” (items where if you don’t get them by a certain point in the game, they are gone forever). This game has no such items. You can always complete a quest or find an item (once it becomes available) before the end of the game.
I think that the game does too much “hand-holding” at times instead of having you discover things for yourself. For some quests, the game marks locations on your map that you must visit (such as the wolf form’s teardrop collecting quest), when the designers could have made the game last even longer by only offering subtle hints and making finding the locations part of your quest. I suppose that this reduces the chance of frustration by being stuck not knowing what to do next. Some players might see this as a positive rather than a negative, and it does reduce the chance of having to resort to a walkthrough, which is admittedly disappointing to have to do.
In the end, I was kind of saddened to see the game be over. It was a great experience, and I would recommend it to other action-adventure fans out there. The characters you meet are likable, although only Midna, your twilight companion for most of the game, is fleshed out in any great detail. It can appeal to gamers of a variety of ages and experience levels. I would certainly be interested in playing more in the series as they are released.
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