Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening

[The Former DMiller]

Just out of curiosity, ABF, when did you play LttP for the first time. Was it when it was first released, or did you play it after more recent Zeldas. I ask because the story in LttP was different from previous Zelda games. The dark world, or Golden Land, wasn't part of the Zelda timeline before LttP. The story may seem familiar after all these years, but it was pretty fresh back in 92. I remember being really drawn into the story when I first played the game. The interaction with the NPCs in the game was also a first for the Zelda series. It was cool that the characters in the game had meaningful conversations with Link as opposed to the "It's dangerous out there, you'll need this." and the few phrases uttered by the characters in Zelda 2. You made the point about some puzzles being nearly impossible to solve, but there was always an NPC who had a vital clue to continue your quest. I don't ever remember a point where I got frustrated trying to solve a puzzle, and even the non-essential items could be found by talking to NPCs. I will give you that it could be frustrating when you had to fight through an entire dungeon to get to a boss, but that is one of the few problems I had with the game.