18th October 2007, 4:22 PM
i'm gonna go out on a limb and say this is the best videogame i've played in like...5 years.
i've been 100% hooked since i turned my DS on yesterday evening and have so far only taken a brief nap (8am to 2pm today) as a break from it's awesome.
i thought the Wind Waker-esque graphics would bother me but they don't. i think they're much more charming than WW. it's like they took that style and perfected it. they do a lot more ridiculous stuff with the cartoon style to make it work a little better.
anyway. the controls are excellent except that i can't get down sword slashes 100%. every now and then i'll try to slash and link will just go running forward to his doom. i think this is probably my own fault more than the game's but i don't know what i'm doing wrong. something to note is that this is only for the sideways slash, not the click-on-a-target jump or stab move. also, as far as i'm concerned tumbling is impossible. every time i try to bash a tree i need to line up and attempt the tumble like 5 or 6 times. luckily you don't need to use this skill very often.
the only other gripe is the salvage mini game. at first i thought it was sweet and at least you're given something to do while you're digging for treasure, but after a few times it grows very time consuming and rather frustrating. i think this mini game would be better (although it would make less sense) if you only needed to navigate the arm down to the treasure, not back up.
other that that i think the game is flawless. and i needed to come on here and rave about it.
i've been 100% hooked since i turned my DS on yesterday evening and have so far only taken a brief nap (8am to 2pm today) as a break from it's awesome.
i thought the Wind Waker-esque graphics would bother me but they don't. i think they're much more charming than WW. it's like they took that style and perfected it. they do a lot more ridiculous stuff with the cartoon style to make it work a little better.
anyway. the controls are excellent except that i can't get down sword slashes 100%. every now and then i'll try to slash and link will just go running forward to his doom. i think this is probably my own fault more than the game's but i don't know what i'm doing wrong. something to note is that this is only for the sideways slash, not the click-on-a-target jump or stab move. also, as far as i'm concerned tumbling is impossible. every time i try to bash a tree i need to line up and attempt the tumble like 5 or 6 times. luckily you don't need to use this skill very often.
the only other gripe is the salvage mini game. at first i thought it was sweet and at least you're given something to do while you're digging for treasure, but after a few times it grows very time consuming and rather frustrating. i think this mini game would be better (although it would make less sense) if you only needed to navigate the arm down to the treasure, not back up.
other that that i think the game is flawless. and i needed to come on here and rave about it.
All the kids black and white, together we are dynamite.