Legend Of Zelda

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Well again.. A good director and writer can work all of those things into a Zelda film. Believe me, I've spent a lot of time thinking about a Zelda film. Since I was 8 I dreamed about making one.. lol

I wont lie, it's very difficult to create something that does the original source justice and if I had time right now I'd share those ideas.. but I simply don't. lol

TP was theatrical in appearance. I wont lie, the game looked beautiful. But it was just all style and no substance. The NPCs were completely boring and pointless. You couldn't feel any spirit or soul from them. They were basically robots running around in circles.

The story was pretty sloppy. It tried so hard to be original.. that it just started to make no sense and even became pointless. I mean, you had to collect pieces to this dark helmet that is basically a hat from Hell.. yet it does nothing. Midna puts it on turns into a terrible looking spider thing... It serves no real purpose. It was a waste of time.

The villain, Zant... turns out to be a looney who's nothing but a puppet for Ganon (the whole puppet thing has been done over and over and over again in the series.. This was kinda the last straw for me). And not only did Zant turn out to be a reject.. But Ganon was a complete push over.

He wasn't intimidating in the slightest. He barely did a damn thing in the game... and the biggest abomination of all was when he turned into that absolutely horrid beast Ganon... It did the OoT Ganon NO justice at all. It was just so pathetic looking and made the whole final battle a lackluster.

Speaking of the final battle, it was just a mess. First Ganon posses Zelda... (if they had any brains they should have killed Zelda off.. It would have made for a more tragic ending).. then he turns into that awful beast thing... then everyone warps to Hyrule field to gallop around on their horses.. then they duel with swords in a ring (OoT, WW).

And wow.. the worst ending ever comes up behind it.. Midna turning around saying "Am I so beautiful that you have no words left" or w/e she said...

*slaps forehead*

The best thing was halfway through the credits when Midna destroys the twilight mirror. It was the only bit that sparked an emotional response in me.

I mean, TP is a fun game to play... But for a Zelda game.. it just falls way behind OoT, MM or WW. Way WAY behind. There's just no character or soul in TP.

It was honestly the very first Zelda I put down and never picked back up again for almost a year.

After all the hype around it.. After being pushed back in its release date and cheating me out of preorder money.. The game just didn't live up to it all.. Not in the slightest. :/

But.. If you guys love it.. all the power to ya. lol

But I'm a total Nazi for substance and artistic merit.. And TP lacked both.

I thought that the main story of TP was pretty well done actually...

It was different to the ones I had playes but obviously it felt familiar since it borrowed a lot of things from those games.

But the side missions that were so enjoyable from previous games just didn't feel the same. There was no personality in any of the ordinary people wandering about. All the storytelling and development of character was done through cut scenes - which while I adored every one - left the rest of the game pretty empty.

I think that the camera angle in castle town helped to take you away from it all as well. It was supposed to be an amazing feat the amount of people you had wandering the streets, but because the camera angle was WAY away, you didn't feel any sense of hustle and bustle or claustrophobia that it should have been. Also doors which served no purpose and characters who serve no purpose is pretty weak for a Zelda game. Looking back on it it really was rushed.

I want to help the characters like you do in MM. It's the only game you can really say that once completed, you truly have completed it. You have to help everyone. And you interact with them all. I love the Kafei and Anju storyline. Always have. Put some more of that back in Zelda and even if the story is weak it'll be an awesome game.