The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past - Real Person Reviews
1Written review: http://hubworldhq.com/2016/03/31/the-legend-of-zelda-a-link-to-the-past/
Say hello to the Zelda formula.
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The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past is the third installment in the Zelda series for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System. There is also a Game Boy Advance port, which is the one that I played. The game is a Zelda game so if you don’t know the basics of what a Zelda game is like then check out my review on the first game The Legend of Zelda. This is the game that basically standardized what we know as the Zelda formula. You play as Link. You’re trying to save the land of Hyrule from the evil wizard Agahnim, who has kidnapped young maidens that descended from sages in order to uncover the golden power of the Triforce. You can explore a large overworld to find secrets and items to help you on your quest. You’ll need to fight through a number of themed dungeons, each with their own enemies, puzzles, gimmicks, and bosses. Once you have defeated all the dungeons, you can take on the evil wizard that has been threatening the land. Part of the way through the game you get the ability to go into the dark world, a parallel universe of the land you once knew. Going back and forth between the two is interesting for puzzle solving and exploration ideas, not to mention it doubles the size of the overworld without taking up too much memory space. You collect items along the way that help you fight more monsters, solve more puzzles, and progress through the game. You can get heart pieces to increase your maximum health and upgrade many of your weapons into more powerful versions. Many of the screens scroll a bit before you’ll hit the edge of them and go to the next one. The graphics and sound are very much a product of the SNES era. Honestly, there’s really not a whole lot wrong with this game. The design is pretty solid. There’s lots to explore, find, and overcome as you go along. Still, no game is perfect, and I DO have some issues with this, as great as this formula may be.
It’s a great game that formulized the Zelda series and helped make the franchise what it is today. If you like Zelda games and haven’t played this one, play it. I’m very positive you’ll enjoy it. The exploration, action, puzzles, and even some of that atmosphere are all here as you’d expect them. There’s definitely a reason this game is one of the most praised Zelda titles. It may never be one of my top Zelda games because it took me so long to finally play it, but there’s not much mystery as to why other people love it so much. It’s a classic Zelda experience that everyone identifying as a Zelda fan must play.