The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess (Wii) - Real Person Reviews

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Published on November 12, 2015 9:37:41 PM ● Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AIjmyo8h_AY

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The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess (2006)

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Written review: http://hubworldhq.com/2016/03/31/the-legend-of-zelda-twilight-princess/
More modern. More serious. More Zelda.
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The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess is another installment in the action adventure series of Zelda games and was released on the Nintendo Wii and GameCube. This review will be assuming you either know about The Legend of Zelda series or that you have read my first review of the first Legend of Zelda game. So by this point you should already know all the basics of Zelda games. It would also be helpful to be familiar with Ocarina of Time specifically. The most basic plot is that you get transformed into a wolf creature, encounter a strange being of the Twilight realm, and decide that you need each other’s help in order to reach your own goals. You want to become human again, and the creature, Midna, wants to get back to her home to save it. In order to do this you will go through the basic Zelda things like explore a large world, go through dungeons, get new items, defeat enemies, solve puzzles, beat bosses, do side quests, find secrets, and ultimately defeat the source of all the evil in the land.

There have been dark things in other Zelda games, but Twilight Princess takes on a serious, somewhat gritty tone that gives the game some extra weight. Even in the visual style it’s less cartoonish. The mixture of dirty darkness in contrast to ominous glowing makes for a strangely compelling visual style. The slight re-imagining of familiar characters like Link, Zelda, Gorons, Zoras… these all just make the game feel more realistic and therefore more serious. The whole wolf transformation thing is also an interesting new development. It acts more or less as being part of the parallel Twilight world, but it also changes your abilities. In wolf form you can run faster, follow scents, and engage in a rather different style of combat than your human form. You also get some interesting new items that create a few new gameplay elements with their increased potential for depth in mechanics. The story is a bit more involved this time around which gives the characters more interesting tales and provides more weight to the events at hand. Your main companion, Midna, is more than just an in-game strategy guide. She has her own personality and exists as a character. She isn’t simply a tool designed specifically to help Link, and you depend on each other’s help to reach your goals. You’re equals. So there are certainly some new additions to this installment, but are they enough?

Twilight Princess does some things strangely and fails to be the big revolutionary title it was built up to become, but it certainly polishes and perfects many of the ideas first attempted in Ocarina of Time along with a few new ones in the mix. The different tone and atmosphere work very well to the game’s advantage, and the simplified controls definitely make it accessible to even those who don’t care for the Wii and its motion controls. Plus the soundtrack is pretty sweet. So definitely check this game out. If you have a Wii then get it. I generally see it for around 20 bucks. It’s WELL worth that amount if not more. It’s games like these that make me really miss my Wii… the poor broken thing.

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