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The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening |OT| Open Your Eyes
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Go up the Tal Tal mountains, find a spot you can run through with your boots and it'll lead you to a path along the mountain side where you can jump downward torward the dungeon entrance. Check your over world map to see where that dungeon entrance lines up with your location in the mountains.
I am really quite surprised at how badly the game is performing. On a console with games like Astral Chain, Breath of the Wild etc., that Link's Awakening of all games is stuttering almost every step of the way is really jarring. It's a lovely game, of course, but you sort of expect better from Nintendo/Grezzo.
What's weird is everything color-coded in that dungeon also uses shapes, so it doesn't even feel like anything that couldn't have been done on the original GB. At least not from what I remember of that dungeon. The puzzle hints even refer to "making everything square" rather than blue. Also pretty certain the tunic upgrades just apply the same effect as the already-existing guardian acorn/piece of power.
The entire context of the Color Dungeon does seem pretty lost in this version. It's still very, very faithful but the "oh look, color!" puzzles are just like "okay."
Got to Level 6. I really enjoy looking for all the new Heart Pieces in the overworld. Are there worthwhile prizes for the Chamber Dungeon challenges? I find them kinda boring.
Got to Level 6. I really enjoy looking for all the new Heart Pieces in the overworld. Are there worthwhile prizes for the Chamber Dungeon challenges? I find them kinda boring.
Considering just what is happening on screen with this title (low detail, top-down, 2D gameplay), I'm surprised at the optimization and MSRP for Link's Awakening.
I think a $40 price tag would've gone a long way.
I think a $40 price tag would've gone a long way.
I totally agree with that sentiment. If the game were $40 I believe a lot of people would be more forgiving of it.
Totally optional. And to be totally honest the rewards just make the game easier. It's pretty unnecessary imo but it's cool they included for the sake of it. Its design is lost in translation though.
No, it's not possible to miss. I don't know if anything is possible to miss outside of minor scenes.
isnt it being optional the definition of being missable? :D
Go to the village's library. There's a book you can get thanks to the boots, it explains how to find the color temple.
I mean in the sense there's no point in the game that you can't just go back to it whenever until you beat the Final Boss.
oh thats what it is? I read it once but didnt make the connection, cheers
I find the complaints about the game being obtuse pretty funny. This is a game a lot of us beat as small children, and as far as Zelda games go, it marks the transition towards the modern Zelda formula with the Owl, Owl Statues and Ulrira giving the player plenty of guidance. Go and play Zelda 1 and 2 (both brilliant games) and tell me Link's Awakening is obtuse.
And the people complaining about Eagle's Tower are not going to like Oracle of Ages if they ever remake that.
And the people complaining about Eagle's Tower are not going to like Oracle of Ages if they ever remake that.
Game Boy ranks higher in my heart than NES did, and this game was one of the reasons.
I wish Nintendo would do Game Boy for Nintendo Switch Online.
I wish Nintendo would do Game Boy for Nintendo Switch Online.
Oh man...I need to finish FE:3H so I can start this as this will be my first time play through as well.
Is the game really that unimpressive though? The models go for a more simplistic look in order to faithfully translate the Game Boy artstyle, but the lighting seems to be pushing pretty hard. The Digital Foundry analysis went into detail about it and it seemed like a lot was actually going on in the way all these toy-like pieces interact with one another in a given scene. I do think $40 would've been the right price but I'm not sure the game looks like an upscaled 3DS port like some have theorized.
Maybe it would've been better if they had decided to go with screen transitions on the overworld. The framerate seems to tank when it's either loading in the overworld from an interior scene, or under a shift to totally different lighting.
ok fuck turtle Rick too. i get all these keys and unlock all these stones and then when i go to get the fire rod there's a blue/orange switch i forgot even existed. i will not use a guide this time I WILL NOT.
The improvements to the original are staggering, and the feeling of being on a sunswept island is magical. This game is amazing. Shame about the price. But lucky I found it for £40.
I finished Face Shrine earlier today and I'm in love with the new remix. Perfectly captures the tone of the game after learning the truth from the mural.
I caved in and got it with the voucher. I was going to get Dragon Quest anyway so 40 euro for this feels a little bit easier to swallow.
Still, my first time with Link's Awakening and two instruments in - i'm really loving it so far, it's so adorable and the dungeons are fun, I've been playing link to the past but I thought a lot of puzzles are quite obtuse and the game feels a little bit of a slog compared to this title (although this being a remake helps).
Question: is it possible to use Bow Wow again? :(
Still, my first time with Link's Awakening and two instruments in - i'm really loving it so far, it's so adorable and the dungeons are fun, I've been playing link to the past but I thought a lot of puzzles are quite obtuse and the game feels a little bit of a slog compared to this title (although this being a remake helps).
Question: is it possible to use Bow Wow again? :(
That switch is one of the major puzzles of that dungeon, so definitely don't
Hmm....I wonder how people who have never played LA before will feel about the ending.
...and that's as detailed as I'm going to get about that statement.
...and that's as detailed as I'm going to get about that statement.
Is it though?
You just bomb a certain wall that doesn't even look bombable due to the lighting.
I love this game but I probably beat it ten times when I was a kid as I still basically remember everything. I'm just blazing through it.
It's okay. It's almost good. There is a weird pause partway through that always sounds just a little off to me.
Ugh. I found it a chore to revisit and didn't much care for babysitting the Companion Orb
It didn't help that the cracked walls are much harder to discern in the remake
I like the ones that make you think were you're going and learn the layout of it. Its why i'll never agree twilight princess as having the best ones. I don't respect dungeouns that just guide you to the end.
Ha, I love it. The more involved and convoluted the dungeon, the better.
That's totally fair, I just think there are better middlegrounds. I didn't much enjoy the process of exploring the much Tower this time. I agree TP is much too hand-holdy
Jesus I love this song, big missed oportunity to have it as the ending credits song.
I'm glad bomb arrows made it in, even if there isn't any real use for them. I remember there was always debate back in the day over whether it was an intentional feature or a glitch.