It's hard to describe what this game was like as a kid. It seemed legendary, (pun intended) magical, ethereal, and filled with secrets. And the Zelda team does that over and over again.
I got to play the first 2 Zelda games upon release, and though really young, I loved them both - especially the original. But this one changed everything and I hold it in the highest regard. While I love OoT and have it as one the best games of all time, A Link to the Past is #1 on my list. I don't just mean in the series, but of all games. It got everything right and did all the things it set out to do, perfectly. This and Chrono Trigger accomplished that and very, very few games can say that. Plus, both have stood the test of time quite well and you don't have to rely on the 3DS for the definitive, most bug-free version. It's just difficult, impossible really, to reset the reference level for those who did not experience it during the time it was released. OoT was and still is phenomenal; a big, brave, ambitious, memorable, and timeless step into the 3D world, but Majora's Mask was an arguably better made game, though I prefer the former. It's the main reason why I always have this one ahead of it. Great video btw!
Thanks for sharing! I was not around to play it at release so I always love hearing from people who were. Even playing it today, it’s impossible to ignore how incredibly rock solid it’s design is and how influential it was on the industry
I really like your style of videos. I like how you don't do a traditional retrospective, you instead do a kind of summary with commentary. I adore and live by the zelda series. I'm old so I've been there since the beginning. I still remember playing the original on my nes. I had no idea wtf was going on. I didn't own it so i didnt have the manual. Then when i found my way through the first labyrinth i had this feeling of excitement accomplishment. Like i now knew what i was supposed to do. It wasnt just survive until you reach the rightmost side if the level like so many nes games. It made you think and find your way through it. Then i put it out of my head. The first time i beat ALTTP I stared at the ending credits. Taking in all the music akd atmosphere. Watching the clouds roll by in the dark world as that amazing music played. Something in me clicked. From then on Zelda was my obsession and now I'm 44 and still have that feeling
Thank you! I’m so glad you are enjoying my videos! That must be a really special memory of the first time Zelda clicked for you. I’m jealous that you’ve got to experience the series all the way through from the beginning, I’m younger and wasn’t even born when the first few games released. I loved going back and playing them of course but it’s not the same as playing when they were fresh and mysterious.
Just completed my first 000 games played run tonight. My third play through this week. Didn’t play it much as a kid but it’s grown on me every time I beat it. Odd it’s a hidden gem for me considering its legacy. It’s up there with the best retro games I’ve played.
I had such a hard time beating the boss of the Palace of Darkness, that I never unlocked the map markers for the dark world dungeons until after I already knew where they all were. It definitely elevated the game for me, I think. Also, I think that implementing world switching in the dungeons might have been good for one dungeon, but doing it excessively might have damaged the level design- a good addition to the Tower of Hera+Ganon's Tower, but I don't think I'd put it elsewhere. I also think that adding a "push" to correct warping could break the game, hard.
Yeah I don’t need the light/dark world swapping in every dungeon, but it’s crazy to me that you have this awesome mechanic that the over world is designed around but is never used even once in the dungeons. I agree that the push correction to warping would be really tough to get right but I think it could make the mechanic a lot less frustrating if implemented.
its hard to believe these videos have so few views - i was looking for at video majoras mask since i had just tried it for the first time and i had no idea what was going on - i then ended up watching all of your zelda videos because they are just that good!! so well put together and the deep dive into both the mechanics gameplay and all that other great stuff i didnt know i needed to know but is a pleasure to hear about! i hope you have at least half as a good time making these videos as i have watching them!! looking forward to more
Wow! Thank you so much for the kind words, you made my day! The videos are a lot of work to make but hearing how much you enjoyed them makes it well worth the effort!
I used to not like this game that much and preferred oot. But a few years ago I gave this one another go and ended up liking it a lot. I think I put it over oot now tbh. oot added a lot to the series but I like that due to the 2D sprites you had to use your imagination a lot more, and that's what I love about 2D games. When looking at the title screen's backround, seeing those beautiful mountains and lake in the backround, is only giving me a taste of what the rest of the world looks like. The rest is up to me to fill in my head while playing. The final fight against Ganon is now one of my favorite boss battles of all time. oot had a great atmosphere for the final boss but was too easy. Ganon in ALTTP hits different. Not only is it challenging but so damn epic at the same time and I'll admit, the ending had me welling up when Link touched the triforce and turned everything back to normal.
Thanks for sharing! LttP truly is a timeless, near perfect game. The clean sprite work is certainly much more pleasing on the eyes than the early polygonal OoT. I do still prefer OoT but I don’t have the most vivid imagination either so I can see how LttP might speak more to you if you can really visualize the world its depicting
This was a nice watch. I'm surprised you didn't cover the change in magic from Zelda 2 to ALTTP - I think it maybe says something about the game that so few people feel the need to comment on the spell medallions ever, ahaha.
Thank you! I’m so glad you enjoyed it! Yeah the medallions really don’t add much at all to the gameplay for me - if they weren’t required to open up some of the dungeons I could easily go the entire game and never use them.
great breakdown of one of my favorite games! i love thorough analyses like this, and your calm tone is perfect for the genre. i do have to disagree with your criticism of the numbered dungeons/handholding... but that's only because i'm a gamer who gets easily lost and confused LMAO
I recently found your channel and I'm gonna tell you... This videos are a BLAST to watch, there is so much thought and love put in to them, and I love it. Keep up the good work man, and never give up!
Wow I’m so glad to hear this! Honestly I’m overwhelmed and flattered by the positivity in all the feedback, it’s very encouraging and motivates me to keep improving. Thanks so much!
the meagre story makes this game far more archetypal---i filled in a lot of blanks with my own imagination and it made the game so much more epic. the later titles that have everything spelled out seem much smaller/less epic.
I for one would have loved more plot/story in LttP. I played this for the first time last Christmas and towards the end It felt a bit bland rescuing the 6th nameless maiden who gives you another text based history lesson. Other than that and being a bit cryptic sometimes, Lttp was good, not great, but certainly a major step forward. Link's Awakening then hit the sweet spot for me, albeit to some degree the remake might have given this game a slight push.
It's hard to describe what this game was like as a kid. It seemed legendary, (pun intended) magical, ethereal, and filled with secrets. And the Zelda team does that over and over again.
No one else makes games like the Zelda team!
I got to play the first 2 Zelda games upon release, and though really young, I loved them both - especially the original. But this one changed everything and I hold it in the highest regard. While I love OoT and have it as one the best games of all time, A Link to the Past is #1 on my list. I don't just mean in the series, but of all games. It got everything right and did all the things it set out to do, perfectly. This and Chrono Trigger accomplished that and very, very few games can say that. Plus, both have stood the test of time quite well and you don't have to rely on the 3DS for the definitive, most bug-free version. It's just difficult, impossible really, to reset the reference level for those who did not experience it during the time it was released.
OoT was and still is phenomenal; a big, brave, ambitious, memorable, and timeless step into the 3D world, but Majora's Mask was an arguably better made game, though I prefer the former. It's the main reason why I always have this one ahead of it.
Great video btw!
Thanks for sharing! I was not around to play it at release so I always love hearing from people who were. Even playing it today, it’s impossible to ignore how incredibly rock solid it’s design is and how influential it was on the industry
Great video. One of my favorite childhood games.
I didn’t play it when it was new but I can only imagine how amazing it must have been back in the day
I really like your style of videos. I like how you don't do a traditional retrospective, you instead do a kind of summary with commentary. I adore and live by the zelda series. I'm old so I've been there since the beginning. I still remember playing the original on my nes. I had no idea wtf was going on. I didn't own it so i didnt have the manual. Then when i found my way through the first labyrinth i had this feeling of excitement accomplishment. Like i now knew what i was supposed to do. It wasnt just survive until you reach the rightmost side if the level like so many nes games. It made you think and find your way through it. Then i put it out of my head.
The first time i beat ALTTP I stared at the ending credits. Taking in all the music akd atmosphere. Watching the clouds roll by in the dark world as that amazing music played. Something in me clicked. From then on Zelda was my obsession and now I'm 44 and still have that feeling
Thank you! I’m so glad you are enjoying my videos! That must be a really special memory of the first time Zelda clicked for you. I’m jealous that you’ve got to experience the series all the way through from the beginning, I’m younger and wasn’t even born when the first few games released. I loved going back and playing them of course but it’s not the same as playing when they were fresh and mysterious.
Just completed my first 000 games played run tonight. My third play through this week. Didn’t play it much as a kid but it’s grown on me every time I beat it. Odd it’s a hidden gem for me considering its legacy. It’s up there with the best retro games I’ve played.
I had such a hard time beating the boss of the Palace of Darkness, that I never unlocked the map markers for the dark world dungeons until after I already knew where they all were. It definitely elevated the game for me, I think.
Also, I think that implementing world switching in the dungeons might have been good for one dungeon, but doing it excessively might have damaged the level design- a good addition to the Tower of Hera+Ganon's Tower, but I don't think I'd put it elsewhere. I also think that adding a "push" to correct warping could break the game, hard.
Yeah I don’t need the light/dark world swapping in every dungeon, but it’s crazy to me that you have this awesome mechanic that the over world is designed around but is never used even once in the dungeons. I agree that the push correction to warping would be really tough to get right but I think it could make the mechanic a lot less frustrating if implemented.
its hard to believe these videos have so few views - i was looking for at video majoras mask since i had just tried it for the first time and i had no idea what was going on - i then ended up watching all of your zelda videos because they are just that good!! so well put together and the deep dive into both the mechanics gameplay and all that other great stuff i didnt know i needed to know but is a pleasure to hear about! i hope you have at least half as a good time making these videos as i have watching them!! looking forward to more
Wow! Thank you so much for the kind words, you made my day! The videos are a lot of work to make but hearing how much you enjoyed them makes it well worth the effort!
@@AustinAshworth im glad to hear that! I hope ur doing well!
I used to not like this game that much and preferred oot. But a few years ago I gave this one another go and ended up liking it a lot. I think I put it over oot now tbh. oot added a lot to the series but I like that due to the 2D sprites you had to use your imagination a lot more, and that's what I love about 2D games. When looking at the title screen's backround, seeing those beautiful mountains and lake in the backround, is only giving me a taste of what the rest of the world looks like. The rest is up to me to fill in my head while playing.
The final fight against Ganon is now one of my favorite boss battles of all time. oot had a great atmosphere for the final boss but was too easy. Ganon in ALTTP hits different. Not only is it challenging but so damn epic at the same time and I'll admit, the ending had me welling up when Link touched the triforce and turned everything back to normal.
Thanks for sharing! LttP truly is a timeless, near perfect game. The clean sprite work is certainly much more pleasing on the eyes than the early polygonal OoT. I do still prefer OoT but I don’t have the most vivid imagination either so I can see how LttP might speak more to you if you can really visualize the world its depicting
Really great video! Looking forward to your other works! Thank you!
No thank you! Glad you enjoyed!
This was a nice watch. I'm surprised you didn't cover the change in magic from Zelda 2 to ALTTP - I think it maybe says something about the game that so few people feel the need to comment on the spell medallions ever, ahaha.
Thank you! I’m so glad you enjoyed it! Yeah the medallions really don’t add much at all to the gameplay for me - if they weren’t required to open up some of the dungeons I could easily go the entire game and never use them.
That was a SUPER review ^_-
Good job man this was very entertaining.
Thank you so much! I’m glad you enjoyed!
Great video! Thanks for the insights
Again these are amazing honestly great job 👏 keep it up this channel will go places you got my sub 👍
Thank you so much! Glad to have you aboard!
great breakdown of one of my favorite games! i love thorough analyses like this, and your calm tone is perfect for the genre. i do have to disagree with your criticism of the numbered dungeons/handholding... but that's only because i'm a gamer who gets easily lost and confused LMAO
Thank you so much! Haha no judgement from me, I am glad that the game’s guidance does help more people to enjoy the game
great video!
I love this game. Thank you
Thank you!
I recently found your channel and I'm gonna tell you... This videos are a BLAST to watch, there is so much thought and love put in to them, and I love it.
Keep up the good work man, and never give up!
Wow I’m so glad to hear this! Honestly I’m overwhelmed and flattered by the positivity in all the feedback, it’s very encouraging and motivates me to keep improving. Thanks so much!
The 90s saw ALTTP, Links Awakening if you count it BS Zelda no Densetsu: Inishie no Sekiban, AND OOT. Talk about solid game design by nintendo.
This 3rd game was originally a RPG before being the first games style of gameplay also. The new legend of Zelda was a posable name
the meagre story makes this game far more archetypal---i filled in a lot of blanks with my own imagination and it made the game so much more epic. the later titles that have everything spelled out seem much smaller/less epic.
That's a very good way to describe it! I know exactly what you mean!
I for one would have loved more plot/story in LttP. I played this for the first time last Christmas and towards the end It felt a bit bland rescuing the 6th nameless maiden who gives you another text based history lesson. Other than that and being a bit cryptic sometimes, Lttp was good, not great, but certainly a major step forward. Link's Awakening then hit the sweet spot for me, albeit to some degree the remake might have given this game a slight push.
Just played this game recently and i got to say it's a big leap forward compared to the previous games
Definitely! It really did set the foundation for the rest of the series! Like your name btw
cool
More Zelda videos!!!
Please be patient but more coming for sure! Hope you stick around for them!