How I learned to stop sucking and complete a game.
Wow, so my mind has just been in somewhat of a twizwazz as of late; mainly due to the lack of sugars and ‘e’ numbers in my system (I had to cut down, ya know cuz’ of those doctors). In this haze I found it extremely difficult to keep my mind focused on just one game- heck, last week I had 6 games on the go- all of which I played for about 20 minutes a time before switching up. Then came Zelda: The Phantom Hourglass. I turned on the DS, and I was cured; the forgotten fondness I have for the series came flooding back and I didn’t pick up another DS cartridge until completion. It’s probably the best game on the DS- well on second thought- it’s easily the best game on the DS. It’s everything I’ve always loved in a Zelda; a terribly dated story-line, a kid in a green “heroes” costume and some cool-ass character design.
The main flaws with the new Zelda mainly lie in the multiplayer, and peoples inability to take a beating. Ok so I’m not being big headed but I’m insanely good at PHG’s online battle game and 90% of the people that I thrash beyond the point of return just quit the game before time is up, meaning they do not get a lose on their score card and consequentially I don’t receive that win that I worked oh so hard for. The thing I don’t understand is why the hell don’t they have a forfeit system like in ohh so many multiplayers. My other gripes within the main game are all things that I expect to find in a Zelda game- no weapon variety, no real side-quests and no Princess Zelda WTF?
Having completed the game I would certainly say that it is worth the £30-odd when it is released tomorrow. In total I think it took about 10-15 hours to complete, all of which was classic Zelda game-play.
In all, Link’s first outing on the DS makes a welcome change to the casual game sewer that is the Nintendo DS catalogue.
A must buy!
Lou wrote:
i’ve started on this one just recently. it’s rather kickass indeed, and high time the DS was given a game that you can play for longer than a commercial break.
Posted 27 Oct 2007 at 7:15 am ¶