Tears of the Kingdom - An Incredible Game That Annoyed Me To No End.
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The Legend of Zelda - Tears of the Kingdom is an incredible game that annoyed me to no end. At certain times playing Tears of the Kingdom gave me a feeling o...

I know it’s long, but this is a pretty well thought out critique of Tears of the Kingdom - giving a lot of thought into what the game got right, what it got wrong, how/why the wrong parts were wrong, as well as how they could have been better.

  • PinkOwls@feddit.deEnglish
    3·
    1 year ago

    I found myself wishing Zelda remained trapped as a dragon at the end of the game - since they did go through a lot of effort trying to drive home the point that it was a permanent change

    Here’s a funny story: I tried to avoid all TOTK-discussions before I finished the game. For some reason, I saw a “spoiler”/discussion that said that Zelda stays a dragon, she doesn’t turn back. I saw the discussion after Impa said she will look for ways to revert Zelda in ancient literature. I though that the sequel to TOTK will be about turning Zelda back.

    I have to admit that I was very positively surprised that Zelda was turned back; on the other hand, Nintendo would’ve had my deepest respect if they made an unhappy ending.

    • zkfcfbzr@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
      3·
      1 year ago

      Seeing and believing false spoilers can be interesting. When you still thought it was true did you find yourself disappointed by it?

      Taking a tangent from what you said, the Impa thing threw me off a lot. When she said that at the end of the Dragon Tears quest, I thought for sure it meant her quest wasn’t done yet, and I had to seek her out to figure out how to save Zelda. I didn’t yet have Mineru at this point, which is apparently the trigger that makes Impa actually spawn in Kakariko - so I spent quite a bit of time searching for her. All the buildings (At different times), the ring ruins, the well, the nearby terrain, even the depths…

      Then when I did finally get Mineru and go to check up on Impa, I triggered some glitch that put two copies of her in the same room, day and night versions I believe, with their respective dialogue, at the same time.

      • PinkOwls@feddit.deEnglish
        3·
        1 year ago

        When you still thought it was true did you find yourself disappointed by it?

        I actually thought about how cruel Nintendo is to this specific Zelda; I think she must be the most traumatized of them all? First she can’t turn on her powers, then she is stuck with Ganon for 100 years in limbo, then a few years of happiness, then all of TOTK happens, where she endures multiple 10000 years as a dragon with a sword stuck in the head. I was relieved when she was turned back.

        When she said that at the end of the Dragon Tears quest, I thought for sure it meant her quest wasn’t done yet, and I had to seek her out to figure out how to save Zelda. I didn’t yet have Mineru at this point, which is apparently the trigger that makes Impa actually spawn in Kakariko - so I spent quite a bit of time searching for her.

        Ah! I was searching for Impa and I was surprised that Paya didn’t even mention her whereabouts. I didn’t check after Mineru; I guess, I’ll start TOTK one more time for the Impa-dialog.