Today’s game is Twilight Princess. I sat down and finished it all in one last sitting. I have to say. I was too rough on it I think. I still think I was fair in my criticism that it’s slow too start and it has some forgettable dungeons, but when people tell me it’s carried by its characters and writing I am inclined to agree. That was good. Especially seeing Midna’s character arc.

The sword play was excellent too. Definitely not the best. But it was still awesome to control and some of my favorite the franchise has had.

I do have to wonder if it was rushed towards the end of development. The dungeons for sure felt weirdly linear and small, and they didn’t utilize items nearly as much as I had liked. Most puzzles I felt boiled down to the claw shot. On top of that there were definitely a few parts when I felt like something was missing.

The final battle against Ganondorf was awesome though. It felt like a proper sequel to OoT’s battle. Though Zelda on horse back pissed me off because she had a clean line of sight so many times yet she did nothing. At one point me and Ganondorf were literally riding circles around each other.

The sword battle was awesome too though. Towards the end I used the fishing rod trick just to have some fun before the end. It’s funny seeing him get distracted like a cat or something.

Anyways. All in all I think I enjoyed it. It’s probably earned a spot as my 3rd favorite Zelda game, though it has left me wanting to replay OoT and Alan Wake 2. So maybe those will be coming back again at some point to satiate my desire.