Dylan Raistrick

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Spoiler warning. Where do i even start. Never before have i just sat through the credits after finishing a game, everything about this game makes you feel accomplished, from beating a mini-boss from just the small things like going over a waterfall on a boat and landing successfully. The whole game is your oyster, there is one goal, beat ganon. Of course there are other minuscule sidequests, but they don’t contribute all that much to finishing the game, it’s the first game that truly made me feel like i had worked hard to beat it, i had sunk 100 hours into botw before i decided to beat it, and that’s what’s so great, you decide when your ready to finally face ganon, a creature that has been terrorising you since the start of the game, I honestly can’t think of anything i didn’t like, people complain about the weapon system and how they break too quickly, but i think it works, with the amazing array of weapons in the game and the frequency you find them it definitely makes up for the low durability, the graphics of the game are incredible and incredibly unique to zelda, almost like a mix of windwaker and ocerania of time. one of my favourite parts was when i was on a boat in the middle of lake hylia and all of a sudden a huge dragon emerges from the water, this is something that just happened naturally, not in a cutscene, I’ve never seen a game do that. The combat is also really fun, the different elements that effect certain enemies makes as an awesome change to the usual Zelda combat, i also love the vast array of enemies in the game in all shapes and sizes, other than the guardians those are just downright freaky, the story is nothing special, but the build up to the final boss is awesome. The characters are endearing, and it’s an absolute gut-wrench when you find out everything that happened 100 years ago, which does add a nice change from the usual Zelda format. The ai in this game is so cool, when a moblin loses their weapon they’ll either seek out another one or just straight up throw a smaller bokoblin at you, and each town has its own unique villagers that have their own patterns throughout the day. perfect game 10/10

overall I thought that the game was visually appealing for a start, the graphics make it almost look like it’s all plastic figures and toys. It’s a different kind of Zelda game than what I’m used to since i never played the original but overall it was a nice change I hadn’t long finished breath of the wild when i got this game so i was excited to see how links awakening would compare, i was happy to find out that they are two entirely different kinds of game, it almost felt like a breath of fresh air. The combat is nothing special but the different items you get throughout the course of the game keep it fresh. The plot is silly but makes sense in the universe of Zelda. Despite all this praise there were certain things I didn’t like, for example, the lack of fast travel points, I understand that it’s a small open world but it would have been nice to have fast travel points at the front of each dungeon after you finish the main boss of each one. I also didn’t like that when you die to a boss or an enemy for that matter it respawns you but not a save point which means all the items that you used on that enemy or boss are gone meaning if you want to beat the boss fight you have to go collect all those arrows, magic powders etc all over again, the last complaint is that the same song basically no matter where you are on the map keeps playing, the only exception to this is the mountains which I believe is different, the repetitive song is a remix of the original legend of Zelda which is fine at first but becomes grating very quickly. Overall the game is great with some issues but all games have issues so that’s nothing to worry about. Out of ten I’d give it an 8.5