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TopicArv hears amber heard is single
faramir77
04/15/24 11:48:32 PM
#7
I imagine the moment that will forever define Amber Heard as being similar to the horse head scene in The Godfather.

Johnny Depp wakes up and can tell something isn't right. He pulls the bed sheets back to reveal a horrific blue ribbon dookie the size of an adult man's forearm nestled in his linens. Amber has made herself Heard.

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TopicI'm going to replay all the Zelda games in release order this year
faramir77
04/14/24 8:07:27 PM
#95
Revelation34 posted...
I will always save scum shit like this.

You mean reload the game to try again? I honestly would have done that if I hadn't got it on that last try. The rupees aren't the issue, it's more the time commitment. Rupees aren't used for much in this game aside from minigames, it seems they were used much more in the earlier games (aside from Zelda 2 which straight up has no rupees at all).

I've just finished the Forest Temple. The level design is mostly better than the earlier games, but what has really shined has been the bosses. Every single boss has been better than literally any boss from the first four games. The cinematic entrance of King Dodongo is still awesome, even after over 25 years. Barinade is my favourite boss in the game, as it makes you really move to dodge it's attack, feels much more engaging. Phantom Ganon was great, too.

The revelation that Link isn't a Kokiri but is actually a Hylian was one I enjoyed as a kid but now just seems flat. The game doesn't build up this story element enough for you to care. I feel like they could have handled it better to make the reveal really stick.

On a side note, it occured to me that I'll be playing a lot of the next several Zelda games on the Wii. After Ocarina of Time, 4 of the next 7 games will be on the Wii. In fact, I could even hook up my GameCube, which with the Game Boy Player I have I could play all 7 of the next 7 games on it! I remember when Twilight Princess came out, Nintendo made a big deal out of the fact that every single Zelda game up to that point could be played on the GameCube. Neat.

The work week is starting up again so my progress on Ocarina of Time is likely to slow down, but I'd bet I'll have it finished by next weekend. I know this game like the back of my hand, so even if I manage to get all 20 hearts it won't take me too long.

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TopicCan someone help me please? Youtube is driving me crazy.
faramir77
04/14/24 11:06:27 AM
#3
It's been odd for the last few years, Google and Facebook have seemingly discovered that it's actually profitable to cater to extreme fringe groups. Their algorithms have learned and responded to that. I'm not surprised that they're actively platforming and advertising gore content now, given that the have encouraged the spread of racism and misinformation (particularly political and medical misinformation) for at least half a decade.

They've both grown so colossal as companies that both consumers and advertisers are unable to take their business elsewhere, so instead they just ignore or put up with it.

There probably is a narrow connection between the name of the game you're searching up and some key terms used in these extreme videos. Your best hope is to report the videos but I wouldn't get my hopes up that anything will change.

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TopicI'm going to replay all the Zelda games in release order this year
faramir77
04/14/24 12:55:45 AM
#93
So I've completed the first three dungeons of Ocarina of Time. I'm playing the Wii Virtual Console version.

I quickly abandoned my three heart run idea, not out of difficulty (this is by far the easiest Zelda yet in terms of combat) but rather out of interest in exploring as much as possible. I managed to get 11 hearts before getting the Ocarina of Time, which is the most you can possibly get. I used a glitch involving a cucco to get into and complete the Bottom of the Well and thus get the Lens of Truth, which helped me get the heart piece from the Treasure Game.

Dampe's Gravedigging minigame was a nightmare. I went into it with 200 rupees and didn't get the heart piece until I had only 6 rupees left.

Ocarina of Time is a gigantic step ahead for the series. It's no wonder this game was so critically acclaimed in its time. It still looks great, too (at least compared with anything else on the N64).

My main issues revolve around the amount of hand holding the game tries to do. Navi is disliked for this very reason. The game interrupts you very often to tell you how to do the movement you were just going to do. I get that this game was pioneering but the amount of explaining it does for basic tasks like opening doors or looking down corridors before you enter them just seems annoying.

I'm going to aim to get as many heart pieces as I can, just to really take in as much as I can of this game.

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TopicArizona Coyotes are very likely moving to SLC
faramir77
04/13/24 11:44:23 AM
#2
Without reading it, is it because Salt Lake City is willing to use taxpayer money without the direct consent of their people to entirely pay for an overpriced brand new state of the art arena with an agreement that all profits go directly to the private hands in the NHL rather than back into the public purse?

Calgary did the exact same shit to prevent the Flames from leaving. It's pathetic.

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TopicI'm going to replay all the Zelda games in release order this year
faramir77
04/12/24 10:01:04 PM
#87
Monopoman posted...
If memory serves I believe you can also hurt them with arrows I typically just avoided them though unless a room required their defeat. Shit this game does the trap you in a room until every enemy is dead thing a lot less than the original NES game.

Yeah, you also can beat them with bombs. Prior to about dungeon 7 though it feels like bombs are a pretty scarce resource, so anything you can do to not waste them is wise.

Revelation34 posted...
The 5th dungeon is the one with the skeleton knight right?

Yup, I actually liked that idea of chasing it around the dungeon. Definitely a unique part of the series so far, made backtracking more forgivable.

Anyway, I've finished Link's Awakening! This was certainly the longest Zelda game thus far, which is surprising for a Game Boy game. It could be just because I'm less familiar with the game compared to the others. I'd estimate it took about 8 hours of gameplay, compared to under 5 hours for the first two and maybe around 6 hours for ALttP.

The final boss was excellent, especially it's final form. I purposely avoided using the boomerang, which I know is an instant OHKO on the final form. Dodging the swinging arms while hoping to get a shot in was a lot of fun.

The ending is always pretty sad. There really isn't a lot of character development in the game and yet it's heartbreaking to see Marin and the rest of Koholint Island disappear.

At the same time, this is the first truly "weird" Zelda game. The Wind Fish (in name only, for it is neither) is a very odd concept for a central character, and even more so by the fact it sleeps in a giant egg on the top of a mountain. Mario enemies being included is also super strange and those enemies always particularly stick out. I wonder what conversations went down during the pitch for this game.

Overall, a good game, but it's the first time in the series that a game has felt like a downgrade from the game that came before it. It's understandable given that this was a handheld game released in the early 90s, so I can forgive it for that. If anything, it deserves extra praise for what it was able to accomplish on such limited hardware. I have the liberty of playing it on the Switch on a big TV while sitting on my couch, so it is easy to forget what the original intended experience was supposed to be.

I'm going to start Ocarina of Time right away tonight. There isn't a game I'm more familiar with than Ocarina of Time, so I might be hard pressed to give any insights as I complete it, as I know exactly what I'm getting myself into. I might do a three heart run just to spice it up a bit. What I'm mostly interested in seeing is just how much of an evolution it was compared to these first 4 games. There isn't another game held in such high regard as this, so let's see if it really deserves the praise as being perhaps the greatest game of all time.

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TopicHe's Trump
faramir77
04/12/24 6:21:41 PM
#4
Hey I'm Trump

I'm not so Trump

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TopicI'm going to replay all the Zelda games in release order this year
faramir77
04/12/24 1:45:00 AM
#84
I've made it to the 8th dungeon. The 6th dungeon was an absolute labyrinth, I had to backtrack so many times to complete it. The Switch version never gave me that much trouble from what I can remember.

The 7th dungeon was actually much better for me, even though I remember always getting stuck on it in the past. I think this time I remembered that you can access the chest containing the Mirror Shield very early in the dungeon, and that your first priority needs to be destroying the four pillars.

Link's Awakening certainly has a very unique atmosphere to it. It's hard to describe. The story and truth slowly revealing itself to you is a very interesting approach, especially for a Game Boy game.

I'm getting the impression that the developers were just still trying to settle into a "feel" for the series. Link's Awakening is feeling a lot like an attempt to mix the positives from ALttP and Zelda 1. It's like it understands the significance of world building (like in ALttP) while also giving a lot of freedom for the player to discover things and solve cryptic puzzles on their own (like in Zelda 1).

There are some gameplay elements that don't really hold up, though. As I've mentioned before, the backtracking is very frustrating. The power ups are more annoying than they are helpful. Some puzzles, like the jar door (which has now happened several times) or the throwable chess pieces are total misses for me.

This has led to me having quite conflicted feelings about Link's Awakening. I'm also having a hard time pinpointing exactly what I like and don't like. It could very well be that I'm just spoiled since I've played through the Switch version multiple times yet only have beaten the Game Boy version once (and it was many years ago). I should be done the game by tomorrow, or by the end of the weekend at least.

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Topicandroid system intelligence on pixel 6a downloaded...
faramir77
04/11/24 1:59:28 PM
#2
Dude why are you so paranoid about your Pixel 6a, literally every topic you make is about some new worry you have about it. It's a budget level phone and yet you're acting like it's your only child.

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TopicI'm going to replay all the Zelda games in release order this year
faramir77
04/10/24 9:49:34 PM
#83
I'm just starting the 6th dungeon now. Wizzrobes are invincible to sword damage, wtf. It almost seemed like a glitch because they fly back when hit with the sword, so I looked it up, and I found out you can stun them with the Hookshot and then pick them up and throw them at each other.

I don't like that you can't harm them with your sword unlike in Zelda 1 and ALttP, but this trick definitely makes it better, haha.

I'm noticing that dungeons are incredibly long in this one compared to previous Zelda games. That's definitely a good thing, but I'm not a huge fan of the forced backtracking.

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TopicI'm going to replay all the Zelda games in release order this year
faramir77
04/10/24 1:55:53 AM
#81
I beat the 4th dungeon, the boss was insanely easy.

I also now have the upgraded sword. It's weird that the game doesn't give it an official name. I remember years ago looking it up and it was called the Seashell Sword, but in the remake they called it the Koholint Sword. I think the first name was better.

The upgraded sword along with the Red Mail basically means I'll defeat pretty much all enemies in one hit.

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TopicI'm going to replay all the Zelda games in release order this year
faramir77
04/10/24 12:25:35 AM
#80
I'm on my way to the 4th dungeon now. I've got the Angler Key. I also finished the Color Dungeon, and chose the Red Mail only because I like red over blue, lol. The Blue Mail is honestly the better choice but whatever.

I'm finding travel around Koholint Island to be pretty tedious. There's a fair amount of back and forth, and the warp points aren't really that great. I'm trying to poke away at the trading sequence while I'm following the main plot as well (I remember the boomerang you get at the end being extremely OP in the Game Boy version), but every now and then I realize I forgot to do a certain trade task while in a region, but it's just too time consuming to backtrack.

That said, I just gave the letter from Christine the goat to Mr. Write. The fake picture honestly made me laugh out loud, the inclusion of Mr. Write's hand holding the picture adds so much to the joke. It's like one of those grotesque close up still frames from an episode of Spongebob. Definitely the funniest thing in the series up to this point.

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TopicI'm going to replay all the Zelda games in release order this year
faramir77
04/09/24 9:56:57 PM
#78
adjl posted...
I'm pretty sure I had to look up the pot thing. Definitely not an intuitive puzzle.

Glad I'm not the only one, I didn't play LA until the mid to late 2000s after I had played every other Zelda game that had been released at that point. Had to look up how to open the door, still remember being grumpy about it.

dedbus posted...
How was the 3ds majoras mask a downgrade, never played the original of it. Thought the 3ds OOT was prettty good.

The biggest issue was the fact they changed the mechanics for all of the bosses, and always for the worse. Each boss would sprout a gigantic eyeball you had to hit in order to inflict damage. The fourth boss was made particularly awful, with the fight taking at least 5 times longer than it used to, and much more boring. The second boss, which was one of the best bosses in the series in the N64 version, was in some ways even more disappointing because the new mechanics pretty much forced you to switch away from Goron rolling to defeat it.

A YouTuber named Nerrel has a very good video breaking down everything wrong with MM3D.

badjay posted...
Did you ever play BotW or TotK?

If not I'm curious what you'll think about the maps and how they kind of coordinate through out the games.

Yes, I've played through every Zelda game (excluding Triforce Heroes which I don't consider canon).

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TopicI'm going to replay all the Zelda games in release order this year
faramir77
04/09/24 1:30:54 AM
#69
It's been a long time, but I've played a bit more. I'm between dungeon 2 and 3 right now. Currently collecting the Gold Leaves.

The puzzle in this photo always holds a place in my mind as being the most unintuitive in any Zelda game. You're supposed to throw a jar at the door to unlock it. They made it more clear in the Switch remake by actually putting a picture of a jar on the door, which as much as that removes the problem solving element, it honestly isn't a bad change given how weird this puzzle was.

Overall I'm enjoying Link's Awakening, but the Switch version has spoiled me. I doubt I'll ever play the GBC version again after this, unless someday I play through each Zelda in release order again.

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TopicShouldn't we have the Solar Eclipse be a national holiday?
faramir77
04/07/24 11:12:59 PM
#10
There was a solar eclipse like 6 months ago and nobody cared. Just don't look at it.

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TopicFavorite video game magazine
faramir77
04/03/24 11:07:50 AM
#13
Nintendo Power was awesome. I still have all my old copies from about 1999 to 2008.

It went very downhill around 2006.

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TopicI'm going to replay all the Zelda games in release order this year
faramir77
04/02/24 6:42:05 PM
#62
C0RNISHACID posted...
cool sig :v

I'll be sure to beat the Running Man once again when I get to Ocarina of Time, mwahaha.

I'm on vacation in British Columbia right now. I'm appreciating the fact that it's actually spring here; when I left Alberta the other day it was straight up dead winter.

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TopicHow much should you spend on an engagement ring?
faramir77
04/01/24 11:59:12 PM
#11
rjsilverthorn posted...
I'm not really sure how well that holds up today. In the past it probably made sense since you would be taking on supporting your wife and would generally end up having kids shortly after, but now most couples are both working and already living together before they get married so it doesn't really make any major change in finances.

I don't think it really ever made sense to drop three months of salary on a ring unless you were still living with parents or something.

I'm reasonably well off but three months of salary would definitely take me over a year to put away. It would be a devastating expense to spend that on something like a ring when it inevitably should be used to pay for the expensive infrequent things in life, like a new furnace, a new roof, or a new vehicle.

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Topiccurrent day bluetooth is what bluetooth 20 years ago wanted us to think it was
faramir77
04/01/24 9:20:25 PM
#6
adjl posted...
Fun realization: "Bluetooth 20 years ago" is how Wiimotes worked.

There is nothing fun about this at all

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TopicI find vehicle vanity plates to be cringe
faramir77
04/01/24 10:53:11 AM
#6
I used to see a car frequently parked at a GameStop (probably an employee) with QQNOOB as their plate lmao.

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Topicdamn, my hair's starting to thin out
faramir77
04/01/24 10:52:12 AM
#22
Keep in mind, finasteride comes with a 1% chance of permanent irreversible erectile dysfunction. I wouldn't do it personally but it depends how much your hair means to you. I'd rather pay $20000+ for a hair transplant than risk losing the use of my weiner.

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TopicI'm going to replay all the Zelda games in release order this year
faramir77
03/30/24 2:53:05 PM
#60
Revelation34 posted...
That's the grotto right? Also intrusive? I should get around to playing the Switch version since I bought it for Black Friday two years ago.

Yeah, and by "intrusive" I mean that it interrupts your gameplay to give an overly long message that takes forever to slowly scroll out, even if you just bump into a boulder.

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TopicI'm going to replay all the Zelda games in release order this year
faramir77
03/29/24 11:33:28 PM
#58
I made it to the second dungeon in Link's Awakening the other day, but I haven't had time to play since. I'll be busy for the next several days, too. Probably won't pick it back up until next weekend, but it definitely will go quick once I have the time.

The GB version is better than I remembered, I'm not upset about not playing the Switch version. The only complaint I have so far are just how intrusive some messages are, especially when you touch a boulder or jar that is too heavy to lift, or when you get a Guardian Acorn or Piece of Power (or whatever it's called). I don't know how they didn't fix that during development, or in the DX release (which is the one I'm playing, because it's the only one available on the Switch Game Boy service).

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Topicdamn, my hair's starting to thin out
faramir77
03/28/24 11:54:35 PM
#3
Also in my 30s but I know my turn is coming soon. I've made it further than my dad or either of my grandpas but I doubt I'll have my hair by 40.

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TopicImportant research question: who would you rather regularly hang out with
faramir77
03/27/24 7:34:42 PM
#1
Very important

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TopicI'm going to replay all the Zelda games in release order this year
faramir77
03/26/24 11:19:01 PM
#55
Finished A Link to the Past. What an outstanding game. The plot was simple and yet it's so rewarding to play through. Ganon's Tower was easily the best dungeon in the game, it felt great just tearing through waves of enemies and challenging puzzles, it really makes it feel like you've grown as a player (even though I've beat this game tons of times before). I had no game overs at all in this one.

Some of the necessary plot pieces are a bit cryptic, which I guess keeps in line with the previous two games. It would take a lot of exploring to figure out that you need the Silver Arrows to defeat Ganon for instance. Or that you need the Quake and Ether medallions to enter some dungeons. This isn't necessarily a bad thing, and people haven't really seen this game as being unbeatable or too cryptic by any means. Just an observation.

I'll start Link's Awakening right away this evening. I'll be playing the DX version for GBC (on Nintendo Switch Online). I'd really prefer to play the Switch remake but I want to stay more truthful with the development of the series.

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TopicI'm going to replay all the Zelda games in release order this year
faramir77
03/26/24 12:46:14 AM
#53
Finished the sixth Dark World dungeon just now. Only Turtle Rock and Ganon's Tower are left.

I struggle to find much to say to critique this game. I never liked the mismatched colours on the blue mail, I guess that's a critique. The dungeons don't really stick out as being unique, which isn't really a good or bad thing given that you could argue that their purpose is to challenge you, not to have some sort of theme like future installments had of their dungeons.

That said, the bosses have mostly held up very well, especially the Dark World ones. The bosses of Ice Palace and Misery Mire are kind of too similar to each other, though. Still, very fun, more so than the bosses in many future games.

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TopicHow come you can't poop and pee at the same time?
faramir77
03/25/24 10:51:43 PM
#14
ItIsSoOver posted...
Every poo poo time is pee pee time
But not every pee pee time is poo poo time

Do you ever think about that?

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TopicI'm going to replay all the Zelda games in release order this year
faramir77
03/25/24 5:57:11 PM
#48
DrYuya posted...
I actually find anything even from ps2/gamecube era to be difficult to stomach. Not that games at that time and before weren't classics... Obviously they were or the game industry would never have grown like it did to begin with.

I agree with adjl in that it depends on the game. I remember the last time I played Twilight Princess I was bored with their attempt to set up a story. It spent a long time with cutscenes and trivial tasks just for the sake of setting up the story when I just wanted to start playing. We'll see if I feel that way this time (Twilight Princess is still a long way off, probably May or June).

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TopicHow come you can't poop and pee at the same time?
faramir77
03/25/24 5:53:09 PM
#9
If you fart and burp at the same time your body takes a screenshot

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TopicI'm going to replay all the Zelda games in release order this year
faramir77
03/24/24 10:20:16 PM
#44
Alright I've finished the first two Dark World dungeons and now I've taken some time to upgrade a bunch of stuff, particularly by finding some heart pieces and upgrading my magic, bomb, and arrow capacity. I've also found two of the three magic medallions, which I remember needing to enter some later dungeons.

I've really noticed how much better balanced the sword beam is compared to Zelda 1. It's a nice boost, but not the absolutely essential ability it was back in the original game.

My only criticism is how the game seems to mislead you at times to score a cheap "gotcha" moment to inconvenience you. The worst one I've seen yet was in the second Dark World dungeon, where the game seems to reward you with a shortcut if you have the blue pillars switched to down, only to find out several rooms later that blue pillars needed to be up, forcing you to backtrack. Not cool, Nintendo.

Overall, ALttP is holding up as being as good as ever. I've played through this probably over a dozen times before so this really isn't a big surprise to me.

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TopicWhat way do you eat your hot dogs?
faramir77
03/22/24 10:57:47 PM
#17
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TopicI'm going to replay all the Zelda games in release order this year
faramir77
03/22/24 9:02:04 PM
#41
CyborgSage00x0 posted...
Pretty sure the time it takes to play BotW + Tears alone is equal to the playtime of all the other games combined lol.

This is probably true. TotK was incredibly long, which mostly is a good thing but the Depths were so bland.

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TopicWhat way do you eat your hot dogs?
faramir77
03/22/24 4:19:10 PM
#5
Blue rare

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TopicI'm going to replay all the Zelda games in release order this year
faramir77
03/22/24 12:40:07 AM
#37
Alright it's been a busy week at work but I've made it to the Master Sword in A Link to the Past.

It's remarkable just how MASSIVE of an upgrade this game was from the previous two. It's absolutely night and day. It makes perfect sense why this game remains so highly regarded to this day. The first impressions it must have provided people could only have been outstanding, especially to those that already had played the previous two games.

One thing that sits on my mind is what people must have thought the future of the series after this would bring. At this point, every game was totally different the each other. ALttP definitely has a lot in common with Zelda 1 but it's such a huge improvement that it doesn't really even seem like it's all that similar at all. The next 25 years of this series was dominated by games that could be argued followed the formula that ALttP implemented. I'll try keeping that in mind going forward to reassess exactly how much it feels like that was the case.

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TopicAI is like the X
faramir77
03/21/24 10:13:11 AM
#7
That sounds like a Jaden Smith quote lmao

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Topictaco bell
faramir77
03/21/24 8:32:57 AM
#12
Smells like seven layers

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TopicIf an owner of one of the major sports teams in your city threatened
faramir77
03/18/24 6:30:13 PM
#10
In situations like that, it should be that the city maintains full control over the facility, and that anyone showing valid ID stating their address to be within the city should be granted free access to games.

In reality, neither of these things happen. It's an absolute scam. Stadiums should be built to be enjoyed for at least 50 years but in many cases they're being replaced at about the 20-30 year point. It's embarrassing.

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TopicI'm going to replay all the Zelda games in release order this year
faramir77
03/18/24 12:35:52 AM
#36
And, I'm done. I took a wrong turn which REALLY screwed me over, took about 15 screens to get back to where I needed to be.

The bird soldiers are very tough but I remember learning years ago that the upward stab is the key to beating them as they jump over you. Definitely helped.

I beat the final boss without the cheap "crouch in the corner" technique, but after surviving Thunderbird right before, it's a miracle I survived. I was down to half a health bar on my last life.

I'm glad these two games are over and done with. I get the creative liberties they took with Zelda 2 (Super Mario Bros 2 was also totally different) and I actually quite enjoy this game, but it definitely isn't a style to return to.

The work week starts up again tomorrow, and I'm having a medical procedure done on Friday, so progress will probably slow down a bit. I can't believe I managed to finish both of these games over one weekend, but they both are pretty short (probably even the shortest in the series).

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TopicI'm going to replay all the Zelda games in release order this year
faramir77
03/17/24 11:58:48 PM
#35
I made it to the Great Palace. I remember this level being an insane maze, it'll be tough without a guide. Luckily game overs will respawn me at the start of this level (it's the only one in the game that does that).

Holy shit the road to the Great Palace was tough. The enemies move so randomly and can easily knock you into lava pits. There are also some lava pits that are a very long jump to cross. Really wasn't fun.

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TopicI'm going to replay all the Zelda games in release order this year
faramir77
03/17/24 2:33:00 PM
#31
pikakaeru posted...
boo

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TopicI'm going to replay all the Zelda games in release order this year
faramir77
03/17/24 12:59:43 PM
#27
I just finished the 4 palace of Zelda 2. This game would be insanely frustrating without the Switch's ability to rewind.

Barring that, the original game should have had ways to recover health other than the life spell. Also, the game over system should have been much more forgiving, like taking you to the entrance of the palace when you ran out of lives, or to the last town you visited if you're in the overworld.

Another change that needed to happen was falling into pits shouldn't have been an immediate lost life. It should have been minor damage and immediate respawn in a safe spot. There have been several cases of something that wasn't even on the screen when I started jumping flying towards me mid-jump over a pit, thus knocking me back into the pit. I can accept (and have been accepting) a failure when it's my own fault, but these just feel cheap and detract from the experience.

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TopicI'm going to replay all the Zelda games in release order this year
faramir77
03/16/24 9:31:11 PM
#23
adjl posted...
The only time I've played it was in the Collector's Edition for GC, and that's pretty much the reason I never finished it. Having every single death (of which there are quite a few, because it's a pretty hard game) send me all the way back to the start of the game was just miserable, even if I didn't lose any character growth in the process.

It's way better with save states on the 3DS/Switch, and especially on the Switch since you can rewind gameplay. Zelda 2 is very tough otherwise.

I've started Zelda 2, and I just got to the end of the first palace. I got lucky with a few 200 experience bag drops so I grinded more experience by defeating the skull bubbles (which if you're patient drop 50xp each). Then I took advantage of the fact that completing the palace grants you just enough experience to get you to the next level.

I think that's one of the biggest flaws of the game. If someone didn't know that, they could be within a few experience points of a level and therefore waste the excellent benefit of completing a palace. I feel like the experience completing a palace grants should be a standardized amount. Whatever, I'm aware of the system, so I'll take advantage of it I guess.

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TopicI'm going to replay all the Zelda games in release order this year
faramir77
03/16/24 8:00:59 PM
#19
Ogurisama posted...
Does this include the CDi games?

No lmao, that would be torture.

I finished Zelda 1! I never used a guide, I got lucky with the last dungeon and found the silver arrows and randomly managed to get to Ganon from there, however I wasn't able to find the red ring.

Overall, Zelda 1 was fun but it has aged terribly. I've always thought that, though; I first played it around 2003/2004 and was discouraged by the terrible controls. It's also very strange just how cryptic the game is. I remembered the location of level 8, but I'm not sure how anyone is supposed to find that.

I'll start Zelda 2 tonight. I actually have always preferred Zelda 2 over Zelda 1. I will be honest though, I'll make use of the "rewind" feature on the Switch for Zelda 2 quite a lot. The biggest problem I remember with that game is how unforgiving the game over system can be.

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TopicI'm going to replay all the Zelda games in release order this year
faramir77
03/16/24 6:29:25 PM
#17
I have 7 dungeons done. I got to the 6th boss and realized I didn't have arrows yet (but I had the bow). I then went and did level 7, and then searched everywhere for arrows. Ended up realizing you just buy them in a store lmao. Don't know how I missed/forgot that.

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TopicI'm going to replay all the Zelda games in release order this year
faramir77
03/16/24 1:15:14 PM
#10
FrozenBananas posted...


I just played BotW for the first time these past few months, put about 100 hours in and loved it. Its probably my favorite Zelda, which used to be a tie between Ocarina and Twilight Princess

I also think it's the best one. I got it on launch day as well as a Switch. I probably put 20 hours into it over that one weekend. I've never been so thoroughly engaged in a game before, and it definitely surpassed OoT for me.

Seeing your graph reminded me, I won't be playing Triforce Heroes. I never owned it and I really don't consider it canon. I also won't be playing the GBA Four Swords as I think it has be played with multiplayer.

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TopicI'm going to replay all the Zelda games in release order this year
faramir77
03/16/24 12:18:27 PM
#6
I've finished 5 dungeons and I've got a lot of upgrades, including the Magical Sword (just got it now), the upgraded shield, and the blue ring.

Level 5 was a pretty big step up from the previous ones. Darknuts are super tedious to defeat. I'm not a big fan of the fact that if you aren't at full health the game becomes WAY harder due to losing the ability to shoot sword beams (which was reduced to a minor advantage in later games).

I'm also noticing that the world map really isn't as big as it seemed when I was younger.

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Topicwhere's kate middleton lmao
faramir77
03/16/24 1:53:40 AM
#2
They released that image and then said "sorry" when they were busted for it being either heavily photoshopped or straight up AI generated, and now they refuse to comment on her location after this caused a lot of buzz.

This is extremely strange. I usually don't care about the royal family either but the fact they've been caught trying to hide something is really strange. I can't even imagine what the truth is if it's so bad that they need to lie like this.

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TopicI'm going to replay all the Zelda games in release order this year
faramir77
03/16/24 12:42:25 AM
#5
ParanoidObsessive posted...
You should play them in timeline order instead.

Or play them in release order, and then play them again in timeline order.

bruh

Maybe another year lmao, I'm going to be super sick of Zelda games once this is done. I doubt we'll see any new Zelda games launch at any point in the next year so I'll have some time to recover when this is all done.

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TopicI'm going to replay all the Zelda games in release order this year
faramir77
03/16/24 12:06:08 AM
#3
LinkPizza posted...
It may take a while. Good luck to you. Ill probably check in the updates in my spare time

Thanks chief, this'll be fun. I have a really hard time getting into new games nowadays so replaying ones I know I've always liked will be a nice way to spend some time.

I've beat the first dungeon of Zelda 1 and I'm busy collecting heart containers and stuff before going to the second dungeon. I'm also trying not to use a guide but that's going to be tough for these first two games.

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