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47. Shrine Quest: The Bird in the Mountains (Rito Village & Hebra Mountains)



In this quest, a young Rito Village citizen points up to a tree, way up in Hebra Mountains, and says their grandpa was up there a long time ago, and saw a huge white bird, flew toward it, and saw "something really important" in its belly.

This is like, the perfect World Riddle side quest. It points you to where you should go, not with a UI waypoint, but just by pointing to an actual object far in the distance. Then you have to go on an intense Legitimate Gameplay adventure into the bitter cold, through the mountain passes, filled with ice lizalfos and confusing harsh terrain, probably without a map.

Then, once you're there, you've got to think hard about what the grandfather's story actually meant, and look very closely around at your surroundings, to figure out the riddle. (Without getting distracted by the Beautiful vista you're seeing, another reward for your harsh adventure.)

And once you figure it out, it's a pretty nice Surprise twist. The mechanic at play here, is one of my favorite adventure game mechanics, ever since I first saw it in Riven (as well as another recent popular point-and-click adventure game I super love), and personally I was hoping this game would have a lot more of it. But maybe they'll come back to it in the next game.

Decided not to put it higher on the list, only because the replay value isn't great.

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