I'm sad that it took me so long to play this since I know I'd have enjoyed this game much more back in the day but, despite this, it's easy to see why many consider this to be a masterpiece for its time. The dark, sinister and gloomy, sometimes lifeless atmosphere is shockingly beautiful, and out of every Zelda game I've played this one may have the best dungeons so far, all of them are greatly related to where the story wants to take you, and never feel like a random location in the middle of nowhere. Wolf Link doesn't just offer a new approach to the game's glorious combat, but is also well-implemented and it makes sense whenever the game forces you to use it. Story, lore, characters and worldbuilding are simply epic as usual from the franchise. Midna has to be one of my favourite companions so far, if not my favourite, the shadow gremlin must be protected at all costs.

On the other hand, while exploring the dungeons was tons of fun, I wish I could say the same about the outside world... it is HUGE but sometimes it feels like it's big just to be big, as there are a lot of empty areas that, given the very low amount of teleportation points, make going from point A to point B a chore sometimes. Wii U controls weren't the best sometimes but they were mostly fine... except when you were riding Epona, especially during THAT ONE battle in the middle of the game. You know what I'm talking about, most painful part of the game. Those two aspects sometimes took away part of my enjoyment but, in the end, I regret nothing about this journey through Hyrule and the Twilight Realms... it feels special, even, considering it's unlikely that we'll ever again get another Zelda game which looks like this.