I don't think I'll be able to beat this game before TotK comes out. But y'kow what? That's perfectly fine. Because I can tell this is gonna be a pretty mixed bag.
You NEED 4 people to enjoy this game. Sure, you can try playing by yourself, or with 2 people, but playing with any less than 4 feels like an extremely compromised experience. Mostly due to the controls. If you're playing single player, the formation system is so weird to get used to. And trying to switch between individual control between the 4 Links is tedious. If you're playing with 2 or 3, these problems actually become worse. Not only are your options more limited, but they needed to cram the entire control scheme on the fucking GBA which feels like garbage. Especially if you have any model that isn't the original. But even if that's how you're playing, whenever the game makes you go into a house, it forces you to look at the GBA screen. Which is fucked because of the terrible lighting on anything that isn't a AGS-101. So when it comes to GBA options, you either have to go with a mid feeling controller with a shit screen, or a shit controller with a good screen. And don't even bother using a AGS-001. That screen is nowhere near as good as a 101, so it's the worst of both worlds. But the worst part about all of this is the game makes you go in and out of caves and houses ALL THE TIME. You'll turn your head between the two displays like 5 times per minute sometimes. You ever try playing that horse racing minigame? Well I can say it was really immersive with the amount of whiplash I got.
But y'know what, if I was playing this game with 4 people, I'd say this game would play OK. Which means the best this game can be is just OK, considering that's exactly how I feel about the graphics, music, story, and levels so far.
You NEED 4 people to enjoy this game. Sure, you can try playing by yourself, or with 2 people, but playing with any less than 4 feels like an extremely compromised experience. Mostly due to the controls. If you're playing single player, the formation system is so weird to get used to. And trying to switch between individual control between the 4 Links is tedious. If you're playing with 2 or 3, these problems actually become worse. Not only are your options more limited, but they needed to cram the entire control scheme on the fucking GBA which feels like garbage. Especially if you have any model that isn't the original. But even if that's how you're playing, whenever the game makes you go into a house, it forces you to look at the GBA screen. Which is fucked because of the terrible lighting on anything that isn't a AGS-101. So when it comes to GBA options, you either have to go with a mid feeling controller with a shit screen, or a shit controller with a good screen. And don't even bother using a AGS-001. That screen is nowhere near as good as a 101, so it's the worst of both worlds. But the worst part about all of this is the game makes you go in and out of caves and houses ALL THE TIME. You'll turn your head between the two displays like 5 times per minute sometimes. You ever try playing that horse racing minigame? Well I can say it was really immersive with the amount of whiplash I got.
But y'know what, if I was playing this game with 4 people, I'd say this game would play OK. Which means the best this game can be is just OK, considering that's exactly how I feel about the graphics, music, story, and levels so far.