TheFrodo
better than elmo's letter adventure
2010
I love all the actual arcade games featured and would rate them all highly. However, the presentation of the 3d overworld, along with the remastered 3d game segments, are headache inducing and really not very fun at all. All this had to be was a simple list of namco games, like earlier entries in this series, and I'd be all over it.
1989
If you were to ask for a game that's held up remarkably well against all odds, this is among the first I'd list. It just doesn't make sense that an 80s licensed game based on a Saturday morning cartoon would end up being so precise and refined, but Ducktales excels in just about everything. It's both easy and refreshing to be able to just sit down and play this entire game in a half hour and enjoy every second of it.
(Rating for both the original and the 3DS versions as they're pretty much the same thing.)
When I was younger, I thought Ocarina of Time was much better than Majora. Now, I don't think that's necessarily correct anymore, but they both mean so much to me that they're about equal in my mind. But good lord, if there's anything Majora's Mask does better, it's the tone. This game has such a foreboding atmosphere in every aspect of it, yet incredible beauty within the darkness. To think that this game was finished in only one year makes me feel both astounded and lazy as hell. How they accomplished everything they accomplished within that time period, I'll never know, but this game stands as a testament to that, and to a good work ethic. Did I mention the music? What a soundtrack. As the other review mentions, the way this game subverts the tropes the Zelda franchise had been falling into cannot be ignored. It's thematically in sharp contrast to Ocarina, and yet the two complement each other perfectly. Perfect 10/10.
When I was younger, I thought Ocarina of Time was much better than Majora. Now, I don't think that's necessarily correct anymore, but they both mean so much to me that they're about equal in my mind. But good lord, if there's anything Majora's Mask does better, it's the tone. This game has such a foreboding atmosphere in every aspect of it, yet incredible beauty within the darkness. To think that this game was finished in only one year makes me feel both astounded and lazy as hell. How they accomplished everything they accomplished within that time period, I'll never know, but this game stands as a testament to that, and to a good work ethic. Did I mention the music? What a soundtrack. As the other review mentions, the way this game subverts the tropes the Zelda franchise had been falling into cannot be ignored. It's thematically in sharp contrast to Ocarina, and yet the two complement each other perfectly. Perfect 10/10.
1989
It's damn near perfect. Holds up better than most NES games, which is saying something. The stages, the music, the bosses, the metal blade, I don't know what I could say that hasn't already been said about this one. A masterpiece.