I think most people who are interested in getting this game are aware of what it's inspired by and thus in on the joke, though I'll explain it anyways. So there were two games based on The Legend of Zelda series that were released for the Phillips CD-i called Link: The Faces of Evil and Zelda: The Wand of Gamelon. The cutscenes in particular were known for being bizarre and strange so much that they spawned countless memes and YouTube poops. Then, in 2020, these games were remade unofficially by Dopply who went on to make his own company called Seedy Eye Software.

You can just tell that a lot of passionate people made this game. This game isn't just a joke or a meme. The fact that this game even exists is proof of the amount of passion on display.

The gameplay is fine overall. There's nothing wrong with it, but it's nothing mind blowing either. It's kinda like a metroidvania in that you unlock new abilities and have to go back to old areas to progress. Only wandered around a couple of times, otherwise it's very good about leading you in the right direction.

The music is surprisingly good.

This next bit isn't a criticism of the game, but I thought it was worth bringing up anyway. A few of the cutscenes are clearly 3D. Sometimes there's no cutscene at all and instead there's just a dialogue box, though I'm pretty sure all those quests are completely optional. These things didn't happen often enough to dampen my experience, though I do believe that they're in the game for a good reason. It's simple, animation and voice acting cost money. I highly doubt that a spiritual successor to the Zelda CD-I games is gonna make much money or be very popular.

If I had to highlight one aspect of this game, it would have to be the cutscenes. The animation and the voice acting serve as a nice treat for making progress. You could say that it's FINE DINING.

Also I played this game on the Nintendo Switch cause I thought it would be fitting.

I know that nowadays the fact that this is a reskin of Doki Doki Panic is common knowledge in the gaming community, but that wasn't always the case so I wonder what people back in the day thought about this game. 🤔

It's interesting that the main mechanic in this game is picking up and throwing things. You do it quite a bit, probably about as much as you do platforming.

Having four playable characters instead of just Mario and Green Mario is a nice change of pace. It's funny that I never played as Mario in this Mario game, but I played as every other character. Peach makes platforming a lot easier, even the harder segments.

The bosses are pretty lackluster, especially Birdo. The normal enemies all have pretty neat designs, I like Shy Guy.

After finishing FF7 Remake last month, I just knew that I had to play FF7 Rebirth as soon as it released. It's now been almost a month since I started playing this game and I put over 60 hours into it.

I will say that if you enjoyed FF7 Remake then you will likely enjoy FF7 Rebirth. This game doesn't really take anything away from its predecessor, just improves on what worked and adds more stuff on top. Even something simple like adding air combos and ranged attacks to Clouds moveset made my experience so much better.

Thankfully, most of my problems with FF7 Remake got fixed in this game. Each character now has just one skill tree. The difficulty is a lot more balanced, even on Easy. The pacing of the story is better, but I definitely felt the length towards the end of the game.

Wasn't expecting that one of my many highlights with this game would be the card minigame. Queen's Blood is incredibly addictive. It's frustrating to lose, but also it's so satisfying to win. I would probably get super addicted to Queen's Blood if it was its own standalone game.

You should know that this game is very beefy. Even when you're mostly focusing on the story like I did, you'll still spend quite a bit of time playing it.

I don't know why this game was marketed as an open world game when it isn't really. Sure, there's lots of stuff to do in each region, though they're all pretty separate.

This next part may sound unfair, but I didn't care for how traversal worked in the open areas. It felt like there wasn't much challenge or fun when traversing across the world. Even a simple jump button would make things more interesting.

I'd describe the story in a nutshell as both exactly like what you expect and nothing like what you expect at the same time. These two realities can coexist.

The final chapter was just incredible. Can they really top it? I'm not really sure, the ending was just so good.

Overall, the story is very good. I enjoyed pretty much every character, my favorites were Barret, Yuffie, and Cait Sith. I'm not quite sure that I can call the story perfect when it's not quite over yet. We'll see if the third and final entry in the FF7 Remake trilogy manages to stick the landing, though I'm confident that it will.