Put off this game for a really long time because that time limit and darker tone intimidated me for years but I finally decided to try it out and I’m glad that I did!

It’s as great as people say it is. An absolute blast to play on handheld and even better if you’re able to use the Project Restoration patch. Can’t comment on the gameplay changes but from what I’ve seen they’re definitely… questionable so I guess my rating would probably lose a star if it wasn’t for the patch. Only other minor complaint I have is that I wish this port kept the same less saturated color palette as the original. I do get why things are brighter though since it’s just visually better on a tiny handheld screen.

While my time with this game was pretty good I ended up getting really burnt out at the Zora section sooo I’m unfortunately shelving this for now, but I’ll definitely pick this up again and see it to the credits one day :)