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bdjones's The Legend of Zelda (NES)
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| [January 31, 2007 04:46:49 PM]
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Upon the second play The Legend of Zelda is surprisingly more fun and engaging. As you progress through the map and the dungeons, you become more and more familiar memorizing previous routes and means to defeat enemies/overcome obstacles. Playing using a walkthrough helps illuminate the paths to follow making the game much easier. Also revealing the memorization aspect of the game that must take place in order to progress through the game. The one thing that really bothers me is the inability to save in game unless you die. I consulted websites and gamefaqs and found that you can do some elaborate trick with the second player controller...too bad I am playing it on gameboy advance. Once you get past the limitations, of the beginning of the game such as a really weak sword, not being able to save in game, and no dialogue or solid storyline the dungeons and small puzzles are quite fun and interesting using the limited sprites and objects.
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| [January 31, 2007 04:37:29 PM]
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Right away the Legend Of Zelda is extremely frustrating to begin. I got the sword and then right away died in the first screen. However after battling through about five screens I finally get a good sense of the game play. But then the real troubles started, I pretty much had no idea where to go, what to do, and was pretty much pulling my hair out with both hands, which is characteristic of this era and type of game. The map in the corner of the screen offers limited assistance and does not soothe my pounding headache. So I gave up and consulted a walkthrough online, to get me to the first dungeon. After that I really flew through the first 2 dungeons, revealing the memorization required to navigate through the levels. Dungeons are much more fun than the actual world area, because you get a compass and map, effectively giving you a clear path and destination, giving meaning to the puzzles and monsters you must defeat.
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