Gregory's ServerI feel like I unlearned 30 years of game design today, and it was exhilarating. I've been trained to believe that every secret in a game is CLUED somehow. Instead, it never stops being shocking how many UN-clued secrets there are in LoZ. You just have to look for walls that COULD have an opening in them, and bomb them. I always thought this would be frustrating, but it's actually enormously freeing - secrets could be and ARE everywhere, right under your feet!
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Also: I realized that the sword BUTT is holding means that this is a Second Quest save file. The previous owner of this cartridge beat the game! Great work, BUTT Found the Magic Sword, finally! And it only took pressing on 100 graves and summoning 100 ghosts Update: after realizing I had somehow missed picking up the Triforce in L4 (despite completing the entire map!) and the Magic Rod in L6, I am now ready for Death Mountain! Like-Likes make my blood run cold. 25 years before Dark Souls’ basilisks, and just as terrifying. All because of what a pain in the ass it is to get a new shield! Incredible design. I still have no idea what the “right” way to kill Blue Wizzrobes is. I just spam my sword at them and take a lot of damage until they’re dead. Standing on the threshold, realizing that I have no idea what Ganon even LOOKS like in this game. Can’t even picture the sprite. No idea how this game ends whatsoever. Going in blind. Chills! It is done. I have joined Butt, as the owner of a save file for The Second Quest. What a game. I’m truly blown away by how great it was. So many moments that hit perfectly; so many design decisions that STILL slap. Just brilliant. I’m so glad I did this. Might write up more thoughts here or on Cohost at some point, but for now, just gonna sit with this hard-won victory. What a game! |
Progress update: I’m on Dungeon 6. Despite buying a blue ring (armor!) and getting most of the heart containers, the Wizzrobes in this dungeon are still kicking my ass! I need to find the Magic Sword, but have no idea where it is.