NipplesAndToes23
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So I finally beat this a little while ago. There are a good number of things I believe were done well in this game, but I felt overall disappointed. The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker HD is a beautiful game. The cel-shaded cartoony art style is gorgeous with the enhanced graphics and this link seems the most expressive out of all of them. There are no bugs and glitches to be found if you play the game normally. The hit detection is fine, the collision is fine, and the sound effects are used appropriately.
5.5/10.
I also find the sailing to be just alright. I think they're could've been a bit more to do out on sea. For the things I dislike I find them to be pretty big. The first was in the beginning of the game after completing the first dungeon I went back to the town as someone on gaf suggested I get the fast sail first. That was an annoying feat in itself, but it was once after I got it when the real issue occurred. Now with my enhanced sail I decide to go the forest dungeon, but every time I attempted to leave from the island town I kept getting stopped with my boat telling me I can't go this way yet. I was stuck for a couple days wondering why the game is preventing me from beating it. I am heading in the direction that's marked on the map. I really started to think Nintendo put in a wall preventing you from actually beating the game. When I was about to give up on day 3 I thought I would give it one last chance and see if I forgot to do something at Dragon Roost. I didn't and left and this time I wasn't turned around. So that was extremely stupid. I could only go there if I left directly from Dragon and couldn't cut across from the town.
The other thing that bothered me was the Triforce Quest and I won't go into all that again as I made a thread just about that. Aside from those issues I found the dungeons to be just okay. There were a few neat segments in a few of them, but overall I didn't find them as enjoyable as all the other Zeldas I've played. I am also vastly disappointed in the game's soundtrack. There wasn't any memorable tracks in the game for me other than the end credits theme. Koji Kondo must not have composed this for this to be so underwhelming. On a second playthrough I won't have the trouble I did going to second dungeon, but I really don't want to deal with the Triforce Quest again. I'm not sure if I'll ever replay this.
5.5/10.