The story was so much more mature and emotional than in previous titles, I was majorly p*ssed off when Ganon crushed Midna's helmet in his hand, even though she didn't die eventually. The level design of the dungeons was utterly astounding. I remember quite a few dungeons from OoT that annoyed the living daylights out of me (Jabu Jabu, Forest Temple, WATER TEMPLE!) but here, every single minute exploring one of the dungeons was a treat. Even though the threat of seeing the 'game over' screen never seems to be nigh, the game is still challenging. The puzzles are responsible here, at times seriously testing your mental capacities. The same argument applies to the boss battles. Even though they are easy once you figure them out, figuring them out is a joy every time.
The story was unbelievable in its matureness. Even though there was still no voice acting, emotions were fluent in the many cut scenes, en I was on the edge of my seat (well, couch) almost constantly. I played it on the Gamecube since I couldn't afford a Wii right now even if I could find one, and the controls were spot on. I played a demo level at Nintendo's HQ a few months ago with Wii controls, and they felt hard to master. I only played for about twenty minutes though, and I will simply take the word of you guys here that the Wii controls work great once you get used to them.
It took me about 37 hours to complete the game, and that inclused just over 20 poes and quite a bit of the 'cash dumping quest' in Kakariko. It's quite late (or even early) here now, but I will definetely be going back to the game, since I've read alot of stuff here that I haven't even seen and done yet. Ganondorf was the incarnation of evil, which I loved. It was a logical progression from the megalomaniac Gerudo-thief from OoT, now a demi-god in the world he was banished to. I already feel the pain of waiting for the next Zelda game though.
Two questions, one a bit more elaborate than the other. Firstly, does anybody know what the developers meant when they said that this would be the last epic Zelda. Have any clues been given on what we can expect from the next Zelda title?
The second question is this. Even though I played through TWW a few years back, its story did not leave much of a lasting impression since I can't remember much of it. Could someone perhaps explain here in summary the story of TWW? For instance, I read something here about a 'remorseful Ganon', I'm dying to know what this means because I just can't remember anymore
Without a shadow of a doubt my GOTY, and easily the most impressive, awe-inspiring game experience of my life. If pure heroin was a game, it would be the Twilight Princess.
