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This topic is addressed to those gamers, who played Zelda games in their early childhood. And especially for those, who did not have a privilege to enjoy Zelda games with their native language. I wonder how many there are in this forum besides myself?
So, did anyone else play Zelda games even if you could not understand the language of the game? What was your strategy to beat the game then? I'd like to hear how far did you manage to play the story of OOT?
Was your strategy better than mine which was just randomly trying every possible thing until I had success just by pure luck. Or were you smarter than I was?
How about kids who did understand the language of the OOT? Did you find it still hard to beat?
I played OOT when I was 9 years old in 1998. Back then I did not understand a word of english. I'm not native english speaker and my native language was not included in the game. So you can imagine how hard it was to play OOT that was all about following clues that you got from NPCs. Just getting pass Mido to meet Deku tree was a challenge as I had no idea why that green mean little man was blocking the path. Randomly exploring the kokiri forest I stumbled upon the shield and sword. Lost wood was total mess to me. But I did spend there a lot of time just listening that catchy tune of Saria's song. That tune always brings me the memory of playing OOT back in then.
I remember that I managed to get to Temple of Time (huge experience!) and to the Huryle castle to meet Zelda but then I got bored as I did not understand anything about the story. I felt Zelda was twaddling a monologue with no ending. I think I got even Epona but after that I don't remember playing the game further. Maybe I visited every available village but did not complete any missions. I gave up and went back to playing Golden Eye 007 and Mario64. This year, BotW made me to play OOT finally through. I'm glad I have found Zeldas now. Ability to understand the language of the game makes experience a lot more satisfying.
So, did anyone else play Zelda games even if you could not understand the language of the game? What was your strategy to beat the game then? I'd like to hear how far did you manage to play the story of OOT?
Was your strategy better than mine which was just randomly trying every possible thing until I had success just by pure luck. Or were you smarter than I was?
How about kids who did understand the language of the OOT? Did you find it still hard to beat?
I played OOT when I was 9 years old in 1998. Back then I did not understand a word of english. I'm not native english speaker and my native language was not included in the game. So you can imagine how hard it was to play OOT that was all about following clues that you got from NPCs. Just getting pass Mido to meet Deku tree was a challenge as I had no idea why that green mean little man was blocking the path. Randomly exploring the kokiri forest I stumbled upon the shield and sword. Lost wood was total mess to me. But I did spend there a lot of time just listening that catchy tune of Saria's song. That tune always brings me the memory of playing OOT back in then.
I remember that I managed to get to Temple of Time (huge experience!) and to the Huryle castle to meet Zelda but then I got bored as I did not understand anything about the story. I felt Zelda was twaddling a monologue with no ending. I think I got even Epona but after that I don't remember playing the game further. Maybe I visited every available village but did not complete any missions. I gave up and went back to playing Golden Eye 007 and Mario64. This year, BotW made me to play OOT finally through. I'm glad I have found Zeldas now. Ability to understand the language of the game makes experience a lot more satisfying.
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