Recent content by Évariste

I do agree that an easier control scheme is needed to explore more sophisticated AI in battles. I have expressed satisfaction with Skyward Sword's controls as a gameplay mechanic, but I feel like the difficulty curve is based wholly on being challenged by the controls. To incorporate a second...

Game Theory's understanding of the Link Is Dead theory is that Clock Town represents denial, Woodfall represents anger, etc etc. Keith's explanation uses the dungeon areas as a map I believe. I don't really accept the Link Is Dead part, but that doesn't mean that the the main thrust of the...

This is a really good question. And I've collected many different thoughts on this, though I want to say them more coherently so I'll be back on this topic in one way or another. In the meantime, I'll respond: Yes, in general, gamers probably have too high of expectations for the gaming...

I am fine with fishing being excluded from future Zelda games entirely, though it is a fine idea for mini-games or sidequests to break up the game a bit. It cannot be a prominent feature, though.

This sounds like a great idea, although I only have concern about marketing the concept: Why do I have to buy the home console to play a particular game when it clearly plays fine on the handheld console? I get the feeling that most games would have to be exclusive to either console. Also, the...

I have used all three, and the sets I try with Choice items usually resemble those described in the OP. And all the items are useful, though I find without thinking it's easier for most people to slap on a Choice Scarf compared to Band or Specs, mostly because it's easier to tell when you're...

Da Vinci had lots of amazing scientific "musings" I would say. He wasn't formally educated, but wrote down a lot of cool things that are quite insane given his lack of official academic merit. He is best known as a visual artist, and all of the science he did can be boiled down to a science of...

A lot of the most important physicists are also mathematicians. Especially before the 20th century, it was impossible to detach physics from math. So many mathematicians like Newton, Fourier, and Galileo are noted for great contributions to "actual" science (although Galileo's work was really...

The role of combat is one of the larger existential questions for Zelda. I'd suggest two things. The first is just smarter AI and more dynamic combat, especially for more powerful enemies. Encountering, defeating, or losing to these enemies represent meaningful experiences in Zelda. Second...

If seasons are to exist for visual purposes, then it should be triggered by completion of a player event or by some other action of the player (like in OoS, for example). The change in color palette from winter to spring in Mountain Village does add to the experience by making the world feel...

I really liked seeing acknowledgement of the social sciences here (economics, psychology, sociology, political). The method of inquiry in all these is very similar to those in the big natural sciences like physics, chemistry, and biology. Mathematics is too classical-like for me to consider it...

Can races have some individuals speaking with different accents? I'm not sure how well-populated the Zelda universe is, but maybe there exist Gorons or Zoras that exist in places outside Hyrule? I tend to picture each race as maintaining the same accent though. I picture Zoras as having...

Civil engineering is my favorite...questions about transportation are most fun to think about, in particular. Life is just a big Poisson process, and transportation encapsulates all of it. I can't say I'm too familiar with the other areas of civil engineering, but stochastic processes are...

Yeah, I guess Dark Pulse and Shadow Ball are more ubiquitous than I thought. Levitate would be a great ability on Mega Metagross without breaking the game. EDIT: Of course, by high defenses I was talking about Defense. Metagross's Special Defense is a little icky.

I don't think I have characters that I liked and then subsequently disliked. However, I do have a hangup over Tetra. So I don't dislike her...just not as enthusiastic about her as I used to be.