GenGAME Writer Reflects on Zelda
Posted on July 20 2012 by Majora's Cat
Recently Kevin O’Rourke of affiliate and Dungeon Gaming Network site GenGAME posted a well thought-out and detailed editorial on what he thinks of Zelda as he played many of its titles through the ages. He chimes on on which games he liked and which ones not so much and provides terrific insight on how the franchises has evolved over the years and looks forward to seeing where the franchise will go in the future. Make the jump to read the introduction and beginning of the editorial.
Here’s a tidbit of Kevin’s thoughts of The Legend of Zelda.
The Legend of Zelda franchise has a very expansive universe, and I’ve had quite a history with the series – both good and bad. Together with the GenGAME crew I went over the ten best and worst Zelda games – but that’s not at the heart of what I want to talk about here. This is all about my personal experience with the Legend of Zelda series.
I like most of them and there are a few that I enjoyed particularly over the others. On the flip side there are some Zelda titles that I wasn’t a big fan of. Be prepared to take everything written here with your opinion goggles on.
I am a big Legend of Zelda fan, but there are titles that I have not played. Rather than going over titles that I haven’t played, Zelda fans can fill in the blanks and see that I mostly haven’t ventured into the handheld games that much.
The Zelda games I’ve played:
- The Legend of Zelda
- The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past
- The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
- The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time Master Quest (GCN)
- The Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask
- The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker
- The Legend of Zelda: Four Swords Adventure
- The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap
- The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess
- The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass
- The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword
The Original
First on the list is the original Legend of Zelda: a classic game that kind of escaped my initial Zelda experience. I grew up on the 3D titles and then went back and played the ‘top-down’ games of old.
Truth be told, the original Legend of Zelda seems dated to me, but it’s still a classic and the starting point for this great series of games. I may get some flak for this, but I didn’t have an original NES as a kid, so my Zelda career started briefly on the SNES with A Link to the Past, but was really reinforced with the stunning graphics in the third dimension with The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time.
Speaking of A Link to the Past…
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Source: GenGAME
