GEMINI VERSION
While I was adding Air Diver to the "Bad Games I Like" page, I thought, "I have a page about bad games I like, so why do I not have a page about good games I *dont* like?" This is that page. I am sure it will destroy the non-reputation I have, won't it...
I told you.
I have to be honest: I just cannot get into this game. I have not beat it, but I honestly feel like the game is fighting me when I do try to play it. I specifically do not care for the pacing. I already know that I do not like how the King of Red Lions constantly seems to rush me somewhere without explaining anything. I don't like this rusing nonsense. Obviously, I am aware that I could but simply ignore him, and I mostly do. It has actually been so long since I actually did what I was supposed to do that I forgot what I was supposed to do. I just wish that the main story would just chill for a bit. Overall, I just feel like I am forcing myself to play whenever I do.
HOWEVER, that does not mean I *entirely* dislike this game. I know that some people did not like the art style when the game first released. I personally don't mind it. It is not my favorite, but it does not bother me at all. Get this: I really think the music is excellent! Overall, it really is just the pacing that I do not like. As for everything else, it really does not bother me, or I might even like it.
In all fairness, when I got this game, I kind of set up an expectation for this game that I, even then, kind of knew that this game could not meet, so it really was just me that probably got myself to not like this game. I hope in time, I can come back and really enjoy The Wind Waker.
I also have the WiiU HD remake.
It sounds like I hate every Zelda game! This is not so, but I can see how you may think this.
In short, this one honestly just looks like the first game with a richer presentation, but a bit empty, to me. By that, I mean that there is no engaging story (at least to me) like there is in Link's Awakening or Ocarina of Time, both of which are excellent. Yes, the graphics are much more detailed, and honestly much better, than the two NES games, but otherwise it feels the same as those two. Like most things, I have not beat it, but I really think I will probably get through Wind Waker before I ever beat this game.
About the graphics: I do not hate htem, but I think they still are a bit basic. I get that this was an earlier game in the system's life. Super Mario World is similarly basic. However, somehow, I think that the basic graphics work for Super Mario World, but I wish that a bit more detail would have been added for A Link to the Past. Ultimately, however, the graphics are not the reason why I do not like this game; it really is the feeling of emptiness in the story.
It could very well be that I have not gotten through enough of it to see a deeper story, and I completely admit this. However, if the first several dungeons (at least 4 that I can kind of remember) and the happenings in between them are any indication of what the game is like in the later portions, then I do not see one.
I may have mentioned this somewhere else on the capsule before, but I really do not care for how a lot of SNES music ends up sounding. It just sounds overly muted, and even a bit out of tune (or, I could say, "it has elements of microtonality to it", if I wanted to be a bit more polite). Of course, some games I have seen either work around this somehow or just sound better. Final Fantasy III is one of them; the soundtrack is truly excellent! However, while I don't think that A Link to the Past is as muted/distroted as some other games (I'm sorry, but I am kind of referring to Star Fox and Breath of Fire), it still does seem to be heard. Like the graphics, the music is not why I dislike this game, but I did want to go over the game's elements.
My SNES controllers' rubber contacts are really worn out; the D-Pad and buttons feel horrible, and I think this might even greatly affect how I feel about this game, but even then, I do not think thta simply replacing the rubber contacts will automatically make me enjoy this game. There is a deep sense of shallowness at work here, instead.
NOTE: I DO NOT ACTUALLY DISLIKE THIS GAME, but there is one simple reason why this game is on the list. There is NO save feature. There is not even a password save! The controls, music, gameplay, and graphics are great, but this game seems a bit long to not have a save feature.
I have Super Mario Collection (this is the Japanese All-Stars release), and they added a save feature, so I guess my criticism is really only directed to the NES/Famicom versions.
I don't hate them; I am just not a fighting game fan. My favorite would be the N64 version. I don't know why. I guess it was still a humble fighting game and not the huge deal it is today. However, I still rarely play any of the ones I have.
Yes.
Now where were we..... Oh yes!
I am still not the biggest Animal Crossing fan, but I do enjoy the GameCube one, and the DS one, but a little less since I do not have as much time with it. New Leaf was actually the first one I ever played, but I could not get into it then, and I could not get into it after I got the GameCube one and started liking it. I think that the problem is that the villagers (animals?) aer too polite. I don't want to rewrite all that is on the Animal Crossing page (I'm sure that will probably be another 6,000 columns in vim). I think I already explained my thoughts on that page quite well, so if you want to know more, then I recommend that you read that page.
I hope you know that this is a joke. I actually really like BotW. I am actually a bit scared and ashamed to look at how many hours I have in ths game across all the consoles I have it on.
Darius is still better.