(02-14-2019, 02:20 PM)mbc07 Wrote: About Link's Awakening remake, the visual style looks great but I'm a bit worried about the small side-scrolling parts. Even on the original Game Boy release I found the movement awkward and from the small section showed in the trailer the remake looks identical (despite the new graphics, of course)...
AAAAAAAND
I really hope this remake means we're getting Oracle of Ages/Oracle of Seasons next, with the same treatment...
Link's Awakening. One of the 3 Zelda games I consider to be a perfect 10/10. I am a bit worried that the Ghibli style makes the remake feel to child-like or relaxed. The original game had it's darker moments, especially during level 7 and 8 and the end. But nevertheless, I am extremely and extremely and extremely and EXTREMELY excited for this remake, which should finally be a reason for me to purchase a Nintendo Switch as well. I really lost track of how many times I have beaten this classic gem.
I had already a feeling a 2D Zelda was coming the Switch, but I was expecting a port of A Link Between Worlds to be honest. The Oracle games were great too, but not as great as Link's Awakening. More a 8/10 for both of them. But since their graphical style is similar and since there is a remade engine for Link's Awakening, it shouldn't hopefully too difficult to realize a treatment for them as well.
But that's Zelda just now. Not to mention Super Mario Maker 2 (Super Mario 3D World style!), 2P mode for Captain Toad + new maps, the new Yoshi (likely not going to be a top-ranked game, but that's fine, not everything has to re-invent the wheel, just as long it can be a bit more difficulty than Kirby's Epic Yarn... Man... I could literally sleepwalk through this game and still not die once) and the new Fire Emblem of course. Since I have played the entries on the 3DS I have become of fan of the series. I love the fact Nintendo is including co-op modes recently, such as with the recent Luigi's Mansion 1 port for the 3DS.
Now that bad stuff. No one cares of that sequel from the makers from I Am Setsuna and Lost Sphear. Both games were lacking, and I am not confident it will this time. Dragon Quest XI? Meh... I have played it on the PC already, and I felt pretty Meh about it at the end. I couldn't bring myself to beat the post-game section, which is simply way too tedious and way too much grinding. Most of the story just went on rails. So yeah Meh. Dragon Quest might be a big deal in Japan and it might have set the standard for JRPG's once, but not in this age anymore in the west. Honestly, there are JRPG's which are far more exciting. I am extremely looking forward for the inevitable PC port of Trails of Cold Steel 3. Even Tales of Vesperia is much more exciting, given the fact the Tales of series is pretty Meh in general.
A really large issue for Dragon Quest XI is that it is sooooo heavily text-based. Even with the addition of voice-acting and item icons in the English release. The midi soundtrack is simply horrible. And literally every time I perform an action there is text. I attack. Text. I collect an item. Text. I heal. Text. I warp. Text. I already get what is happening. Why does everything needs to be dragged down with all these unnecessary dialogue boxes. The presentation of the story is actually the best of the game, but that's basically it. Combat feels like a real drag since XP is gathered at an extremely slow pace and due all these text box interruptions. The voice-acting wasn't that fantastic either...
Uhh... Did Nintendo show us anything more? I kinda forget about all the rest by now. The could have easily cut the presentation into 1/3 of the length. Ohh yeah, that new Platinum game. I can't say I am excited about it, but it has my interest piqued since it is from Platinum of course.
I really really really REAALLLY hope they get the remake of Link's Awakening right!