Which of the 'Zelda' games is your personal favourite? • Gaming • General Gaming • Eurogamer.net

Timmy 1 Jul 2009 21:56:14 9,244 posts
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There's a fair few to choose from. The most likely answer will be 'Ocarina of Time', but I'd plump for either 'Link to the Past' or 'Twilight Princess'.

How about you?

EDIT - spelling and stupidity.

stephenb 1 Jul 2009 21:57:19 3,551 posts
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I really like the Wind Waker, the cell shading and art direction made it my favourite game on the cube. Ocarina is a very close second mind.

Jeepers 1 Jul 2009 21:59:02 16,616 posts
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OoT by a country mile. Wind Waker looked lovely but was just a little 'meh'.

danathjo 1 Jul 2009 22:01:26 8,294 posts
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if you're fine with the old school top down 2dness of link to the past i'd go for that one, my personal fav
but can't go wrong with either that you've mentioned
liked WW upto a point but the sailing did put me off but hey, differnt strokes/folks and all that

Carlo 1 Jul 2009 22:09:51 21,801 posts
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Minish Cap.

Fucking brorealeant!

speedofthepuma 1 Jul 2009 22:12:27 13,428 posts
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For me it's twilight princess. I tired all the others (admittedly OOT well after the event due to the small issue of having a life and not gaming at that point), and was severely underwhelmed. When I played TP I suddenly got it, I think I'd enjoy all the other crap more now.

Gradius 1 Jul 2009 22:14:20 2,303 posts
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For nostalgia's sake it has to be LttP, it just brings back such ecstatic memories of my childhood, then it would be the standard fave of OoT, but I recently played Minish Cap, it was also totally awesome....and despite what any of you peasants think, I also loved TP so fuck you

To be fair, they have all been so good, it almost makes me want to be gay with Link.

Derblington 1 Jul 2009 22:15:08 35,161 posts
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I remember being amazed by OoT, but I think I prefer TP atm. I'd like to play WW again as I never finished it.

Deleted user 1 July 2009 22:18:18

As perfect as LttP is, Ocarina is still my favourite.

Gradius 1 Jul 2009 22:19:23 2,303 posts
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I really liked WW but the same as Derbs I didn't finish it on my first play through, I've since given it another go and got all the way through it, it was great but IMHO not one of the best ones, really nice art style but the whole sailing thing didn't really do it for me tbh.

Deleted user 1 July 2009 22:20:10

OOT was the most impressive at the time, but got a soft spot for Link's awakening

PinkSpider 1 Jul 2009 22:20:30 3,349 posts
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No love for Link's Awakening? Clearly the best. I wish I could erase my memories of it and start again.

Deleted user 1 July 2009 22:21:28

Also, forgot to mention, Majoras has my favourite Dungeons by a long way.

speedofthepuma 1 Jul 2009 22:21:36 13,428 posts
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Bad timing Pinkus.

Darren 1 Jul 2009 22:22:05 9,637 posts
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Mine are Ocarina of Time then Wind Waker then Twilight Princess. Oddly enough I hated Majora's Mask.

Deleted user 1 July 2009 22:23:55

They haven't made it.

Gradius 1 Jul 2009 22:24:19 2,303 posts
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I'm with Darren on the Majora's Mask thing....It really didn't do it for me either...I wouldn't say I 'hated' it, but yeah, wasn't for me really...

BANGARANG! 1 Jul 2009 22:25:26 575 posts
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PinkSpider wrote:
No love for Link's Awakening? Clearly the best.

This. So many childhood memories of that game.

Sycopat 1 Jul 2009 22:25:36 162 posts
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Ocarina of time without a doubt. It's got it all, massive main quest, loads of hidden extra's and things to do, excellent dungeons and truly epic bosses. Not to mention the best score in a zelda game ever (imo)

Majora's Mask was very good, and I'd love if they'd kept the involved side quests into later iterations, they just didn't really fit with the whole "The World Will end in Three Days" schtick. Imminent Armageddon was just a bit too pressing to worry about compared to a depressed postman or rude children.

Wind Waker was beautiful, and I really liked it, but the sailing wrecked my head after the first couple of hours sailing in empty blueness.

Twilight Princess was also excellent, but it was too easy, occasionally repetitive, and felt very empty of interesting sidequests and hidden secrets. Strangely, although it was occasionally repetitive (Those fights with the monsters from the twilight realm for instance) It also had brilliant bits that were just throwaway things. (The race against the yeti)

I haven't played a link to the past, but the 2d games I have played all felt a bit like the 3d versions but with less charachter

BANGARANG! 1 Jul 2009 22:26:57 575 posts
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Sycopat wrote:
Not to mention the best score in a zelda game ever (imo)

I do agree with that though.

BillMurray 1 Jul 2009 22:27:49 9,736 posts
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OOT, as it was probably the first Zelda game I owned and finished.

Simian 1 Jul 2009 22:36:15 599 posts
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Personal favs for me were Lttp and MM. Both had a nice, pleasant look, then a slightly darker side (the dark world with Lttp, and the Moon in MM) - but not in a stupid emo way that a fair number of games are at this present time.

Honourable mention to Link's Awakening, as it was my favourite gameboy game to play if i was on a particularly shit, rainy holiday as a kid.

andywilkie35 1 Jul 2009 23:01:19 5,327 posts
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Wind Waker narrowly beats Twilight Princess for me

ThreeOutsideDown 1 Jul 2009 23:03:36 1,011 posts
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link to the past.

Deleted user 1 July 2009 23:06:05

Wind Waker for me. I didn't play OoT until long after release (just after playing Wind Waker actually) and thought it was horrible.
I played Twilight Princess just after Okami so that probably got unfairly judge too, since the whole wolf thing had just been done, and done better.

Edwannawonga 1 Jul 2009 23:08:12 438 posts
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PinkSpider wrote:
No love for Link's Awakening? Clearly the best. I wish I could erase my memories of it and start again.

+100

For some reason, that empty, longing feeling you have after you've completed the game made me want to shed a tear :'(

/mancries

MrE26 1 Jul 2009 23:10:09 2,045 posts
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Ocarina for me, although LttP is a very close second. Both are close to perfect games in my eyes.

I loved Links Awakening, Majora's Mask & Wind Waker too, but never really clicked with Twilight Princess. I got to the last boss & just stopped playing. I keep meaning to play through it again but never seem to get round to it.

Trowel 1 Jul 2009 23:15:13 24,512 posts
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Timmy wrote:
'Legend to the Past'

Timmehhh!!

Right choice though, good boy.

Hunam 1 Jul 2009 23:23:21 20,675 posts
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Minish Cap!