Today’s game is The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker. Right now I only have access to my Steam Deck due to current events, and I wanted to kill some time and have kind of been craving this since Prey isn’t on the menu and I recently beat OoT. I’ve been putting it off because this game’s openings is one of its weaknesses for me. It’s just too long compared to OoT’s, which is just “Go in the tree, do the dungeon, kill a big ass spider. Get the fuck out of here”. Meanwhile Wind Waker’s opening feels like it drags on so long. Once you get out though? It’s so fucking good. Personally it’s no OoT for me. But it’s certainly comes really close.

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I’ve been playing on the HD Version, and I don’t know if this is a Remaster issue, or just a CEMU issue, but the sky is so god damn bright. It looks like fucking Todd Howard designed it himself and cranked the bloom to max. I’m getting flash backs to the Ark Survival trailer. Despite being flashbanged though the sky is still utterly gorgeous.

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I didn’t get very far, because like I mentioned, long ass opening. But I did get just before the forsaken fortress. I remember dreading that section because I just remember it taking away the sword.

Speaking of the sword, I wanted to talk about the combat real quick, which I think is an amazing evolution of Ocarina of Time’s. You get all these move combinations so it’s not just a button mash with an occasional jump attack. And the parry is a lovely addition. Depending on how tomorrow goes I may pick this back up tomorrow because I’d love to get out of the tutorial (and maybe one day move onto twilight princess)