The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds

[Cowutopia]

Man fuck you guys. I'm gonna have to get this now.

[Chux]

I never even suspected Ravio to be Lorule's hero. I just accepted the fact that he was dead for some reason. Nevermind this strange fellow show up with all of the hero's tools and set up shop in your house

[Shin Johnpv]

There's so many little hints like the fact that where your house is in Lorule is abandoned, except for a treasure with a bottle in it. If you play it in hero mode, Ravio's diary is there and readable.

[Space Pirate Roberts]

I'm near the end (I think - I've beat three of the minibosses in Lorule Castle) and I just don't get all the love. It's a perfectly serviceable portable Zelda, but that's it.

[Shin Johnpv]

You have no soul.

[Chux]

Are you one of those young freaks that didn't grow up with LTTP and only love OOT? That could explain it.

[Space Pirate Roberts]

Bitch please, I begged my folks for an NES so I wouldn't have to go to that dick Luke's house to play Zelda 1. Good that you can admit it's mostly nostalgia goggles, though.

[MechDeus]

I think he meant more that there's going to be an additional connection from it being a sequel.

[Dunlap]

I got the Zelda 3DS for Christmas and went through this game last week. Impressions!

It's totally a remake of Link to the Past, but not. It controls like how I remember the old game, but it's got the new game polish, a lot more talking, and a new set of dungeons, so it doesn't feel like a retread. I don't want to call it a sequel, but, I guess it is. It just seems like they took the old game and retooled it for modern sensibilities.

That being said, I'll say the game was too easy. I don't think the rental system worked all that well. The moment Ravio's store was open, I rented all the equipment (because what else am I going to do with all these rupees) and the only time I died was in the challenge tower. I could get through the bosses without even trying to dodge their attacks.
So, I had all the equipment at the beginning of the game. Before I got the master sword, I already had the ability to warp around the overworld. Add on the item meter, which effectively gave me infinite ammo and bombs, and I felt like I was playing through the game with a game genie. Because I had all this power, I never really felt like I was unlocking anything or progressing through the game.

I'm thinking back on the order I did the levels, and what order I should have done them, and they all felt about the same difficulty in my head. I started with the Eastern Palace, and then I just went to whichever crossed my path next. Turtle Rock is traditionally the last palace, but I think I did it third because I just stumbled into it. I didn't feel like I was doing an end game level. They all had the same kind of impact to me. I never felt like I was going on this epic journey like I remember Link to the Past being.

The actual game was solid, though. I had a blast playing it and I look forward to Hero mode. I was just surprised, the idea to go anywhere seemed great in my head, but in actual gameplay I think the game lost impact because of it.

And the screenshots were ugly, but the actual game was awesome. I loved the expressiveness of the characters despite the size on the screen and I loved the color palette. It would have looked great if the 3DS displayed at a higher resolution.

[AstroBlue]

There's so many little hints like the fact that where your house is in Lorule is abandoned, except for a treasure with a bottle in it. If you play it in hero mode, Ravio's diary is there and readable.

The best hint is that Ravio looks like a bunny which is what Link transforms into when in the Dark World of LttP without a moon Pearl