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Post #1119670

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Possessed
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Video Games - a general discussion thread
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18-Oct-2017, 1:11 AM

Perhaps one of these days. I think to this day oot and mm has the smoothest play control of any that I’ve played so far. I’m playing through TP on the Wiiu (which is an hd port of the GameCube version not the wii version) and while I’m definitely really loving it I find myself missing the way link controlled in the 64 games. Swinging the sword felt so much more smooth yet impactful. And the bow/slingshot mechanics felt better to me too. Although I love the new sword moves you can do. Unrelated to gameplay though the n64 games had better sound. The synths used in the songs weren’t as good but the overall sound quality was better from the n64 I think. The sound effects had so much more kick and punch in the n64 games. Explosions actually caused a thud you can feel in your chest if you play in surround and noises jump out at you. TP has good music and sound effects but the way it’s presented is so bland and flat. There’s no dynamic range, everything sounds so smooth and the same volume. Even big explosions don’t sound powerful all. Even the the effects themselves are good it’s like they had all the life eq’d or compressed (dynamically not file size) out of them and they have mo impact. Less than the n64 games anyway.

They did definitely improve the camera though. And even though I just complained about a bunch of things I really am loving it. Comparing any game to OOT isn’t really a fair measurement 😉