Originally posted by: TheCassidy
The dungeon design in ALTTP is so intuitively done, that even when you do die and start in the first room it's relatively easy to get back to where you were. All of the doors you unlocked (with keys) remain open so you can usually just use the Pegasus boots and run through.
For those of you that haven't played Zelda II, you have no idea how easy you've got it, right now. Jesus, wait till that game comes out on the VC. I think I left my NES on for a month finishing that game.
That gets me to thinking. What are the crown jewels in your gaming crown? Let's keep it to 5 "achievements" in your gaming history that you are most proud of. Here's mine.
1) Finishing 'Zelda II'
2) Finishing 'Halo' on Legendary
3) Beating 'Golden Axe' in the arcade for under $10
4) Finishing 'Ninja Gaiden' (Xbox, but on lowest difficulty setting - still hard!)
5) Finishing 'SMB 3' for the first time.
Originally posted by: C3PX
A Link to the Past and the other older games will take you no where near 3 hours a dungeon. Also usually the puzzles remain finished if they were difficult puzzles or if they were hidden secrets they usually don't go hidden again. But if you do stop and save or die in the middle you do begin at the entrance.
A Link to the Past and the other older games will take you no where near 3 hours a dungeon. Also usually the puzzles remain finished if they were difficult puzzles or if they were hidden secrets they usually don't go hidden again. But if you do stop and save or die in the middle you do begin at the entrance.
The dungeon design in ALTTP is so intuitively done, that even when you do die and start in the first room it's relatively easy to get back to where you were. All of the doors you unlocked (with keys) remain open so you can usually just use the Pegasus boots and run through.
For those of you that haven't played Zelda II, you have no idea how easy you've got it, right now. Jesus, wait till that game comes out on the VC. I think I left my NES on for a month finishing that game.
That gets me to thinking. What are the crown jewels in your gaming crown? Let's keep it to 5 "achievements" in your gaming history that you are most proud of. Here's mine.
1) Finishing 'Zelda II'
2) Finishing 'Halo' on Legendary
3) Beating 'Golden Axe' in the arcade for under $10
4) Finishing 'Ninja Gaiden' (Xbox, but on lowest difficulty setting - still hard!)
5) Finishing 'SMB 3' for the first time.
I've come close and given up on number 2 (got up to the Warthog gauntlet at the end, and gave up in frustration). Never played Golden Axe at the arcade, but I've finished it on Megadrive a million times (probably not as hard, and the game itself probably only cost me $20). So far, not very impressive, right?
But I have finished Ninja Gaiden 3 times (on Normal and Hard) with all 50 scarabs, so that's gotta count for something...
I guess the jewel in my gaming crown is how I play my Sonic games. I can equal the world speed record for Level 1 Act 1 of Sonic 2, but it's far more impressive just watching me play Sonic 3 in general. Last week a friend of mine commented on how fluidly I change my playing style depending on my choice of shield, which I've never noticed before, but I was stoked that he pointed it out. Aside from that, I can collect all the chaos emeralds by Level 2 (Hydrocity Zone). Not the hardest game on Earth, I know, but it feels good to be proficient at a game I enjoy so much.