Twilight Princess stays true to the Zelda formula, and is one of the greatest games of all time.
The combat in the game is great, however many of the enemies are way too easy and may just take a single sword slash to take out. You can lock on with the z target and simply swing the remote. Your arm never gets tired as some have suggested. You simply rest the Wii-mote on your lap and gently swing the controller. The game contains many of the same moves from previous Zelda games such as the spin attack and jump attack but there are also seven hidden skills that you learn throughout the game which adds a great deal of depth to the combat .The game also has beautiful boss fights. They range from huge spiders (Ghoma) to dragons that you will have to clawshot your way onto. However the boss battles are all very easy. I never got stuck on a boss let alone die more than once. This game still contains amazing dungeons, nine in total, which is the most for any Zelda game to date. You'll make your way through the traditional forest, fire and water temple, but once you are able to change from wolf to human form, dungeons such as Arbiters Grounds and Snowpeak Ruins really come alive. They are all expertly designed and very unique. The puzzles may seem difficult but if you take your time and try to figure them out they are not too hard. This game contains the best Zelda dungeons to date.
The story in this game follows the same Zelda story that everybody loves but it's much different at the same time. You start off as an adolescent named Link from a village called Ordon. You are a goat herder until the children of the village are captured and you are sent on your adventure. Soon after you will meet up with an impish girl named Midna who happens to be the Twilight Princess but you do not know this until the end of the game. She is much like Navi from Ocarina of Time and she gives you helpful hints throughout your journey. You originally seek out three fused shadows returning the light to the land that has been taken over by twilight. However Zant, King of the Twilight, takes them all and takes Midna's power. Zelda transfers her power to Midna and you head to Gerudo desert to obtain the mirror of twilight. However it has been broken into four pieces. You eventually venture to the Twilight Realm defeating Zant who is working for you guessed it, Ganon. You defeat Ganondorf at Hyrule castle and Midna returns to the Twilight Realm. Overall the game is very easy, a bit harder than Wind Waker, but you can go through the game without having any trouble with combat, but you can get stuck on a few hard puzzles. However the game is very long definitely the longest Zelda game to date. It will take you around forty to seventy hours to beat the game including the many side quests. Their is even an entire fishing game which uses the ability of the Wii-mote. Their are also three major collection quests. Their are sixty poes within the game which you can only kill when you are in wolf form, their is a twenty four bug collection that you will find throughout the land of Hyrule, and finally their are the heart pieces which are made up of five pieces this time around. This game has a lot of action with no filler like the sailing in Wind Waker. Twilight Realm portals pop up throughout the game when you defeat Twili monsters. These portals are great because you don't have to travel from point a to point b, you can just warp their. The size of Hyrule this time is huge. You'll return to many of the same places such as Death Mountain, Lake Hylia, and Gerudo Desert, but their are also new places such as Snowpeak and the City in the Sky. This game also sees the return of Epona. Horse riding is really fun, especially horse combat which has its share of great boss fights. Overall the game play in this game is a great achievement and anyone who has ever loved Zelda will enjoy this game. This game like its predecessors has great graphics. We have to consider that this game was ported from the Gamecube so the graphics don't live up to the full capabilities of the Nintendo Wii, but if this were on the Gamecube than graphics are amazing. The art style in this game is also great. The game returns to realistic graphics rather than the cell shaded Wind Waker, and it looks great. The game also has a dark feel to it, especially the Twilight Realm which looks beautiful. I don't see why this game would be rated teen because their is no blood but the game does have a dark feel to it. Places such as Hyrule Castle are breathtaking and beautiful. Overall the visual presentation of this game is beautiful. The music in this game is great but not perfect. Many of the great Zelda songs return in this game, but are not as great as they once were. Many of the songs are pulled out of previous Zelda games. The music is still really good but it could have been better. The biggest problem I have with this game is that their is no voice acting. I know that is traditional to the series, but it would be so much better if their was voice acting rather than text. The Wii speaker on the remote is really bad so I turned it off right away. The sounds of Link and your sword are great but overall the sound in this game could have been so much better. Overall the Legend of Zelda Twilight Princess is one of the greatest games of all time. If you have ever enjoyed a Zelda game you will love this game as well. Although the game has its flaws its no where short of perfection.