The Best Zelda game ever? Sounds like an exaggeration but I think so.
User Rating: 9.5 | The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess WII
Best Zelda game ever? Sounds like an exaggeration but I think so. Graphically the game is very artistic, portraying not only the regular environment in an expressive light well but also the twilight realms environment with the games somewhat pleasing lighting effects and detail. The new look also helps bring across a sort of epic feel to the game as well as getting across the feel of each area, all of them varied in their environments. Some have complained that the graphical quality was lost in the Gamecube- Wii transfer but I cannot see any major loss, this may possibly affect those of you playing on HD TVs though. Gameplay is better than ever in Twilight Princess, the game is quite nostalgic in its gameplay reminding Zelda veterans of Ocarina of Time and the series since but the game also offers enough original items, situations and content to make it an excellent game in its own right. You will find that you’ll still have the same dungeon style adventure filled with cleverly designed puzzles and rooms with a whole new world of possibilities opened up once new items are acquired and the game doesn’t slow down too much in between dungeons either. Twilight Princess can also be noted as one of the largest adventure games around and the largest and longest Zelda game in the series even surpassing the original, the total average time for 100% completion of the game is about 45 hours but with portals scattered across the game world and Epona to help you out for the most part travelling won’t be too tiring. The sound effects in the game are not the best of the best but they are still good… well from the TV anyway, Nintendo have commendably tried to use the sound effects from the Wiimote speaker to give a greater sense of immersion in the game but these sound effects are the first sign that the speaker sound quality is some of the worse you may ever find in video gaming, your much better off without the sound effects and saving a little power. Most of the games music isn’t taken from previous Zelda games but rather the tracks are original music with a Zelda feel to them and they have managed to pull this off quite well although there aren’t as many memorable tracks as in previous Zelda adventures. The sound of the game is also used to really bring across the strange, eerie feel of the twilight realm. As for story this Zelda game is darker than previous games but it also provides a more serious and slightly more complex storyline, something that most should find enjoyable to follow and the characters are all well imagined and their situations play out in an excellent manner. So from Zelda we see the very odd thing here or there but all in all an outstanding adventure game. 
