| chenguo4 said: Well, I guess I'm restricting genre to action/adventure...
*edit* and yeah I played Twilight Princess, and no I didn't think much of the story. The fact that I dont remember any of it speaks volumes. |
Just because you dont' remember something doesn't mean its not there.
*Spoilers For Twilight Princess* From what I get out of the story. Zant is rejected by his people as king, because of his lust for power. He ends up finding out about Ganondorf who trickes Zant into beleive he is a god. Then Zant uses Ganondorfs power to take over the twilght realm and curses the princess of the Twilight Realm Midna(which I was quite surprised to find out about). Ganondorf then sets his plans for Hyrule and uses Zant as his tool. Then there is Zelda who is feeling pretty crappy for surrendering to Zant as you see in the one cutscene. We see charcter developement in three characters so far Midna, Zelda, and Zant. You could see that at the end of twilight princess that Zant truly accepts that ganondorf isn't a god when he doesn't revive him. Midna turns back to normal, and her and Link have trouble parting(even more character developement on Midna and Links side). Link in most of the story is either trying to help illia(h/e you spell it) by finding her or trying to return her memory. You see a connection between those two, and of course the little kids who get captured as well.
So here is a little summary.
Zant- Denied by people. Seeks ganondorfs power. Not really evil rather than a doll for Ganondorf. Midna feels that he is a traitor and shows utter discust in him and even kills him as you see.
Midna- Who feels she failed her people, and is suffering under her curse and great pain. She makes a bond with link, and Zelda as well. Even so much that she shares her energy with Zelda after zelda saves her live. YOu also see this bond when she leaves Hyrule. She feels that Zant has betrayed her people, and has hatred toward Ganondorf.
Zelda- She feels powerless, for the first time in her life. She had a tough decision and is still quarrying wether she chose the right one. She feels insecure about this and seems to worry. She forms a bond with Midna as well and that bond grows through the story. I suspect there is a bond with link as well, but there isn't evidence in the game to say so.
Link- He is trying to save those three kids(forgot their names) and illia. Then he has to bring illia's memory back. He has alot of pressure in doing this as well. He has a deep bond with Midna. Evidence of this is when you see the expression on his face after Midna transformed to her normal self, and when she broke the mirror. While most people would say him being mute hurts the story, it really doesn't when you coudl see the emotion in his actions and facial features.
Those are the four main characters of the game. I'm pretty sure that character developement is evident. That really isn't the point of Zelda games though. They are mostly about the morals and lessons learnt in the game. For example Majora's Masks lesson if you haven't played the game yet is to trust your freinds, and cherish the ones you already have. This is fitting because in the beginning of the game Link is looking for somebody. (Navi most likely). Then at the end he seems to made the decision to return to hyrule and be with Zelda. The stories in Zelda games are hidden and only there for the people who look hard enough. This allows other people who dont' care about the stories to ignore it, but the ones who do to actually be surprised, and find great morals and such. I could go on about how Twilight Princess' story was on par or even better than most Action-Adventures, but I feel it is pretty pointless. As for Metroid I could say the same thing about the story. If you played super metriod I could describe that in detail as well. The story in Metroid isn't too good for and Action-Adventure game, but its still there and Metroid was never about the story, but about the atmosphere. /Big text wall
Edit: I also forgot to mention that the way the story is presented is important as well. For example if you knew Midna was a twilight princess from the start you wouldn't find it to be as important as much as its mentioned later on in the game as a twist. The same about Ganon being presented. (I know he was confirmed he was in the game before it was released, but if it wasn't it would have been a great twist).
