| foxdievirus said: i alrighty got OoT so idk ifi should get majora's mask isn't majora's mask like same gameplay as OoT? same feel? idk if i wana get majora's mask cause its not new to me cause its same gameplay feel as OoT so idk is it the same or? |
Nope.
Majora's Mask is in many ways the Bastard Zelda: it has the least in common with any other game in the series (runner-up: Zelda II).
The bare-bones that make a "Zelda" are still there, mind you: expansive overworld, tons of items, dungeons with big bosses, etc.
But that's about where the similarities end. While Ocariana et. al. had static worlds that let you explore them at your liesure, Majora's is a world in which time is constantly running out. The moon is going to smash into the planet in three days, and you have exactly that much time (about an hour, three hours with the right song) to either save the world or bug out and reset the cycle. There actually is enough time to do lots of stuff, but there's always the reminder that The End Of The World is only a short ways away, which gives the game more urgency than any other Zelda.
The time aspect is also important for another reason: because the developers only had to account for three days, they were able to give each and every NPC in the game a varied schedule for those three days. What this means is that the world in Majora's Mask is just that: a world. Every NPC you encounter has his or her own life, and they WILL live that life whether you interact with them or not. Are you in the right place at the right time to save the old woman from getting mugged? Then congrats! You've saved her and her son's bomb shop, and earned yourself a nice reward! Were you busy doing other things during that small window of opportunity? Then the bomb shop is screwed, the thief makes off with the goods...and the world changes to open up different opportunities for you.
Basically, regardless of whether you play the knight in shining armor and save everyone's hopes and dreams before the world ends, or whether you just sit back and watch the folks go about their business, life will go on. It's something no other game I can think of has replicated, before or since.
Ugh. Will stop from raving further about this game. But get it. It's fantastic.
