Kenryoku_Maxis said:
Apparently not. But I didn't see the same creativity in level design the past Zelda games had. Instead, I saw a lot of reusing the same ideas of the past but in rather bland ways. And trying to take those ideas and stretch them so far and make them so 'grand' that they lost all meaning and 'fun' factor. In essence, there's meaning behind the simplicity and seemingly straightforward designs of the previous Zelda games, whereas Twilight Princess (and Wind Waker to a certain extent) felt like a mess of circular rooms, hallways and tasks (busywork) that eventually led to a boss battle. I hardly think pushing ice blocks to solve annoying puzzles or climbing up and down multiple levels and pulling levers to raise the waters level in the right direction is grand level design. Just more like I said, busy work to make the dungeons longer. And that's pretty much how I viewed the game in the end. A game which was very pretty and 'technically' great, but suffered for it in gameplay. Which is the opposite of how Zelda games usually are. |
Well, I think you're the first person to ever tell me that, so.... here's that.
Sorry, I just don't see how you can see it that way. Faron Woods alone!
