My mini, very brief review of Majora's Mask
Pros:-
- Unique
- The time limit and the excellent saving system make the game very exciting.
- The combat system is still great and fun
- Tight controls
- Great boss fights
- The ability to fight bosses whenever I want without going through the whole dungeon again
- Challenging and exciting final boss (without using the final mask)
- Great and challenging dungeons (especially Stone Tower Temple)
- Graphics still look good
- Great characters (e.g. Mask Salesman)
- Compelling story
- The Bunny hood
- Brilliant music that fits the game very, very well. I love how the town's music changes by day.
- The idea of collecting and using masks is brilliant. Collecting them is absolutely addicting
- Tons of things to do outside of the main quest (mini-games, collecting masks & heart pieces...etc)
- Clock Town is full of life. Lots of different things to do on different days.
- Skippable cut-scenes while changing masks.
- Satisfying ending
Cons:-
- A lot of the masks are only useful for one specific event (to get a heart piece, or another not very useful mask), rather than affecting the gameplay
- Some of the songs are reused from Ocarina of Time. Also the game's version of "The Ballad of Windfish" is not the same as Link's Awakening version. I’m disappointed.
- Repetitive sound effects
- Constantly changing masks can get tedious sometimes
- The bird that steals items. I HATE how you have to eit|her go buy it from the curiosity shop or have to go back to day 1. Especially when it steals very important items (e.g. the sword)
- You can't take items with you when returning back in time
- Doing some of things again when returning back to day 1 is frustrating (e.g. talking to the guard when exiting Clock town)
- Not enough weapon upgrades
Overall I thought the game was absolutely brilliant and unique. I've never experienced anything like it. The only real thing the hurts the game is the useless masks. This is basically the very first Zelda I have ever finished (Played the excellent Wind Waker when it came out, never finished it.)
9.6/10
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Notable music from the game:-
The Final Hours
Ancient Caslte of Ikana
http://youtu.be/pznakwi--Fs
Song of Healing
http://youtu.be/XDX4ZwUeOok
Giant's Theme
http://youtu.be/W62BAyLkvyk
Stone Tower
http://youtu.be/fNDLoncWz30
Astral Observatory
http://youtu.be/s0krxH0dWhU
Pirate's Fortress
http://youtu.be/EtvfLCXA0LM
