By using this site, you agree to our Privacy Policy and our Terms of Use. Close
S.Peelman on 21 April 2016
Edit Thread

Was playing TPHD yesterday, at the Arbiter's Grounds. Like with MM, I'm taking my time, I know what's coming anyway. But my god is dungeon still ever so awesome. I was exited getting this far anyway, because I know there's a streak of amazing dungeons to come. But this one puts a smile on my face. The boss is the high point. Surely the one of the best bosses, if not the best, in the series and even gaming as a whole. The grandeur and epic first phase and the fast-paced and exciting second phase. To top it off there's the thrilling music, complete with a cool cover of Volvagia's battle theme from OoT. I really needed this in my gaming life. It's nice and long too, Including the Mirror Chamber cutscene at the end, it took my almost three hours, of which a good 20 minutes was boss battle. Do I wish there was a boss rush-mode in TPHD.

Which takes me to the remaster itself, might as well share two cents about that as well. It's been pretty hit and miss with the Zelda rereleases this gen as far as I'm concerned. OoT3D was pretty much the same with some tiny tweaks, which was good. WWHD was a vast improvement in every aspect. MM3D looks amazing but they set out to change too many things breaking more things than fixing them. TPHD is the most lackluster of them all though. The game remains amazing, but besides good textures the remaster doesn't really offer anything.

Performance is way worse than the original, which is probably the thing to be most disappointed about. I don't remember the original taking this many framerate hits. The remaster lags pretty badly in like a hundred different places, while I only remember a slight dip in the Wii version when riding Epona full speed underneath the large tree above Lake Hylia under certain circumstances while the Chu's were falling down. Even if the originals did lag elsewhere, you'd expect a system two generations more powerful would have little problems. I'd say first timers are better off with the GameCube version of the game, and Nintendo probably should have left this remaster to Grezzo. TP didn't get the quality and attention such an excellent game deserved.