I'm glad to see so many of you like Majora's Mask. It's easily my favorite in the series for many reasons, but a large part of it is the sense that not only is there an entire world of people out there, but that all of them are going to live their lives, whether you interfere with them or not. It's a wonderful feeling that I've never gotten from any game before or since.
And while I wouldn't say the game is completely depressing, it certainly has a lot of subtle downers. Most of them have already been mentioned, but my favorites include how even at the end of the game no one else knows that the Goron chieftain or the Zora guitar player have died, and their friends and families continue to wait in vain for their return. Another one is the fact that if you help the bomb shop family, you've forever screwed Anju. But my favorite moment is how Anju reacts if you fail to beat the bandit's trap at the last day: no anger, no tears, just complete and total resignation and a wish to be left alone to await the end of the world.
Man, this game's awesome.
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