The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom out now on Switch

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HoloDust said:

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I guess the more open-ended and experimental nature of post-BOTW Zelda just resonates with me more. I like having a wide array of tools to mess with and multiple solutions to each problem.

From my POV, that's one of the problems with modern Zelda - its creators, for the most part, don't understand that most tools must come at some price for them to have any meaning. They need to actually make you stop and think about how you will proceed - otherwise game challenges become downright trivial, like in EoW.

I don't find solutions to "puzzles" in EoW to be clever at all - they are just there, since you have crapload of echoes with no cost to expand them. Combat is even worse, especially once you figure that is a lot more efficient to just call on new one instead of waiting for old to attack again - again at no cost.

I'm glad for everyone that enjoys it...for me, EoW is just another step in the wrong direction. I guess, back to waiting for someone to actually get Zelda move toward Zelda 1 (or, even better, Zelda 2) formula, while implementing immersive sim mechanics much more cleverly than they are in the current state.

I personally found that EoW made me stop and think often.

If it's any consolation to you, Aonuma's in his 60s so it's probably not long now until he retires and hands over guidance of the series to someone else.