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Hey readers, as I'm sure some of you are aware. 1) I'm falling behind in my goal! and 2) This is the one where I talk about the water temple in Orcarina of Time! Well fuck yeah. Since the last one ended at the fire temple, I guess that's where I shall begin. THE MUTHA FUCKIN WATER TEMPLE.
Water Temple Difficulty Myth?
Alright, Im going to start off by talking about this. The myth is that the Water Temple is OMG SOOOO HARD<HARDEST> TEMPL EVAR/! Well, I'm going to stomp this myth by saying that this statement is untrue in more ways than it is true. This is said by players who were very young playing OoT and didn't use the map (such as me) or for inexperienced Zelda players, who have never played the NES versions of Zelda, specifically Adventure of Link. In that game the last temple is about twice as difficult as the water temple, and there are a few others that would be as difficult through the difficulty of combat and the odd mechanics in that game.
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The ma fucking water temple
What I will give you though is the Water Temple, is easily the hardest dungeon in the game. Not only is it the hardest, but it is the best designed temple in this game, maybe even in the series. It is fucking brilliant. Employees working to design new innovative temples should look back to how this temple was designed. It pushed the boundaries of how a 3d zelda could use new mechanics to make a very hard and very fun temple. Using the things that didn't work that well in 3d (hookshot and swimming) and using them together in a temple in a way that is amazing.
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Not so bad
Anyways onto what I thought was really hard about the water temple. Fucking shadow link. I had no long magic bar, and no goron sword. So I asked a friend, wtf how did you beat this fucker. He was like hammer op. So I grabbed my hammer and it didn't work at all. Then I tried again by the tree hit him 5 times and he was dead. But I guarentee fighting shadow link with just a master sword is the hardest fight in the game. Fuck that shit. People complained about that block behind the longshot, but I think I accidently found that everytime I played the game, its obvious.
This temple was alot easier than when I was young because I learned how to use the map and compass, which are given to you VERY early in the temple. Developers giving you the tools you need!! It makes you use your brain, which is very fun. The only other thing to make this temple flawless, woulda been to make the iron boots equipped to a c button. Fuck that pause unpause shit omfg.
Also the water temple boss was fucking annoying.
Bitch
Next I did the shadow temple, because I went and seen the village on fire and was like fuck. Then I got the song and lens of truth and just did it. The lens of truth was kinda a bitch to get, I didn't remember at all. But the guy in the blue gave you a good hint so it was fair game. This is what the well reminded me of when I looked up out of it.
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The ring, Link Edition
Anyways, onto the shadow temple. This temple scared the shit out of me. All those creepy bloodshot eyed women pictures everywheres. God damn this game is dark. Also the guy with blood all over him and a million hands and the scary face. How was this game rated E??? I found the shadow temple to be fun, but really easy. Just keep your lens of truth on most of the time and all the puzzles are easy. I heard people found the platforming a bit tricky, but I never had a problem with it. The dungeon's treasure Is fucking sweet though. Hover boots. Who doesn't want hover boots.
This dungeon is saved by the boss. This guy is pretty fucking hard. Also his is just fucking cool. A giant bongo playing demo. Like who thinks of this shit?
Next was the spirit temple. I was like didn't I do this as a kid. And was confused when I went to the dungeon as an adult. Then I realized I could get the song and warp back as a kid. And all was good. This temple felt fairly simple puzzle wise. The combat was a bit tricky vs iron knuckles. Because he hurt sooo much. The fighting with him was fun though. The treasure in this dungeon is badass as fuck the mirror shield, love it. The red outline matches the red tunic so I always change from being blue to red after I grab it. Also the light reflection puzzles were neat.
The boss was good, brought in some witches with humorous lines, the boss battle was more annoying then hard. As you had to shoot them with there own magic but it was a pain in the ass to actually reflect it in the right direction. It felt out of place in the game, but maybe the developers were like shit, were scaring the kids too much. Felt almost like a banjo kazooie esque boss.
Twinrova
Im going to skip most of ganons tower, I will say that I like the idea of breaking all the different barriers, it was like 6 mini temples. It was fairly quick and easy yet it was fun. Getting the golden gauntlets and lifting those rocks was ridiculous, that last half damage upgrade was sooo helpful fighting ganon though.
Onto ganondorf. Ganondorfs pre cut scene was amazing, hes just playing piano not giving a fuck, having zelda trapped. Evil laughs at you, it was just a really good build up to the fight. Onto the actual fight, its just some energy tennis. But the most epic part was manually aiming the light arrow, that was a really nice input. It put you more into the battle imo.
Then the bit about running away from the crashing temple with zelda was neat and added to the epicness of the ending. Then fighting the pic Ganon was really cool cause you were like yeah I beat that fuck. BUT NO, hes back. Its a fairly easy fight, as long as you don't run low on magic for your arrows. Then you have to do some weird shit. Its really cool when you lose the master sword, then get it back for the killing blow. A lot less epic if you have the goron sword though. Overall, amazing ending for an amazing game.
Overall Opinion Review:
Pros:
-Combat mechanics work great
-amazingly designed world and temples
-story proceeds and characters are memorable
-side quests that can keep you busy after the game is done(skulltulas, big goron sword, etc.)
-Items translate to 3d very well
-Music was amazing
-Bosses were big and epic
Cons:
-Navi and owl
By todays standards, I would give this game a 10/10 its still a must beat adventure game for anyone, and by the standards of back when it came out I would give it a 10.5/10. This game took everything ever other game on the n64 was doing and perfected it. It set the bar really high for adventure games in 3d.
Coming up Next:
Majora's mask.
ahahah but when I replayed the game was pretty normal.. but always damn annoying ! ahah
