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I would recommend breath of the wild first. I have played lots of video games and my SO has played nearly none. They played hundreds of hours of it when they

I would recommend breath of the wild first. I have played lots of video games and my SO has played nearly none. They played hundreds of hours of it when they had never played more than 10 hours of any other game. It's just really excellent in ways that technology did not allow in 1998.

chongli 4y ago
Breath of the Wild isn’t really anything like all of the previous Zelda games. It takes the formula of Skyrim and reskins it with Zelda characters. If you want to play a Zelda game and get the real experience then Ocarina of Time is a much more typical example of the formula, at least as far as 3D games go. For 2D games the one to start with is A Link to the Past. It solidified the franchise formula of combat, exploration, and puzzles that started with the first 2 NES games, both of which were experimental games at the time.
- willis936 4y ago
  Sticking to traditional beats of a zelda game is not how you make ever better games. The question is "what should I play in 2022" and to me the answer is clearly "breath of the wild". If you want a history lesson then A link to the past is undoubtedly the game to play. Ocarina of time, like most early 3D games, is very much a "you had to be there to truly appreciate it" moment in time.
  - chongli 4y ago
    Sticking to traditional beats of a zelda game is not how you make ever better games Breath of the Wild isn't a better game, it's a completely different game. It's not even a later stage in the evolution of the Zelda formula, it's way out of left field. The (arguably) best Zelda 1 speedrunner in the world, LackAttack24 [1] even goes so far as to call it "NOT a Zelda game". Personally, I am not a fan of modern open world games in general. I feel like they trade off quantity over quality in the most extreme way possible. On the other hand, the tight, cohesive feel of a classic Zelda game is absolutely sublime and an experience that is often imitated but never duplicated. [1] https://www.youtube.com/c/LackAttack24 https://www.youtube.com/c/LackAttack24
    - willis936 4y ago
      There is exactly one person qualified to call something a Zelda game or not a Zelda game: Shigeru Miyamoto.

chongli 4y ago

Breath of the Wild isn’t really anything like all of the previous Zelda games. It takes the formula of Skyrim and reskins it with Zelda characters. If you want to play a Zelda game and get the real experience then Ocarina of Time is a much more typical example of the formula, at least as far as 3D games go. For 2D games the one to start with is A Link to the Past. It solidified the franchise formula of combat, exploration, and puzzles that started with the first 2 NES games, both of which were experimental games at the time.

willis936 4y ago
Sticking to traditional beats of a zelda game is not how you make ever better games. The question is "what should I play in 2022" and to me the answer is clearly "breath of the wild". If you want a history lesson then A link to the past is undoubtedly the game to play. Ocarina of time, like most early 3D games, is very much a "you had to be there to truly appreciate it" moment in time.
- chongli 4y ago
  Sticking to traditional beats of a zelda game is not how you make ever better games Breath of the Wild isn't a better game, it's a completely different game. It's not even a later stage in the evolution of the Zelda formula, it's way out of left field. The (arguably) best Zelda 1 speedrunner in the world, LackAttack24 [1] even goes so far as to call it "NOT a Zelda game". Personally, I am not a fan of modern open world games in general. I feel like they trade off quantity over quality in the most extreme way possible. On the other hand, the tight, cohesive feel of a classic Zelda game is absolutely sublime and an experience that is often imitated but never duplicated. [1] https://www.youtube.com/c/LackAttack24 https://www.youtube.com/c/LackAttack24
  - willis936 4y ago
    There is exactly one person qualified to call something a Zelda game or not a Zelda game: Shigeru Miyamoto.