Tears of the Kingdom
May. 14th, 2023 01:37 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
rynlingTears of the Kingdom is a tedious game with a tedious story.
I'm not interested in arguing with anyone, because unfortunately I am right.
Like its predecessor, however, Tears of the Kingdom happens to be a fantastic wildlife photography simulator, and this is exactly how I intend to play the game. Ganondorf is just going to have to be patient and wait his turn, because it's very important to me to say hello to every single Korok.
So that I can take photos of flowers and mushrooms in peace, I spoiled myself by watching all the cutscenes on YouTube. I regret nothing.
For instance, if you look at the backstory through a slightly distorted lens, there is potential for an extremely spicy interspecies love triangle. I will definitely be writing fic about this.
I also hardcore ship Zelda with this game's Ancient Impa character. I don't want to spoil anything, but you'll know her when you see her. These two characters share some hand touches (and yearning almost-touches!) that Awakened Something inside me. On top of that, Ganondorf has a bizarre fascination with Zelda that is wildly out of tune with the rest of the story, and I fully intend to milk this for all it's worth.
Mainly, though, what I'd like to do is take screencaps and paint scenery... as well as Link's more questionable fashion choices.
I'm not interested in arguing with anyone, because unfortunately I am right.
Like its predecessor, however, Tears of the Kingdom happens to be a fantastic wildlife photography simulator, and this is exactly how I intend to play the game. Ganondorf is just going to have to be patient and wait his turn, because it's very important to me to say hello to every single Korok.
So that I can take photos of flowers and mushrooms in peace, I spoiled myself by watching all the cutscenes on YouTube. I regret nothing.
For instance, if you look at the backstory through a slightly distorted lens, there is potential for an extremely spicy interspecies love triangle. I will definitely be writing fic about this.
I also hardcore ship Zelda with this game's Ancient Impa character. I don't want to spoil anything, but you'll know her when you see her. These two characters share some hand touches (and yearning almost-touches!) that Awakened Something inside me. On top of that, Ganondorf has a bizarre fascination with Zelda that is wildly out of tune with the rest of the story, and I fully intend to milk this for all it's worth.
Mainly, though, what I'd like to do is take screencaps and paint scenery... as well as Link's more questionable fashion choices.
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Date: 2023-05-15 10:44 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2023-05-15 05:56 pm (UTC)Given that we now live in a world in which Elden Ring exists, it's going to be difficult for anyone to compete with that. Tears of the Kingdom feels a lot like Skyward Sword in that it seems to be aiming for a younger audience, thus bypassing the need to stand out in a more mature market.
Still... there are some interesting bits for the adults in the room. The various elements of Tears of the Kingdom's story and gameplay are extremely disjointed, and I suspect the developers started to go down one path before backtracking and heading in an entirely different direction. I suppose they could have scrubbed away more of the heterogeneous elements to create a cleaner game, but I'm happy they didn't.
Judging from the recent batch of developer interviews, it seems many of the game's staff actively follow online Zelda fandom. This could be delusional, but I can't help but wonder if certain subplots were suggested specifically so that the more mature corners of fandom would feel compelled to fill in the blanks. If so, then well played; it must be nice to have a massive online marketing campaign run entirely by volunteers.