Tears of the Kingdom, Part Nine
Jun. 6th, 2023 07:46 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
rynlingI did the Wind Temple yesterday afternoon. As a dungeon, it was short and relatively simple. The boss, a giant prehistoric flying insect, was fun. Granted, this wasn't the strongest dungeon or the most interesting boss, but I have no complaints.
What stood out was the sequence leading up to the dungeon, which was so beautiful that it made me cry.
The "Wind Temple" is a large floating boat suspended at the center of a massive tornado. Along the edges of the tornado are a series of smaller boats pulled along by the wind current. What you need to do is use the sails of these boats like trampolines as you bounce from boat to boat while flying ever higher against the current.
If this were a platforming level, it would be hell. Because of the way Link's paraglider works, however, it's actually quite chill. On top of that, Link is accompanied by a Rito teenager named Tulin, who will blast you with a gust of wind from behind if you need some extra airtime. I love Tulin with all my heart.
As you fly higher along the rim of the tornado, the music gradually swells, and the jumps also get easier. By the end of the sequence, you feel like an absolute legend. And then, when you get to the top and break above the cloud cover, the music goes totally silent, and all you can hear is the wind as you're finally able to look down into the center of the storm. It's so cool. It's so fucking cool.
I haven't seen anything like that in a video game since Journey. It was amazing.
What stood out was the sequence leading up to the dungeon, which was so beautiful that it made me cry.
The "Wind Temple" is a large floating boat suspended at the center of a massive tornado. Along the edges of the tornado are a series of smaller boats pulled along by the wind current. What you need to do is use the sails of these boats like trampolines as you bounce from boat to boat while flying ever higher against the current.
If this were a platforming level, it would be hell. Because of the way Link's paraglider works, however, it's actually quite chill. On top of that, Link is accompanied by a Rito teenager named Tulin, who will blast you with a gust of wind from behind if you need some extra airtime. I love Tulin with all my heart.
As you fly higher along the rim of the tornado, the music gradually swells, and the jumps also get easier. By the end of the sequence, you feel like an absolute legend. And then, when you get to the top and break above the cloud cover, the music goes totally silent, and all you can hear is the wind as you're finally able to look down into the center of the storm. It's so cool. It's so fucking cool.
I haven't seen anything like that in a video game since Journey. It was amazing.
