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An article has been released recently over at the Flying Fisch entitled: The Zelda Formula Has Not Gotten Stale. As the title suggests, the writer goes into details about why the formula for Zelda has not gotten stale and states the following:
The reason for why hardcore Zelda-fans think the series has gotten stale is that in reality, the series has been dumbed down. That is drastically different from the apparent reason. If you think about it, the “Zelda-formula” has always been there. Always to a different degree. Zelda NES had the overworld and dungeons, the small keys, the classic items, the heart containers, Ganon, and so on. A link to the Past had it, Link´s Awakening had it, Ocarina of Time had it, and then the following Zelda-games as well. Sure, TWW and TP may have followed OoT´s basic structure a little too closely, but that wasn´t the reason why these entries felt lacking. What those modern Zelda-games are lacking is symptomatic for the whole of our today´s gaming industry: True tension, challenge, mercilessness, real exploration, a sense of wonder.
To some degree, this is correct.
Phantom Hourglass and
Spirit Tracks were both pretty easy games if you compare them to titles such as
A Link to the Past or
Ocarina of Time; however, when not compared to any of the franchises other games, both provide their own series of challenges and puzzles. Many people have difficulties beating both games. So what do you think? Let us know over at
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