NotASniperYet

You may remember me from a post I made a couple of months back, about finally playing Breath of the Wild, working through some childhood trauma and having a blast. The catharsis was real! Got a couple of comments both on Reddit and elsewhere, some recommending Tears of the Kingdom, others telling me to avoid it, because it would never be able to compete with the experience I had with Breath of the Wild. With that in mind, I started Tears of the Kingdom at the end of May. I finished it last night. Here are my thoughts:

• Tears of the Kingdom is way more in line with that I want/expect good exploration to be like. The sky islands were fun and the caves added exactly what I wanted to the overw

It's been a couple of days since the credit rolled, the Wii U was put back to rest, and my literary quality redemption quest ended. And...you know how it goes. The symptoms are hard to miss. I'm am currently enjoying that post-game depression. One slight nudge, and my mind rushes to Hyrule.The pony that greets me on my way to work? Damn, I think I saw a horse-version of the little guy in-game, why didn't I catch it? My winterboots make me want to climb a snowy mountain and slay a Lynel. I am craving apples.

“Why not simply keep playing?” you ask. Well, obviously I can't do that! That would mean un-saving Zelda and I can't do that to the poor girl! Especially since the reasons for doing so

So...earlier this year I went to check if my Wii U was still alive, as one does, and it woke up rather confused. Thought it was September 2015, which is not a good sign for Wii Us. I figured: I have one game left to play on it and since I like the Wii U more than Nintendo ever did, it deserves a proper farewell.

So, I played through Breath of the Wild for the very first time. Bit of context: I thoroughly believe I suck at 3D Zelda games. I don't, but I believe I do. It just feels like I will disappoint myself if I play them, and there are actually quite a few in my backlog.

The last one I actually finished was Ocarina of Time, back that was still new. Great game, but happily discussing i

Just realised it's now close to 30 years ago that I finished my first JRPG (Mystic Quest/Seiken Densetsu/Final Fantasy Adventure) and I haven't stopped played them since, so they added up over the years. To 419, according to the list I've been keeping for over two decades. So...yeah. Ask me anything.