finalark
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This is something I've noticed after a recently play through of Twilight Princess with a buddy of mine. Starting with Ocarina of Time, the series has been focused on ways to make combat more interesting. In OoT, Z-targeting was introduced as a way to make fighting work in 3D. On top of that, Link had many more moves at his disposal. Majora's Mask had the transformation masks, which provided a ton of new options in combat. Hell, most bosses required you to transform in order to fight them. Granted, the transformation masks had far more utility to them than just fighting.
Anyway, now we move onto the GCN era with Wind Waker, where parrying was introduced. In many ways it was a lot like a quick time even where, when you press A with the right timing, you could evade an enemy attack and deliver a counter attack. Although you could go throughout the entire game without using it once (save for when you're taking the tutorial at the beginning of the game) but it makes many fights easier. Next was Twilight Princess, which had a number of hidden techniques scattered throughout the game, all of which were focused entirely on fighting. Again, a few were necessary to finish the game but most made fights easier.
Finally, we come to Skyward Sword. Now, I might be wrong here, since my only experience with SS is watching a friend play through the last hour or so of the game. But from what I've seen, it looks like a lot of the game was built around ways to use motion controls in combat. I would add more, but again, I haven't gotten a chance to play the game myself yet.
Anyway, this isn't really a complaint as much as it is an observation. It's just some food for thought.
Anyway, now we move onto the GCN era with Wind Waker, where parrying was introduced. In many ways it was a lot like a quick time even where, when you press A with the right timing, you could evade an enemy attack and deliver a counter attack. Although you could go throughout the entire game without using it once (save for when you're taking the tutorial at the beginning of the game) but it makes many fights easier. Next was Twilight Princess, which had a number of hidden techniques scattered throughout the game, all of which were focused entirely on fighting. Again, a few were necessary to finish the game but most made fights easier.
Finally, we come to Skyward Sword. Now, I might be wrong here, since my only experience with SS is watching a friend play through the last hour or so of the game. But from what I've seen, it looks like a lot of the game was built around ways to use motion controls in combat. I would add more, but again, I haven't gotten a chance to play the game myself yet.
Anyway, this isn't really a complaint as much as it is an observation. It's just some food for thought.
