The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker

The Wind Waker is one of those top rated GameCube games that I have added to my collection. I managed to get an excellent copy of the collectors edition that included a compilation disc containing versions of The Legend of Zelda, The Adventure of Link, Ocarina of Time and Majora's Mask. There was also a guide booklet included too, which is also in excellent condition.

The Zelda series is a strange one for me. I have only ever played one through to completion, A Link to the Past on the SNES. Myself and my friend poured hours into that game and loved every minute of it. Since then I haven't played much Zelda but did get a fair portion of the way though The Phantom Hourglass on the DS. I think I like the idea of playing through a Zelda game more than I actually enjoy doing it.

I put The Wind Waker into the Wii a few weeks ago and played through the opening section of the game. One thing stands out above all others and that is the graphics. For a game released in 2003 on an underpowered system, the game looks phenomenal. It is the cell shaded graphical style that gives it the wow factor. In another ten years this game will still look amazing because of the art direction, whereas games like Gears of War that look great now will look terrible in the future. I can't believe there was such a commotion when the game was released over the look of it. The game played exactly like I expected, the same as Phantom Hourglass the direct sequel to this game. I know I finish too many posts saying that I will return one day to play this game. In the case of The Wind Waker I hope that is true.

Waiting on the big one

As mentioned in my previous post I was toying with the idea of retiring Halo 3 and today I did just that. I would like to say that it served me well but in the end I never really got that much pleasure out of it. It was fun for a time but never anything like COD 4. Anyway, it is gone now along with Super Paper Mario, Gears of War and Assassins Creed.

I got bored by the constant talking and lack of platforming in Paper Mario - so that had to go. I played GOW to death and I had no intention of going back. Then AC, which I got cheap on e-bay as a gamble. The gamble didn't pay off as I disliked it as much as every reviewer out there seemed to. Still I didn't lose any money on it.

So that is four games down and what is the big one? Well that is GTA IV, and it is out tomorrow. I'm looking forward to playing it and according to reports it is living up to the massive hype. Let's hope so.