Zelda Player’s Nostalgic Replay Gives Them New Appreciation For Older Games
A Zelda fan took to Reddit overnight to gush about their latest playthrough of Zelda 2: The Adventures of Link. Despite the game’s age and obvious technical limitations, the post explains how this player has gained a new appreciation for the game years later and how they see the seeds of what was to come in Breath of the Wild.
User Davoid1 posted on the main Zelda Subreddit about how much they’ve been enjoying playing Zelda 2 ahead of the release of Tears of the Kingdom. In their post, they explain how the mechanics are recognizable in modern games today and see the fun that came with some of the more challenging design choices in Zelda 1 that players now adore.
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Replaying Zelda 2 After Breath of the Wild Highlights the Evolution of the Series up to Tears of the KingdomWith Tears of the Kingdom out in under a week, many fans are replaying older titles to get back into the Zelda groove. There’s nothing quite like this franchise, but it took a while for the developers to find their footing. Zelda 2: The Adventures of Link is a very different sort of Zelda game. Even so, Davoid1’s post shows that there’s something about nostalgia that can make a game so much more impactful.
Zelda 2’s difficulty is something that put a lot of players off when it was first released. However, coming back to it as an adult with a better understanding of the mechanics, and at a time when Dark Souls exists, the game can be seen in a new light.
Looking at the core gameplay as Davoid1 does, it’s easy to understand how to play Zelda 2 now. But coming at it off the back of Zelda 1, it must have felt like a complete change of direction. Towards the end of the post, a
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