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《 Growing on your local moldy tree stump 》
Lmao, HW Zel ain't just a pretty face! But yeah, she's honestly my fave Zelda. Sucks she isn't really canon
And yeah, OoT Zelda was pretty crucial. I mean in one of the timelines it's implied she seals away Ganon herself because Link fell during battle.
Totally, Zelda should be written much better than some of the other Zeldas we've been seeing. Echoes of Wisdom may be a sign that we might get another actually good Zelda!
I'm honestly very pissed that Lana and Cia only appeared in one game only to never be seen again. Like, they couldn't at least be somewhat referenced? At least once? Sucks because Lana and Cia are two very well written characters if you look deeper past the "Oh, they're both just Link fangirls who went awry".
True that, I'm not dissing on the gameplay aspects. I respect the story as well as the gameplay. What I don't respect is why it exists in the first place. It's just really disrespectful to the original HW, as it was made as a love letter to past Zelda games. And AoC really just trashed that by just shoving more BoTW in people's faces. I get that BoTW was a major hit for Nintendo but was it really necessary? It made me so upset to see what had happened to the franchise, because I was willing to see HW become a forgotten gem, just as long as no one tampered with it, but they did, and they did it in the worst way.I personally, wouldn't go that far. It may be a cash grab but it's a cash grab with just as much effort put into it as HW. Somethings I like that the game does:
- If you don't know the true power of the Champions and Zelda, but always wanna see, in this game you can see all of them in real time, fighting against big monsters and enemies.
- The game shows you a real war before doomsday, and is not only another generic hack and slash game. The switch character and command system let you organize your team, and choose many ways to fight and get victory.
- Amazing stages, music and character designs, you feel the war, and you are a soldier, ready to fight to protect Hyrule at any cost.
-And while he had very limited screentime, Kohga was the best part of the game
I call dibs on the Yiga Clan in the futureGrumpySwallow
I think one of the main things I'm getting from your rant is that AoC is far restrictive compared to HW, which I agree with. Since HW was one-giant love letter to past Zelda title where AoC exists to promote the new direction Nintendo will be taking with BOTW moving forward for who knows how long.
Also, if you're a timeline theorist like myself, you can always says that Hyrule Warriors is the reason we have AoC and BOTW to begin with from in-universe perspective as Nintendo is clearly trying to streamline the timelines into one. Meaning we have HW to thank for ending the multiple timeline branches and is ultimately canon in the long-run, which then would make sense as to why none of the HW characters show up in AoC because of how much time has passed since then. (also means Lana is indirectly responsible for BOTW happening)! Meaning HW Zelda is BOTW Zelda's predecessor!
I can see why people would enjoy AoC, especially if they liked BotW, but as for me, it stung a lot. Lol even just talking about Age of Calamity got me into a bad mood. IDK if I'm being irrational or a crybaby about it but I hate it with a passion, even if the game looks like it's rather well-made from an unbiased view.
I'm glad it was enjoyable and written well enough!
I gotta say though I’ve especially enjoyed your thicker line art, you always manage to make your lines so smooth and clean that it makes me jealous!
