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« on: May 10, 2003, 04:41:06 AM »
mikep - Yay, finally someone who's from Melbourne. I live in Caulfield, you?
*AiAi comes back to Earth* Sorry if this is heavy on the eyes, but it's worth the read.
Okay folks. Now I've got time to explain in detail. Thursday night, I went to the EB midnight launch at Chadstone shopping center. Got there a few minutes before midnight, and man, the store was nearly packed! I saw people with posters (don't know what it was), I guess they were given out earlier. Shortly, the store was fall to the front. Totally packed. I have to say, maybe 60-80 people. Hard to tell because there were kids with their parents. The EB staff threw few stuff to the crowd (damn, they didn't throw in my direction), one looked like the inlay panel for the lid of your GC (which I already have), and some sort of belt strap. Even people were buying the Zelda bundle. OMG, Zelda is teh system seller. After 15 minutes or so, I finally got my hands on the game! I wanted to say "Happy Zelda Day" to the staff but didn't have the guts to. Oh well. So I began to go home by car, and something really freaky happend. When leaving the shopping center, I stopped at the lights, attemping to turn right. A car was on the right lane next to me, turning right as well. When the lights turned green, as we turn, the other car spinned right into my lane. No kidding. It really freaked me out. There was no accident, but damn there could have been. At first, I thought the car span out of control due to rain earlier, but I realised that the road was pretty dried and the idiot drive did not turn fast at all. In fact, after he span, he drove in the other direction (!), and turned into the slip lane behind me to turn left at the intersection. It seemed that the idiot span his car on purpose. What a jackass.
When I got home (after 1am), I put in the bonus disc, and watched the movie clip. Damn, I was expecting more. No F-Zero? *sign* Then I read the OoT manual, and began the game. When the title screen first came up, I was moved. Seeing Link ride the horse across Hyrule field made me realised it was going to be a special game. And it was beautifully done. So, I started playing and took me awhile to get used to contolling Link in the 3D world. I really liked the first dungeon (big tree). I stopped when I got to the castle.
So, I put in The Wind Waker to make sure the disc was working. And bam! When the title screen first came up, I fell in love with the game. I loved the music and the toon-shading was awesome. Like someone said, this is how it is done. It creates a believable world, and makes you attached to the character. Heck, I became attached to Link's sister. She seemed so nice and lovely. I couldn't help myself, and played for half an hour, stopped when Link's sister was kidnapped. Anyone bothered by the little boy that follows Link on the home island. I mean the one with the snot hanging from his nose! Disgusting. How could Nintendo approve this? Next time I go out, I'll leave snot hanging out of my nose. They seem to approve it.
So, yeah I went to bed at 4.30am. And woke up at 10am naturally. Yikes. Played OoT all day Friday and mostly today (Saturday) and I'm loving every minute of it. I'm not complaing about the port. The load time is big when you start up, but minimal during the game. Much less than I expected. There's so many things you can do. And how can I forget the chickens. When carrying them, you can sort of fly! How cool! Yeah, I do kind of regret not owning a N64 and the game. No wait, getting the bonus disc is way cheaper and makes me a smart businessman! And that owl is freaking me out. Buzz. Off. Wise guy.
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