Arch took 12 hours to beat MW2, what? Its still like 6 hours long.Yes almost no infinite respawn. It is better than MW1.

Here it is, Spirit Track impressions. I played for about 4 hours today, fiinished one dungeon and done two sections of the tower.

Do you want angry Zelda fan impressions or objective gamer impressions?

First angry Zelda fan, exploration is  DEAD. If you thought PH was bad wait to experience this. Yes cause watching a train on pre determined tracks for like 3 minutes is fun... It's painfuly boring. It makes travel anywhere around the world a major pain. And worst it leaves no room for exploration. You get like 3 or 4 towns per section of the map, these towns so far are rather small. It has been linear so far, the game is always pushing me to the next objective.  Once again like in PH the Zelda formula is broken.

Now to objective gamer impressions, it's still pretty damn great. The story so far is one of the more enjoyable ones, having Zelda a partner in the quest adds a nice dimension to the story. One scene in particular had me cracking up where she sort of pokes fun at the whole Link is destined to always save Zelda. The strength of this game is by far its puzzles and new items. Like PH it uses the DS to its maximum potential. Rather than just use the same tricks they came up with in PH they start the game off by giving you all new items and showing new gameplay mechanics. Phantoms is the big addition and it works well. In the tower you get to posses the big armor guys. The tower structure is the same as the main dungeon in PH, you have the armor guys, you need to hide from them, etc. The good news is that the possesion adds a whole new dimension giving you all sorts of new puzzles to solve. The new item I got is this blowing thing where you blow into the DS and you create a whirlwind. The way this game has used this item so far is genius.

It seems like this will be another Zelda game that has all sorts of interesting new gameplay mechanics, fresh takes on old items, and puzzles that have not been done before in Zelda. Even the combat is different as many enemies make you use your items or phatom in new ways. These are all things the Zelda franchise needs but not at the expense of the core formula. This feels like a Four Swords Adventure game, a very linear Zelda game that focuses strictly on puzzles and combat. If Nintendo can mix the fresh puzzles with the true Zelda experience of a game like TP you would have the Zelda game everyone wants. A Zelda game where the gameplay feels fresh and all the aspects we love about the series is intact.

SteelAttack said:

Dvader said:

Arch took 12 hours to beat MW2, what? Its still like 6 hours long.Yes almost no infinite respawn. It is better than MW1.

We cannot be held to the same gaming standards as you, well endowed piece of machinery that grinds through games like Leo grinds through young male asses.

^ Ernesto and I like the above statement...

...Ernesto more than me.

I am drunk.

Ernesto wants n00d pics of Vader.

That is all.

phantom_leo said:

SteelAttack said:

Dvader said:

Arch took 12 hours to beat MW2, what? Its still like 6 hours long.Yes almost no infinite respawn. It is better than MW1.

We cannot be held to the same gaming standards as you, well endowed piece of machinery that grinds through games like Leo grinds through young male asses.

^ Ernesto and I like the above statement...

...Ernesto more than me.

I am drunk.

Ernesto wants n00d pics of Vader.

That is all.

Tell Ernesto that I can hook him up with some fine Vader shower material. Provided he's into furries, I believe he'll be thrilled.

Thanks for the Spirit impressions vader and ASK.

This was featured in Nintedo Power a couple of months ago. This guy's site is worth checking out if you missed it.  It's in the Nintendo World Store in NY.