I started playing Legend of Zelda and the Skyword Sword-I've logged in 6hours and I've just gotten past the tutorial part. When I was younger I use to love video games, I played Sonic and Mario and have even beaten a few of them. I stopped playing them when the consoles introduced a 4th button on their controllers followed by even newer controllers that put scientific calculators to shame. Before I realised it, games had evolved into complex organisms and my favourite classics were the equivalent of the slime that crawled out of the ocean.
About 3 or 4 years ago I bought my parents a Wii system for Christmas. After the novelty of being able to stand and bowl and virtually play tennis wore off, I downloaded all my classics and stuck to that. I never expanded further into the possibility of modern gaming. Well that's a bit of a lie, I tried. However I couldn't muster the co-ordination required to play the games: now you had to hold two controllers, point at the screen, move a joystick and shake the other controller around like a baton. I would always end up in a tangled mess or looking like Elaine dancing from Seinfeld (yes I know I need to update my cultural references, if you have cable invite me over to watch it). How I never accidentally chucked the controller into my parent's TV or given myself a black eye is a miracle. My other stumbling block was the move to 3D. I have terrible eyesight so I would find myself closing one eye to try to see better. Its the same argument I have with my husband over buying high definition items-whats the point of having high def if your eyes don't support it (my eyes are still like the tube TVs so why spend the extra money?). For the last few years I have dedicated myself to being the videogame wingman. It combines some of my many talents: backseat driving and nagging. I watch my husband/mom play and try to solve the puzzles and tell them how not to die. My husband doesn't seem to mind my help so either I'm really good or he knows that if he nods and agrees with what I say I'll let him play his game for a few hours longer before making him move heavy furniture around in my own personal game:apartment tetris.
Back to Zelda-I AM actually enjoying the game. It has cute graphics that won't scare people like me who have vivid imaginations and husbands who work nights (hence why I use my husband's play station as a paperweight-here there be zombies). It also starts off easy and slowly increases its difficulty to keep people like me who die easy and are sore losers from getting discouraged and going back to the safety of spider solitaire.
However, I have a few issues so far with the game. The first is with the flying, you have to hold the controller horizontal then move your arm up and down in a flapping motion. This is like doing resistance free weights, it hurts, I get tired and then I crash. The second is my parent's coffee table. Yes I know technically this isn't a game interface issue and more of a home decor one but when I have to get up to do my big boss battles I hate bumping my shins. The main boss guy also has a horrendous haircut, his bangs are over his eyes and the game doesn't even account for the fact he should be bad at depth perception since one eye is always covered. Which brings me to the other question-how does Link's hat stay on?
I'm hoping that maybe I will eventually finish the game or at the very least get past the first world. All this videogame wingman talk has made me hungry for some wings...mmm wings.
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