January 10, 2012

Endings to games

I, Mary, have finally finished my very first Legend of Zelda game! This is a huge accomplishment for me; this is because I have never beaten a Zelda game! Let me just say I'm happy that my first Zelda game was Ocarina of Time! Obviously I can't get over that I BEAT A ZELDA GAME! Sadly, I only beat this game with the help of two things: Ammon and YouTube. Pathetic I realize, but I will eventually try beating a game without the help of those two things; after all that's one of my New Years Resolutions right?

So I beat this game and I watch the ending. Nintendo totally swindled all of us of a truly good ending. Personally I sort of hated this ending; the reason for that is that it was exactly like the beginning. So *SPOILER ALERT* Link beats Ganon and gets sent back in time by Zelda. Link goes back and guess what? Nothing is going to change. Link fixed the future, but in the past he's still practically as weak as before. Ganondorf is still going to chase Zelda, she's still going to get taken by Impa, and everything is going to be exactly the same.

Think about it, how is changing the future going to change the past? Sure Link comes back with the Triforce of Courage, but doesn't that mean that there's two Triforces of Courage in his time and none in the Adult time? There are way too many questions to be answered. If anyone reading this can make any sense of the ending, please help me and all those who are also very confuzzled.

I guess it's also okay since there are more games to Zelda and it just goes ON and ON, still that should be no excuse!

*SPOILER FINISHED* Anyways I guess what I'm saying is that the ending to a video game is VERY IMPORTANT! If the ending isn't good then you feel as if that whole game was a total waste. If you feel it's a waste you won't play it again, you just wasted a bunch of money, and you'll tell other people not to buy it! If you ever want to make a game make sure that the ending totally rocks, or else there will be angry mobs at your front door.

1 comment:

  1. Then there are games like Twilight Princess. *SPOILER* You finally beat Ganondorf, and Midna turns back into a beautiful princess. You watch the credits, and then you just have to turn the game off. There is no "life after victory." I know there are a lot of reasons not to continue the story after you've beaten the game, but I feel like It's impossible to win. You just turn the game off and it's like you will never fully complete your journey.

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