One of the reasons for the extended hiatus was that right as I was getting ready to come back and start writing again, I found out I was going to be moving soon. This made for a very hectic late spring. I’m now through the brunt of it, and want to document the process.
Author Archives: Plactus
A Link to the Past: Ice Palace
With the Titan Mitt, Link is now quickly moving to the end of the game.
Marvel Comics: America Goes to War (1942–1943), Part 1: Overview
intro
A Link to the Past: Dark World Dungeons
It’s really tempting to sequence break at this point, knowing what’s in store in the next three dungeons. Dungeon #4 has a very high reward to difficulty ratio, and doing it first makes #2 and #3 easier. But, since I’m doing story, I should do them in order.
A Link to the Past: Dark World
The Dark World’s first dungeon opens up most of the rest of the the Dark World for exploration.
Star Wars: The Old Republic: Fractured Alliances
Knights of the Eternal Throne landed with a thud. How did Star Wars: The Old Republic pick itself up afterward?
A Link to the Past: The Legendary Hero
The hero’s triumph on Cataclysm’s Eve
Wins three symbols of virtue
The Master Sword he will then retrieve
Keeping the Knights’ line true
Marvel Comics: The Pre-War Years (1939-1941), Part 4: Wrap-Up
A Link to the Past: Desert Palace
Armed with the first Pendant, information about the other two, and the Pegasus Shoes, Link continues his quest.
A Link to the Past: The Quest Begins
So, for how much I said the first game’s open world felt weird, the world in this game is not that far behind in how much exploring you can do once exploring at all is allowed. There are chunks of the world that are blocked off, especially Death Mountain, and little areas that you can see but not get to, most of which require warping in from the Dark World, but most of the Light World is explorable at this point. Of course, that’s only half the total game world…