ColonialRaptor
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It's official, after 40 hours or so of playing I can now say without a doubt that this is, indeed, my favorite video game of all time. I am 36 years old and I have been gaming all of my life, and this is the first time in many years where I feel completely and totally comfortable saying that. It doesn't come lightly from me.
Even though I have been playing so long I have yet to even attempt to go to any of the dungeons. I have done a number of the shrines, enough to have upgraded my stamina twice and then to gain on single additional heart. I don't have any of the clothing upgrades other than the first one you get for warmth and then I've upgraded the top and bottoms I have to the second level of defense.
I'm going to post my quick little story in spoilers just in case anyone doesn't want any details at all, and I have also included a photo I took of the moment it became my favorite game.
Earlier today I was doing just as I have been doing lately, just walking around trying to get to all of the towers. I was on my way to my next one that I had marked and I realized I was somewhat close to the castle. Up to this point I hadn't even gone anywhere close to it, but since it was just a short ways over I decided to head on and just see what it was like.
It was very tough, especially with my character as weak as he is. I almost turned around, but all of a sudden I realized I was really getting used to the controls. I was dodging the guardians and other enemies and I started making my way deeper and deeper into the area. Before I knew it I stumbled upon an awesome shield and sword and then I discovered my first batch of guardian arrows! I was able to take down a couple that were giving me trouble and I again went deeper and deeper into the area.
That's when it happened. I got to this very large tower/pole and I decided to climb. I went up, up, and up all the way to the top. Once there, even though I was still holding on to it, it apparently was enough to where it no longer used stamina. It was there, as I saw how close I was to Ganon, the view, the music picking up, just everything about it, that I decided it has now taken the number one spot on my personal all time list. Here is a quick photo I took using my phone off the TV of the spot I'm talking about....
I dived off and floated as far as I could to a ledge. I kept on and eventually I got to a large archway. I had no clue what it was, but I pushed on. It then told me I was in the sanctum. The cutscene started, and then out of nowhere I was face to face with Windblight Ganon! I tried over and over, but being so underpowered I had trouble. Then finally, right before I was going to warp away to continue the game normally, I did it, I defeated Windblight! I had no clue what was next, I haven't read any spoilers on anything. Then of course came Waterblight Ganon. At that point I had used so many different weapons and items and food I had little left and he defeated me shortly after.
I almost wish I had a different ending to this little personal story, but for now that's where it ends. I will be warping away and continuing on the journey normally. However, the fact that I was able to do this, to get this far with so little, blows my mind and just backs up the decision I made before I even got to the sanctum, that this is indeed my favorite game ever.
I don't know what else to say, I'm simply blown away.
It's close for me too, but honestly the two Mario Galaxy games out class it for pure enjoyment for me, that said it's bloody good and is absolutely the best of the genre, I love everything about it even the reasonably poor and simple graphics in some places suit the game perfectly.
