The Legend of Zelda: The Twilight Princess - Flaws

I enjoyed playing the game: "The Legend of Zelda: The Twilight Princess" as much as I enjoyed any other Zelda game, but this one contained many more flaws, some that weren't in any of the past games.
It particularly bugged me when I got to one of the two main antagonists, Usurper King: Zant. In the beginning, he seemed like a calm, powerful opponent. I figured he would be a really fun, complex boss to defeat. A week or so later, after I had made it far enough, I had beaten his dungeon and gone into the boss room. But, what did I see? I saw Zant throwing a fit over his loss. What an unnessary and dramatic twist. However, not only was he completely different in personality. He was one of the easiest bosses I have ever fought in a Zelda game!
That brings me across another topic. This game didn't impress me with difficulty. I never died AT ALL from combat, unless it involved an enemy pushing me off a cliff. My biggest challenge was the Cave of Ordeals. I had 17 hearts when I challenged that dungeon, and came out with 4. I didn't even have to use the Rare Chu Jelly I worked so hard to obtain! I'm sorry it was upsetting.
The final battle or battles were just like Zant. They seem all big and bad, but in the end, it was like one mini-boss battle. I defeated Puppeted Zelda without taking a hit, Ganon taking 2 hearts, Horseback taking no hits, and Ganondorf only hit 1 and a 1/2 hearts.
Okay, overall I liked the game. The puzzles were complex, especially the one to get to the Master Sword. The graphics were the best yet, and the combat look was great, but the combat complexity lacked almost everything.

Rating:
Graphics - 9/10
Combat - 9/10
Combat Complex. - 5/10
Puzzle Complex. - 10/10
Fun - 10/10
Overall - 43/50

I would definetely recommend this game to any Zelda lover. The only one I liked better was: "The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time."

Thanks for reading, and I hope you enjoy playing: "The Legend of Zelda: The Twilight Princess!"

Flaws had to be difficulty, bug hunting, and events between dungeons.
The bug hunting part was boring.
I forget who said it but he said the dungeons were a chore, and he's right.

Yes, I guess you could consider a few of the dungeons a chore. The only ones I enjoyed were the lakebed temple, the snowpeak ruins, ( I like the puzzling kinds of dungeons) and the forest and goron temples. The game had a good start. The beginning was clever, but it started to lose that cleverness as the game went on.

I think you must have made the most redundant thread in this entire board, because pretty much every topic about Twilight Princess becomes a discussion about its flaws at some point.

Worst flaw: not being able to keep rupees from a chest when your wallet is full. I like to 100% dungeons in Zelda games. Having to come back later to get rupees is so ♥♥♥♥ing annoying!

I'm just glad you didn't call it The Ocarina of Time.

Originally Posted by eens123

I enjoyed playing the game: "The Legend of Zelda: The Twilight Princess" as much as I enjoyed any other Zelda game, but this one contained many more flaws, some that weren't in any of the past games.
It particularly bugged me when I got to one of the two main antagonists, Usurper King: Zant. In the beginning, he seemed like a calm, powerful opponent. I figured he would be a really fun, complex boss to defeat. A week or so later, after I had made it far enough, I had beaten his dungeon and gone into the boss room. But, what did I see? I saw Zant throwing a fit over his loss. What an unnessary and dramatic twist."

I disagree, Zant was crazy before it was not a twist.

He was obseessed to become the twili king and when midna was coronated the twili king he becamed crazy and full of rage, Then he meets ganondorf who gives him an darker and evil power and therefore a part of ganondorf himself meaning that his behavior will be a ganondor-more a like ( they kinda became one being). When you finnally engage him he goes mad again showing his true-self.

Yeah, a dude having a breakdown because everything is being taken away from isn't so much a twist as just a thing that happens.

And having him be an insecure wreck putting on a show of stoic omnipotence makes him the most complex villain we've ever had in this series because it implies that he has a thought process beyond "EVIL".


How in the hell is puzzle complexity a 10/10? Ninety percent of the puzzles have the solution either explained, demonstrated, or established for you.

And combat is 9 even though you complain about how easy and simplistic it is? What was so good about it that you failed to mention?

The huge plot-holes of WHY did Ilia lose her memory, and WHY were the children kidnapped, and HOW and WHY did Ganondorf have Zelda's body.

Also Midna was a great character, but Link, Zelda and Ganondorf were really weak characters and they didn't even belong in the story. Link wanted to save the kids and Ilia whose kidnappings is never explained, Zelda actually does some stuff for the plot but only a bit at the beginning, and Ganondorf just shows up at the end and doesn't even care about the triforce anymore when that was his motivation, he doesn't even want Link's or Zelda's, he's fine and dandy with his piece.

Also the bug searches with the wolf was fine until Lanayru Province, that was tedious and annoying.

Also the city was boring because there was nothing to do and you could barely go anywhere you could only LOOK at buildings and people for the most part. HUGE step down from WW and MM.

Other then that it was a pretty good game.

The game only revolved around Midna, if only Link had more character development, other than being the main hero.

Don 't forget the moronic wolf form...all you did was run around like an idiot and fight generic, boring enemies.

I think we can all agree that Twilight Princess was the worst 3D Zelda game on a major console, of course not counting hand held, because even Twilight Princess can't beat PH or ST.

Spirit Tracks was awesome. But Phantom Hourglass was pretty lame so I'll give you that one.

Spirit Tracks beats the ♥♥♥♥ outta Twilight Princess. People just don't give it a chance because it looks the same as Phantom Hourglass at a glance.

The entire game.

Originally Posted by <|:D

I think we can all agree that Twilight Princess was the worst 3D Zelda game on a major console, of course not counting hand held, because even Twilight Princess can't beat PH or ST.

Don't speak for everyone.

It is my personal opinion that Twilight Princess is the best 3D Zelda so far.

Stop complaining about TP, you people have no backbone in your arguments. The story, combat, overworld, dungeons, and graphics are just as good as any other Zelda game, if not better in some cases.

Originally Posted by TheGhostOfMandrag

Spirit Tracks beats the ♥♥♥♥ outta Twilight Princess. People just don't give it a chance because it looks the same as Phantom Hourglass at a glance.

THIS Spirit Tracks was great and all I hear is "it's just Phantom Hourglass but with a boring train"

Originally Posted by jameslieb1

Stop complaining about TP, you people have no backbone in your arguments. The story, combat, overworld, dungeons, and graphics are just as good as any other Zelda game, if not better in some cases.

Story was more detailed but that just brought out how bad it was. The same story with less time spent telling us about it would have been better.

Combat control was an improvement but the enemies were made weaker and stupider which brought the combat experience as a whole down, leaving it the least enjoyable combat in a 3D entry.

Overworld was big and empty. It's a criticism I've seen thrown back at WW and OoT but, the fact is, OoT's was a one-area hub connecting the parts where you actually play in instead of a giant four-sectioned expanse of tedium and WW had enemies that you actually had to pay attention to.

The dungeon puzzles were more telegraphed than ever before in the series, leaving you little opportunity to figure stuff out on your own, they had extremely anticlimactic bosses (two exceptions), and new items and mechanics didn't get enough use outside the dungeons they were introduced in.

Graphics were technically powerful but the art design was lacking. This is a subjective point, though, so neither of us get it.

So no, they were neither as good or better. It's not just not as good as we wanted; it's not as good as we've had before or since.

Zant is no flaw. You just do not understand his character and were mislead by his false behavior in the beginning.