Game Evaluation

Twilight PrincessJohn Palgut

CIS 487

Basic Game Information

Title: The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess Genre: Action Adventure > Fantasy Publishing Company: Nintendo Price: $49.99 Hardware: A Nintendo Wii or a Nintendo Game

Cube(depending on your game version) Installation: May update the wii firmware

Game Story

Link is a farmhand in the town of Ordon Village. One day the village is attacked by

monsters and all of the children are kidnapped. Link is captured

and taken through a portal to the land of the twilight, where he has been transformed into a

wolf. It is in the land of the Twilight where he meets

Midna, a creature who promises to help him rescue the children

and return to human form.

Player Role

The player assumes the role of Link Must rescue the children and save the land of

Hyrule from the Twilight

Game Play

The major part of the game takes place in different 'temples'

Each temple is a puzzle/maze

Defeat several enemies At the end of each

temple there is a boss and an important item for saving Hyrule

Game Play continued

Hyrule has many areas Collect rupies to buy

items Human/Wolf Midna and the

mailman guide you

The Bad

Rupie cut scenes Cut scenes in general The wolf feels

underused/restricted Story is a little weird Rolling is annoying

The Good

Combination of tools Sense of

accomplishment with the puzzles

Numerous side quests Makes excellent use of

the wii remote's unique controls

Comparison

Zelda is a leading franchise in the Action: Fantasy genre

Generally considered the greatest Zelda game

Best graphics of all Zelda Games

First Zelda to be given a T rating

Summary

Fun, good game play, excellent control system, and good graphics

The wolf aspect could be improved, or removed completely

Overall a very solid game, and worth purchasing