I played this game as a kid when it released and remembered not liking it very much. I remembered almost nothing about it. I didn’t remember a single boss fight or temple, like it was really wiped from my mind.
I wanted to play through it again because people always talk about how they love this game, but I found it really lacking and annoying at times.
Having to redo things each time you resets time made the game feel more like a chore. I understand that your going back in time, but it did not make for good gameplay.
I made it to the moon, but I’m burnt out at this point and a little under powered. I did not do any of the side quests as having to redo a bunch of stuff sounds terrible. I don’t want to get 3/4th through a side quest only to have to reset time.
Before resetting, I have to deposit money, then reset, then stock up my items again, and redo all the things I need to do to get back to where I was.
I have to admit that it is really original and a cool concept, but it does not work in practice.
I still put oot and wind Waker at the top of the 3d Zelda’s. (Not counting the switch games)
At this point, I’ll boot up oot and play through that again. I vividly remember child links part of the game and a decent amount of adult link. After that, I’ll try the master quest. I remember that being difficult and I never completed it when I was a kid.
Majora’s mask is really all about the side quests. There is not actually very much repetition of stuff required, I’m not sure where you got that idea. If that’s your main objection you should really have given them more of a shot.
Getting the golden sword, or whatever it is called, was annoying. I had to fight the boss a second time to thaw the snow again to do the race.
I’m not even sure it’s possible to get that sword and only fight the boss once. Since you need to leave the razor sword to be upgraded.
I ended up fighting that boss three times, the first and third time were super easy, but the second attempt had bad rng and I died pretty quickly.
I also had to go and get the moons tear twice for something. It just felt like this big chore. After that, I kind of just pushed myself to finish the game, but I’m too burned out.
You can do it. I watched someone get it on a single no-glitch playthrough doing a single 3-day cycle (no rewinding). You just have to plan it all out ahead.
That will be interesting to watch. Does he do the dungeon without the sword?