Lawnachaun
Well-Known Member
I've always hated Majora's Mask. Never cared for it. It always felt like a cheap, rushed, unfinished, low budget, fan made, poorly made, poorly executed, cash-in knock-off of a game. Didn't feel like a real, fully licensed, Nintendo made game. It felt like because Ocarina of Time was such a masterpiece that they just slapped something together as quick as they could to cash in on the Ocarina of Time hype.
Sure, some things were cool, here and there. But overall, I wasn't impressed. I didn't like a lot of the dungeon layouts. Some stuff just looked ugly. And the main feature of the game... the masks... most of them were absolutely useless. Some had no uses at all, and were just 'filler'. Other's had one specific use and that was it. They only focused on making a few masks useful, and left the vast majority of them to be under utilized. This was one Zelda game that I just couldn't get fully into. I wanted to, and tried. But nope, just didn't like it.
I enjoyed the first 2 Zelda games on the NES. I thought they were great. I didn't have a 'favorite' game back then. As there were tons and tons of games that I liked, so I never picked a favorite. However, when A Link to the Past came out, that immediately became my all time favorite game. And still is to this game. That game was amazing. So yes, I'm highly looking forward to A Link Between Worlds, and already have that, and the gold Zelda 3DS-XL pre-ordered. Following that masterpiece was another great title, in Link's Awakening. I went into it with low expectations, because most Gameboy games that I had played up until then weren't as great as I had hoped. I mainly just liked Tetris and Super Mario Land. Then Metroid 2: Return of Samus came out, and I loved that game. More than the original NES title. So I had hope for the Gameboy Zelda game, but I still kept my expectations low, on purpose. And came away pleasantly surprised. It was far better than I had anticipated. I loved it. ...
Next was Ocarina of Time. Another masterpiece of a game. Just brilliant. So much fun. So, up to this point, Zelda had been on a roll, and became my favorite franchise of all time. And still is, til this day. So, when it was time for Majora's Mask to come out, I was super excited. I couldn't wait. I just had to have it. So, I picked it up immediately when it came out, and, to my horror, came away from it like "what the hell is this shit". Seriously. I was severely disappointed with Majora's Mask. My initial thought was that it was an absolute terrible game. Just terrible. So I put it down and refused to touch it again. For a while, that is. Eventually, the Zelda fan in me made me give it another chance. So I did. I played it again, this time, with a much more open mind. Nope, still didn't like it. Put it down again. Came back to it again a few weeks later, still nope. Again, and again, and again, I just couldn't get into it. I really, really wanted to, because it was Zelda. But I just didn't care for it. Initially, I just thought that it was an awful game with an ok story, that wasn't fully executed well. Eventually, I finally worked through it enough to beat it. But even after I beat it, I wasn't impressed with the game. It's like, Ocarina of Time, and all those before it, were great, and then Majora's Mask just fell flat on it's face.
Over time, I've gone back to it again and again, as I do all Zelda games. I've now beaten Majora's Mask multiple times. However, it's still low on my list. It's ok, and I don't hate it as much as I used to. It does some things well. But overall, I'm not a fan of it. In fact, I like to think that it didn't exist, to be honest. However, everybody keeps bringing it up as their favorite Zelda game, and I can't, for the life of me, figure out why. I mean, the moon thing, and the 3 day time cycle thing was neat. I felt that they had a missed opportunity with the masks, seeing how most of them were pointless or useless all together, other than to get the final mask, making them just filler masks for the sake of having more masks. I get that it was a direct sequel to Ocarina of Time, in a sense, however, reusing the same character models, but just changing the colors and names, helped to make the game feel like a cheap knockoff fan project, and not a real, official, game. Some of the dungeons were poorly designed, and some places were just ugly. Like, the first area with the monkeys, just looked awful. The layout, the color palette, etc.. Originally, the save feature was broken. Tho they've later fixed that. But it was terrible at first, and that was my experience with the game. Also, I also wasn't a fan of the main feature of the game either. The whole turning into different characters via the masks. It felt like a spinoff title, and not a real main game. I mean, I get that they were going for variety, and what not, which by itself is cool and all. But I'm not a fan of Link changing shapes into other characters. Same with Twilight Princess, I hated going into Wolf-Link form. I was not a fan of that at all. That game felt more like a 'cookie-cutter' Zelda game. Like, they played it safe, and went for a 'basic' gameplay and story on a 'grander scale'. Like, it was a 'paint by the numbers' kind of affair. Very formulamatic. Otherwise, it was a decent game. It's not my favorite Zelda game, and even tho it was a 'formula' game, I still prefered it over Majora's Mask.
In fact, Majora's Mask isn't even in my Top 10 favorite Zelda games. Seriously. It's not the 'worst' Zelda game, as those are reserved for the 3 CD-i games. Also, I haven't played all of the handheld Zelda games enough to form an opinion on them. Link's Awakening is the only Zelda handheld game that I've fully played, and I loved it. I haven't put much, if any, time into the other titles. So I still need to give those a chance when I can. But I've played all of the console games.
However, like I said, I'm not a fan of Majora's Mask. I've beaten it several times, and do like some things, here and there. But overall, I like to think that it doesn't exist, to be honest.
Sure, some things were cool, here and there. But overall, I wasn't impressed. I didn't like a lot of the dungeon layouts. Some stuff just looked ugly. And the main feature of the game... the masks... most of them were absolutely useless. Some had no uses at all, and were just 'filler'. Other's had one specific use and that was it. They only focused on making a few masks useful, and left the vast majority of them to be under utilized. This was one Zelda game that I just couldn't get fully into. I wanted to, and tried. But nope, just didn't like it.
I enjoyed the first 2 Zelda games on the NES. I thought they were great. I didn't have a 'favorite' game back then. As there were tons and tons of games that I liked, so I never picked a favorite. However, when A Link to the Past came out, that immediately became my all time favorite game. And still is to this game. That game was amazing. So yes, I'm highly looking forward to A Link Between Worlds, and already have that, and the gold Zelda 3DS-XL pre-ordered. Following that masterpiece was another great title, in Link's Awakening. I went into it with low expectations, because most Gameboy games that I had played up until then weren't as great as I had hoped. I mainly just liked Tetris and Super Mario Land. Then Metroid 2: Return of Samus came out, and I loved that game. More than the original NES title. So I had hope for the Gameboy Zelda game, but I still kept my expectations low, on purpose. And came away pleasantly surprised. It was far better than I had anticipated. I loved it. ...
Next was Ocarina of Time. Another masterpiece of a game. Just brilliant. So much fun. So, up to this point, Zelda had been on a roll, and became my favorite franchise of all time. And still is, til this day. So, when it was time for Majora's Mask to come out, I was super excited. I couldn't wait. I just had to have it. So, I picked it up immediately when it came out, and, to my horror, came away from it like "what the hell is this shit". Seriously. I was severely disappointed with Majora's Mask. My initial thought was that it was an absolute terrible game. Just terrible. So I put it down and refused to touch it again. For a while, that is. Eventually, the Zelda fan in me made me give it another chance. So I did. I played it again, this time, with a much more open mind. Nope, still didn't like it. Put it down again. Came back to it again a few weeks later, still nope. Again, and again, and again, I just couldn't get into it. I really, really wanted to, because it was Zelda. But I just didn't care for it. Initially, I just thought that it was an awful game with an ok story, that wasn't fully executed well. Eventually, I finally worked through it enough to beat it. But even after I beat it, I wasn't impressed with the game. It's like, Ocarina of Time, and all those before it, were great, and then Majora's Mask just fell flat on it's face.
Over time, I've gone back to it again and again, as I do all Zelda games. I've now beaten Majora's Mask multiple times. However, it's still low on my list. It's ok, and I don't hate it as much as I used to. It does some things well. But overall, I'm not a fan of it. In fact, I like to think that it didn't exist, to be honest. However, everybody keeps bringing it up as their favorite Zelda game, and I can't, for the life of me, figure out why. I mean, the moon thing, and the 3 day time cycle thing was neat. I felt that they had a missed opportunity with the masks, seeing how most of them were pointless or useless all together, other than to get the final mask, making them just filler masks for the sake of having more masks. I get that it was a direct sequel to Ocarina of Time, in a sense, however, reusing the same character models, but just changing the colors and names, helped to make the game feel like a cheap knockoff fan project, and not a real, official, game. Some of the dungeons were poorly designed, and some places were just ugly. Like, the first area with the monkeys, just looked awful. The layout, the color palette, etc.. Originally, the save feature was broken. Tho they've later fixed that. But it was terrible at first, and that was my experience with the game. Also, I also wasn't a fan of the main feature of the game either. The whole turning into different characters via the masks. It felt like a spinoff title, and not a real main game. I mean, I get that they were going for variety, and what not, which by itself is cool and all. But I'm not a fan of Link changing shapes into other characters. Same with Twilight Princess, I hated going into Wolf-Link form. I was not a fan of that at all. That game felt more like a 'cookie-cutter' Zelda game. Like, they played it safe, and went for a 'basic' gameplay and story on a 'grander scale'. Like, it was a 'paint by the numbers' kind of affair. Very formulamatic. Otherwise, it was a decent game. It's not my favorite Zelda game, and even tho it was a 'formula' game, I still prefered it over Majora's Mask.
In fact, Majora's Mask isn't even in my Top 10 favorite Zelda games. Seriously. It's not the 'worst' Zelda game, as those are reserved for the 3 CD-i games. Also, I haven't played all of the handheld Zelda games enough to form an opinion on them. Link's Awakening is the only Zelda handheld game that I've fully played, and I loved it. I haven't put much, if any, time into the other titles. So I still need to give those a chance when I can. But I've played all of the console games.
However, like I said, I'm not a fan of Majora's Mask. I've beaten it several times, and do like some things, here and there. But overall, I like to think that it doesn't exist, to be honest.
