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A Link to the Past is too hard? (feddit.de)

submitted 1 year ago by nodiet@feddit.de to c/gaming@beehaw.org

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I don't know if this is the right community for this, so I am sorry if it shouldn't go here. I am currently playing through a link to the past for the first time and have noticed a steep increase in difficulty once I unlocked the dark world. The dark palace was okay but I am honestly kinda stuck at the swamp palace. I would love to play through the game because it was a lot of fun up to this point but I don't feel like the game is mechanically fun enough to beat my head against the wall repeatedly. I have already noticed I can swap between the worlds with the mirror so I guess I could go to the normal world at any time to stock up on fairies. Are there any other tipps or hidden mechanics to make the game easier? I don't really want to spend a lot of time aimlessly searching the world for heart containers and following guides to them also seems kinda tedious.

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[–] Sawnee@beehaw.org 27 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

Do yourself a favour and read the manual and tip book that came with it. I wish I had read the manual before I started playing it. You were meant to read the manual for these older games.

Manual

Top Secret Tip Leaflet

[–] cyberdecker@beehaw.org 13 points 1 year ago (1 children)

This is very important aspect of games from this era and as a huge fanatic of Zelda games it is why Link to the Past is one of my faves.

On a related note, the game Tunic utilizes this game manual mechanic. It is a similar type game and part of the game is finding pages to the manual around the world that reveal game secrets, maps and mechanics. It's an absolute delight!

[–] nodiet@feddit.de 3 points 1 year ago

Oh yeah tunic was a lot of fun. I did have to look up the solution to one or two of the more obscure puzzles but even then I wasn't really frustrated. The soundtrack is also a blast and I still listen to it occasionally

[–] nodiet@feddit.de 4 points 1 year ago

Thanks for that, I already learned more about the story (and realised how it's essentially identical to the one in totk!) Just from the first few pages. Will give it a read before continuing my playthrough :)