#a few dungeons too. i liked the mini dungeons in eow those were good
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this isn't a criticism but i think totk would have made an incredible horror game (or at least would have been really good if nintendo had leaned more into the horror elements already there)
like. you have link with gloom in his body for the entire game. there's that right there that could make for a terrifying situation for him with ganondorf's abilities. there's the fact that both ganondorf AND the yiga clan can now impersonate zelda (and other various NPCs). you don't know who you can trust anymore because they may be a familiar face, but are they really who they say they are, or are they just trying to get close to link so they can kill him? the gorons are angrier than they've ever been because of that marbled rock roast. rito village is in the middle of a destructive snowstorm that never seems to end (snowscapes work well for horror :)). zora's domain is being covered in muck that the zoras can't breathe in. gerudo town is pretty much destroyed and even in game it's horrifying to see the town overrun with gibdos. i think they're really close to it in sections (goron city, gerudo town, hyrule castle, the depths).
#legend of zelda#tears of the kingdom#i forgot that i actually really enjoy horror themes and stories. intrusive thoughts got in the way of enjoying that#like when i was 11 or 12 i was really into horror things. slenderman was a huge thing when i was that age#so i played that eight pages game and a demo of amnesia: the dark descent#i loved the final destination movies too#but like. i've been working on a totk au for years (yes years. i was working on it when we were still calling it botw2)#(and when we had like 2 entire teasers to go on for plot and stuff)#and i realized pretty early on that hey. this is a horror game from link's perspective#i think the vibes fit well honestly#they could have had like. a haunted airship for the rito dungeon. that could've fucked hard!!!!!!!#like ghost air ship????#ohhh i think i am what the kids call 'cooking'#PUT MORE GHOSTS IN IT @ NINTENDO#i was expecting the poes to be hostile tbh#the depths is pretty good for scares at first but once you get used to it you realize that it's just really dark#it's REALLY pretty it's just that there's not much down there besides enemies and treasure#a few dungeons too. i liked the mini dungeons in eow those were good#i know that making it a full fledged horror game would have sort of ruined the open worldness of it all#but just some spooky bits would have been nice#ohhh i kinda want to start designing this now
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