Hello Lads and Lasses,
I have seen some friends this week-end so it's going to be another yapping update.
So what happend this week ?
Other than the fact that i got my first appointement for the crowning of one of my tooth, i have been replaying the first Dark Souls.
Mostly in an effort to be able to play a Randomizer of Dark souls 1.
So to give a bit of context to the situation : Last year or so, i had come across Randomizers by watching a GDQ run of Kingdom Hearts 2 and Zelda Ocarina of Time.
This was an Archipelago run, meaning that not only was every treasure randomized - You could also find items for your friend.
I was immediatly intrigued by the concept and we decided with a few friends to try to play exactly that.
Being more cautious than the rest of my friends i had decided to learn about randomizers so we could play together.
At the time not many games were available and even less were within my repertoire of "games i would replay alot".
So after much consideration i lended on Ocarina of time - a game i had a troubled history with.
I used to have this game back on my gamecube as it came in the bundle with the wind waker which was and still is my favorite Zelda game.
But Ocarina of time was... strange to me. Not only was it a clunkier and stranger Wind Waker but also it was hard and scary.
As a kid i was kind of a scaredy cat : I could not finish the forsaken fortress alone in Wind waker without being on the verge of tears. (For those wondering - I took my revange on the game later in life)
Ocarina of time had one level that as a kid i refused to finish as i as too scared of it : The forest Temple.
Building up to that point - you had traveled 7 years into the future, Hyrule had became a ravaged kingdom by Ganondorf's actions and despite being an adult you still felt trapped in this new reality.
As a kid, i was also often relying on Saria's song - not for gameplay reason but because knowing that someone was there felt comforting.
Yet in the adult years... Saria was not reachable - I was alone and so as instructed by the game i found the hookshot and i went to the Kokiri forest.
Seeing the now overtaken home i braved through the forest and finally reached the dreaded Forest Temple.
My first impression of it began with the music which was no longer a cute melody to give you strength - but a cacophony of sounds that hammered the atmosphere of the temple.
It felt lonely, Saria's survival wasn't even guarenteed, and there i was against enemies that was too strong for the player that i was.
I got lost in that temple and when i finally found my way and where i needed to go i entered the twisted corridor.
I was unsettled by it's unattural angle but i pressed on... until it began : a slow falling sound that soon drowned the music as a wallmaster fell.
Link screamed and soon i was greeted by the entrance to the temple once more - this scene would haunt my dreams for years.
I tried again and again yet each time i was grabbed by the hand - i couldn't dodge it and each failed mouvement would paralyse me in fear.
Contacting Saria wouldn't work, Navi wouldn't reassure me but only remind me of the urgency of the situation and my goal.
Finally i ended up fleeing the temple - i wanted to return to the past, to when i could freely talk to a friend to the ease of the old Hyrule.
But when i arrived to the temple of time i was blocked by Sheik - there was no going back, there was no return, there was no comfort to be had.
And so i stopped playing the game unable to brave it's dark future.
This fear remained until i was 15 - i hadn't touch the game in... well now that i think about it 7 years.
A friend of me was telling me how great Ocarina of Time was and that i should finish it as it was the greatest game ever made.
He managed to motivate me and so i downloaded an emulator on my phone and a copy of Ocarina of Time.
I braved it's dark path once more - No longer needing the reassurance of Saria.
And thus i took my revange of a game that had haunted me for so long and finished Zelda Ocarina of Time.
But deep down, i never wanted to return to this game as it still had a lingering effect on me.
So when choosing i ended up picking Ocarina of Time as it was the only zelda game i knew and i had finished out of those that were available.
And so i took the randomizer - played it throught using a map tracker and watching videos about it online.
Now i have developped kind of a liking to Ocarina of Time and especially when it is randomized : The Open nature of it and the non stop exploration felt amazing.
And soon enough i completed the classic race setup of Ocarina of Time and had completely fell in love with the randomizers.
Needing something bigger to tackle on, i tried running Final Fantasy 1 and had a great time learning it and finishing it.
Yet now i still want something a bit bigger - hence why i'm trying to get acclimated to Dark souls 1 which i had only played through with a friend in co-op.
And playing it again now feels alot easier than before, now that i have played alot of soulsborne game.
I also need to play and finish Dark souls 3 (something i had never done before).
But that's a thought for later.
Archipelago also released Wind waker randomizer for it's available games so that would be a fun thing.
That being saidif someone would do a Megaman Legend Randomizer i'd known which game i'd start seriously running.
Anyhow - enough yapping for today.
I'll see you all next friday !
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