Chefprotoss presents... meh... The Legend of Zelda!

Getting lost in the woods sucks, so here's a handy guide.

Enjoy!

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[AlucardsQuest]

Very well done, but Zelda is not an RPG, in fact out of the whole series only Zelda II can be classified as an RPG. RPG in the classic D&D sense, not in the generic definition of the term.

Also, while I liked the video... who hasn't played Zelda to the point where you'd need to make a video praising how good of a game it is/was? I'd rather see something more original like a video about Crystalis, Gargoyle's Quest, Faria, Faxanadu, Magician, Battle of Olympus or Willow for the NES.

[chefprotoss]

Everyone trys to do hard to find games, just because it's popular doesn't mean I shouldn't make a movie about it. The game itself doesn't make you original, it's the content. I don't watch to many youtube, videogame reviews, I go to Gametrailers, Screwattack, RetroWareTV ect... for that kind of stuff. I tr to do my own thing, and that means making movies about what I want to make. If you look at my reviews, you'll find that I have done some obscure stuff also...

[senman6]

if you think about it you play a role in every game. Ocarina of Time rules.

[TheVikingNinja]

link was better

[shondeaphid]

"Pig soldier" = Moblin, their proper name is Moblin.

[PHILRYABKIN]

The orginal Zelda is awesome!But I consider Ocarina of time to be the best in the seris.

[uglypinkmoose]

zelda does have some platforming

but the game is not so full of it that it should be considered a platformer

zelda is not tied down to its story

there is tons of quests that are in no way attached to the main story line

i'm not familiar with metroid enough to argue further about it. all i know is the metroid i played was mission based

weather you can choose where to go first doesn't matter

if RPG's were based on lvling up like you say games like "god of war" and many others would be RPG's

[AlucardsQuest]

Okay Metroid, how is Metroid not an RPG by your description? It has many things to do besides the main quest, the maps are quite large in scale in which you're free to explore, it has all kinds of items some optional, and in latter games the stories got quite deep like in Metroid Fusion, (however even Zelda is tied down to it's own story).

You know Zelda II & Link's Awakening have a lot of platforming. And even though in the 3D Zeldas the jumping is automatic, it's still considered platforming.

[uglypinkmoose]

actually many mario games have tons of RPG elements just rnt considerd RPG's

metroid your full of it and same with kid icarus

kid icarus has rpg elements for sure but not even close to the scale of zelda

actually the reason mario 64, banjo kazooie, donkey kong 64 and other N64 games started being made like that is because the RPG world was getting populer

but ofcours all those games are considered

platformers cuz how can you not call them that?

[AlucardsQuest]

If those are the main points, then they not only apply to Metroid and Kid Icarus but Grand Theft Auto & several Super Mario games as well.

[uglypinkmoose]

a lot of the time its labled "action adventure" because they want kids to play the game as well

RPG's are not very appealing to kids

an RPG is a game with many things to do besides the main quest

it usually takes place on a larg scale map you are free to explore

you find all kinds of items that you use along your journey some that are even optional

and you are not tied down to the main story line

the story is usually deep

theres more but all that kind of stuff makes a game an RPG

[AlucardsQuest]

I have, and most of the time the genre of Zelda is listed as action/adventure. If they've filed it under RPG it's because they choose to do so to lump it in with other high profile games. It's just a common misconception, not something to wage war over. Regardless just because it's popular to do something, doesn't make it right.

Leveling up is how I've always seen RPGs, you have a different definition and that's fine, but you haven't explained yours. Zelda did not invent action/RPGs.