Hey guys, I'm 28 and haven't played Twilight Princess yet.  I have the opportunity to buy it used for a good price and was wondering - is this game worth playing?  I love Ocarina and I liked Wind Waker.  Link to the Past is probably my favorite. 
 
Will I enjoy TP?

Yes. 

I will say yes, it is a wonderful game. A little on the easy side, but nothing a 3-heart run can't fix.

It felt old when it came out so it will definitely feel very dated. It would actually probably be better on the GameCube version.

"No" springs to mind. If you want to play TP, just play Okami. It's where Twilight Princess stole most of it's ideas from. "Link turns into a wolf", Gee, I wonder where they came up with that idea from?

"No" springs to mind. If you want to play TP, just play Okami. It's where Twilight Princess stole most of it's ideas from. "Link turns into a wolf", Gee, I wonder where they came up with that idea from?

Yes, it's an excellent game.

it's entertaining enough but feels far too similar to OoT in a lot of places  
some standard zelda problems like the items you get in dungeons being largely useless anywhere else, and the treasure chests you can finally get to at some point inevitably being full of rupees when your wallet has been full forever. there's only one big thing to spend them on in the whole game. 

@HumanityPlague: Many games borrows from Zelda, only fair to take a little back. :)

The gameplay style is the same as ever, so yes.

I forgot that you could turn into a wolf in that game.  Also I really liked that game.

"No" springs to mind. If you want to play TP, just play Okami. It's where Twilight Princess stole most of it's ideas from. "Link turns into a wolf", Gee, I wonder where they came up with that idea from?

@HumanityPlague: Many games borrows from Zelda, only fair to take a little back. :)

Yep. It's got some problems (the wolf sections can be a little tedious) but overall it's still a great game.

Okami is tedious as shit. Its a longwinded game. Twilight Princess stays fun throughout. Mechanically there's no comparison at all unless you're a hipster weirdo who canonizes every goddamn thing Clover ever made. The idea that Zelda stole from Okami, that someone can say that straight faced,  is fucking priceless though. Internet, never change. 

Get the GameCube version. Waggle controls are stupid and the Wii version of TP  is nothing but waggle when it comes to combat. 

Wind Waker is probably the better Zelda game, but Twilight Princess is worth a play.

Dunno why you mentioned your age...  have you taken such a long hiatus from gaming that you don't know what games play like in the past few years? But yes if you liked Ocarina and Wind Waker, it just plays like an updated version of those games.  You might even like Darksiders if you want more zelda similar goodness.

"No" springs to mind. If you want to play TP, just play Okami. It's where Twilight Princess stole most of it's ideas from. "Link turns into a wolf", Gee, I wonder where they came up with that idea from?

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what handheld zelda games should i play? i havn't played any since link's awakening

I'll tell you once I finish my two Wii games.

This seems like an odd question. It's the same Zelda game they've been re-releasing for years. The formula was about a decade old when it was released, so a couple of years could hardly make any difference. I suspect it plays out exactly like all of the others do and exactly like the next one will. The Zelda games would have to improve and evolve for one to suddenly feel dated.
 
It's obviously dated in a graphical sense, but no more so than the newest Wii games are. All in all, I can't see how there would be any difference between playing the game today and playing it when it was released. You know exactly what it is and how it plays.
 
That said, the Gamecube version might be best, though. I forget if the Wii allowed the player to use a proper controller, and the waggle shit is just awful. You may play/enjoy the Wii and tolerate the controls more than I, but I think few would disagree that the Gamecube control is far superior an option. The graphical differences between the two are virtually non-existent.

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what handheld zelda games should i play? i havn't played any since link's awakening

It's similar enough to slightly older Zelda games that if they hold up for you then TP is going to hold up for you.

@css_switchfoot said:

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what handheld zelda games should i play? i havn't played any since link's awakening

The two Oracles games are the best handheld games aside from Link's Awakening and Link to the Past (which doesn't really count).

@Wrighteous86 said:

@css_switchfoot said:

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what handheld zelda games should i play? i havn't played any since link's awakening

The two Oracles games are the best handheld games aside from Link's Awakening and Link to the Past (which doesn't really count).

Interesting I hadn't heard of them. Are they the same game like pokemon blue/red or are they completely different?

@css_switchfoot said:

@Wrighteous86 said:

@css_switchfoot said:

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what handheld zelda games should i play? i havn't played any since link's awakening

The two Oracles games are the best handheld games aside from Link's Awakening and Link to the Past (which doesn't really count).

Interesting I hadn't heard of them. Are they the same game like pokemon blue/red or are they completely different?

They're made by Capcom, but I think they're better than Minish Cap (also made by Capcom). They are two separate games and stories (one emphasizes Zelda puzzles, the other Zelda combat, but both are good). When you beat one, you get a code that you can enter into the other, and characters, items, and plot points will cross over. If you play through both games, the second one has an additional ending dungeon and boss that ties the two games together even more.

Those two games take more from Link's Awakening than any other Zelda game, while Minish Cap is kind of more like a 2D Wind Waker-styled game.

I just bought this game two weeks ago brand new from Wal-Mart as the new Nintendo Selects line have been released. OMG is it awesome. It's made me love single player non-online gaming again. Fuck me it's good. I enjoy it much more than I did Orcarina of Time for N64.

You'd have a better experience playing Wind Waker a second time.

It was alright. My least favourite Zelda console game by far though.

If you do play it, stay patient. TP has one of the longest most boring introductory sequences in recent memory. Its two hours before anything really happens, so just stick with it.

If you do play it, play the Gamecube version. Wii version's mirrored world is wack.

Yep, it definitely still holds up and stands out as one of the Wii's greatest games to date. If you liked Wind Waker and OoT I find it very unlikely you won't enjoy Twilight Princess too.

This seems like an odd question. It's the same Zelda game they've been re-releasing for years. The formula was about a decade old when it was released, so a couple of years could hardly make any difference. I suspect it plays out exactly like all of the others do and exactly like the next one will. The Zelda games would have to improve and evolve for one to suddenly feel dated.  It's obviously dated in a graphical sense, but no more so than the newest Wii games are. All in all, I can't see how there would be any difference between playing the game today and playing it when it was released. You know exactly what it is and how it plays.

"No" springs to mind. If you want to play TP, just play Okami. It's where Twilight Princess stole most of it's ideas from. "Link turns into a wolf", Gee, I wonder where they came up with that idea from?

Yes, it still holds up very well in my opinion. Then again Zelda has always been one of my favorite franchises so I may be a little biased. 

Yep, it is awesome!

I would go with Majora's Mask instead, or maybe even Darksiders.

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what handheld zelda games should i play? i havn't played any since link's awakening

Tried playing it the other day on the Wii, it was atrocious, I couldn't even look at it, and goddamn the Wii controls are so dumb

@Wrighteous86 said:

@HumanityPlague said:

"No" springs to mind. If you want to play TP, just play Okami. It's where Twilight Princess stole most of it's ideas from. "Link turns into a wolf", Gee, I wonder where they came up with that idea from?

Maybe one of the many other Zelda games where Link changes into forms that have different abilities, like Ocarina, Majora, Link to the Past, etc. Or you know, I guess Okami... which was just released a few months earlier (and Twilight Princess was being worked on longer, and originally scheduled for a release a year earlier.) I'm sure they just tossed in the wolf stuff in those last months to steal from Okami despite all the wolf information that had been released to the public long before Okami came out. It's definitely worth playing, but it's not one of the best in the series.

Logic is flawed, on that I agree.

However, he's right in saying that Okami was a vastly superior game and totally out Zelda'd Zelda. At least, I thought so. But then, I found TP somewhat disappointing and dated at the time. Didn't manage to recreate that amazing sense of discovery I'd felt with Wind Waker.

I wonder what the good price used is? I mean it's in the "Nintendo Selects" category. So I would just buy it new for $20 if I was interested in it.

To answer the OP, it's not bad. It's worth playing if you like Zelda games.

Yes, right up until you turn into a wolf, then it's shit.

Yes, but only the Gamecube version. Play it the way it was meant to be played.

Grab the GC version. I think TP is quality overall - some of it is definitely tedious, but a lot of it is fantastic. It's worth playing if you're a Zelda fan.