Not protecting the cows from the alien attack at Romani Ranch and finding an addled and confused Romani wandering the grounds the next day
Talking to Anju on the evening of the third day without completing Kafei’s mask subplot
Watching Mikau die on the beach
Those fucking pipes in the Great Bay Temple
Playing hide-and-seek with the sad Moon children in the empty field
Listening to the Postman talk to himself in his room about how he wishes he could abandon his duty
The Deku Butler talking about how he used to love to race with his dead son and how much you remind him of that dead son
Seeing the frozen corpse of the Deku Butler’s dead son alone in an empty chamber during the cut scenes after you finish the game
Darmani’s young, now-orphaned son, crying alone in his ice palace
Realizing that every time you play the Song of Time you renew the suffering of every single character in the game
Pretty much every scene in Ikana Canyon
Hearing the soldier who guards the exits to Clock Town saying “Everyone has fled. You should flee, too.”
Seeing Anju and Kafei happy and ready to die together on the evening of the third day after completing Kafei’s mask subplot
Temporarily comforting Darmani’s young, now-orphaned son by pretending to be his dead father, then abandoning him
Hearing the Skull Kid confirm your worst suspicions when he tells you you remind him of the kid who taught him “that song” in the Lost Woods back in Hyrule
Realizing you still have to sit through Kaepora Gaebora’s lectures in this world
Seeing a terrified Pamela trying to protect her mangled father in a valley of moaning ReDeads
Waiting out the third evening and watching the grinning Moon crash into Termina
Seeing the doddering Goron elder encased in ice after failing to reach Snowhead Mountain
That drawing of Tatl and Tael and the Skull Kid being friends on that tree stump in South Termina Field
Hearing Saria’s Song at the end of the quest
[Image via Zelda Wiki]
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I’ve played Majora’s Mask all the way through maybe 3 or 4 times, and I’ve never, ever had the courage to wait till the end of the third day without playing the song. Possibly I have an unhealthy relationship with the intense and sad reality of that game.
Oh god the tree stump drawing.
THEY USED TO BE FRIEENNNNDDDS
Whelp, I think that qualified you to present at DiGRA.
I could probably do this for every game I’ve ever played, INCLUDING Harvest Moons.
Mostly I am against the always-on Kinect because I don’t want it beaming my sobbing face back to Microsoft.
WHY DID YOU DO THIS TO ME this is my all-time favorite video game because of how deep the story is, as well as how technical the player has to be. I never actually finished the entire game (side quests and everything) until I was 23. BUT WHYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY you shouldn’t be able to make me feel these feelings at 1:30 in the afternoon while I’m “working.”
Can we talk about Link’s unsettling transformation sequences??? Boyfriend’s like 13 and that shit does NOT look pleasant.
Hit the button to skip the screams HIT THE BUTTON TO SKIP THE SCREAMS BUTTON BUTTON BUTTON
I never beat this. It was horrifying. Every time I had to reset the time, I felt like I was stuck in that dream where you have to go back to school, only you missed the first month of classes, and aliens are everywhere. It was the first Zelda game where the people had problems that really seemed to matter, only there were so many of them, and it seemed impossible to help anyone in a way the would bring closure.
God, now I just feel guilty I never finished it. I guess I’ll have to go back.
This is my Majora’s Mask experience. I’ve tried to go back a couple of times as an adult and both times quit in frustration trying to roll & jump friggin’ Darmani around the Snowhead Temple. Someday, SOMEDAY I’ll make that jump and finish it.
I have started and abandoned this game so many times because of the stress.
And also once because I decided to fire it up, was not able to figure out anything that was going on, and finally realized I had loaded up a save game that my cousin’s kids had put on there when I let them borrow my Wii.
Haaaaaahahahahaha, TRUTH: “Realizing you still have to sit through Kaepora Gaebora’s lectures in this world”
Can we talk about other times we have cried in video games? Sometimes I play Halo Reach or Mass Effect 3 just because I need a good cry.
“It didn’t take long for Reach to fall…”
“Does this unit have a soul?”
Mass Effect 3 pretty unfailingly makes me constantly cry.
Mass Effect 3 pretty unfailingly makes me constantly cry.
So…many….feels.
Is that Zelda on the red horse?
Waiting out the third evening and watching the grinning Moon crash into Termina